1982 European Athletics Indoor Championships – Women's 800 metres

The women's 800 metres event at the 1982 European Athletics Indoor Championships was held on 6–7 March.

Medalists

Gold	Silver	Bronze
Doina Melinte Romania	Martina Steuk East Germany	Jolanta Januchta Poland

Results

Heats

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

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	2	Doina Melinte	Romania	2:04.67	Q
2	2	Nikolina Shtereva	Bulgaria	2:05.01	Q
3	1	Jolanta Januchta	Poland	2:05.08	Q
4	1	Martina Steuk	East Germany	2:05.10	Q
5	2	Simone Büngener	West Germany	2:05.12	q
6	2	Bernadette Louis	France	2:05.24	q
7	1	Elly van Hulst	Netherlands	2:05.38
8	2	Rosine Wallez	Belgium	2:05.50
9	1	Zuzana Moravčíková	Czechoslovakia	2:05.66
10	1	Petra Kleinbrahm	West Germany	2:06.77

Final

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s)	Doina Melinte	Romania	2:00.39	CR, NR
2nd place, silver medalist(s)	Martina Steuk	East Germany	2:01.07
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)	Jolanta Januchta	Poland	2:01.24
4	Bernadette Louis	France	2:03.12
5	Simone Büngener	West Germany	2:03.78
6	Nikolina Shtereva	Bulgaria	2:04.21