1987 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Women's 800 metres

Events at the 1987 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 1987 IAAF World Indoor Championships was held at the Hoosier Dome in Indianapolis on 6 and 7 March.

Medalists

Gold	Silver	Bronze
Christine Wachtel  East Germany	Gabriela Sedláková  Czechoslovakia	Lyubov Kiryukhina  Soviet Union

Results

Heats

The first 2 of each heat (Q) and next 2 fastest (q) qualified for the final.^[1]

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	2	Slobodanka Čolović	Yugoslavia	2:03.13	Q
2	2	Janet Bell	Great Britain	2:03.45	Q
3	1	Lyubov Kiryukhina	Soviet Union	2:03.63	Q
4	1	Gabriela Sedláková	Czechoslovakia	2:03.69	Q
5	1	Diana Richburg	United States	2:03.85	q
6	1	Maria Pintea	Romania	2:03.91	q
7	2	Violeta Beclea	Romania	2:04.03
8	3	Christine Wachtel	East Germany	2:04.39	Q
9	3	Joetta Clark	United States	2:04.56	Q
10	3	Montserrat Pujol	Spain	2:04.88
11	3	Soraya Telles	Brazil	2:05.09	AR
12	2	Maureen Stewart	Costa Rica	2:07.72	NR
13	2	Rosa Colorado	Spain	2:07.72
14	3	Célestine N'Drin	Ivory Coast	2:07.96	NR
15	3	Alejandra Ramos	Chile	2:08.42
16	2	Justine Craig	New Zealand	2:09.48
17	1	Geeta Zutshi	India	2:10.79
18	2	Donna Bean	Bermuda	2:13.98	NR
19	1	Cristina Girón	Guatemala	2:22.80	NR
20	1	Sadoa Sowumi	Nigeria	DNS

Final

^[2]

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Christine Wachtel	East Germany	2:01.32	CR
	Gabriela Sedláková	Czechoslovakia	2:01.85	WJR
	Lyubov Kiryukhina	Soviet Union	2:01.98
4	Slobodanka Čolović	Yugoslavia	2:02.33
5	Janet Bell	Great Britain	2:02.96
6	Joetta Clark	United States	2:03.92
7	Maria Pintea	Romania	2:04.33
8	Diana Richburg	United States	2:05.86

References

1. Official heats results
2. Official final results