1995 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Women's 800 metres

The women's 800 metres event at the 1995 IAAF World Indoor Championships was held on 10–12 March 1995.^[1]

The winning margin was 2.17 seconds which as of July 2024 remains the only time the women's 800 metres was won by more than two seconds at these championships.

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Gold	Silver	Bronze
Maria Mutola Mozambique	Yelena Afanasyeva Russia	Letitia Vriesde Suriname

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	2	Patricia Djaté-Taillard	France	2:04.09	Q
2	2	Stella Jongmans	Netherlands	2:04.30	Q
3	2	Irina Samorokova	Russia	2:04.47	Q
4	2	Inez Turner	Jamaica	2:04.65	q
5	3	Maria Mutola	Mozambique	2:05.15	Q
6	2	Andrea Šuldesová	Czech Republic	2:05.49	q
7	3	Ludmila Formanová	Czech Republic	2:06.32	Q
8	3	Amaia Andrés	Spain	2:06.82	Q
9	2	Tina Paulino	Mozambique	2:06.95	q
10	3	Abigail Hunte	Great Britain	2:07.82
11	3	Elsa Amaral	Portugal	2:08.03
12	1	Letitia Vriesde	Suriname	2:09.15	Q
13	1	Yelena Afanasyeva	Russia	2:09.41	Q
14	1	Petya Strashilova	Bulgaria	2:09.58	Q
15	1	Nekita Beasley	United States	2:10.62
16	1	Rosa Evora	El Salvador	2:20.47
17	1	Myadagmaa Otgontuya	Mongolia	2:20.68

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	2	Maria Mutola	Mozambique	2:03.28	Q
2	2	Yelena Afanasyeva	Russia	2:04.12	Q
3	2	Stella Jongmans	Netherlands	2:04.35	Q
4	2	Patricia Djaté-Taillard	France	2:05.14
5	1	Letitia Vriesde	Suriname	2:05.18	Q
6	2	Petya Strashilova	Bulgaria	2:05.40
7	1	Inez Turner	Jamaica	2:05.46	Q
8	1	Irina Samorokova	Russia	2:05.49	Q
9	1	Ludmila Formanová	Czech Republic	2:05.60
10	1	Amaia Andrés	Spain	2:06.20
11	2	Andrea Šuldesová	Czech Republic	2:07.25
	1	Tina Paulino	Mozambique	DNS

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time
	Maria Mutola	Mozambique	1:57.62
	Yelena Afanasyeva	Russia	1:59.79
	Letitia Vriesde	Suriname	2:00.36
4	Irina Samorokova	Russia	2:00.43
5	Stella Jongmans	Netherlands	2:01.14
6	Inez Turner	Jamaica	2:02.00

1995 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Women's 800 metres

Medalists

Results

Heats

Semifinals

Final

References

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