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.Results at Tilastopaja

Medalists GoldSilverBronzeIryna NedelenkoYelena MartsonMariya Sinusova

Results

Heats Rank Heat Athlete Nationality Time Notes 1 2 Mariya Sinusova 2:03.39 Q 2 2 Ana Menéndez 2:03.41 QSpanish results (p304) 3 2 Dorota Fiut 2:03.51 q 4 2 Marie-Louise Henning 2:03.88 q 5 1 Carmen Stanciu 2:03.98 Q 6 1 Argentina Paulino 2:04.02 Q 7 1 Ana Guevara 2:04.35 q 8 2 Samira Raïf 2:04.68 q 9 1 Carlien Cornelissen 2:05.00 q 10 4 Iryna Nedelenko 2:05.07 Q 11 4 Hayley Parry 2:05.60 Q 12 4 Elisabetta Artuso 2:05.60 q 13 2 Maura Prendeville 2:05.98 14 5 Mairelin Fuentes 2:06.18 Q 15 5 Stephanie Graf 2:06.45 Q 16 2 Marjana Zajfrid 2:06.69 17 3 Yelena Martson 2:06.70 Q 18 5 Julian Reynolds 2:06.77 19 5 Jurga Marcinkevičiūtė 2:06.88 20 4 Jeannette Castro 2:06.92 21 3 Sandra Dawson 2:07.11 Q 22 3 Jeina Mitchell 2:07.35 23 4 María Pilar Barreiro 2:07.54 24 1 Kumiko Okamoto 2:09.07 25 3 Hilary Bruening 2:09.17 26 5 Veslemøy Hausken 2:09.92 27 5 Célia dos Santos 2:10.07 28 1 Rikke Rønholt 2:10.13 29 3 Susana Rebolledo 2:10.54 30 3 Miriam Mašeková 2:11.52 31 2 Andrea da Silva 2:11.66 32 4 Sandra Moya 2:12.65 33 3 Anna Anfinogentova 2:12.93 34 5 Natalia Cercheș 2:17.25 35 1 Rita Pattipeilohy 2:19.33

Semifinals Rank Heat Athlete Nationality Time Notes 1 2 Iryna Nedelenko 2:03.61 Q 2 2 Hayley Parry 2:03.95 Q 3 2 Argentina Paulino 2:04.09 Q 4 2 Mariya Sinusova 2:04.20 Q 5 2 Dorota Fiut 2:04.25 6 2 Sandra Dawson 2:04.34 7 1 Ana Guevara 2:04.96 Q 8 1 Yelena Martson 2:04.98 Q 9 1 Ana Menéndez 2:05.12 Q 10 1 Carmen Stanciu 2:05.14 Q 11 1 Stephanie Graf 2:05.33 12 2 Carlien Cornelissen 2:05.55 13 1 Mairelin Fuentes 2:05.91 14 1 Marie-Louise Henning 2:06.30 15 1 Samira Raïf 2:07.51 16 2 Elisabetta Artuso 2:10.40 Tuscan athletes' results

Final

Rank Athlete Nationality Time Notes Iryna Nedelenko 2:00.21 Yelena Martson 2:00.84 Mariya Sinusova 2:01.38 4 Ana Menéndez 2:01.63 5 Hayley Parry 2:02.47 6 Ana Guevara 2:02.90 7 Argentina Paulino 2:03.22 8 Carmen Stanciu 2:03.74

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