Athletics at the 1983 Summer Universiade – Women's 200 metres
# Athletics at the 1983 Summer Universiade – Women's 200 metres

The women's 200 metres event at the 1983 Summer Universiade was held at the Commonwealth Stadium in Edmonton, Canada on 8, 9 and 10 July 1983.

## Medalists

| Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| - | - | - |
| Randy Givens United States | Marita Payne Canada | Grace Jackson Jamaica |

## Results

### Heats

Wind: Heat 1: -1.0 m/s Heat 2: ? m/s, Heat 3: +1.0 m/s

| Rank | Heat | Athlete | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | 3 | Randy Givens | United States | 22.59 | Q |
| 2 | 3 | Marita Payne | Canada | 22.74 | Q |
| 3 | 1 | LaShon Nedd | United States | 22.89 | Q |
| 4 | 1 | Grace Jackson | Jamaica | 23.09 | Q |
| 5 | 2 | Angella Taylor | Canada | 23.10 | Q |
| 6 | 2 | Irina Olkhovnikova | Soviet Union | 23.61 | Q |
| 7 | 3 | Marina Molokova | Soviet Union | 23.63 | Q |
| 8 | 1 | Marisa Masullo | Italy | 23.67 | Q |
| 9 | 3 | Leanne Evans | Australia | 24.00 | Q |
| 10 | 2 | Carla Mercurio | Italy | 24.11 | Q |
| 11 | 2 | Elke Vollmer | West Germany | 24.20 | Q |
| 12 | 3 | Elsia Thomas | Jamaica | 24.23 | q |
| 13 | 1 | Alejandra Flores | Mexico | 24.73 | Q |
| 14 | 3 | Nazel Kyomo | Tanzania | 24.87 | q |
| 15 | 1 | Noelia Shillingford | Dominican Republic | 25.25 | q |
| 16 | 2 | Selma Anene | Tunisia | 26.31 | q |
| 17 | 2 | May Sardouk | Lebanon | 27.25 | |
| 18 | 3 | Maria Gourgel | Angola | 28.46 | q |

### Semifinals

Wind: Heat 1: -0.9 m/s, Heat 2: ? m/s

| Rank | Heat | Athlete | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | 2 | Randy Givens | United States | 22.69 | Q |
| 2 | 2 | Grace Jackson | Jamaica | 22.84 | Q |
| 3 | 1 | Marita Payne | Canada | 22.95 | Q |
| 4 | 2 | Angella Taylor | Canada | 23.00 | Q |
| 5 | 1 | Marisa Masullo | Italy | 23.09 | Q |
| 6 | 1 | LaShon Nedd | United States | 23.12 | Q |
| 7 | 1 | Irina Olkhovnikova | Soviet Union | 23.25 | q |
| 8 | 2 | Marina Molokova | Soviet Union | 23.75 | q |
| 9 | 2 | Carla Mercurio | Italy | 23.92 | |
| 10 | 1 | Leanne Evans | Australia | 24.13 | |
| 11 | 1 | Elsia Thomas | Jamaica | 24.32 | |
| 12 | 2 | Alejandra Flores | Mexico | 24.87 | |
| 13 | 1 | Noelia Shillingford | Dominican Republic | 25.57 | |
| 14 | 2 | Selma Anene | Tunisia | 25.96 | |
| | ? | Elke Vollmer | West Germany | ??.?? | |
| | ? | Nazel Kyomo | Tanzania | ??.?? | |

### Final

Wind: +0.6 m/s

| Rank | Athlete | Nationality | Time |
| - | - | - | - |
| | Randy Givens | United States | 22.47 |
| | Marita Payne | Canada | 22.62 |
| | Grace Jackson | Jamaica | 22.69 |
| 4 | Angella Taylor | Canada | 22.94 |
| 5 | Marisa Masullo | Italy | 23.00 |
| 6 | Irina Olkhovnikova | Soviet Union | 23.31 |
| 7 | LaShon Nedd | United States | 23.37 |
| 8 | Marina Molokova | Soviet Union | 23.62 |
