Athletics at the 1973 Summer Universiade – Women's 800 metres

The women's 800 metres event at the 1973 Summer Universiade was held at the Central Lenin Stadium in Moscow on 19 and 20 August.^[1]^[2]

Medalists

Gold	Silver	Bronze
Lilyana Tomova Bulgaria	Nijolė Sabaitė Soviet Union	Elżbieta Katolik Poland

Rank	Heat	Athlete	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	1	Svetla Zlateva	Bulgaria	1:58.85	Q^[3]
2	1	Glenda Reiser	Canada	2:03.17	Q
3	1	Cheryl Toussaint	United States	2:04.6
4	1	Christiane Casapicola	Austria	2:05.35
5	1	Geertje Meersseman	Belgium	2:12.6
	1	Sylvia Schenk	West Germany	DNF
1	2	Maritta Politz	East Germany	2:02.48	Q
2	2	Valentina Gerasimova	Soviet Union	2:03.16	Q^[4]
3	2	Charlotte Bradley	Mexico	2:03.16
4	2	Martine Duvivier	France	2:05.56	^[5]
5	2	Hilary Tanner	Great Britain	2:06.9
6	2	Marjan Burggraaf	Netherlands	2:07.47	^[3]
	2	Zina Boniolo	Italy	DNF
1	3	Lilyana Tomova	Bulgaria	2:02.23	Q
2	3	Paola Pigni	Italy	2:02.99	Q^[6]
3	3	Beate Wobig	East Germany	2:03.51
4	3	Brenda Walsh	Canada	2:03.85
5	3	Norine Braithwaite	Great Britain	2:05.28
6	3	Anna Bełtowska	Poland	2:07.2
	3	Maria Sykora	Austria	DNF
1	4	Nijolė Sabaitė	Soviet Union	2:02.23	Q
2	4	Elżbieta Katolik	Poland	2:06.1	Q
3	4	Enriqueta Nava	Mexico	2:09.5
4	4	Nancy Shafer	United States	2:13.4
	4	Elisabeth Oberholzer	Switzerland	DNF
	4	Marie-Francoise Dubois	France	DNF

Rank	Athlete	Nationality	Time
	Lilyana Tomova	Bulgaria	1:59.52
	Nijolė Sabaitė	Soviet Union	2:00.19
	Elżbieta Katolik	Poland	2:00.85
4	Maritta Politz	East Germany	2:01.96
5	Paola Pigni	Italy	2:02.63
6	Valentina Gerasimova	Soviet Union	2:03.29
7	Glenda Reiser	Canada	2:03.57
	Svetla Zlateva	Bulgaria	DNF

^ "Zweite Plätze für Schittenhelm und Karst" [Second places for Schittenhelm und Karst]. Leichtathletik (in German). 34/1973. Bartels & Wernitz: 1202–1204. 21 August 1973. ISSN 0343-5369.
^ "Nur ein Finale ohne einheimische Athleten" [Only one final without local athletes]. Leichtathletik (in German). 35/1973. Bartels & Wernitz: 1250–1251. 28 August 1973. ISSN 0343-5369.
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