Athletics at the 1979 Summer Universiade – Women's 800 metres

The women's 800 metres event at the 1979 Summer Universiade was held at the Estadio Olimpico Universitario in Mexico City on 12 and 13 September 1979.

Medalists

Gold	Silver	Bronze
Nadezhda Mushta Soviet Union	Olga Dvirna Soviet Union	Fița Lovin Romania

Results

Heats

Rank	Heat	Athlete	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	3	Olga Dvirna	Soviet Union	2:00.78	Q
2	3	Natalia Mărășescu	Romania	2:02.47	Q
3	2	Fița Lovin	Romania	2:02.93	Q
4	2	Gabriella Dorio	Italy	2:02.94	Q
5	3	Margherita Gargano	Italy	2:03.38	q
6	3	Janet Prictoe	Great Britain	2:03.39	q
7	1	Nadezhda Mushta	Soviet Union	2:03.43	Q
8	1	Galina Atanasova	Bulgaria	2:03.97	Q
9	2	Cherry Hanson	Great Britain	2:04.44
10	1	Éva Mohácsi	Hungary	2:04.85
11	2	Anne Mackie-Morelli	Canada	2:05.05
12	1	Ana Orendain	Mexico	2:09.29
13	3	Deborah Campbell	Canada	2:12.12
14	1	Kay Hawkins	New Zealand	2:15.32
15	2	Marta Vázquez	Mexico	2:20.80
16	1	Sonia Lemus	Guatemala	2:31.64
17	3	Lai Wah Ho	Hong Kong	2:35.95

Final

Rank	Athlete	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Nadezhda Mushta	Soviet Union	2:00.50
	Olga Dvirna	Soviet Union	2:00.77
	Fița Lovin	Romania	2:00.81
4	Gabriella Dorio	Italy	2:01.60
5	Janet Prictoe	Great Britain	2:03.21
6	Galina Atanasova	Bulgaria	2:03.29
7	Margherita Gargano	Italy	2:05.54
	Natalia Mărășescu	Romania	DNS