Athletics at the 1997 Summer Universiade – Women's 800 metres

The women's 800 metres event at the 1997 Summer Universiade was held at the Stadio Cibali in Catania, Italy on 26, 27, and 29 August.^[1]

Medalists edit

Gold	Silver	Bronze
Iryna Nedelenko Ukraine	Yelena Martson Ukraine	Mariya Sinusova Russia

Rank	Heat	Athlete	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	2	Mariya Sinusova	Russia	2:03.39	Q
2	2	Ana Menéndez	Spain	2:03.41	Q^[2]
3	2	Dorota Fiut	Poland	2:03.51	q
4	2	Marie-Louise Henning	South Africa	2:03.88	q
5	1	Carmen Stanciu	Romania	2:03.98	Q
6	1	Argentina Paulino	Mozambique	2:04.02	Q
7	1	Ana Guevara	Mexico	2:04.35	q
8	2	Samira Raïf	Morocco	2:04.68	q
9	1	Carlien Cornelissen	South Africa	2:05.00	q
10	4	Iryna Nedelenko	Ukraine	2:05.07	Q
11	4	Hayley Parry	Great Britain	2:05.60	Q
12	4	Elisabetta Artuso	Italy	2:05.60	q
13	2	Maura Prendeville	Ireland	2:05.98
14	5	Mairelin Fuentes	Cuba	2:06.18	Q
15	5	Stephanie Graf	Austria	2:06.45	Q
16	2	Marjana Zajfrid	Slovenia	2:06.69
17	3	Yelena Martson	Ukraine	2:06.70	Q
18	5	Julian Reynolds	United States	2:06.77
19	5	Jurga Marcinkevičiūtė	Lithuania	2:06.88
20	4	Jeannette Castro	Mexico	2:06.92
21	3	Sandra Dawson	Australia	2:07.11	Q^[3]
22	3	Jeina Mitchell	Great Britain	2:07.35
23	4	María Pilar Barreiro	Spain	2:07.54	^[2]
24	1	Kumiko Okamoto	Japan	2:09.07
25	3	Hilary Bruening	United States	2:09.17
26	5	Veslemøy Hausken	Norway	2:09.92
27	5	Célia dos Santos	Brazil	2:10.07
28	1	Rikke Rønholt	Denmark	2:10.13
29	3	Susana Rebolledo	Chile	2:10.54
30	3	Miriam Mašeková	Slovakia	2:11.52
31	2	Andrea da Silva	Brazil	2:11.66
32	4	Sandra Moya	Puerto Rico	2:12.65
33	3	Anna Anfinogentova	Latvia	2:12.93
34	5	Natalia Cercheș	Moldova	2:17.25
35	1	Rita Pattipeilohy	Indonesia	2:19.33

Rank	Heat	Athlete	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	2	Iryna Nedelenko	Ukraine	2:03.61	Q
2	2	Hayley Parry	Great Britain	2:03.95	Q
3	2	Argentina Paulino	Mozambique	2:04.09	Q
4	2	Mariya Sinusova	Russia	2:04.20	Q
5	2	Dorota Fiut	Poland	2:04.25
6	2	Sandra Dawson	Australia	2:04.34	^[3]
7	1	Ana Guevara	Mexico	2:04.96	Q
8	1	Yelena Martson	Ukraine	2:04.98	Q
9	1	Ana Menéndez	Spain	2:05.12	Q^[2]
10	1	Carmen Stanciu	Romania	2:05.14	Q
11	1	Stephanie Graf	Austria	2:05.33
12	2	Carlien Cornelissen	South Africa	2:05.55
13	1	Mairelin Fuentes	Cuba	2:05.91
14	1	Marie-Louise Henning	South Africa	2:06.30
15	1	Samira Raïf	Morocco	2:07.51
16	2	Elisabetta Artuso	Italy	2:10.40	^[4]

Rank	Athlete	Nationality	Time
	Iryna Nedelenko	Ukraine	2:00.21
	Yelena Martson	Ukraine	2:00.84
	Mariya Sinusova	Russia	2:01.38
4	Ana Menéndez	Spain	2:01.63
5	Hayley Parry	Great Britain	2:02.47
6	Ana Guevara	Mexico	2:02.90
7	Argentina Paulino	Mozambique	2:03.22
8	Carmen Stanciu	Romania	2:03.74

^ Results at Tilastopaja
^ ^a ^b ^c Spanish results (p304)
^ ^a ^b "Australian 1997 Almanac" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2014-10-06. Retrieved 2014-10-08.
^ Tuscan athletes' results
^ "Results". Archived from the original on 2011-07-06. Retrieved 2014-10-01.