# Athletics at the 1997 Summer Universiade – Women's 800 metres

The women's 800 metres event at the 1997 Summer Universiade was held at the Stadio Cibali in Catania, Italy on 26, 27, and 29 August.

## Medalists

| Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| Iryna Nedelenko Ukraine | Yelena Martson Ukraine | Mariya Sinusova Russia |

## Results
### Heats

| Rank | Heat | Athlete | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 2 | Mariya Sinusova | Russia | 2:03.39 | Q |
| 2 | 2 | Ana Menéndez | Spain | 2:03.41 | Q |
| 3 | 2 | Dorota Fiut | Poland | 2:03.51 | q |
| 4 | 2 | Marie-Louise Henning | South Africa | 2:03.88 | q |
| 5 | 1 | Carmen Stanciu | Romania | 2:03.98 | Q |
| 6 | 1 | Argentina Paulino | Mozambique | 2:04.02 | Q |
| 7 | 1 | Ana Guevara | Mexico | 2:04.35 | q |
| 8 | 2 | Samira Raïf | Morocco | 2:04.68 | q |
| 9 | 1 | Carlien Cornelissen | South Africa | 2:05.00 | q |
| 10 | 4 | Iryna Nedelenko | Ukraine | 2:05.07 | Q |
| 11 | 4 | Hayley Parry | Great Britain | 2:05.60 | Q |
| 12 | 4 | Elisabetta Artuso | Italy | 2:05.60 | q |
| 13 | 2 | Maura Prendeville | Ireland | 2:05.98 | |
| 14 | 5 | Mairelin Fuentes | Cuba | 2:06.18 | Q |
| 15 | 5 | Stephanie Graf | Austria | 2:06.45 | Q |
| 16 | 2 | Marjana Zajfrid | Slovenia | 2:06.69 | |
| 17 | 3 | Yelena Martson | Ukraine | 2:06.70 | Q |
| 18 | 5 | Julian Reynolds | United States | 2:06.77 | |
| 19 | 5 | Jurga Marcinkevičiūtė | Lithuania | 2:06.88 | |
| 20 | 4 | Jeannette Castro | Mexico | 2:06.92 | |
| 21 | 3 | Sandra Dawson | Australia | 2:07.11 | Q |
| 22 | 3 | Jeina Mitchell | Great Britain | 2:07.35 | |
| 23 | 4 | María Pilar Barreiro | Spain | 2:07.54 | |
| 24 | 1 | Kumiko Okamoto | Japan | 2:09.07 | |
| 25 | 3 | Hilary Bruening | United States | 2:09.17 | |
| 26 | 5 | Veslemøy Hausken | Norway | 2:09.92 | |
| 27 | 5 | Célia dos Santos | Brazil | 2:10.07 | |
| 28 | 1 | Rikke Rønholt | Denmark | 2:10.13 | |
| 29 | 3 | Susana Rebolledo | Chile | 2:10.54 | |
| 30 | 3 | Miriam Mašeková | Slovakia | 2:11.52 | |
| 31 | 2 | Andrea da Silva | Brazil | 2:11.66 | |
| 32 | 4 | Sandra Moya | Puerto Rico | 2:12.65 | |
| 33 | 3 | Anna Anfinogentova | Latvia | 2:12.93 | |
| 34 | 5 | Natalia Cercheș | Moldova | 2:17.25 | |
| 35 | 1 | Rita Pattipeilohy | Indonesia | 2:19.33 | |

### Semifinals

| Rank | Heat | Athlete | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 2 | Iryna Nedelenko | Ukraine | 2:03.61 | Q |
| 2 | 2 | Hayley Parry | Great Britain | 2:03.95 | Q |
| 3 | 2 | Argentina Paulino | Mozambique | 2:04.09 | Q |
| 4 | 2 | Mariya Sinusova | Russia | 2:04.20 | Q |
| 5 | 2 | Dorota Fiut | Poland | 2:04.25 | |
| 6 | 2 | Sandra Dawson | Australia | 2:04.34 | |
| 7 | 1 | Ana Guevara | Mexico | 2:04.96 | Q |
| 8 | 1 | Yelena Martson | Ukraine | 2:04.98 | Q |
| 9 | 1 | Ana Menéndez | Spain | 2:05.12 | Q |
| 10 | 1 | Carmen Stanciu | Romania | 2:05.14 | Q |
| 11 | 1 | Stephanie Graf | Austria | 2:05.33 | |
| 12 | 2 | Carlien Cornelissen | South Africa | 2:05.55 | |
| 13 | 1 | Mairelin Fuentes | Cuba | 2:05.91 | |
| 14 | 1 | Marie-Louise Henning | South Africa | 2:06.30 | |
| 15 | 1 | Samira Raïf | Morocco | 2:07.51 | |
| 16 | 2 | Elisabetta Artuso | Italy | 2:10.40 | |

### Final

| Rank | Athlete | Nationality | Time |
| | Iryna Nedelenko | Ukraine | 2:00.21 |
| | Yelena Martson | Ukraine | 2:00.84 |
| | Mariya Sinusova | Russia | 2:01.38 |
| 4 | Ana Menéndez | Spain | 2:01.63 |
| 5 | Hayley Parry | Great Britain | 2:02.47 |
| 6 | Ana Guevara | Mexico | 2:02.90 |
| 7 | Argentina Paulino | Mozambique | 2:03.22 |
| 8 | Carmen Stanciu | Romania | 2:03.74 |