Athletics at the 1991 Summer Universiade – Women's 800 metres

The women's 800 metres event at the 1991 Summer Universiade was held at the Don Valley Stadium in Sheffield on 20, 21 and 22 July 1991.

Medalists

Gold	Silver	Bronze
Inna Yevseyeva Soviet Union	Gabi Lesch Germany	Jasmin Jones United States

Results

Heats

Rank	Heat	Athlete	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	2	Gabi Lesch	Germany	2:07.29	Q
2	2	Edith Nakiyingi	Uganda	2:07.53	Q
3	2	Elsa Amaral	Portugal	2:07.56	Q
4	2	Mireille Sankaatsing	Suriname	2:07.68	q
5	1	Jasmin Jones	United States	2:07.71	Q
6	1	Gabriela Sedláková	Czechoslovakia	2:07.76	Q
7	1	Qu Yunxia	China	2:07.87	Q
8	1	Cătălina Gheorghiu	Romania	2:07.91	q
9	4	Nicoletta Tozzi	Italy	2:07.94	Q
10	4	Nicole Masil	Canada	2:07.98	Q
11	4	Michelle Bennett	United States	2:08.18	Q
12	4	Yelena Goncharova	Soviet Union	2:08.58	q
13	3	Inna Yevseyeva	Soviet Union	2:08.74	Q
14	2	Natalie Tait	Great Britain	2:08.83	q
15	3	Mary Kitson	Great Britain	2:09.45	Q
16	3	Eduarda Coelho	Portugal	2:09.71	Q
17	3	Patrizia Morreale	Italy	2:10.07
18	3	Ester Sumah	Indonesia	2:11.60
19	4	Lin Shu-huei	Chinese Taipei	2:12.38
20	4	Una English	Ireland	2:16.24
21	4	Nancy Mathea	Kenya	2:20.69
22	3	Mirta Jackson	Costa Rica	2:20.99
23	1	Betty Siyani	Malawi	3:08.31

Semifinals

Rank	Heat	Athlete	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	1	Inna Yevseyeva	Soviet Union	2:01.16	Q
2	1	Mary Kitson	Great Britain	2:02.83	Q
3	1	Cătălina Gheorghiu	Romania	2:02.90	Q
4	1	Jasmin Jones	United States	2:03.40	Q
5	1	Elsa Amaral	Portugal	2:03.71
6	2	Gabi Lesch	Germany	2:03.92	Q
7	2	Nicoletta Tozzi	Italy	2:04.71	Q
8	2	Edith Nakiyingi	Uganda	2:04.75	Q
9	2	Michelle Bennett	United States	2:04.86	Q
10	1	Mireille Sankaatsing	Suriname	2:04.92
11	2	Yelena Goncharova	Soviet Union	2:05.15
12	2	Nicole Masil	Canada	2:05.38
13	2	Qu Yunxia	China	2:05.73
14	1	Eduarda Coelho	Portugal	2:06.43
15	1	Gabriela Sedláková	Czechoslovakia	2:08.21
16	2	Natalie Tait	Great Britain	2:09.24

Final

Rank	Athlete	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Inna Yevseyeva	Soviet Union	1:59.80
	Gabi Lesch	Germany	2:00.97
	Jasmin Jones	United States	2:02.00
4	Edith Nakiyingi	Uganda	2:02.22
5	Mary Kitson	Great Britain	2:04.36
6	Cătălina Gheorghiu	Romania	2:04.80
7	Michelle Bennett	United States	2:05.09
8	Nicoletta Tozzi	Italy	2:08.94