2018 European Championships Statistics – Women’s 800m by K Ken Nakamura

Summary All time performance list at the European Championships Performance Performer Time Name Nat Pos Venue Year 1 1 1:55 .41 URS 1 Athinai 1982 2 2 1:55.80 Tatya na Providokhina URS 1 Praha 1978 3 3 1:55.82 Nadezhda Mushta -Olizarenko URS 2 Praha 1978 4 4 1:55.87 GDR 1 Split 1990 5 5 1:55.96 URS 2 Athinai 1982 6 6 1:56.11 GDR 2 Split 1990

Margin of Victory Difference Winning time Name Nat Venue Year Max 1.66 2:00.00 Vera Nikolic YUG 1971 Min 0.00 1:58.55 RUS Helsinki 1994

Best Marks for Places in the European Championships Pos Time Name Nat Venue Year 1 1:55.41 Olga Mineyeva URS Athinai 1982 2 1:55.82 URS Praha 1978 3 1:56.57 Zoya Rigel URS Praha 1978 4 1:56.59 Totka Petrova BUL Praha 1978

Fastest non-qualifier for the final Time Position Name Nat Venue Year 1:59.44 (2 rounds) 5h2 UKR 2010 2:00.08 5sf1 GBR 1998

Multiple Gold Medalists: Vera Nikolic (YUG): 1966, 1971

Multiple Medals by athletes from a single nation Nation Year Gold Silver Bronze RUS 2006 RUS 1994 Lyubov Gurina GDR 1990 Sigrun Wodars Christine Wachtel URS 1986 Nadezhda Olizarenko Lyubov Gurina URS 1982 Olga Mineyeva Ludmila Veselkova URS 1978 Nadyezhda Mushta-Olizarenko Zoya Riger GBR 1971 Pat Lowe URS 1958 Yelizavyeta Yermolayeva Dzidra Lyevitska URS 1954 Nina Otkalyenko Lyudmila Lisyenko

Man & Woman from the same team winning the corresponding event: Never happened All time performance list at the European Championships Performance Performer Time Name Nat Pos Venue Year 1 1 1:55 .41 Olga Mineyeva URS 1 Athinai 1982 2 2 1:55.80 Tatya na Providokhina URS 1 Praha 1978 3 3 1:55.82 Nadezhda Mushta -Olizarenko URS 2 Praha 1978 4 4 1:55.87 Sigrun Wodars GDR 1 Split 1990 5 5 1:55.96 Lyudmila Veselkova URS 2 Athinai 1982 6 6 1:56.11 Christine Wachtel GDR 2 Split 1990 7 7 1:56.57 Zoya Rigel URS 3 Praha 1978 8 8 1:56.59 Totka Petrova BUL 4 Praha 1978 9 1:57.15 Nadezhda Olizarenko 1 1986 10 9 1:57.22 Margrit Klinger FRG 3 Athinai 1982 11 10 1:57.38 Olga Kotlyarova RUS 1 Göteborg 2006 12 11 1:57.39 Liliya Nurutdinova URS 3 Spl it 1990 13 1:57.42 Sigrun Wodars 2 Stuttgart 1986 14 12 1:57.45 Hildegard Ullrich GDR 5 Praha 1978 15 13 1:57.48 Svetlana Klyuka RUS 2 Göteborg 2006 16 14 1:57.57 NED 4 Split 1990 17 15 1:57.65 Jolanda Ceplak SLO 1 München 2002 18 16 1:57.71 Anita Weiß GDR 6 Praha 1978 19 17 1:57.73 Lyubov Gurina URS 3 Stuttgart 1986 20 18 1:57.92 POL 4 Athinai 1982 21 19 1:58.14 Lilyana Tomova BUL 1 Roma 1974 22 20 1:58.15 Marina Arzamasova BLR 1 Zürich 2014 23 1:58.19 Hilde gard Ullrich 5 Athinai 1982 24 1:58.26 Sigrun Wodars 1sf2 Stuttgart 1986 25 21 1:58.33 ROU 5 Split 1990 26 22 1:58.45 Rebecca Lyne GBR 3 Göteborg 2006 27 23 1:58.50 RUS 1 Budapest 1998 28 1:58.55 Lyubov Gurina RUS 1 Helsinki 1994 28 24 1:58.55 Natalia Dukhnova BLR 2 Helsinki 1994 30 25 1:58.57 Gaby Bussman FRG 4 Stuttgart 1986 31 26 1:58.62 GDR 7 Praha 1978 32 27 1:58.65 Tetyana Petlyuk UKR 4 Göteborg 2006 33 28 1:58.69 Lyudmila Rogachova RUS 3 Hels inki 1994 34 1:58.70 Nadezhda Olizarenko 2sf2 Stuttgart 1986 35 1:58.80 Svetlana Klyuka 1sf2 Göteborg 2006 36 29 1:58.80 GBR 2 Zürich 2014 37 1:58.8h Anita Weiß 1sf1 Praha 1978 37 1:58.8h Nadezhda Olizarenko 2sf1 Praha 1978 37 30 1:58.8h Fita Lovin ROU 3sf1 Praha 1978 40 31 1:58.81 GDR 2 Roma 1974 41 1:58.82 Fita Lovin 8 Praha 1978 42 32 1:58.85 NED 1 Barcelona 2010 43 33 1:58.86 Mayte Martinez ESP 2 München 2002 44 34 1:58.89 Milena Metejko vicova TCH 5 Stuttgart 1986 45 35 1:58.90 Jennifer Meadows GBR 1h2 Barcelona 2010 46 1:58.9h Zoya Rigel 4sf1 Praha 1978 47 1:58.97 Gaby Bussmann 3sf2 Stuttgart 1986 48 1:59.00 Lyudmila Veselkova 1sf2 Athinai 1982 49 1:59.05 Margarit Klinger 2sf2 Athinai 1982 49 36 1:59.05 Lyubov Kiryukhina -Tsyoma URS 4sf2 Stuttgart 1986 51 37 1:59.09 Tudorita Chidu ROU 6 Split 1990 52 1:59.11 Rebecca Lyne 2sf2 Göteborg 2006 53 38 1:59.12 Malgorzata Rydz POL 4 Helsinki 1994 53 1:59.12 Mayte Martinez ESP 2h2 Barcelona 2010 55 39 1:59.18 GBR 1h3 Barcelona 2010 56 40 1:59.22 Mitica Junghiatu ROU 6 Stuttgart 1986 56 1:59.22 Yelena Afanasyeva 1sf2 Budapest 1998

Slowest winning (auto) time: 2:01.50 by (GBR) in 1969 Slowest winning time since 1990: 2:00.52 by Lynsey Sharp (GBR) in 2012 1:59.70 by (UKR) in 2016 1:58.55 by Lyubov Gurina (RUS) in 1994

Margin of Victory Difference Winning time Name Nat Venue Year Max 1.66 2:00.00 Vera Nikolic YUG Helsinki 1971 2.2h 2:02.8h NED Beograd 1962 Min 0.00 1:58.55 Lyubov Gurina RUS Helsinki 1994

Difference between first and third Diff Winning time 3rd place time Winner’s Name Nat Venue Year Max 2.18 1:57.65 1:59.83 Jolanda Ceplak SLO München 2002 2.4h 2:08.8 2:11.2 URS Berne 1954 Min 0.14 1:58.55 1:58.69 Lyubov Gurina RUS Helsinki 1994

Difference between 3 rd and 4 th place (medal versus no medal) Difference 3rd place time Name Nat Venue Year Max 2.08 2:02.08 Rosemary Wright GBR Helsinki 1971 Min 0.02 1:56.57 Zoya Rigel URS Praha 1978

Best Marks for Places in the European Championships Pos Time Name Nat Venue Year 1 1:55.41 Olga Mineyeva URS Athinai 1982 2 1:55.82 Nadezhda Olizarenko URS Praha 1978 3 1:56.57 Zoya Rigel URS Praha 1978 4 1:56.59 Totka Petrova BUL Praha 1978 5 1:57.45 Hildegard Ullrich GDR Praha 1978 6 1:57.71 Anita Weiß GDR Praha 1978 7 1:58.62 Ulrike Bruns GDR Praha 1978 8 1:58.82 Fita Lovin ROU Praha 1978

Best Marks for Places – all competitions Pos Time Name Nat Venue DayMonthYear 1 1:53.28 Jarmila Kratochvilova CZE München 26 July 1983 2 1:54.81 Olga Mineyeva URS Moskva 27 July 1980 1:55.29 MOZ Köln 24 Aug 1997 3 1:55.46 Tatyana Providokhina URS Moskva 27 July 1980 1:55.56 Lyubov Gurina URS Roma 31 Aug 1987 4 1:55.74 Anita Weiss GDR Montreal 26 July 1976 1:55.84 Ana Quirot CUB Roma 31 Aug 1987 5 1:56.44 Svetlana Styrkina URS Montreal 26 July 1976 1:56.6 Tamara Sorokina URS Podolsk 21 Aug 1982 6 1:56.9 URS Podolsk 21 Aug 1982 1:57.15 RUS Zürich 11 Aug 1999

Fastest time in each round (Only two rounds were contested in 2010, 1969 and before 1962) Round Time Name Nat Venue Year Final 1:55.41 Olga Mineyeva URS Athinai 1982 Semi-final 1:58.26 Sigrun Wodars GDR Stuttgart 1986 First round 1:59.96 Tatyana Providokhina URS Praha 1978

Fastest non-qualifier for the final Time Position Name Nat Venue Year 1:59.44 (2 rounds) 5h2 Yuliya Krevsun UKR Barcelona 2010 2:00.08 5sf1 Diane Modahl GBR Budapest 1998

Fastest non-qualifier for the semi-final Time Position Name Nat Venue Year 2:01.60 5h3 Pilar Barreiro ESP Budapest 1998

Multiple Gold Medalists: Vera Nikolic (YUG): 1966, 1971

Multiple Medalists: Lynsey Sharp (GBR): 2012 Gold; 2014 Silver Lyubov Gurina (RUS): 1986 Bronze; 1994 Gold Sigrun Wodars (GDR): 1986 Silver; 1990 Gold Nadezhda Olizarenko (URS): 1978 Silver; 1986 Gold; Vera Nikolic (YUG): 1966 Gold; 1969 Bronze; 1971 Gold; Diane Leather (GBR): 1954 Silver; 1958 Silver

Medals by Countries: Nation Gold Silver Bronze URS 5 2 5 RUS 4 2 1 GBR 2 5 3 YUG 2 1 NED 2 GDR 1 4 BLR 1 1 1 SLO 1 BUL 1 UKR 1 HUN 1 1 SWE 1 1 ESP 1 DEN 1 FRA 1 FRG 2 AUT 1 ROU 1 POL 1 SVK 1

Multiple Medals by athletes from a single nation Nation Year Gold Silver Bronze RUS 2006 Olga Kotlyarova Svetlana Klyuka RUS 1994 Lyubov Gurina Lyudmila Rogachova GDR 1990 Sigrun Wodars Christine Wachtel URS 1986 Nadezhda Olizarenko Lyubov Gurina URS 1982 Olga Mineyeva Ludmila Veselkova URS 1978 Tatyana Providokhina Nadyezhda Mushta-Olizarenko Zoya Riger GBR 1971 Pat Lowe Rosemary Stirling URS 1958 Yelizavyeta Yermolayeva Dzidra Lyevitska URS 1954 Nina Otkalyenko Lyudmila Lisyenko

400m – 800m double medalist in the same championships No runner ever medaled at both 400m & 800m in the same championships

400m – 800m double medalist in the different championships Name Nation 400m Venue Year 800m Venue Year Olga Kotlyarova RUS Bronze Budapest 1998 Gold Göteborg 2006

Average from last eight European Championships Average 2016 2014 2012 2010 2006 2002 1998 1994 Winning Time 1:58.66 1:59.70 1:58.15 2: 00.52 1:58.85 1:57.38 1:57.65 1:58.50 1:58.55 Winning Medal (3 rd ) 1:59.70 2:00.37 1:59.63 2:01.02 1:59.48 1:58.45 1:59.83 2:00.11 1:58.69 Missing Medal (4 th ) 1:59.99 2:00.47 1:59.69 2:01.29 1:59.90 1:58.65 2:00.23 2:00.56 1:59.12

Man & Woman from the same team winning the corresponding event: Never happened

Athletes with Olympic, World and European gold (Olympic and Euro gold before 1983) Name Nation Olympics World European Sigrun Wodars GDR 1988 1987 1990

Nadezhda Olizarenko, 1986 European champion, won 1980 Olympics, but her best finish at the World Championships was 7 th in 1987.

European Champion who previously won European Junior gold medal Name Nat European Championships European Junior Championships Vera Nikolic YUG 1966, 1971 1966 Nataliya Pryshchepa UKR 2016 2013 (at 1500m)

Last ten European Championships: Year Gold Nat Time Silver Nat Time Bronze Nat Time 2016 Nataliya Pryshchepa UKR 1:59.70 Renelle Lamote FRA 2:00.19 Lovisa Lindh SWE 2:00.37 2014 Maryna Arzamasava BLR 1:58.15 Lynsey Sharp GBR 1:58.80 Joanna Jozwik POL 1:59.63 2012 Lynsey Sharp GBR 2:00.52 Irina Maracheva RUS 2:00.66 Maryna Arzamasava BLR 2:01.02 2010 Yvonne Hak NED 1:58.85 Jennifer Meadows GBR 1:59.39 Lucia Hrivnak Klocova SVK 1:59.48 2006 Olga Kotlyarova RUS 1:57.38 Svetlana Klyuka RUS 1:57.48 Rebecca Lyne GBR 1:58.45 2002 Jolana Ceplak SLO 1:57.65 Mayte Martinez ESP 1:58.86 GBR 1:59.83 1998 Yelena Afanasyeva RUS 1:58.50 Malin Ewerlöf SWE 1:59.61 AUT 2:00.11 1994 Lyubov Gurina RUS 1:58.55 Natalya Dukhnova BLR 1:58.55 Lyudmila Rogachova RUS 1:58.69 1990 Sigrun Wodars GDR 1:55.87 Christine Wachtel GDR 1:56.11 Liliya Nurutdinova URS 1:57.39 1986 Nadezhda Olizarenko URS 1:57.15 Sigrun Wodars GDR 1:57.42 Lyubov Gurina URS 1:57.73

European U-23 Championships: Year Gold Nat Time Silver Nat Time Bronze Nat Time 2017 Renee Eykens BEL 2:04.73 Anita Hinriksdottir ISL 2:05.02 Hannah Segrave GBR 2:05.53 2015 Renelle Lamote FRA 2:00.19 Anastasiya Tkachuk UKR 2:00.43 Christina Hering GER 2:00.88 2013 Mirela Lavric ROU 2:01.56 Olha Lyakhova UKR 2:01.90 Selina Buchel SUI 2:02.74 2011 Merve Aydin TUR 2:00.46 Lynsey Sharp GBR 2:00.65 Aleksandra Bulanova RUS 2:01.40 2009 Yelena Kotulskaya RUS 1:58.94 Nataliya Lupu UKR 2:01.08 Agnieszka Leszczynska POL 2:01.53 2007 Mariya Shapayeva RUS 2:00.86 Elodie Guegan FRA 2:01.26 Vanja Perisic CRO 2:01.34 2005 Yevgenia Zolotova RUS 2:06.00 Jemma Simpson GBR 2:06.16 Eodie Guegan FRA 2:06.29 2003 Rebecca Lyne GBR 2:04.66 Lucia Klocova SVK 2:05.02 Esther Desviat ESP 2:05.38 2001 Anna Zagorska POL 2:07.27 Irina Somesan ROU 2:07.27 Tatyana Rodionova RUS 2:07.60 1999 Claudia Gesell GER 2:03.05 Irina Krakoviak LTU 2:04.08 Latitia Valdonado FRA 2:04.20 1997 Irina Nedelenko UKR 2:01.72 Dorota Fiut POL 2:02.44 Lyudmila Goncharova RUS 2:02.72

Last eleven European Junior (U20) Championships: Year Gold Nat Time Silver Nat Time Bronze Nat Time 2017 Khahisa Mhlanga GBR 2:06.96 Ellie Baker GBR 2:07.01 Gabriela Gajanova SVK 2:07.15 2015 Renee Eykens BEL 2:02.83 Sarah Schmidt GER 2:04.55 Anita Hinriksdottir ISL 2:05.04 2013 Anita Hinriksdottir ISL 2:01.14 Olena Sidorska UKR 2:01.46 Christina Hering GER 2:03.11 2011 Anastasiya Tkachuk UKR 2:02.73 Rowena Cole GBR 2:03.43 Ayvika Malanova RUS 2:03.59 2009 Mirela Lavric ROU 2:04.12 Corinna Harrer GER 2:04.51 Yekaterina Zavyalova RUS 2:04.59 2007 Mirela Lavric ROU 2:02.84 Emma Jackson GBR 2:03.23 Machteld Mulder NED 2:03.72 2005 Natalya Lupu UKR 2:02.78 Mariya Shapayeva RUS 2:03.00 Olga Cristea MDA 2:03.08 2003 Simona Barcau ROU 2:02.76 Charlotte Moore GBR 2:03.40 Jemma Simpson GBR 2:03.42 2001 Lucia Klocova SVK 2:03.76 Kerstin Werner GER 2:03.99 Tatyana Petlyuk UKR 2:04.15 1999 Irina Latva LAT 2:03.45 Yuliya Gurtovenko UKR 2:03.81 Sibel Özyurt TUR 2:06.17 1997 Anca Safta ROU 2:03.47 Aleksandra Deren POL 2:03.70 Miriam Masekova SVK 2:06.17

Last ten European Indoor Championships: Year Gold Nat Time Silver Nat Time Bronze Nat Time 2017 Selina Büchel SUI 2:00.38 Shelayna Oskan-Clarke GBR 2:00.39 Anita Hinriksdottir ISL 2:01.25 2015 Selina Buchel SUI 2:01.95 Yekaterina Poistogova RUS 2:01.99 Nataliya Lupu UKR 2.02.25 2013 Nataliya Lupu UKR 2:00.26 Yelena Kotulskaya RUS 2:00.98 Maryna Arzamasava BLRR 2:01.21 2011 GBR 2:00.50 Linda Marguet FRA 2:01.61 GBR 2:02.46 2009 RUS 1:58:10 Oksana Zbrozhek RUS 1:59.20 Elisa Piccione ITA 2:00.23 2007 Oksana Zbrozhek RUS 1:59.23 Tetyana Petlyuk UKR 1:59:84 Jolanda Ceplak SLO 2:00.00 2005 Larisa Chazhao RUS 1:59.97 Malte Martinez ESP 2:00.52 Natalya Tsuganova RUS 2:01.62 2002 Jolanda Ceplak SLO 1:55.82 Stephanie Graf AUT 1:55.85 Elisabeth Grousselle FRAS 2:01.46 2000 Stephanie Graf AUT 1:59.70 Natalya Tsyganova RUS 2:00.17 Sandra Stals BEL 2:01.34 1998 Ludmila Formanova CZE 2:02.30 Malin Ewerlöf SWE 2:03.61 Judit Varga HU 2:03.81 N Last nine World Championships: Year Gold Nat Time Silver Nat Time Bronze Nat Time 2017 RSA 1:55.16 BDI 1:55.92 Ajee Wilson USA 1:56.65 2015 Marina Arzamasova BLR 1:58.03 Melissa Bishop CAN 1:57.52 KEN 1:58.18 2013 Eunice Sum KEN 1:57.38 Mariya Savinova RUS 1:57.80 Brenda Martinez USA 1:57.91 2011 Caster Semenya RSA 1:56.35 KEN 1:57.42 Alysia Montano USA 1:57.48 2009 Caster Semenya RSA 1:55.45 Janeth Jepkosgei KEN 1:57.90 Jennifer Meadows GBR 1:57.93 2007 Janeth Jepkosgei KEN 1:56.04 MAR 1:56.99 Mayte Martinez ESP 1:57.62 2005 CUB 1:58.82 Hasna Benhassi MAR 1:59.42 RUS 1:59.60 2003 Maira Mutola MOZ 1:59.89 Kelly Holmes GBR 2:00.18 Natalya Khruschelyova RUS 2:00.29 2001 Maria Mutola MOZ 1:57.17 Stephanie Graf AUT 1:57.20 Letitia Vriesde SUR 1:57.35

Last eight Olympics: Year Gold Nat Time Silver Nat Time Bronze Nat Time 2016 Caster Semenya RSA 1:55.28 Francine Niyonsaba BDI 1:56.49 Margaret Wambui KEN 1:56.89 2012 Caster Semenya RSA 1:57.23 Yekaterina RUS 1:57.53 KEN 1:57.59 2008 Pamela Jelimo KEN 1:54.87 JanethPoistogova Jepkosgei KEN 1:56.07 Hasna Benhassi MAR 1:56.73 2004 Kelly Holmes GBR 1:56.38 Hasna Benhassi MAR 1:56.43 Jolanda Ceplak SLO 1:56.43 2000 Maria Mutola MOZ 1:56.15 Stephanie Graf AUT 1:56.64 Kelly Holmes GBR 1:56.80 1996 RUS 1:57.73 Ana Quirot CUB 1:58.11 Maria Mutola MOZ 1:58.71 1992 Ellen van Langen NED 1:55.54 Liliya Nurutdinova EUN 1:55.99 Ana Quirot CUB 1:56.80 1988 Sigrun Wodars GDR 1:56.10 Christine Wachtel GDR 1:56.64 Kim Kallagher USA 1:56.91

All time European List Performance Performer Time Name Nat Pos Venue DMY 1 1 1:53.28 Jarmila Kratochvilova TCH 1 München 26 July 1983 2 2 1:53.43 Nadezhda Olizarenko URS 1 Moskva 27 July 1980 3 1:54.68 Jarmila Kratochvilova 1 Helsinki 9 Aug 1983

Fastest Performances on European Soil Performance Performer Time Name Nat Pos Venue DMY 1 1 1:53.28 Jarmila Kratochvilova TCH 1 München 26 July 1983 2 2 1:53.43 Nadezhda Olizarenko URS 1 Moskva 27 July 1980 3 3 1:54.01 Pamela Jelimo KEN 1 Zürich 29 Aug 2008 4 4 1:54.44 Ana Quirot CUB 1 Barcelona 9 Sept 1989 5 1:54.68 Jarmila Kratochvilova 1 Helsinki 9 Aug 1983

Fastest Performance in Performance Performer Time Name Nat Pos DMY 1 1 1:54.99 Pamela Jelimo KEN 1 1 June 2008 2 2 1:55.45 Caster Semenya RSA 1 19 Aug 2009

Fastest Performances in August Performance Performer Time Name Nat Pos Venue DMY 1 1 1:54.01 Pamela Jelimo KEN 1 Zurich 29 Aug 2008 2 2 1:54.68 Jarmila Kratochvilova TCH 1 Helsinki 9 Aug 1983 3 3 1:54.82 CUB 1 Koln 24 Aug 1997

Combined 2017 & 2018 European List Performance Performer Time Name Nat Pos Venue DMY 1 1 1:56.81 NED 4 21 July 2017 2 1:57.12 Sifan Hassan 5 Zurich 24 Aug 2017 3 2 1:58.01 Lynsey Sharp GBR 6 Monaco 21 July 2017 4 1:58.13 Sifan Hassan 4 Lausanne 6 July 2017 5 3 1:58.34 Aleksandra Gulyayeva RUS 1 Zhukovskiy 29 July 2017 6 1:58.35 Lynsey Sharp 3 Zagreb 29 Aug 2017 7 4 1:58.41 POL 6 13 Aug 2017 8 5 1:58.69 GBR 5 Lausanne 6 July 2017 9 6 1:58.77 Lovisa Lindh SWE 6 Lausanne 6 July 2017 10 1:58.80 Lynsey Sharp 7 Lausanne 6 July 2017 11 7 1:58.82 Nataliya Pryshchepa UKR 8 Lausanne 6 July 2017 12 8 1:58.83 Renelle Lamote FRA 9 Monaco 20 July 2018

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