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.[1][2]

Medalists

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

Results

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Heats

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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

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[3][4]

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

References

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  1. ^ Holzbach, Gerd (25 September 1979). "Pietro Mennea war der große Held von Mexico" [Pietro Mennea was the big hero of Mexico]. Leichtathletik (in German). 39/1979. Bartels & Wernitz: 1240–1245. ISSN 0343-5369.
  2. ^ Results at Tilastopaja
  3. ^ "Final results". El Paso Times. 14 September 1979. p. 17. Retrieved 22 March 2020.
  4. ^ "Final results". Hartford Courant. 14 September 1979. p. 40. Retrieved 22 March 2020.