1991 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Women's 800 metres

Events at the 1991 IAAF World Indoor Championships
Track events
60 m		men		women
200 m		men		women
400 m		men		women
800 m		men		women
1500 m		men		women
3000 m		men		women
60 m hurdles		men		women
4×400 m relay		men		women
3000 m walk				women
5000 m walk		men
Field events
High jump		men		women
Pole vault		men
Long jump		men		women
Triple jump		men		women
Shot put		men		women

The women's 800 metres event at the 1991 IAAF World Indoor Championships was held on 8, 9 and 10 March.

Medalists

Gold	Silver	Bronze
Christine Wachtel  Germany	Violeta Beclea  Romania	Ella Kovacs  Romania

Results

Heats

First 3 of each heat (Q) and next 3 fastest (q) qualified for the semifinals.^[1]

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	1	Ella Kovacs	Romania	2:02.86	Q
2	2	Christine Wachtel	Germany	2:03.26	Q
3	2	Violeta Beclea	Romania	2:03.50	Q
4	1	Aisling Molloy	Ireland	2:03.56	Q
5	1	Gabriela Lesch	Germany	2:03.70	Q
5	2	Charmaine Crooks	Canada	2:03.70	Q
7	2	Joetta Clark	United States	2:03.84	q
8	1	Małgorzata Rydz	Poland	2:04.03	q
9	1	Olga Burkanova	Soviet Union	2:05.00	q
10	3	Lyubov Gurina	Soviet Union	2:05.37	Q
11	3	Sharon Stewart	Australia	2:05.54	Q, AR
12	3	Meredith Rainey	United States	2:05.64	Q
13	3	Helena Dziurová	Czechoslovakia	2:07.58
14	2	Carmen Arrúa	Argentina	2:07.70	NR
15	3	Li Wenhong	China	2:07.93	NR
16	1	Evelyn Musonda	Zambia	DQ
17	2	Lasnet Nkouka	Republic of the Congo	DNS

Semifinals

First 3 of each semifinal (Q) qualified directly for the final.^[2]

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	2	Violeta Beclea	Romania	2:01.44	Q
2	2	Lyubov Gurina	Soviet Union	2:01.48	Q
3	2	Charmaine Crooks	Canada	2:01.63	Q, NR
4	1	Christine Wachtel	Germany	2:01.70	Q
5	1	Ella Kovacs	Romania	2:01.75	Q
6	2	Joetta Clark	United States	2:02.02
7	1	Meredith Rainey	United States	2:02.19	Q
8	2	Gabriela Lesch	Germany	2:02.68
9	1	Aisling Molloy	Ireland	2:02.93
10	1	Olga Burkanova	Soviet Union	2:03.51
11	1	Małgorzata Rydz	Poland	2:03.54
12	2	Sharon Stewart	Australia	2:03.98	AR

Final

^[3]

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Christine Wachtel	Germany	2:01.51
	Violeta Beclea	Romania	2:01.75
	Ella Kovacs	Romania	2:01.79
4	Lyubov Gurina	Soviet Union	2:02.04
5	Charmaine Crooks	Canada	2:02.27
6	Meredith Rainey	United States	2:04.82

References

1. Heats results
2. Semifinals results
3. Final results