1996 European Athletics Indoor Championships – Women's 800 metres

The women's 800 metres event at the 1996 European Athletics Indoor Championships was held in Stockholm Globe Arena on 8–10 March.^[1]

Medalists

Gold	Silver	Bronze
Patricia Djaté-Taillard France	Stella Jongmans Netherlands	Svetlana Masterkova Russia

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

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	2	Stella Jongmans	Netherlands	2:03.54	Q
2	2	Ludmila Formanová	Czech Republic	2:03.64	Q
3	1	Patricia Djaté-Taillard	France	2:03.70	Q
4	1	Svetlana Masterkova	Russia	2:03.83	Q
5	2	Ella Kovacs	Romania	2:04.01	q
6	1	Stephanie Graf	Austria	2:04.04	q
7	1	Karen Gydesen	Denmark	2:04.70
8	2	Ana Menéndez	Spain	2:04.99
9	1	Carmen Stanciu	Romania	2:05.35
10	2	Jolanda Čeplak	Slovenia	2:08.84
	2	Petya Strashilova	Bulgaria	DQ

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time
	Patricia Djaté-Taillard	France	2:01.71
	Stella Jongmans	Netherlands	2:01.88
	Svetlana Masterkova	Russia	2:02.86
4	Ludmila Formanová	Czech Republic	2:03.47
5	Stephanie Graf	Austria	2:04.76
6	Ella Kovacs	Romania	2:05.39