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 edit

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

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

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

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