1987 European Athletics Indoor Championships – Women's 800 metres
# 1987 European Athletics Indoor Championships – Women's 800 metres

The women's 800 metres event at the 1987 European Athletics Indoor Championships was held on 21 and 22 February.

## Medalists

| Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| - | - | - |
| Christine Wachtel East Germany | Sigrun Wodars East Germany | Lyubov Kiryukhina Soviet Union |

## Results

### Heats

First 2 from each heat (Q) and the next 4 fastest (q) qualified for the final.

| Rank | Heat | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | 1 | Christine Wachtel | East Germany | 2:01.41 | Q |
| 2 | 1 | Lyubov Kiryukhina | Soviet Union | 2:02.47 | Q |
| 3 | 2 | Sigrun Wodars | East Germany | 2:02.51 | Q |
| 4 | 1 | Gabriela Sedláková | Czechoslovakia | 2:03.07 | q |
| 5 | 1 | Janet Bell | Great Britain | 2:03.24 | q |
| 6 | 1 | Montserrat Pujol | Spain | 2:03.50 | q |
| 7 | 2 | Slobodanka Čolović | Yugoslavia | 2:04.34 | Q |
| 8 | 1 | Ute Lix | West Germany | 2:05.52 | q |
| 9 | 1 | Jill McCabe | Sweden | 2:05.70 | |
| 10 | 2 | Rosa-María Colorado | Spain | 2:06.33 | |
| 11 | 2 | Krista Aukema | Netherlands | 2:06.85 | |
| 12 | 2 | Maria Pîntea | Romania | 2:06.86 | |
| 13 | 2 | Brigitte Brückner | West Germany | 2:07.03 | |

### Final

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time |
| - | - | - | - |
| | Christine Wachtel | East Germany | 1:59.89 |
| | Sigrun Wodars | East Germany | 2:00.50 |
| | Lyubov Kiryukhina | Soviet Union | 2:01.85 |
| 4 | Gabriela Sedláková | Czechoslovakia | 2:02.24 |
| 5 | Montserrat Pujol | Spain | 2:02.31 |
| 6 | Slobodanka Čolović | Yugoslavia | 2:03.04 |
| 7 | Janet Bell | Great Britain | 2:05.92 |
| 8 | Ute Lix | West Germany | 2:09.14 |
