1995 World Championships in Athletics – Women's 800 metres explained

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

Medalists

Gold	Ana Fidelia Quirot Cuba (CUB)
Silver	Letitia Vriesde Suriname (SUR)
Bronze	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			1:59.07	Q
	1			1:59.61	Q
	2			1:59.73	Q
	4			1:59.93	Q
	2			2:00.03	Q
	1			2:00.13	q
	4			2:00.13	Q
	2			2:00.23	q
	2			2:00.75	q
10	3			2:00.84	Q
11	4			2:00.95	q
12	3			2:01.04	Q
13	2			2:01.13	q
14	4			2:01.24	q
15	1			2:01.38
16	3			2:01.54
17	3			2:01.70
18	2			2:01.74
18	5			2:01.74	Q
20	5			2:01.76	Q
21	5			2:01.82
22	5			2:02.04
23	1			2:02.28
24	5			2:02.39
25	4			2:03.16
26	1			2:03.68
26	5			2:03.68
28	4			2:04.15
29	3			2:04.41
30	3			2:05.87
31	2			2:07.57
32	3			2:19.35
33	2			2:20.78
34	1			2:34.18	NR
35	5			2:43.22
	4

Semifinals

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

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	2			1:58.49	Q
	2			1:58.61	Q
	2			1:58.70	Q
	2			1:58.86	Q
	2			1:59.45
	2			2:00.93
	1			2:01.37	Q
	1			2:01.52	Q
	1			2:01.73	Q
10	1			2:02.75	Q
11	2			2:03.31
12	1			2:03.66
13	1			2:03.72
14	1			2:04.51
15	1			2:05.11
	2

Final

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
			1:56.11
			1:56.68	AR
			1:56.95	NR
4			1:57.04	NR
5			1:58.20
6			1:58.98
7			1:59.16
8			2:05.55

References

• Results
• IAAF