Athletics at the 1987 Summer Universiade – Women's 800 metres

The women's 800 metres event at the 1987 Summer Universiade was held at the Stadion Maksimir in Zagreb on 15, 17 and 19 July 1987.[1]

Medalists

Gold	Silver	Bronze
Slobodanka Čolović  Yugoslavia	Mitica Junghiatu  Romania	Joetta Clark  United States

Results

Heats

Rank	Heat	Athlete	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	1	Gabriela Sedláková	Czechoslovakia	2:04.32	Q
2	1	Anne Purvis	Great Britain	2:04.48	Q
3	1	Mitica Junghiatu	Romania	2:04.70	Q
4	1	Célestine N'Drin	Ivory Coast	2:05.56	q
1	2	Joetta Clark	United States	2:02.45	Q
2	2	Yelena Zavadskaya	Soviet Union	2:02.54	Q[2]
3	2	Renée Belanger	Canada	2:02.58	Q
4	2	Anna Rybicka	Poland	2:02.73	q
5	2	Rita Csordós	Hungary	2:05.08	q
1	3	Slobodanka Čolović	Yugoslavia	2:02.81	Q
2	3	Gabriela Lesch	West Germany	2:03.63	Q
3	3	Zofia Wieciorkowska	Poland	2:03.71	Q
4	3	Leticia	Mexico	2:07.95
4	4	Sarah Collins	Australia	2:07.18	[3]

Semifinals

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Rank	Heat	Athlete	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	2	Slobodanka Čolović	Yugoslavia	2:01.13	Q
2	2	Gabriela Lesch	West Germany	2:02.13	Q
3	1	Joetta Clark	United States	2:02.34	Q
4	1	Mitica Junghiatu	Romania	2:02.33	Q
5	2	Julie Jenkins	United States	2:02.37	Q
6	2	Renée Belanger	Canada	2:02.55	q
7	1	Gabriela Sedláková	Czechoslovakia	2:02.58	Q
8	1	Yelena Zavadskaya	Soviet Union	2:02.70	q
9	2	Anne Purvis	Great Britain	2:02.73	[6]
10	1	Zofia Wieciorkowska	Poland	2:03.07
11	1	Vesna Bajer	Yugoslavia	2:03.90
12	2	Anna Rybicka	Poland	2:04.09
13	1	Célestine N'Drin	Ivory Coast	2:04.70
14	2	Nicoletta Tozzi	Italy	2:04.78
15	2	Rita Csordós	Hungary	2:07.30

Final

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Rank	Athlete	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Slobodanka Čolović	Yugoslavia	1:56.88	UR
	Mitica Junghiatu	Romania	1:59.28
	Joetta Clark	United States	1:59.92
4	Julie Jenkins	United States	2:01.07
5	Gabriela Sedláková	Czechoslovakia	2:02.28
6	Gabriela Lesch	West Germany	2:02.45
7	Renée Belanger	Canada	2:03.31
8	Yelena Zavadskaya	Soviet Union	2:07.18

References

1. Treutlein, Gerhard (4 August 1987). "Die Universiade in Zagreb – Ausblick und Eindrücke" [The Universiade in Zagreb – outlook and impressions]. Leichtathletik (in German). Bartels & Wernitz. 32/1987: 1015–1018. ISSN 0343-5369.
2. Soviet results (p124)
3. Australian results
4. "Semifinals results". Los Angeles Times. 18 July 1987. p. 57. Retrieved 20 January 2020.
5. "World Student Games, At Zagreb, Yugoslavia, July 17". United Press International. July 17, 1987. Retrieved 24 January 2020.
6. "Clean pair of heels". The Guardian. 18 July 1987. p. 14. Retrieved 20 January 2020.
7. "Final results". Victoria Advocate. 20 July 1987. p. 18. Retrieved 20 January 2020.