1986 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
Long jump	men	women
Triple jump	men
Shot put	men	women
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The women's 800 metres event at the 1986 European Athletics Indoor Championships was held on 22 and 23 February.^[1]

Gold	Silver	Bronze
Sigrun Ludwigs  East Germany	Cristieana Cojocaru  Romania	Slobodanka Čolović  Yugoslavia

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

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	1	Sigrun Ludwigs	East Germany	2:04.26	Q
2	1	Ella Kovacs	Romania	2:04.38	Q
3	1	Slobodanka Čolović	Yugoslavia	2:04.39	q
4	1	Catherine Guerrero	France	2:05.29	q
5	2	Kirsty McDermott	Great Britain	2:07.13	Q
6	2	Cristieana Cojocaru	Romania	2:07.40	Q
7	2	Nadine Debois	France	2:08.39
8	1	Amaia Andrés	Spain	2:08.58
9	2	Mayte Zúñiga	Spain	2:09.39

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Sigrun Ludwigs	East Germany	1:59.89
	Cristieana Cojocaru	Romania	2:01.54
	Slobodanka Čolović	Yugoslavia	2:03.28
4	Kirsty McDermott	Great Britain	2:03.69
5	Ella Kovacs	Romania	2:08.96
	Catherine Guerrero	France	DNF