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

| 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 | 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 | |

### 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 |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| | 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 | |
