The Women's 800 metres event at the 2011 European Athletics Indoor Championships was held at March 4–6 with the final being held on March 6 at 16:00 local time.

The original winner, Yevgeniya Zinurova, was later disqualified for doping offences and runner-up Jenny Meadows was promoted to the gold medal position.London 2012 Olympics: Russian athletics trio banned for doping offences. Daily Telegraph (2012-07-03). Retrieved on 2012-07-07. The original bronze medalist Yuliya Rusanova, who was later elevated to the silver medal position, was subsequently stripped of her medal, due to inconsistencies in her biological passport.

Records Standing records prior to the 2011 European Athletics Indoor ChampionshipsWorld record1:55.82Vienna, Austria3 March 2002European record1:55.82Vienna, Austria3 March 2002Championship record1:55.82Vienna, Austria3 March 2002World Leading1:58.14Moscow, Russia17 February 2011European Leading1:58.14Moscow, Russia17 February 2011

Results

Heat First 2 in each heat and 4 best performers advanced to the Semifinals. The heats were held at 16:25.

Rank Heat Name Nationality Time Notes 2 Yevgeniya Zinurova 2:01.07 Q, Doping 1 2 Linda Marguet 2:02.21 Q 2 4 Jennifer Meadows 2:02.96 Q 3 2 Yeliz Kurt 2:03.02 q 4 Tetyana Petlyuk 2:03.02 Q, Doping 4 1 Tatyana Paliyenko 2:03.24 Q 5 4 Élian Périz 2:03.56 q, SB 6 4 Jana Hartmann 2:03.58 q 7 1 Eglė Balčiūnaitė 2:03.74 Q 8 1 Marilyn Okoro 2:03.86 q 9 2 Eléni Filándra 2:03.89 SB 3 Yuliya Rusanova 2:05.17 Q, Doping 10 3 Liliya Lobanova 2:05.41 Q 11 3 Lenka Masná 2:06.65 12 3 Mihaela Nunu 2:06.67 13 1 Teodora Kolarova 2:08.21 14 1 Luiza Gega 2:08.75 15 2 Margarita Fuentes-Pila 2:09.15 16 3 Suvi Selvenius 2:10.88 1 Merve Aydın 4 Mirela Lavric

Semifinals First 3 in each heat advanced to the Final. The semifinals were held at 15:20.

Rank Heat Name Nationality Time Notes 1 2 Jennifer Meadows 2:00.65 Q 2 Yevgeniya Zinurova 2:00.93 Q, Doping 2 2 Linda Marguet 2:01.32 Q, PB 2 Tetyana Petlyuk 2:02.19 Doping 3 1 Eglė Balčiūnaitė 2:02.44 Q 1 Yuliya Rusanova 2:02.48 Q, Doping 4 1 Marilyn Okoro 2:02.65 Q, SB 5 2 Jana Hartmann 2:02.65 6 1 Liliya Lobanova 2:02.67 7 1 Élian Périz 2:03.31 PB 8 2 Yeliz Kurt 2:03.32 9 1 Tatyana Paliyenko 2:03.41

Final The final was held at 16:00. Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes 5 Jennifer Meadows 2:00.50 6 Linda Marguet 2:01.61 1 Marilyn Okoro 2:02.46 SB 4 2 Eglė Balčiūnaitė 2:04.86 4 Yevgeniya Zinurova 2:00.19 Doping 3 Yuliya Rusanova 2:00.80 Doping

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