2009 European Athletics U23 Championships – Women's 800 metres

The women's 800 metres event at the 2009 European Athletics U23 Championships was held in Kaunas, Lithuania, at S. Dariaus ir S. Girėno stadionas (Darius and Girėnas Stadium) on 16 and 18 July.[1][2][3][4]

Medalists

Gold	Yelena Kofanova  Russia
Silver	Nataliya Lupu  Ukraine
Bronze	Agnieszka Leszczyńska  Poland

Results

Final

18 July

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Yelena Kofanova	Russia	1:58.94	CR
	Nataliya Lupu	Ukraine	2:01.08
	Agnieszka Leszczyńska	Poland	2:01.53
4	Aleksandra Uvarova	Russia	2:01.87
5	Emma Jackson	Great Britain	2:02.09
6	Eglė Balčiūnaitė	Lithuania	2:02.26
7	Olha Yekymenko	Ukraine	2:03.56
8	Olga Cristea	Moldova	2:04.36

Heats

16 July
Qualified: first 2 in each heat and 2 best to the Final

Heat 1

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Olga Cristea	Moldova	2:03.05	Q
2	Aleksandra Uvarova	Russia	2:03.16	Q
3	Olha Yekymenko	Ukraine	2:03.33	q
4	Annett Horna	Germany	2:03.46
5	Volha Rulevich	Belarus	2:05.75
6	Eleni Theodorakopoulou	Greece	2:07.07
7	Heidi Pappila	Finland	2:12.22

Heat 2

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Yelena Kofanova	Russia	2:00.33	Q
2	Agnieszka Leszczyńska	Poland	2:01.91	Q
3	Machteld Mulder	Netherlands	2:05.31
4	Tara Bird	Great Britain	2:05.67
5	Karin Storbacka	Finland	2:05.73
6	Laura Crowe	Ireland	2:07.12
	Margherita Magnani	Italy	DNF

Heat 3

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Emma Jackson	Great Britain	2:02.43	Q
2	Nataliya Lupu	Ukraine	2:02.74	Q
3	Eglė Balčiūnaitė	Lithuania	2:03.29	q
4	Anja Puc	Slovenia	2:06.73
5	Ophélie Claude-Boxberger	France	2:06.82
6	María Carmen González	Spain	2:07.05
7	Agnieszka Miernik	Poland	2:08.05

Participation

According to an unofficial count, 21 athletes from 16 countries participated in the event.

Belarus (1)  Finland (2)  France (1)  Germany (1)

Great Britain (2)  Greece (1)  Ireland (1)  Italy (1)

Lithuania (1)  Moldova (1)  Netherlands (1)  Poland (2)

Russia (2)  Slovenia (1)  Spain (1)  Ukraine (2)

References

1. European Athletics U23 Championships Ostrava 2011 - STATISTICS HANDBOOK - 7th European Athletics U23 Championships - Kaunas, Lithuania 16.-19.7.2009 (PDF), European Athletics Association, pp. 84–99, retrieved 24 October 2014
2. 7th European Athletics U23 Championships - Kaunas LTU 16 - 19 July, European Athletics Association, archived from the original on 2014-10-21, retrieved 14 November 2014
3. European Athletics U23 Championships - Kaunas, Lithuania, 16 - 19 July 2009, 800m Women - Results - Final (PDF), European Athletics Association, retrieved 14 November 2014
4. European Athletics U23 Championships - Kaunas, Lithuania, 16 - 19 July 2009, 800m Women - Results - Round 1 (PDF), European Athletics Association, retrieved 14 November 2014