2025 European Athletics Indoor Championships – Women's 800 metres

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Women's 800 metres
at the 2025 European Athletics Indoor Championships
Venue Omnisport Apeldoorn [1]
Location Apeldoorn, Netherlands
Dates7 March 2025 (round 1)
8 March 2025 (semi-finals)
9 March 2025 (final)
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The women's 800 metres at the 2025 European Athletics Indoor Championships is scheduled to be held on the short track of Omnisport in Apeldoorn, Netherlands, on 7, 8 and 9 March 2025. This will be the 38th time the event is contested at the European Athletics Indoor Championships. Athletes can qualify by achieving the entry standard or by their World Athletics Ranking in the event.

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Round 1 is scheduled for 7 March during the morning session. The semi-finals are scheduled for 8 March during the evening session. The final is scheduled for 9 March during the evening session.

Background

The women's 800 metres was contested 37 times before 2025, at every previous edition of the European Athletics Indoor Championships (1970–2023). [2] [3] The 2025 European Athletics Indoor Championships will be held in Omnisport Apeldoorn in Apeldoorn, Netherlands. [4] The removable indoor athletics track was retopped for these championships in September 2024. [4]

Jolanda Čeplak is the world and European record holder with a time of 1:55.82, set at the 2002 championships. [5]

Records before the 2025 European Athletics Indoor Championships
RecordAthlete (nation)Time (s)LocationDate
World record [6] Flag of Slovenia.svg  Jolanda Čeplak  (SLO)1:55.82 Vienna, Austria3 March 2002
European record [6]
Championship record [5]
World leading [7] Flag of Ethiopia.svg  Tsige Duguma  (ETH)1:58.97 Metz, France8 February 2025
European leading [7] Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Jemma Reekie  (GBR)1:59.72

Qualification

For the women's 800 metres, the qualification period runs from 25 February 2024 until 23 February 2025. [8] Athletes can qualify by achieving the entry standards of 2:02.00 s indoors or 1:59.00 s outdoor, or by virtue of their World Athletics Ranking for the event. [8] There is a target number of 30 athletes. [8]

Rounds

Round 1

Round 1 is scheduled for 7 March, starting at 10:15 (UTC+1) in the morning. [9]

Semi-finals

The semi-finals are scheduled for 8 March, starting at 19:53 (UTC+1) in the evening. [9]

Final

The final is scheduled for 9 March, starting at 16:33 (UTC+1) in the evening. [9]

References

  1. ↑ "Six months until Apeldoorn! New track surface for 2025 European Athletics Indoor Championships", European Athletics , 6 September 2024. Retrieved 21 November 2024.
  2. ↑ András Szabó, "Statistics Handbook", pp. 6 and 322–323, European Athletics . Retrieved 21 November 2024.
  3. ↑ "European Athletics Indoor Championships – 800m Women – Final – Results", European Athletics , 4 March 2023. Retrieved 21 November 2024.
  4. 1 2 "Omnisport with renovated track is ready for European Athletics Indoor Championships 2025", European Athletics Indoor Championships Apeldoorn 2025, 6 September 2024. Retrieved 14 January 2025.
  5. 1 2 "2023 European Athletics Indoor Championships - Women's 800 metres final results" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2023-03-05. Retrieved 2023-03-05.
  6. 1 2 "All time Top lists – Senior – 800 Metres women", World Athletics . Retrieved 13 January 2025.
  7. 1 2 "Season Top Lists – Senior 2025 – 800 Metres Short Track women", World Athletics , 2025. Retrieved 6 February 2025.
  8. 1 2 3 "Qualification System and Entry Standards", European Athletics , 29 October 2024. Retrieved 21 November 2024.
  9. 1 2 3 "Competition schedule – European Athletics Indoor Championships Apeldoorn 2025", European Athletics , 15 February 2024. Retrieved 21 November 2024.
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