Athletics at the 2003 Summer Universiade – Women's 800 metres explained

The women's 800 metres event at the 2003 Summer Universiade was held in Daegu, South Korea on 27–30 August.

The winning margin was 0.05 seconds which as of 2024 remains the narrowest winning margin in the women's 800 metres at these games.

Medalists

width=200 bgcolor=gold	Gold	width=200 bgcolor=silver	Silver	width=200 bgcolor=CC9966	Bronze
Liliana Barbulescu	Anna Zagórska	Irina Vashentseva

Results

Heats

Rank	Heat	Athlete	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	1			2:02.91	Q
2	1			2:03.44	Q
3	1			2:03.87	q
4	4			2:03.94	Q^[1]
5	4			2:04.51	Q
6	4			2:04.59	q
7	1			2:04.60	q
8	6			2:04.91	Q
9	3			2:04.92	Q
10	4			2:04.93	q
11	6			2:04.98	Q
12	6			2:05.24
13	3			2:05.43	Q
14	3			2:05.44
15	5			2:05.95	Q
16	5			2:06.06	Q
17	1			2:06.40
18	5			2:06.52
19	5			2:06.83	^[2]
20	4			2:06.85
21	3			2:07.14
22	6			2:07.27
23	3			2:08.35
24	2			2:08.77	Q
25	5			2:08.86
26	2			2:09.10	Q^[3]
27	4			2:09.64
28	6			2:10.50
29	2			2:10.73
30	1			2:11.91
31	6			2:12.42
32	5			2:13.87
33	2			2:14.89
34	1			2:14.95
35	3			2:15.01
36	3			2:18.01
37	4			2:23.17
38	2			2:55.38

Semifinals

Rank	Heat	Athlete	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	1			2:01.59	Q
2	1			2:01.95	Q
3	1			2:02.11	Q
4	1			2:02.42	q^[4]
5	1			2:02.67	q
6	2			2:03.11	Q
7	1			2:03.23
8	2			2:03.40	Q
9	2			2:03.40	Q
10	2			2:03.45	NR
11	2			2:03.45
12	2			2:03.46
13	2			2:03.84
14	1			2:05.14
15	2			2:05.91
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Final

Rank	Athlete	Nationality	Time	Notes
			2:00.06
			2:00.11
			2:00.77
4			2:01.39
5			2:01.53
6			2:01.86
7			2:02.64
8			2:03.01

References

• Results

Notes and References

1. http://www.coolrunning.co.nz/news/2003n008.html Heat 3, 4 results
2. https://web.archive.org/web/20061016175909/http://www.athletics.ca/cmslib/general/2003-29%20OutdoorRankings-WOMEN2004122142447.pdf Canada 2001 rankings
3. https://web.archive.org/web/20031124051229/http://ifnt.fizyka.amu.edu.pl/tw/la/tab/2003/stazag03.doc Polish athletes 2003 international results
4. https://web.archive.org/web/20031018055105/http://www2.iaaf.org/Results/Lists/2003/Outdoor/G/Lists.txt IAAF 2003 Top list