1989 European Athletics Indoor Championships – Women's 800 metres

The women's 800 metres event at the 1989 European Athletics Indoor Championships was held on 18 and 19 February.

Medalists

Gold	Silver	Bronze
Doina Melinte Romania	Ellen Kiessling East Germany	Tatyana Grebenchuk Soviet Union

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	1	Doina Melinte	Romania	2:01.76	Q
2	1	Tatyana Grebenchuk	Soviet Union	2:02.10	Q
3	1	Mayte Zúñiga	Spain	2:02.25	q
4	1	Ellen Kiessling	East Germany	2:02.36	q
5	2	Svetlana Kitova	Soviet Union	2:04.18	Q
6	2	Gabi Lesch	West Germany	2:04.20	Q
7	1	Aisling Molloy	Ireland	2:05.44
8	2	Karolina Szabó	Hungary	2:05.67
9	1	Anneke Matthys	Belgium	2:06.50
10	2	Julia Merino	Spain	2:07.23
11	2	Regine Berg	Belgium	2:15.31

Final

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s)	Doina Melinte	Romania	1:59.89
2nd place, silver medalist(s)	Ellen Kiessling	East Germany	2:01.24
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)	Tatyana Grebenchuk	Soviet Union	2:01.63
4	Mayte Zúñiga	Spain	2:02.77
5	Gabi Lesch	West Germany	2:03.04
	Svetlana Kitova	Soviet Union	DNF