1989 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Women's 800 metres

Events at the 1989 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
3000 m walk				women
5000 m walk		men
Field events
High jump		men		women
Pole vault		men
Long jump		men		women
Triple jump		men
Shot put		men		women

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

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.^[1]

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

^[2]

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
01 !	Christine Wachtel	East Germany	1:59.24	CR
02 !	Tatyana Grebenchuk	Soviet Union	1:59.53	PB
03 !	Ellen Kiessling	East Germany	1:59.68	PB
4	Violeta Beclea	Romania	2:00.26	PB
5	Gabriela Lesch	West Germany	2:01.09
6	Joetta Clark	United States	9:99.99 !DNS

References