Athletics at the 1981 Summer Universiade – Women's 800 metres explained

The women's 800 metres event at the 1981 Summer Universiade was held at the Stadionul Naţional in Bucharest on 25 and 26 July 1981.^[1]

Medalists

width=200 bgcolor=gold	Gold	width=200 bgcolor=silver	Silver	width=200 bgcolor=CC9966	Bronze
Doina Melinte Romania	Gabriella Dorio	Tudorita Morutan Romania

Results

Heats

Rank	Heat	Athlete	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	1			2:02.92	Q
2	1			2:03.56	Q
3	1			2:04.05
4	1			2:04.14	^[2]
5	1			2:05.98
6	1			2:14.39
1	2			1:59.17	Q^[3]
2	2			2:00.30	Q
3	2			2:02.05	q
4	2			2:04.05
5	2			2:11.00
1	3			2:01.86	Q
2	3				Q
3	3			2:02.50
4	3			2:05.06	^[4]
5	3			2:06.10

Final

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Rank	Athlete	Nationality	Time	Notes
			1:57.81
			1:58.99
			1:59.30
4			1:59.31
5			1:59.72
6			2:01.13
7			2:01.44
8			2:02.83

Notes and References

1. https://www.tilastopaja.eu/db/results.php?Season=1981&CID=12981191 Results at Tilastopaja
2. https://web.archive.org/web/20160410014338/http://athhistory.imgstg.com/international/int57.htm Australian results
3. News: Wiley fends off asthma, McCoy. 9 February 2020 . . 26 July 1981 . 6.
4. https://www.rfea.es/ranking/altt/alltimeESP_2017.pdf Spanish toplist
5. News: Final results . 9 February 2020 . . 27 July 1981 . 26.
6. News: Final results . 9 February 2020 . . 26 July 1981.