# Athletics at the 2009 Summer Universiade – Women's 800 metres

The women's 800 metres event at the 2009 Summer Universiade was held on 7–9 July.

## Medalists

| Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| Madeleine Pape Australia | Olga Cristea Moldova | Rebecca Johnstone Canada |

## Results
### Heats

Qualification: First 3 of each heat (Q) and the next 4 fastest (q) qualified for the semifinals.
| Rank | Heat | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 3 | Rebecca Johnstone | Canada | 2:05.85 | Q |
| 2 | 3 | Madeleine Pape | Australia | 2:06.03 | Q |
| 3 | 3 | Irina Maracheva | Russia | 2:06.16 | Q |
| 4 | 3 | Aina Valatkevičiūtė | Lithuania | 2:06.28 | q |
| 5 | 4 | Janet Achola | Uganda | 2:06.16 | Q, PB |
| 6 | 2 | Yuliya Tutayeva | Russia | 2:08.65 | Q |
| 7 | 2 | Veronika Mráčková | Czech Republic | 2:08.89 | Q |
| 8 | 3 | Jelena Anđelković | Serbia | 2:08.95 | q, PB |
| 9 | 1 | Olga Cristea | Moldova | 2:08.98 | Q |
| 10 | 2 | Anja Puc | Slovenia | 2:08.99 | Q |
| 11 | 2 | Jevgenia Mateisuk | Estonia | 2:08.95 | q, PB |
| 12 | 1 | Margarita Matsko | Kazakhstan | 2:09.11 | Q |
| 13 | 1 | Lorenza Canali | Italy | 2:09.81 | Q |
| 14 | 3 | Zhang Liqiu | China | 2:10.24 | q |
| 15 | 4 | Olha Zavhorodnya | Ukraine | 2:09.81 | Q |
| 16 | 3 | Marina Petkova | Bulgaria | 2:11.48 | |
| 17 | 1 | Jekaterina Šakovič | Lithuania | 2:11.69 | |
| 18 | 4 | Slađana Perunović | Montenegro | 2:13.41 | Q |
| 19 | 3 | Rashida Ayumah | Ghana | 2:13.46 | |
| 20 | 4 | Marija Papić | Serbia | 2:13.98 | |
| 21 | 2 | Cecilia Gutiérrez | Guatemala | 2:16.43 | |
| 22 | 2 | Nilanka Aberatne | Sri Lanka | 2:18.41 | |
| 23 | 2 | Amina Bettiche | Algeria | 2:18.69 | |
| 24 | 4 | Leong Ka Man | Macau | 2:20.63 | PB |
| 25 | 1 | Roselyn Runyanga | Zimbabwe | 2:49.55 | PB |
| | 4 | Liu Qing | China | DNF | |
| | 1 | Degbotse-Goe Seenam | Togo | DNS | |
| | 1 | Mariama Mmadi | Comoros | DNS | |
| | 4 | Ayetebe Restituta Bibang | Equatorial Guinea | DNS | |
| | 4 | Carolin Walter | Germany | DNS | |

### Semifinals

Qualification: First 3 of each semifinal (Q) and the next 2 fastest (q) qualified for the finals.
| Rank | Heat | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 2 | Madeleine Pape | Australia | 2:04.04 | Q |
| 2 | 2 | Rebecca Johnstone | Canada | 2:04.13 | Q |
| 2 | 2 | Olha Zavhorodnya | Ukraine | 2:04.13 | Q |
| 4 | 2 | Irina Maracheva | Russia | 2:04.35 | q |
| 5 | 1 | Olga Cristea | Moldova | 2:04.54 | Q |
| 6 | 1 | Margarita Matsko | Kazakhstan | 2:04.71 | Q |
| 7 | 1 | Yuliya Tutayeva | Russia | 2:04.78 | Q |
| 8 | 1 | Veronika Mráčková | Czech Republic | 2:04.87 | q |
| 9 | 1 | Aina Valatkevičiūtė | Lithuania | 2:04.94 | SB |
| 10 | 2 | Lorenza Canali | Italy | 2:06.07 | |
| 11 | 1 | Anja Puc | Slovenia | 2:06.86 | PB |
| 12 | 2 | Jevgenia Mateisuk | Estonia | 2:07.67 | PB |
| 13 | 2 | Zhang Liqiu | China | 2:08.37 | |
| 14 | 2 | Janet Achola | Uganda | 2:08.78 | |
| 15 | 1 | Jelena Anđelković | Serbia | 2:10.86 | |
| 16 | 1 | Slađana Perunović | Montenegro | 2:12.55 | |

### Final

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| | Madeleine Pape | Australia | 2:01.91 | SB |
| | Olga Cristea | Moldova | 2:03.49 | |
| | Rebecca Johnstone | Canada | 2:03.67 | |
| 4 | Olha Zavhorodnya | Ukraine | 2:03.84 | |
| 5 | Yuliya Tutayeva | Russia | 2:03.88 | |
| 6 | Veronika Mráčková | Czech Republic | 2:04.01 | |
| 7 | Margarita Matsko | Kazakhstan | 2:04.60 | |
| 8 | Irina Maracheva | Russia | 2:05.15 | |