2006 European Athletics Championships
Track events
100 m	men	women
200 m	men	women
400 m	men	women
800 m	men	women
1500 m	men	women
5000 m	men	women
10,000 m	men	women
100 m hurdles		women
110 m hurdles	men
400 m hurdles	men	women
3000 m steeplechase	men	women
4 × 100 m relay	men	women
4 × 400 m relay	men	women
Road events
Marathon	men	women
20 km walk	men	women
50 km walk	men
Field events
High jump	men	women
Pole vault	men	women
Long jump	men	women
Triple jump	men	women
Shot put	men	women
Discus throw	men	women
Hammer throw	men	women
Javelin throw	men	women
Combined events
Heptathlon		women
Decathlon	men

The women's 800 metres at the 2006 European Athletics Championships were held at the Ullevi on August 7, 8 and August 10.

Klyuka was ahead with another athlete already in a medal position, but on the final bend Kotlyarova found herself boxed in. Lyne had already made a dash for home, and Kotlyarova had to push her out the way to start her sprint. Kotlyarova made a great dash and went in front of the other two Russians and an athlete from Ukraine. Lyne started sprinting and overtook the Ukrainian athlete, just pipping her into 3rd place.

Gold	Silver	Bronze
Olga Kotlyarova  Russia	Svetlana Klyuka  Russia	Rebecca Lyne  Great Britain

Qualification: First 3 in each heat (Q) and the next 4 fastest (q) advance to the semifinals.

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	3	Olga Kotlyarova	Russia	2:01.01	Q
2	3	Jolanda Čeplak	Slovenia	2:01.08	Q
3	3	Jemma Simpson	Great Britain	2:01.55	Q
4	1	Mayte Martínez	Spain	2:01.71	Q
5	1	Svetlana Cherkasova	Russia	2:01.82	Q
6	2	Rebecca Lyne	Great Britain	2:01.87	Q
6	3	Liliana Barbulescu-Popescu	Romania	2:01.87	q
8	2	Tetiana Petlyuk	Ukraine	2:01.90	Q
9	1	Teodora Kolarova	Bulgaria	2:01.94	Q
10	1	Aneta Lemiesz	Poland	2:02.11	q
11	2	Ewelina Sętowska	Poland	2:02.43	Q
12	2	Rikke Rønholt	Denmark	2:02.68	q
13	2	Élisabeth Grousselle	France	2:02.69	q
14	4	Svetlana Klyuka	Russia	2:02.92	Q
15	4	Brigita Langerholc	Slovenia	2:03.04	Q
16	4	Lucia Klocová	Slovakia	2:03.17	Q
17	1	Mihaela Neacsu	Romania	2:03.42
18	3	Vanja Perišić	Croatia	2:03.53
19	1	Monika Gradzki	Germany	2:03.64
20	2	Sandra Teixeira	Portugal	2:04.73
21	3	Virginie Fouquet	France	2:05.62
22	4	Elisa Cusma	Italy	2:06.37	q
23	4	Esther Desviat	Spain	2:07.11
24	1	Anny Christofidou	Cyprus	2:11.70
25	4	Amanda Pritchard	Great Britain	2:12.32	q
	4	Maria do Carmo Tavares	Portugal	DQ

First 3 in each heat (Q) and the next 2 fastest (q) advance to the Final.

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
2	2	Svetlana Klyuka	Russia	1:58.80	Q
3	2	Rebecca Lyne	Great Britain	1:59.11	Q
3	2	Brigita Langerholc	Slovenia	1:59.45	Q, SB
4	2	Tetiana Petlyuk	Ukraine	1:59.84	q
5	1	Olga Kotlyarova	Russia	2:00.03	Q
6	1	Svetlana Cherkasova	Russia	2:00.05	Q
7	2	Teodora Kolarova	Bulgaria	2:00.42	q, PB
8	1	Mayte Martínez	Spain	2:00.59	Q
9	1	Ewelina Sętowska	Poland	2:00.60
10	1	Lucia Klocová	Slovakia	2:00.63	SB
11	1	Jemma Simpson	Great Britain	2:01.12
12	1	Elisa Cusma	Italy	2:01.17
13	1	Rikke Rønholt	Denmark	2:01.17
14	2	Aneta Lemiesz	Poland	2:01.25
15	2	Liliana Barbulescu-Popescu	Romania	2:01.52	SB
16	1	Jolanda Čeplak	Slovenia	2:02.59
	2	Élisabeth Grousselle	France	DNF
	2	Amanda Pritchard	Great Britain	DNS

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Olga Kotlyarova	Russia	1:57.38
	Svetlana Klyuka	Russia	1:57.48
	Rebecca Lyne	Great Britain	1:58.45
4	Tetiana Petlyuk	Ukraine	1:58.65
5	Brigita Langerholc	Slovenia	1:59.30	SB
6	Teodora Kolarova	Bulgaria	2:00.00	PB
7	Mayte Martínez	Spain	2:00.10
8	Svetlana Cherkasova	Russia	2:03.43

• Results