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

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

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

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