Athletics at the 2021 Summer World University Games – Women's 800 metres

The women's 800 metres event at the 2021 Summer World University Games was held on 2 and 3 August 2023 at the Shuangliu Sports Centre Stadium in Chengdu, China.

Medalists

Gold	Silver	Bronze
Laura Pellicoro  Italy	Knight Aciru  Uganda	Charne Swart  South Africa

Results

Round 1

Qualification: First 3 in each heat (Q) and the next 2 fastest (q) advance to final.^[1]

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	1	Margarita Koczanowa	Poland	2:06.07	Q
2	1	Laura Pellicoro	Italy	2:06.32	Q
3	1	Wu Hongjiao	China	2:06.99	Q
4	1	Malin Nyfors	Norway	2:07.13	q
5	1	Michaela Oosthuizen	South Africa	2:07.24	q
6	2	Knight Aciru	Uganda	2:07.25	Q
7	2	Charne Swart	South Africa	2:07.37	Q
8	2	Veronica Vancardo	Switzerland	2:07.66	Q
9	2	Amanda Frøynes	Norway	2:08.19
10	1	Marvarious Orishaba	Uganda	2:08.22	PB
11	2	Rokia Mouici	Algeria	2:08.86
12	1	Gabriella Szabó	Hungary	2:10.26
13	1	Laxita Sandilea	India	2:10.50
14	2	Wu Chunling	China	2:14.34
15	2	Soudi-Thasmy Moussa	Comoros	2:54.72
–	2	Klara Andrijašević	Croatia	DNS

Final

^[2]

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Laura Pellicoro	Italy	2:04.20
	Knight Aciru	Uganda	2:04.34	SB
	Charne Swart	South Africa	2:04.73
4	Margarita Koczanowa	Poland	2:04.86
5	Michaela Oosthuizen	South Africa	2:06.26	PB
6	Veronica Vancardo	Switzerland	2:07.13
7	Wu Hongjiao	China	2:07.30
8	Malin Nyfors	Norway	2:08.58

References

1. "Women's 800m Round 1" (PDF). 2021chengdu.com. 2 August 2023.
2. "Women's 800m Final" (PDF). 2021chengdu.com. 3 August 2023.