The women's 800 metres event at the 1973 Summer Universiade was held at the Central Lenin Stadium in Moscow on 19 and 20 August.
Medalists GoldSilverBronzeLilyana TomovaNijolė SabaitėElżbieta Katolik
Results Heats Rank Heat Athlete Nationality Time Notes 1 1 Svetla Zlateva 1:58.85 Q 2 1 Glenda Reiser 2:03.17 Q 3 1 Cheryl Toussaint 2:04.6 4 1 Christiane Casapicola 2:05.35 5 1 Geertje Meersseman 2:12.6 1 Sylvia Schenk 1 2 Maritta Politz 2:02.48 Q 2 2 Valentina Gerasimova 2:03.16 QSoviet results (p124) 3 2 Charlotte Bradley 2:03.16 4 2 Martine Duvivier 2:05.56 French results 5 2 Hilary Tanner 2:06.9 6 2 Marjan Burggraaf 2:07.47 2 Zina Boniolo 1 3 Lilyana Tomova 2:02.23 Q 2 3 Paola Pigni 2:02.99 Q 3 3 Beate Wobig 2:03.51 4 3 Brenda Walsh 2:03.85 5 3 Norine Braithwaite 2:05.28 6 3 Anna Bełtowska 2:07.2 3 Maria Sykora 1 4 Nijolė Sabaitė 2:02.23 Q 2 4 Elżbieta Katolik 2:06.1 Q 3 4 Enriqueta Nava 2:09.5 4 4 Nancy Shafer 2:13.4 4 Elisabeth Oberholzer 4 Marie-Francoise Dubois
Final
Rank Athlete Nationality Time Notes Lilyana Tomova 1:59.52 Nijolė Sabaitė 2:00.19 Elżbieta Katolik 2:00.85 4 Maritta Politz 2:01.96 5 Paola Pigni 2:02.63 6 Valentina Gerasimova 2:03.29 7 Glenda Reiser 2:03.57 Svetla Zlateva
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