Athletics at the 1977 Summer Universiade – Women's 800 metres

The women's 800 metres event at the 1977 Summer Universiade was held at the Vasil Levski National Stadium in Sofia on 20 and 21 August.

Medalists

Gold	Silver	Bronze
Totka Petrova Bulgaria	Tatyana Kazankina Soviet Union	Svetla Koleva Bulgaria

Results

Heats

Rank	Heat	Athlete	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	2	Totka Petrova	Bulgaria	2:01.5	Q
2	3	Tatyana Kazankina	Soviet Union	2:01.7	Q
3	3	Fița Lovin	Romania	2:01.7	Q
4	1	Svetla Koleva	Bulgaria	2:01.9	Q
5	1	Elena Tărîță	Romania	2:02.1	Q
6	1	Jolanta Januchta	Poland	2:02.1	q
7	2	Lore Laugnammer	East Germany	2:02.2	Q
8	3	Christiane Stoll	East Germany	2:02.8	q
9	3	Julie Brown	United States	2:02.8
10	1	Tatyana Providokhina	Soviet Union	2:03.3
11	1	Christine Tranter	Great Britain	2:03.5
11	3	Christine McMeekin	Great Britain	2:03.5
13	3	Ann Mackie-Morelli	Canada	2:04.0
14	2	Francine Gendron	Canada	2:04.1
15	1	Charlotte Bradley	Mexico	2:04.2
16	2	Suyette Latter	United States	2:05.6
17	3	Martine Rooms	France	2:06.1
18	1	Sakina Boutamine	Algeria	2:06.7
19	2	Angela Cook	Australia	2:07.1
20	2	Chantal Jouvhomme	France	2:07.6
21	1	Vesna Juras	Yugoslavia	2:08.2
22	2	Jozefína Čerchlanová	Czechoslovakia	2:14.1
23	2	Sosor Sarantuja	Mongolia	2:19.7

Final

Rank	Athlete	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Totka Petrova	Bulgaria	1:57.6
	Tatyana Kazankina	Soviet Union	1:58.6
	Svetla Koleva	Bulgaria	1:58.9
4	Fița Lovin	Romania	1:59.0
5	Elena Tărîță	Romania	2:00.3
6	Christiane Stoll	East Germany	2:00.7
7	Jolanta Januchta	Poland	2:00.8
8	Lore Laugnammer	East Germany	2:00.9