Athletics at the 2025 Summer World University Games – Women's 800 metres

Women's 800 metres at the 2025 Summer World University Games
Venue	Lohrheidestadion
Location	Bochum, Germany
Dates	22 July (heats) 23 July (semi-finals) 24 July (final)
Competitors	40 from 29 nations
Winning time	1:59.84
Medalists
Eloisa Coiro    Italy   Veronica Vancardo    Switzerland   Daniela García    Spain
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The women's 800 metres event at the 2025 Summer World University Games was held in Bochum, Germany, at Lohrheidestadion on 22, 23 and 24 July. ^{[1] [2]}

Records

Prior to the competition, the records were as follows:

Record	Athlete (nation)	Time (s)	Location	Date
Games record	Slobodanka Čolović  (YUG)	49.88	Zagreb, Yugoslavia	19 July 1987

Results

Heats

First 4 in each heat (Q) and the next 4 fastest (q) qualified for the semi-finals. ^[3]

Heat 1

Place	Athlete	Nation	Time	Notes
1	Gladys Chepngetich	Kenya	2:02.63	Q
2	Laura Pellicoro	Italy	2:02.70	Q
3	Charne Swart  [ de ]	South Africa	2:02.73	Q
4	Hayley Kitching	Australia	2:03.35	Q
5	Petja Klojčnik  [ d ]	Slovenia	2:03.96	q
6	Sophie Coutts	Canada	2:05.04	q, PB
7	Emma Douglass	New Zealand	2:07.28
8	Stina Pettersson	Sweden	2:09.67
[4]

Heat 2

Place	Athlete	Nation	Time	Notes
1	Veronica Vancardo	Switzerland	2:02.76	Q
2	Chloe Foerster	United States	2:02.84	Q
3	Lucy Armitage	Great Britain	2:03.79	Q
4	Amandeep Kaur	India	2:03.89	Q
5	Tugba Toptas  [ de ]	Turkey	2:04.27	q
6	Alina Korsunska	Ukraine	2:06.13	q
7	Priscilla Akello	Uganda	2:12.33
8	Hizillawanty Jamain	Malaysia	2:18.45	SB
[5]

Heat 3

Place	Athlete	Nation	Time	Notes
1	Daniela García	Spain	2:06.52	Q
2	Pavla Štoudková  [ de ]	Czech Republic	2:06.55	Q
3	Veera Mattila	Finland	2:06.58	Q
4	Tessa Buswell	United States	2:06.73	Q
5	Charlotte Buckley	Great Britain	2:07.28
6	Pamela Nicol Barreto	Ecuador	2:10.74	SB
7	Marvorous Orishaba	Uganda	2:11.57
8	Liis Grete Atonen	Estonia	2:19.00
[6]

Heat 4

Place	Athlete	Nation	Time	Notes
1	Eloisa Coiro	Italy	2:04.12	Q
2	Fanny Arendt  [ d ]	Luxembourg	2:04.63	Q
3	Julia Jaguścik	Poland	2:05.71	Q
4	Veera Perälä	Finland	2:06.50	Q
5	Klara Andrijašević  [ de ]	Croatia	2:06.76	PB
6	Yuri Nishida	Japan	2:07.02
7	Switlana Schulschyk  [ de; es; uk ]	Ukraine	2:09.03
8	Awa Koné	Mali	2:20.38	PB
[7]

Heat 5

Place	Athlete	Nation	Time	Notes
1	Smilla Kolbe	Germany	2:05.66	Q
2	K. M. Chanda	India	2:05.95	Q
3	Lucia Juan	Spain	2:06.48	Q
4	Veronika Sadek  [ de ]	Slovenia	2:06.89	Q
5	Michelle Gröbli  [ es ]	Switzerland	2:07.62
6	Julia Agostinelli	Canada	2:09.00
7	Hédi Heffner  [ d ]	Hungary	2:09.67
8	Aishat Nna Mohammed	Nigeria	2:57.65
[8]

Semi-finals

First 2 in each heat (Q) and the next 2 fastest (q) qualified for the final. ^[9]

Heat 1

Place	Athlete	Nation	Time	Notes
1	Eloisa Coiro	Italy	2:02.28	Q
2	Daniela García	Spain	2:02.49	Q
3	Pavla Štoudková  [ de ]	Czech Republic	2:03.16
4	Julia Jaguścik	Poland	2:03.83
5	Tugba Toptas  [ de ]	Turkey	2:04.35
6	Hayley Kitching	Australia	2:04.47
7	Veera Perälä	Finland	2:05.74	PB
8	Petja Klojčnik  [ d ]	Slovenia	2:08.47
[10]

Heat 2

Place	Athlete	Nation	Time	Notes
1	Veronica Vancardo	Switzerland	2:01.40	Q
2	Charne Swart  [ de ]	South Africa	2:01.68	Q
3	Fanny Arendt  [ d ]	Luxembourg	2:02.10	q
4	Chloe Foerster	United States	2:02.13	q
5	Lucy Armitage	Great Britain	2:03.02	PB
6	Veronika Sadek  [ de ]	Slovenia	2:04.60
7	Amandeep Kaur	India	2:04.84
8	Alina Korsunska	Ukraine	2:06.34
[11]

Heat 3

Place	Athlete	Nation	Time	Notes
1	Smilla Kolbe	Germany	2:01.89	Q
2	K. M. Chanda	India	2:02.05	Q
3	Gladys Chepngetich	Kenya	2:02.57	SB
4	Laura Pellicoro	Italy	2:02.88
5	Lucia Juan	Spain	2:05.26
6	Sophie Coutts	Canada	2:06.13
7	Tessa Buswell	United States	2:08.70
—	Veera Mattila	Finland	DNF
[12]

Final

Place	Athlete	Nation	Time	Notes
	Eloisa Coiro	Italy	1:59.84
	Veronica Vancardo	Switzerland	2:00.08
	Daniela García	Spain	2:00.12
4	Fanny Arendt  [ d ]	Luxembourg	2:01.04
5	Smilla Kolbe	Germany	2:01.42
6	Charne Swart  [ de ]	South Africa	2:01.45
7	Chloe Foerster	United States	2:01.58
8	K. M. Chanda	India	2:02.00
[13]

References

1. "2025 Summer World University Games - Athletics schedule" (PDF). 20 July 2025. Retrieved 20 July 2025.
2. "2025 FISU World University Games Rhine-Ruhr: All final results and medallists - Full list". Olympics. Retrieved 21 July 2025.
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7. "Women's 800 metres - Round 1 - Heat 4/5 results" (PDF). Rhine-Ruhr 2025. 22 July 2025. Retrieved 23 July 2025.
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11. "Women's 800 metres - Semi-finals - Heat 2/3 results" (PDF). Rhine-Ruhr 2025. 23 July 2025. Retrieved 24 July 2025.
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13. "Women's 800 metres - Final results" (PDF). Rhine-Ruhr 2025. 24 July 2025. Retrieved 24 July 2025.