# Athletics at the 2011 Summer Universiade – Women's 800 metres

The women's 800 metres event at the 2011 Summer Universiade was held on 16–18 August.

## Medalists

| Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| Olha Zavhorodnya Ukraine | Elena Kofanova Russia | Liliya Lobanova Ukraine |

## Results
### Heats

Qualification: First 3 in each heat (Q) and the next 4 fastest (q) qualified for the semifinals.
| Rank | Heat | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 1 | Olha Zavhorodnya | Ukraine | 2:03.34 | Q |
| 2 | 4 | Elena Kofanova | Russia | 2:03.72 | Q |
| 3 | 3 | Merve Aydın | Turkey | 2:04.00 | Q |
| 4 | 3 | Zhao Jing | China | 2:04.24 | Q |
| 5 | 3 | Anne Kesselring | Germany | 2:04.80 | Q |
| 6 | 3 | Luiza Gega | Albania | 2:04.86 | q |
| 7 | 3 | Anastasiya Vosmerikova | Russia | 2:04.88 | q |
| 8 | 2 | Liliya Lobanova | Ukraine | 2:04.91 | Q |
| 9 | 4 | Karin Storbacka | Finland | 2:04.92 | Q |
| 10 | 2 | Kelly Hetherington | Australia | 2:04.97 | Q |
| 11 | 2 | Eglė Balčiūnaitė | Lithuania | 2:04.97 | Q |
| 12 | 1 | Charlotte Best | Great Britain | 2:05.18 | Q |
| 13 | 2 | Danuta Urbanik | Poland | 2:05.29 | q |
| 14 | 2 | Élian Périz | Spain | 2:05.40 | q |
| 15 | 1 | Helen Crofts | Canada | 2:05.48 | Q |
| 16 | 4 | Annie LeBlanc | Canada | 2:05.67 | Q |
| 17 | 1 | Muriel Coneo | Colombia | 2:06.18 | |
| 18 | 3 | Holly Noack | Australia | 2:06.30 | |
| 19 | 2 | Liu Nian | China | 2:06.32 | |
| 20 | 4 | Margarita Matsko | Kazakhstan | 2:06.62 | |
| 21 | 4 | Yeliz Kurt | Turkey | 2:06.86 | |
| 22 | 1 | Chaimae Alaoui | Morocco | 2:08.19 | |
| 23 | 4 | Ganthi Kumarasamy | Malaysia | 2:08.70 | SB |
| 24 | 3 | Inam Jabbar | Iraq | 2:09.44 | |
| 25 | 2 | Jevgenia Mateitsuk | Estonia | 2:09.48 | |
| 26 | 4 | Liina Tšernov | Estonia | 2:09.60 | |
| 27 | 1 | Ninfa Barnard | United States Virgin Islands | 2:18.02 | PB |
| 28 | 3 | Leong Kaman | Macau | 2:22.44 | |
| 29 | 1 | Oumkoulthoum Moustoifa | Comoros | 2:43.62 | |

### Semifinals

Qualification: First 3 in each heat (Q) and the next 2 fastest (q) qualified for the final.
| Rank | Heat | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 2 | Elena Kofanova | Russia | 2:01.14 | Q |
| 2 | 2 | Olha Zavhorodnya | Ukraine | 2:01.25 | Q |
| 3 | 2 | Merve Aydın | Turkey | 2:01.96 | Q |
| 4 | 2 | Helen Crofts | Canada | 2:02.98 | q |
| 5 | 2 | Anne Kesselring | Germany | 2:03.05 | q |
| 6 | 2 | Élian Périz | Spain | 2:03.82 | |
| 7 | 2 | Luiza Gega | Albania | 2:04.13 | |
| 8 | 2 | Karin Storbacka | Finland | 2:04.27 | |
| 9 | 1 | Liliya Lobanova | Ukraine | 2:04.73 | Q |
| 10 | 1 | Eglė Balčiūnaitė | Lithuania | 2:05.21 | Q |
| 11 | 1 | Zhao Jing | China | 2:05.26 | Q |
| 12 | 1 | Kelly Hetherington | Australia | 2:05.71 | |
| 13 | 1 | Danuta Urbanik | Poland | 2:05.88 | |
| 14 | 1 | Anastasiya Vosmerikova | Russia | 2:06.36 | |
| 15 | 1 | Charlotte Best | Great Britain | 2:06.53 | |
| 16 | 1 | Annie LeBlanc | Canada | 2:07.73 | |

### Final

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| | Olha Zavhorodnya | Ukraine | 1:59.56 | PB |
| | Elena Kofanova | Russia | 1:59.94 | |
| | Liliya Lobanova | Ukraine | 2:00.42 | |
| 4 | Eglė Balčiūnaitė | Lithuania | 2:01.68 | |
| 5 | Zhao Jing | China | 2:02.10 | SB |
| 6 | Helen Crofts | Canada | 2:04.40 | |
| 7 | Anne Kesselring | Germany | 2:05.33 | |
| 8 | Merve Aydın | Turkey | 2:11.91 | |