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 GoldSilverBronzeLiliana BarbulescuAnna ZagórskaIrina Vashentseva

Results

Heats Rank Heat Athlete Nationality Time Notes 1 1 Irina Vashentseva 2:02.91 Q 2 1 Miki Nishimura 2:03.44 Q 3 1 Sandra Teixeira 2:03.87 q 4 4 Anna Zagórska 2:03.94 QHeat 3, 4 results 5 4 Liu Qing 2:04.51 Q 6 4 Alexia Oberstolz 2:04.59 q 7 1 Sviatlana Klimkovich 2:04.60 q 8 6 Tamara Volkova 2:04.91 Q 9 3 Laura Gerber 2:04.92 Q 10 4 Becky Lyne 2:04.93 q 11 6 Mihaela Olaru 2:04.98 Q 12 6 Sonja Roman 2:05.24 13 3 Tatyana Yegorova 2:05.43 Q 14 3 Najla Jaber 2:05.44 15 5 Christiane dos Santos 2:05.95 Q 16 5 Liliana Barbulescu 2:06.06 Q 17 1 Houria Chlihi 2:06.40 18 5 Rikke Rønholt 2:06.52 19 5 Aimee Teteris 2:06.83 Canada 2001 rankings 20 4 Kristin Roset 2:06.85 21 3 Sheena Gooding 2:07.14 22 6 Binnaz Uslu 2:07.27 23 3 Melissa Thomas 2:08.35 24 2 Anny Christofidou 2:08.77 Q 25 5 Lisbeth Pedersen 2:08.86 26 2 Joanna Buza 2:09.10 QPolish athletes 2003 international results 27 4 Rochelle Heron 2:09.64 28 6 Chantal Breedt 2:10.50 29 2 Tatsiana Buloichik 2:10.73 30 1 Lisa van der Merwe 2:11.91 31 6 Irina Krakoviak 2:12.42 32 5 Euridice Borges Semedo 2:13.87 33 2 Nam Sun-ha 2:14.89 34 1 Yuliya Belkova 2:14.95 35 3 Buathip Boonprasert 2:15.01 36 3 Sudati Masasu 2:18.01 37 4 Catherine Angwech 2:23.17 38 2 Wongani Lornifar Chirwa 2:55.38

Semifinals Rank Heat Athlete Nationality Time Notes 1 1 Irina Vashentseva 2:01.59 Q 2 1 Anna Zagórska 2:01.95 Q 3 1 Liliana Barbulescu 2:02.11 Q 4 1 Sandra Teixeira 2:02.42 qIAAF 2003 Top list 5 1 Christiane dos Santos 2:02.67 q 6 2 Tamara Volkova 2:03.11 Q 7 1 Miki Nishimura 2:03.23 8 2 Laura Gerber 2:03.40 Q 9 2 Tatyana Yegorova 2:03.40 Q 10 2 Anny Christofidou 2:03.45 NR 11 2 Mihaela Olaru 2:03.45 12 2 Liu Qing 2:03.46 13 2 Joanna Buza 2:03.84 14 1 Alexia Oberstolz 2:05.14 15 2 Sviatlana Klimkovich 2:05.91 1 Becky Lyne

Final Rank Athlete Nationality Time Notes Liliana Barbulescu 2:00.06 Anna Zagórska 2:00.11 Irina Vashentseva 2:00.77 4 Laura Gerber 2:01.39 5 Christiane dos Santos 2:01.53 6 Tamara Volkova 2:01.86 7 Tatyana Yegorova 2:02.64 8 Sandra Teixeira 2:03.01

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