1995 World Championships in Athletics – Women's 800 metres

These are the results of the Women's 800 metres event at the 1995 World Championships in Athletics in Gothenburg, Sweden.

Medalists

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Gold   Ana Fidelia Quirot
Cuba (CUB)
Silver   Letitia Vriesde
Suriname (SUR)
Bronze   Kelly Holmes
Great Britain (GBR)

Results

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Heats

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First 2 of each heat (Q) and the next 6 fastest (q) qualified for the semifinals.

Rank Heat Name Nationality Time Notes
1 1 Patricia Djaté-Taillard   France 1:59.07 Q
2 1 Ellen Van Langen   Netherlands 1:59.61 Q
3 2 Letitia Vriesde   Suriname 1:59.73 Q
4 4 Maria Mutola   Mozambique 1:59.93 Q
5 2 Tatyana Grigoryeva   Russia 2:00.03 Q
6 1 Natalya Dukhnova   Belarus 2:00.13 q
6 4 Meredith Rainey-Valmon   United States 2:00.13 Q
8 2 Kelly Holmes   Great Britain 2:00.23 q
9 2 Tina Paulino   Mozambique 2:00.75 q
10 3 Ana Fidelia Quirot   Cuba 2:00.84 Q
11 4 Ella Kovacs   Romania 2:00.95 q
12 3 Yelena Afanasyeva   Russia 2:01.04 Q
13 2 Stella Jongmans   Netherlands 2:01.13 q
14 4 Svetlana Miroshnik   Ukraine 2:01.24 q
15 1 Amy Wickus   United States 2:01.38
16 3 Petya Strashilova   Bulgaria 2:01.54
17 3 Joetta Clark   United States 2:01.70
18 2 Kutre Dulecha   Ethiopia 2:01.74
18 5 Inna Yevseyeva   Ukraine 2:01.74 Q
20 5 Lyubov Gurina   Russia 2:01.76 Q
21 5 Luciana Mendes   Brazil 2:01.82
22 5 Charmaine Crooks   Canada 2:02.04
23 1 Malin Ewerlöf   Sweden 2:02.28
24 5 Ludmila Formanová   Czech Republic 2:02.39
25 4 Anne Bruns   Germany 2:03.16
26 1 Julia Sakara   Zimbabwe 2:03.68
26 5 Jyotirmoy Sikdhar   India 2:03.68
28 4 Aisling Molloy   Ireland 2:04.15
29 3 Karen Gydesen   Denmark 2:04.41
30 3 Regula Zürcher   Switzerland 2:05.87
31 2 Lorie Ann Adams   Guyana 2:07.57
32 3 Cheong Tsui Fong   Singapore 2:19.35
33 2 Fanta Camara   Guinea 2:20.78
34 1 Yaznee Nasheeda   Maldives 2:34.18 NR
35 5 Rita Martin   Sudan 2:43.22
4 Inez Turner   Jamaica DQ

Semifinals

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

Rank Heat Name Nationality Time Notes
1 2 Meredith Rainey-Valmon   United States 1:58.49 Q
2 2 Tatyana Grigoryeva   Russia 1:58.61 Q
3 2 Lyubov Gurina   Russia 1:58.70 Q
4 2 Ellen Van Langen   Netherlands 1:58.86 Q
5 2 Natalya Dukhnova   Belarus 1:59.45
6 2 Inna Yevseyeva   Ukraine 2:00.93
7 1 Ana Fidelia Quirot   Cuba 2:01.37 Q
8 1 Kelly Holmes   Great Britain 2:01.52 Q
9 1 Patricia Djaté-Taillard   France 2:01.73 Q
10 1 Letitia Vriesde   Suriname 2:02.75 Q
11 2 Ella Kovacs   Romania 2:03.31
12 1 Yelena Afanasyeva   Russia 2:03.66
13 1 Svetlana Miroshnik   Ukraine 2:03.72
14 1 Tina Paulino   Mozambique 2:04.51
15 1 Stella Jongmans   Netherlands 2:05.11
2 Maria Mutola   Mozambique DQ

Final

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Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
  Ana Fidelia Quirot   Cuba 1:56.11
  Letitia Vriesde   Suriname 1:56.68 AR
  Kelly Holmes   Great Britain 1:56.95 NR
4 Patricia Djaté-Taillard   France 1:57.04 NR
5 Meredith Rainey-Valmon   United States 1:58.20
6 Ellen Van Langen   Netherlands 1:58.98
7 Lyubov Gurina   Russia 1:59.16
8 Tatyana Grigoryeva   Russia 2:05.55

References

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