Athletics at the 1981 Summer Universiade – Women's 800 metres

The women's 800 metres event at the 1981 Summer Universiade was held at the Stadionul Naţional in Bucharest on 25 and 26 July 1981.^[1]

Medalists

Gold	Silver	Bronze
Doina Melinte Romania	Gabriella Dorio Italy	Tudorita Morutan Romania

Rank	Heat	Athlete	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	1	Doina Melinte	Romania	2:02.92	Q
2	1	Nina Ruchayeva	Soviet Union	2:03.56	Q
3	1	Ewa Głódź	Poland	2:04.05
4	1	Heather Wright	Australia	2:04.14	^[2]
5	1	Angelita Lind	Puerto Rico	2:05.98
6	1	Hala El-Moughrabi	Syria	2:14.39
1	2	Gabriella Dorio	Italy	1:59.17	Q^[3]
2	2	Cherry Hanson	Great Britain	2:00.30	Q
3	2	Ludmila Ashikhmina	Soviet Union	2:02.05	q
4	2	Nery McKeen	Cuba	2:04.05
5	2	Katharina Sävestrand	Sweden	2:11.00
1	3	Robin Campbell	United States	2:01.86	Q
2	3	Tudorita Morutan	Romania	2:0?.??	Q
3	3	Christina Boxer	Great Britain	2:02.50
4	3	Gloria Pallé	Spain	2:05.06	^[4]
5	3	Georgia Troubouki	Greece	2:06.10

Rank	Athlete	Nationality	Time
	Doina Melinte	Romania	1:57.81
	Gabriella Dorio	Italy	1:58.99
	Tudorita Morutan	Romania	1:59.30
4	Nina Ruchayeva	Soviet Union	1:59.31
5	LeAnn Warren	United States	1:59.72
6	Ludmila Ashikhmina	Soviet Union	2:01.13
7	Robin Campbell	United States	2:01.44
8	Cherry Hanson	Great Britain	2:02.83