The women's 200 metres event at the 1961 Summer Universiade was held at the Vasil Levski National Stadium in Sofia, Bulgaria, in September 1961.[1]
| width=200 bgcolor=gold | Gold | width=200 bgcolor=silver | Silver | width=200 bgcolor=CC9966 | Bronze |
Barbara Janiszewska Poland | Joan Atkinson | Vera Kabranyuk |
| Rank | Heat | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | 24.62 | Q | |||
| 2 | 1 | 25.1 | Q | |||
| 3 | 1 | 26.1 | ||||
| 1 | 2 | 24.5 | Q | |||
| 2 | 2 | 24.8 | Q | |||
| 3 | 2 | 25.7 | ||||
| 1 | 3 | 25.2 | Q | |||
| 3 | 3 | 26.7 | ||||
| 4 | 3 | 28.7 | ||||
| 3 |
| Rank | Athlete | Nationality | Time | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 24.44 | |||||
| 24.49 | |||||
| 24.70 | |||||
| 4 | 25.14 | ||||