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Athletics at the 1961 Summer Universiade
Track events
100 m	men	women
200 m	men	women
400 m	men
800 m	men	women
1500 m	men
5000 m	men
80 m hurdles		women
110 m hurdles	men
400 m hurdles	men
4×100 m relay	men	women
4×400 m relay	men
Field events
High jump	men	women
Pole vault	men
Long jump	men	women
Triple jump	men
Shot put	men	women
Discus throw	men	women
Hammer throw	men
Javelin throw	men	women
Combined events
Decathlon	men
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The women's 800 metres event at the 1961 Summer Universiade was held at the Vasil Levski National Stadium in Sofia, Bulgaria, in September 1961.

Medalists

Gold	Silver	Bronze
Antje Gleichfeld  West Germany	Florica Grecescu  Romania	Tsvetana Isaeva  Bulgaria

Results

Heats

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	1	Florica Grecescu	Romania	2:16.4	Q
2	1	Antje Gleichfeld	West Germany	2:16.8	Q
3	1	Joy Catling	Great Britain	2:16.9	Q
4	1	Lydia Ilkova	Bulgaria	2:17.0
1	2	Tsvetana Isaeva	Bulgaria	2:13.9	Q
2	2	Edith Schiller	West Germany	2:14.7	Q
3	2	Roma Ashby	Great Britain	2:14.9	Q
4	2	Monika Kropacová	Czechoslovakia	2:15.4
5	2	Pelagia Truszan	Poland	2:20.4

Final

Rank	Athlete	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Antje Gleichfeld	West Germany	2:07.76
	Florica Grecescu	Romania	2:08.67
	Tsvetana Isaeva	Bulgaria	2:12.59
4	Edith Schiller	West Germany	2:14.2
5	Joy Catling	Great Britain	2:14.4
6	Roma Ashby	Great Britain	2:14.4

References

1. Results at Tilastopaja

• Athletics at the 1961 Summer Universiade
• 800 metres at the Summer World University Games