1991 World Championships in Athletics – Women's 800 metres explained

These are the official results of the Women's 800 metres event at the 1991 IAAF World Championships in Tokyo, Japan. There were a total of 36 participating athletes, with five qualifying heats and the final held on Monday August 26, 1991.

Medalists

Gold	Liliya Nurutdinova Soviet Union (URS)
Silver	Ana Fidelia Quirot Cuba (CUB)
Bronze	Ella Kovacs Romania (ROU)

Schedule

All times are Japan Standard Time (UTC+9)

Heats
24.08.1991 - 17:35h
Semifinals
25.08.1991 - 19:20h
Final
26.08.1991 - 19:10h

Final

RANK	FINAL	TIME
		1:57.50
		1:57.55
		1:57.58
4.		1:57.63
5.		1:58.25
6.		1:58.90
7.		2:01.01
8.		2:02.92

Semifinals

Held on Sunday 1991-08-25

RANK	HEAT 1	TIME
1.		2:00.08
2.		2:00.13
3.		2:00.13
4.		2:00.30
5.		2:00.47
6.		2:01.53
7.		2:02.35
-		DNS

RANK	HEAT 2	TIME
1.		1:59.10
2.		1:59.15
3.		1:59.15
4.		1:59.29
5.		1:59.93
6.		2:00.63
7.		2:01.32
8.		2:01.32

Qualifying heats

Held on Saturday 1991-08-24

RANK	HEAT 1	TIME
1.		2:01.06
2.		2:01.44
3.		2:01.71
4.		2:01.81
5.		2:03.84
6.		2:07.54
7.		2:30.77

RANK	HEAT 2	TIME
1.		2:04.52
2.		2:04.60
3.		2:04.84
4.		2:06.53
5.		2:08.72
6.		2:24.63
-		DNS

RANK	HEAT 3	TIME
1.		2:00.86
2.		2:00.88
3.		2:00.99
4.		2:02.58
5.		2:03.24
6.		2:08.72
-		DNS

RANK	HEAT 4	TIME
1.		2:00.05
2.		2:00.11
3.		2:00.13
4.		2:01.22
5.		2:02.02
6.		2:02.31
7.		3:00.97

RANK	HEAT 5	TIME
1.		2:01.45
2.		2:01.51
3.		2:01.95
4.		2:03.09
5.		2:03.81
6.		2:03.83
7.		2:04.64
8.		2:51.71

See also

References

Results