| Athletics at the 1961 Summer Universiade | ||
|---|---|---|
| Track events | ||
| 100 m | men | women |
| 200 m | men | women |
| 400 m | men | |
| 800 m | men | women |
| 1500 m | men | |
| 5000 m | men | |
| 80 m hurdles | women | |
| 110 m hurdles | men | |
| 400 m hurdles | men | |
| 4×100 m relay | men | women |
| 4×400 m relay | men | |
| Field events | ||
| High jump | men | women |
| Pole vault | men | |
| Long jump | men | women |
| Triple jump | men | |
| Shot put | men | women |
| Discus throw | men | women |
| Hammer throw | men | |
| Javelin throw | men | women |
| Combined events | ||
| Decathlon | men | |
The women's 200 metres event at the 1961 Summer Universiade was held at the Vasil Levski National Stadium in Sofia, Bulgaria, in September 1961. [1]
| Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|
| Barbara Janiszewska | Joan Atkinson | Vera Kabranyuk |
| Rank | Heat | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | Joan Atkinson | 24.62 | Q | |
| 2 | 1 | Mirosława Sałacińska | 25.1 | Q | |
| 3 | 1 | Hisako Tamura | 26.1 | ||
| 1 | 2 | Barbara Janiszewska | 24.5 | Q | |
| 2 | 2 | Vera Kabranyuk | 24.8 | Q | |
| 3 | 2 | Stefka Ilieva | 25.7 | ||
| 1 | 3 | Snezhana Kerkova | 25.2 | Q | |
| 3 | 3 | Yuko Kobayashi | 26.7 | ||
| 4 | 3 | Hatibi Hakhire | 28.7 | ||
| 3 | Monika Kropáčová | DNF |
| Rank | Athlete | Nationality | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Barbara Janiszewska | 24.44 | |||
| Joan Atkinson | 24.49 | |||
| Vera Kabranyuk | 24.70 | |||
| 4 | Mirosława Sałacińska | 25.14 | ||
| Snezhana Kerkova | DNS |