1996 European Athletics Indoor Championships – Women's 800 metres

Events at the 1996 European Athletics Indoor Championships
Track events
60 m		men		women
200 m		men		women
400 m		men		women
800 m		men		women
1500 m		men		women
3000 m		men		women
60 m hurdles		men		women
Field events
High jump		men		women
Pole vault		men		women
Long jump		men		women
Triple jump		men		women
Shot put		men		women
Combined events
Pentathlon				women
Heptathlon		men

The women's 800 metres event at the 1996 European Athletics Indoor Championships was held in Stockholm Globe Arena on 8–10 March.

Medalists

Gold	Silver	Bronze
Patricia Djaté-Taillard France	Stella Jongmans Netherlands	Svetlana Masterkova Russia

Results

Heats

First 2 from each heat (Q) and the next 2 fastest (q) qualified for the final.

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	2	Stella Jongmans	Netherlands	2:03.54	Q
2	2	Ludmila Formanová	Czech Republic	2:03.64	Q
3	1	Patricia Djaté-Taillard	France	2:03.70	Q
4	1	Svetlana Masterkova	Russia	2:03.83	Q
5	2	Ella Kovacs	Romania	2:04.01	q
6	1	Stephanie Graf	Austria	2:04.04	q
7	1	Karen Gydesen	Denmark	2:04.70
8	2	Ana Menéndez	Spain	2:04.99
9	1	Carmen Stanciu	Romania	2:05.35
10	2	Jolanda Čeplak	Slovenia	2:08.84
	2	Petya Strashilova	Bulgaria	DQ

Final

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Patricia Djaté-Taillard	France	2:01.71
	Stella Jongmans	Netherlands	2:01.88
	Svetlana Masterkova	Russia	2:02.86
4	Ludmila Formanová	Czech Republic	2:03.47
5	Stephanie Graf	Austria	2:04.76
6	Ella Kovacs	Romania	2:05.39