Athletics at the 2011 Summer Universiade – Women's 800 metres

The women's 800 metres
800 metres
The 800 meter race is a common track running event. It is the shortest common middle distance track event. The 800 meter is run over two laps of the track and has always been an Olympic event. During indoor track season the event is usually run on a 200 meter track, therefore requiring four laps...

event at the 2011 Summer Universiade
Athletics at the 2011 Summer Universiade
The athletics competition at the 2011 Summer Universiade has been held at the New Shenzhen Stadium in Shenzhen, China from August 16 to August 21, 2011.-Men's events:-Women's events:-Medal Table:-Participating nations:...

was held on 16-18 September.

Medalists

Gold	Silver	Bronze
Olha Zavhorodnya Olha Zavhorodnya Olha Zavhorodnya is a Ukrainian athlete who specializes in the 400 metres and 800 metres.She finished eighth in the 400 metres at the 2005 Summer Universiade, and also won a bronze medal in the 4 x 400 metres relay. At the 2007 Summer Universiade she won a gold medal in the 4 x 400 metres relay...	Elena Kofanova	Liliya Lobanova Liliya Lobanova Liliya Lobanova, née Pilyuhina is a Ukrainian athlete who specializes in the 400 metres and 800 metres.She was born in Lugansk. She finished eighth in the 400 metres at the 2004 World Junior Championships, fourth in the 4 x 400 metres relay at the 2005 European Indoor Championships, and fifth in...

Heats

Qualification: First 3 in each heat (Q) and the next 4 fastest (q) qualified for the semifinals.

Rank	Heat	Name	Time	Notes
1	1	Olha Zavhorodnya Olha Zavhorodnya Olha Zavhorodnya is a Ukrainian athlete who specializes in the 400 metres and 800 metres.She finished eighth in the 400 metres at the 2005 Summer Universiade, and also won a bronze medal in the 4 x 400 metres relay. At the 2007 Summer Universiade she won a gold medal in the 4 x 400 metres relay...	2:03.34	Q
2	4	Elena Kofanova	2:03.72	Q
3	3	Merve Aydın Merve Aydın Merve Aydın is a Turkish female middle distance runner. She is a member of Enkaspor athletics team.She won a silver medal in the 2008 Bydgoszcz at the 2008 World Junior Championships in Athletics and at the 2011 European Athletics U23 Championships...	2:04.00	Q
4	3	Zhao Jing	2:04.24	Q
5	3	Anne Kesselring	2:04.80	Q
6	3	Luiza Gega	2:04.86	q
7	3	Anastasiya Vosmerikova	2:04.88	q
8	2	Liliya Lobanova Liliya Lobanova Liliya Lobanova, née Pilyuhina is a Ukrainian athlete who specializes in the 400 metres and 800 metres.She was born in Lugansk. She finished eighth in the 400 metres at the 2004 World Junior Championships, fourth in the 4 x 400 metres relay at the 2005 European Indoor Championships, and fifth in...	2:04.91	Q
9	4	Karin Storbacka	2:04.92	Q
10	2	Kelly Hetherington	2:04.97	Q
11	2	Eglė Balčiūnaitė Eglė Balčiūnaitė Eglė Balčiūnaitė is a track and field middle distance runner who competes internationally for Lithuania.She competed in the 2008 Olympics in 800 m distance and finished 22nd. She took part in the 2009 European Athletics U23 Championships in Kaunas and placed 6th in the final...	2:04.97	Q
12	1	Charlotte Best	2:05.18	Q
13	2	Danuta Urbanik	2:05.29	q
14	2	Élian Périz Élian Périz Élian Périz Toyas is a Spanish runner who specializes in the 800 metres.She was born in Huesca. She competed at the 2009 European Indoor Championships and the 2010 World Indoor Championships without reaching the final....	2:05.40	q
15	1	Helen Crofts	2:05.48	Q
16	4	Annie LeBlanc	2:05.67	Q
17	1	Muriel Coneo	2:06.18
18	3	Holly Noack	2:06.30
19	2	Liu Nian	2:06.32
20	4	Margarita Matsko Margarita Matsko Margarita Matsko is a Kazakhstani runner who specializes in the 800 metres.She has had success on the regional level. At the 2007 Asian Championships she won a bronze medal in the relay. She won the bronze medal in the individual event at the 2008 Asian Indoor Championships, silver at the 2009...	2:06.62
21	4	Yeliz Kurt	2:06.86
22	1	Chaimae Alaoui	2:08.19
23	4	Ganthi Kumarasamy	2:08.70	SB
24	3	Inam Jabbar	2:09.44
25	2	Jevgenia Mateitsuk	2:09.48
26	4	Liina Tšernov	2:09.60
27	1	Ninfa Barnard	2:18.02	PB
28	3	Leong Kaman	2:22.44
29	1	Oumkoulthoum Moustoifa	2:43.62

Semifinals

Qualification: First 3 in each heat (Q) and the next 2 fastest (q) qualified for the final.

Rank	Heat	Name	Time	Notes
1	2	Elena Kofanova	2:01.14	Q
2	2	Olha Zavhorodnya Olha Zavhorodnya Olha Zavhorodnya is a Ukrainian athlete who specializes in the 400 metres and 800 metres.She finished eighth in the 400 metres at the 2005 Summer Universiade, and also won a bronze medal in the 4 x 400 metres relay. At the 2007 Summer Universiade she won a gold medal in the 4 x 400 metres relay...	2:01.25	Q
3	2	Merve Aydın Merve Aydın Merve Aydın is a Turkish female middle distance runner. She is a member of Enkaspor athletics team.She won a silver medal in the 2008 Bydgoszcz at the 2008 World Junior Championships in Athletics and at the 2011 European Athletics U23 Championships...	2:01.96	Q
4	2	Helen Crofts	2:02.98	q
5	2	Anne Kesselring	2:03.05	q
6	2	Élian Périz Élian Périz Élian Périz Toyas is a Spanish runner who specializes in the 800 metres.She was born in Huesca. She competed at the 2009 European Indoor Championships and the 2010 World Indoor Championships without reaching the final....	2:03.82
7	2	Luiza Gega	2:04.13
8	2	Karin Storbacka	2:04.27
9	1	Liliya Lobanova Liliya Lobanova Liliya Lobanova, née Pilyuhina is a Ukrainian athlete who specializes in the 400 metres and 800 metres.She was born in Lugansk. She finished eighth in the 400 metres at the 2004 World Junior Championships, fourth in the 4 x 400 metres relay at the 2005 European Indoor Championships, and fifth in...	2:04.73	Q
10	1	Eglė Balčiūnaitė Eglė Balčiūnaitė Eglė Balčiūnaitė is a track and field middle distance runner who competes internationally for Lithuania.She competed in the 2008 Olympics in 800 m distance and finished 22nd. She took part in the 2009 European Athletics U23 Championships in Kaunas and placed 6th in the final...	2:05.21	Q
11	1	Zhao Jing	2:05.26	Q
12	1	Kelly Hetherington	2:05.71
13	1	Danuta Urbanik	2:05.88
14	1	Anastasiya Vosmerikova	2:06.36
15	1	Charlotte Best	2:06.53
16	1	Annie LeBlanc	2:07.73

Final

Rank	Name	Time	Notes
	Olha Zavhorodnya Olha Zavhorodnya Olha Zavhorodnya is a Ukrainian athlete who specializes in the 400 metres and 800 metres.She finished eighth in the 400 metres at the 2005 Summer Universiade, and also won a bronze medal in the 4 x 400 metres relay. At the 2007 Summer Universiade she won a gold medal in the 4 x 400 metres relay...	1:59.56	PB
	Elena Kofanova	1:59.94
	Liliya Lobanova Liliya Lobanova Liliya Lobanova, née Pilyuhina is a Ukrainian athlete who specializes in the 400 metres and 800 metres.She was born in Lugansk. She finished eighth in the 400 metres at the 2004 World Junior Championships, fourth in the 4 x 400 metres relay at the 2005 European Indoor Championships, and fifth in...	2:00.42
4	Eglė Balčiūnaitė Eglė Balčiūnaitė Eglė Balčiūnaitė is a track and field middle distance runner who competes internationally for Lithuania.She competed in the 2008 Olympics in 800 m distance and finished 22nd. She took part in the 2009 European Athletics U23 Championships in Kaunas and placed 6th in the final...	2:01.68
5	Zhao Jing	2:02.10	SB
6	Helen Crofts	2:04.40
7	Anne Kesselring	2:05.33
8	Merve Aydın Merve Aydın Merve Aydın is a Turkish female middle distance runner. She is a member of Enkaspor athletics team.She won a silver medal in the 2008 Bydgoszcz at the 2008 World Junior Championships in Athletics and at the 2011 European Athletics U23 Championships...	2:11.91

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