1989 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Women's 800 metres
# 1989 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Women's 800 metres

The women's 800 metres event at the 1989 IAAF World Indoor Championships was held at the Budapest Sportcsarnok in Budapest on March 4 and 5.

## Medalists

| Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| - | - | - |
| Christine Wachtel East Germany | Tatyana Grebenchuk Soviet Union | Ellen Kiessling East Germany |

## Results

### Heats

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

| Rank | Heat | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | 2 | Ellen Kiessling | East Germany | 2:01.74 | Q |
| 2 | 2 | Violeta Beclea | Romania | 2:01.88 | Q |
| 3 | 2 | Joetta Clark | United States | 2:01.96 | q |
| 4 | 2 | Gabriela Lesch | West Germany | 2:02.20 | q |
| 5 | 1 | Christine Wachtel | East Germany | 2:02.29 | Q |
| 6 | 1 | Tatyana Grebenchuk | Soviet Union | 2:02.35 | Q |
| 7 | 1 | Tudorita Chidu | Romania | 2:02.85 | |
| 8 | 2 | Erzsébet Szabó | Hungary | 2:03.37 | =NR |
| 9 | 1 | Maite Zúñiga | Spain | 2:03.65 | |
| 10 | 1 | Alisa Harvey | United States | 2:04.03 | |
| 11 | 2 | Marcia Tate | Jamaica | 2:05.28 | |

### Final

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| | Christine Wachtel | East Germany | 1:59.24 | CR |
| | Tatyana Grebenchuk | Soviet Union | 1:59.53 | PB |
| | Ellen Kiessling | East Germany | 1:59.68 | PB |
| 4 | Violeta Beclea | Romania | 2:00.26 | PB |
| 5 | Gabriela Lesch | West Germany | 2:01.09 | |
| | Joetta Clark | United States | DNS | |
