title: 1999 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Women's 800 metres
text: # 1999 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Women's 800 metres
  
  The women's 800 metres event at the 1999 IAAF World Indoor Championships was held on March 5–7.
  
  ## Medalists
  
  | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
  | - | - | - |
  | Ludmila Formanová Czech Republic | Maria Mutola Mozambique | Natalya Tsyganova Russia |
  
  ## Results
  
  ### Heats
  
  First 2 of each heat (Q) and next 6 fastest (q) qualified for the semifinals.
  
  | Rank | Heat | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | 1 | Ludmila Formanová | Czech Republic | 2:00.49 | Q |
  | 2 | 1 | Natalya Tsyganova | Russia | 2:00.77 | Q |
  | 3 | 1 | Meredith Valmon | United States | 2:01.41 | q |
  | 4 | 1 | Malin Ewerlöf | Sweden | 2:02.23 | q, SB |
  | 5 | 1 | Letitia Vriesde | Suriname | 2:02.51 | q |
  | 6 | 2 | Maria Mutola | Mozambique | 2:02.96 | Q |
  | 7 | 2 | Hasna Benhassi | Morocco | 2:03.09 | Q |
  | 8 | 2 | Natalya Dukhnova | Belarus | 2:03.26 | q |
  | 9 | 2 | Michelle DiMuro-Ave | United States | 2:03.37 | q |
  | 10 | 2 | Nouria Merah-Benida | Algeria | 2:03.43 | q |
  | 11 | 3 | Stephanie Graf | Austria | 2:04.45 | Q |
  | 12 | 3 | Tamsyn Lewis | Australia | 2:04.52 | Q |
  | 13 | 3 | Natalya Gorelova | Russia | 2:04.64 | |
  | 14 | 2 | Lwiza John | Tanzania | 2:05.38 | |
  | 15 | 3 | Tina Paulino | Mozambique | 2:05.66 | PB |
  | 16 | 3 | Grace Birungi | Uganda | 2:06.52 | |
  | 17 | 1 | Makiko Yoshida | Japan | 2:15.65 | |
  | | 3 | Mardrea Hyman | Jamaica | DNF | |
  
  ### Semifinals
  
  First 2 of each semifinal (Q) and the next 2 fastest (q) qualified for the final.
  
  | Rank | Heat | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | 1 | Ludmila Formanová | Czech Republic | 1:59.22 | Q |
  | 2 | 1 | Natalya Tsyganova | Russia | 1:59.96 | Q |
  | 3 | 1 | Hasna Benhassi | Morocco | 2:00.30 | q |
  | 4 | 1 | Meredith Valmon | United States | 2:00.75 | q |
  | 5 | 1 | Malin Ewerlöf | Sweden | 2:01.93 | SB |
  | 6 | 2 | Maria Mutola | Mozambique | 2:02.18 | Q |
  | 7 | 1 | Tamsyn Lewis | Australia | 2:02.42 | NR |
  | 8 | 2 | Stephanie Graf | Austria | 2:02.51 | Q |
  | 9 | 2 | Natalya Dukhnova | Belarus | 2:03.05 | |
  | 10 | 2 | Nouria Mérah-Benida | Algeria | 2:03.10 | |
  | 11 | 2 | Letitia Vriesde | Suriname | 2:03.50 | |
  | 12 | 2 | Michelle DiMuro-Ave | United States | 2:04.77 | |
  
  ### Final
  
  | Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Ludmila Formanová | Czech Republic | 1:56.90 | CR |
  | | Maria Mutola | Mozambique | 1:57.17 | |
  | | Natalya Tsyganova | Russia | 1:57.47 | NR |
  | 4 | Meredith Valmon | United States | 1:59.11 | PB |
  | 5 | Hasna Benhassi | Morocco | 1:59.57 | |
  | 6 | Stephanie Graf | Austria | 2:04.39 | |
  