1999 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Women's 800 metres explained

The women's 800 metres event at the 1999 IAAF World Indoor Championships was held on March 5–7.

Medalists

width=200 bgcolor=gold	Gold	width=200 bgcolor=silver	Silver	width=200 bgcolor=CC9966	Bronze
Ludmila Formanová	Maria Mutola	Natalya Tsyganova

Results

Heats

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

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	1			2:00.49	Q
2	1			2:00.77	Q
3	1			2:01.41	q
4	1			2:02.23	q, SB
5	1			2:02.51	q
6	2			2:02.96	Q
7	2			2:03.09	Q
8	2			2:03.26	q
9	2			2:03.37	q
10	2			2:03.43	q
11	3			2:04.45	Q
12	3			2:04.52	Q
13	3			2:04.64
14	2			2:05.38
15	3			2:05.66	PB
16	3			2:06.52
17	1			2:15.65
	3

Semifinals

First 2 of each semifinal (Q) and the next 2 fastest (q) qualified for the final.

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	1			1:59.22	Q
2	1			1:59.96	Q
3	1			2:00.30	q
4	1			2:00.75	q
5	1			2:01.93	SB
6	2			2:02.18	Q
7	1			2:02.42	NR
8	2			2:02.51	Q
9	2			2:03.05
10	2			2:03.10
11	2			2:03.50
12	2			2:04.77

Final

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
			1:56.90	CR
			1:57.17
			1:57.47	NR
4			1:59.11	PB
5			1:59.57
6			2:04.39

References

• Results