1991 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Women's 800 metres

The women's 800 metres event at the 1991 IAAF World Indoor Championships was held on 8, 9 and 10 March.

Medalists edit

Gold	Silver	Bronze
Christine Wachtel Germany	Violeta Beclea Romania	Ella Kovacs Romania

First 3 of each heat (Q) and next 3 fastest (q) qualified for the semifinals.^[1]

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	1	Ella Kovacs	Romania	2:02.86	Q
2	2	Christine Wachtel	Germany	2:03.26	Q
3	2	Violeta Beclea	Romania	2:03.50	Q
4	1	Aisling Molloy	Ireland	2:03.56	Q
5	1	Gabriela Lesch	Germany	2:03.70	Q
5	2	Charmaine Crooks	Canada	2:03.70	Q
7	2	Joetta Clark	United States	2:03.84	q
8	1	Małgorzata Rydz	Poland	2:04.03	q
9	1	Olga Burkanova	Soviet Union	2:05.00	q
10	3	Lyubov Gurina	Soviet Union	2:05.37	Q
11	3	Sharon Stewart	Australia	2:05.54	Q, AR
12	3	Meredith Rainey	United States	2:05.64	Q
13	3	Helena Dziurová	Czechoslovakia	2:07.58
14	2	Carmen Arrúa	Argentina	2:07.70	NR
15	3	Li Wenhong	China	2:07.93	NR
	1	Evelyn Musonda	Zambia	DQ
	2	Lasnet Nkouka	Republic of the Congo	DNS

First 3 of each semifinal (Q) qualified directly for the final.^[2]

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	2	Violeta Beclea	Romania	2:01.44	Q
2	2	Lyubov Gurina	Soviet Union	2:01.48	Q
3	2	Charmaine Crooks	Canada	2:01.63	Q, NR
4	1	Christine Wachtel	Germany	2:01.70	Q
5	1	Ella Kovacs	Romania	2:01.75	Q
6	2	Joetta Clark	United States	2:02.02
7	1	Meredith Rainey	United States	2:02.19	Q
8	2	Gabriela Lesch	Germany	2:02.68
9	1	Aisling Molloy	Ireland	2:02.93
10	1	Olga Burkanova	Soviet Union	2:03.51
11	1	Małgorzata Rydz	Poland	2:03.54
12	2	Sharon Stewart	Australia	2:03.98	AR

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time
	Christine Wachtel	Germany	2:01.51
	Violeta Beclea	Romania	2:01.75
	Ella Kovacs	Romania	2:01.79
4	Lyubov Gurina	Soviet Union	2:02.04
5	Charmaine Crooks	Canada	2:02.27
6	Meredith Rainey	United States	2:04.82