1970 European Athletics Indoor Championships – Women's 800 metres
# 1970 European Athletics Indoor Championships – Women's 800 metres

The women's 800 metres event at the 1970 European Athletics Indoor Championships was held on 14 and 15 March in Vienna.

## Medalists

| Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| - | - | - |
| Maria Sykora Austria | Lyudmila Bragina Soviet Union | Zofia Kołakowska Poland |

## Results

### Heats

First 4 in each heat (Q) qualified directly for the final.

| Rank | Heat | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | 1 | Hildegard Janze | West Germany | 2:09.9 | Q |
| 2 | 1 | Ilja Keizer | Netherlands | 2:10.5 | Q |
| 3 | 1 | Lyudmila Bragina | Soviet Union | 2:10.7 | Q |
| 4 | 1 | Zofia Kołakowska | Poland | 2:10.9 | Q |
| 5 | 1 | Annelise Damm Olesen | Denmark | 2:14.5 | |
| 1 | 2 | Lyudmila Safronova | Soviet Union | 2:12.9 | Q |
| 2 | 2 | Maria Sykora | Austria | 2:13.0 | Q |
| 3 | 2 | María Fuentes | Spain | 2:14.9 | Q |
| 4 | 2 | Svetla Zlateva | Bulgaria | 2:14.9 | Q |
| 5 | 2 | Rosemary Stirling | Great Britain | 2:16.8 | |
| 6 | 2 | Wenche Sørum | Norway | 2:18.9 | |

### Final

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time |
| - | - | - | - |
| | Maria Sykora | Austria | 2:07.0 |
| | Lyudmila Bragina | Soviet Union | 2:07.5 |
| | Zofia Kołakowska | Poland | 2:07.6 |
| 4 | Ilja Keizer | Netherlands | 2:07.7 |
| 5 | Lyudmila Safronova | Soviet Union | 2:07.9 |
| 6 | Svetla Zlateva | Bulgaria | 2:08.6 |
| 7 | María Fuentes | Spain | 2:09.0 |
| 8 | Hildegard Janze | West Germany | 2:09.5 |
