Athletics at the 1961 Summer Universiade – Women's 200 metres

The women's 200 metres event at the 1961 Summer Universiade was held at the Vasil Levski National Stadium in Sofia, Bulgaria, in September 1961.^[1]

Medalists

Gold	Silver	Bronze
Barbara Janiszewska  Poland	Joan Atkinson  Great Britain	Vera Kabranyuk  Soviet Union

Results

Heats

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	1	Joan Atkinson	Great Britain	24.62	Q
2	1	Mirosława Sałacińska	Poland	25.1	Q
3	1	Hisako Tamura	Japan	26.1
1	2	Barbara Janiszewska	Poland	24.5	Q
2	2	Vera Kabranyuk	Soviet Union	24.8	Q
3	2	Stefka Ilieva	Bulgaria	25.7
1	3	Snezhana Kerkova	Bulgaria	25.2	Q
3	3	Yuko Kobayashi	Japan	26.7
4	3	Hatibi Hakhire	Albania	28.7
	3	Monika Kropáčová	Czechoslovakia	DNF

Final

Rank	Athlete	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Barbara Janiszewska	Poland	24.44
	Joan Atkinson	Great Britain	24.49
	Vera Kabranyuk	Soviet Union	24.70
4	Mirosława Sałacińska	Poland	25.14
	Snezhana Kerkova	Bulgaria	DNS

References

1. Results at Tilastopaja