1995 World Championships in Athletics – Women's 800 metres

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Events at the
1995 World Championships
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Track events
100 m   men   women
200 m men women
400 m men women
800 m men women
1500 m men women
5000 m men women
10,000 m men women
100 m hurdles women
110 m hurdles men
400 m hurdles men women
3000 m
steeplechase
men
4×100 m relay men women
4×400 m relay men women
Road events
Marathon men women
10 km walk women
20 km walk men
50 km walk men
Field events
Long jump men women
Triple jump men women
High jump men women
Pole vault men
Shot put men women
Discus throw men women
Javelin throw men women
Hammer throw men
Combined events
Heptathlon women
Decathlon men

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

Medalists

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

Results

Heats

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 Ewerlof  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

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

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1st Ana Fidelia Quirot  Cuba 1:56.11
2nd Letitia Vriesde  Suriname 1:56.68 AR
3rd 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