Athletics at the 1985 Summer Universiade – Women's 800 metres
# Athletics at the 1985 Summer Universiade – Women's 800 metres

The women's 800 metres event at the 1985 Summer Universiade was held at the Kobe Universiade Memorial Stadium in Kobe on 2 and 3 September 1985.

## Medalists

| Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| - | - | - |
| Nadezhda Zvyagintseva Soviet Union | Cristieana Cojocaru Romania | Ana Fidelia Quirot Cuba |

## Results

### Heats

| Rank | Heat | Athlete | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | 1 | Cristieana Cojocaru | Romania | 2:01.81 | Q |
| 2 | 1 | Ana Fidelia Quirot | Cuba | 2:02.20 | Q |
| 3 | 1 | Svetlana Kitova | Soviet Union | 2:02.79 | q |
| 4 | 1 | Slobodanka Čolović | Yugoslavia | 2:02.88 | q |
| 5 | 1 | Gabi Lesch | West Germany | 2:04.11 | |
| 6 | 1 | C. Nalikka | Uganda | 2:21.01 | |
| 1 | 2 | Nadezhda Zvyagintseva | Soviet Union | 2:07.32 | Q |
| 2 | 2 | Joetta Clark | United States | 2:08.21 | Q |
| 3 | 2 | Toshimi Tsuganezawa | Japan | 2:13.74 | |
| 1 | 3 | Ella Kovacs | Romania | 2:03.57? | Q |
| 2 | 3 | Fatima Aouam | Morocco | 2:02.88? | Q |
| 3 | 3 | Vesna Bajer | Yugoslavia | 2:03.77 | |
| 4 | 3 | Camille Cato | Canada | 2:04.45 | |
| 5 | 3 | Veronica McIntosh | United States | 2:05.81 | |
| 6 | 3 | Nathalie Thoumas | France | 2:06.30 | |

### Final

| Rank | Athlete | Nationality | Time |
| - | - | - | - |
| | Nadezhda Zvyagintseva | Soviet Union | 1:58.59 |
| | Cristieana Cojocaru | Romania | 1:59.09 |
| | Ana Fidelia Quirot | Cuba | 1:59.77 |
| 4 | Svetlana Kitova | Soviet Union | 2:00.31 |
| 5 | Ella Kovacs | Romania | 2:02.01 |
| 6 | Joetta Clark | United States | 2:02.20 |
| 7 | Fatima Aouam | Morocco | 2:02.86 |
| 8 | Slobodanka Čolović | Yugoslavia | 2:03.51 |
