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Events at the 1995 World Championships
Track events
100 m	men	women
200 m	men	women
400 m	men	women
800 m	men	women
1500 m	men	women
5000 m	men	women
10,000 m	men	women
100 m hurdles		women
110 m hurdles	men
400 m hurdles	men	women
3000 m steeplechase	men
4 × 100 m relay	men	women
4 × 400 m relay	men	women
Road events
Marathon	men	women
10 km walk		women
20 km walk	men
50 km walk	men
Field events
High jump	men	women
Pole vault	men
Long jump	men	women
Triple jump	men	women
Shot put	men	women
Discus throw	men	women
Hammer throw	men
Javelin throw	men	women
Combined events
Heptathlon		women
Decathlon	men
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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

References

• Results
• IAAF

• Events at the 1995 World Championships in Athletics
• 800 metres at the World Athletics Championships
• 1995 in women's athletics