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

Results

Heats

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
1	2	Maritta Politz	East Germany	2:02.48	Q
2	2	Valentina Gerasimova	Soviet Union	2:03.16	q[4]
1	3	Lilyana Tomova	Bulgaria	2:02.23	Q
2	3	Paola Pigni	Italy	2:02.99	q[5]
3	3	Wobig	East Germany	2:04.65
1	4	Nijolė Sabaitė	Soviet Union	2:02.23	Q
4	?	Martine Duvivier	France	2:05.56	[6]
6	2	Marjan Burggraaf	Netherlands	2:07.47	[3]

Final

[7][8][9]

Rank	Athlete	Nationality	Time	Notes
	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

References

1. "Zweite Plätze für Schittenhelm und Karst" [Second places for Schittenhelm und Karst]. Leichtathletik (in German). Bartels & Wernitz. 34/1973: 1202–1204. 21 August 1973. ISSN 0343-5369.
2. "Nur ein Finale ohne einheimische Athleten" [Only one final without local athletes]. Leichtathletik (in German). Bartels & Wernitz. 35/1973: 1250–1251. 28 August 1973. ISSN 0343-5369.
3. "Sowjet Unie superieur op Universiade" (in Dutch). Tubantia. 20 August 1973. p. 18. Retrieved 23 April 2020.
4. Soviet results (p124)
5. "L'Universiade a metà" (in Italian). La Stampa. 20 August 1973. p. 9. Retrieved 20 November 2020.
6. French results
7. "Final results". The Central New Jersey Home News. 21 August 1973. p. 18. Retrieved 8 April 2020.
8. "Final results". Chicago Tribune. 21 August 1973. p. 43. Retrieved 8 April 2020.
9. "Arrestatie bij de Universiade" (in Dutch). De Volkskrant. 21 August 1973. p. 9. Retrieved 8 April 2020.