Athletics at the 1965 Summer Universiade – Women's 800 metres
# Athletics at the 1965 Summer Universiade – Women's 800 metres

The women's 800 metres event at the 1965 Summer Universiade was held at the People's Stadium in Budapest on 27 and 29 August 1965.

## Medalists

| Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| - | - | - |
| Laine Erik Soviet Union | Antje Gleichfeldt West Germany | Abby Hoffman Canada |

## Results

### Heats

| Rank | Heat | Athlete | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | 1 | Abby Hoffman | Canada | 2:09.1 | Q |
| 2 | 1 | Laine Erik | Soviet Union | 2:09.6 | Q |
| 3 | 1 | Olga Kazi | Hungary | 2:10.6 | Q |
| 4 | 1 | Pat Brown | Great Britain | 2:11.0 | Q |
| 5 | 1 | Jutta von Haase | West Germany | 2:13.1 | |
| 6 | 1 | Jarmila Popelková | Czechoslovakia | 2:14.0 | |
| 7 | 1 | Ika Maričić | Yugoslavia | 2:14.1 | |
| 8 | 1 | Maria Habas | Poland | 2:14.4 | |
| 1 | 2 | Marie Ingrová | Czechoslovakia | 2:11.3 | Q |
| 2 | 2 | Antje Gleichfeldt | West Germany | 2:11.5 | Q |
| 3 | 2 | Sára Szenteleki | Hungary | 2:12.0 | Q |
| 4 | 2 | Mary Speedman-Campbell | Great Britain | 2:13.2 | Q |
| 5 | 2 | Yvonne Herisson | France | 2:13.9 | |
| 6 | 2 | Wanda Witter | Poland | 2:16.0 | |

### Final

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time |
| - | - | - | - |
| | Laine Erik | Soviet Union | 2:06.2 |
| | Antje Gleichfeldt | West Germany | 2:06.6 |
| | Abby Hoffman | Canada | 2:07.8 |
| 4 | Pat Brown | Great Britain | 2:08.0 |
| 5 | Sára Szenteleki | Hungary | 2:08.1 |
| 6 | Marie Ingrová | Czechoslovakia | 2:09.2 |
| 7 | Olga Kazi | Hungary | 2:10.6 |
| 8 | Mary Speedman-Campbell | Great Britain | 2:13.0 |
