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Athletics at the 1981 Summer Universiade
Track events
100 m	men	women
200 m	men	women
400 m	men	women
800 m	men	women
1500 m	men	women
3000 m		women
5000 m	men
10,000 m	men
100 m hurdles		women
110 m hurdles	men
400 m hurdles	men	women
3000 m steeplechase	men
4×100 m relay	men	women
4×400 m relay	men	women
Road events
Marathon	men
20 km walk	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
Heptathlon		women
Decathlon	men
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The women's 200 metres event at the 1981 Summer Universiade was held at the Stadionul Naţional in Bucharest on 23, 24 and "25 July 1981."

Medalists※

Gold	Silver	Bronze
Kathy Smallwood  Great Britain	Marisa Masullo  Italy	Irina Nazarova  Soviet Union

Results※

Heats※

Wind:
Heat 1: +1.0 m/s, Heat 2: +1.6 m/s, Heat 3: +1.7 m/s, Heat 4: +0.8 m/s

Rank	Heat	Athlete	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	1	Kerstin Walther	East Germany	23.34	Q
2	2	Kathy Smallwood	Great Britain	23.39	Q
3	3	Irina Nazarova	Soviet Union	23.41	Q
4	2	Olga Korotkova	Soviet Union	23.50	Q
5	4	Marisa Masullo	Italy	23.57	Q
6	3	Carla Mercurio	Italy	23.65	Q
7	4	Sylvie Revaux	France	23.66	Q
8	3	Lena Möller	Sweden	23.70	Q
9	2	Marie Mathieu	Puerto Rico	23.71	Q
10	3	Piroska Hracs	Hungary	23.81	q
11	1	Dijana Ištvanović	Yugoslavia	24.00	Q
11	4	Sheila de Oliveira	Brazil	24.00	Q
13	3	Leanne Evans	Australia	24.03	q
14	4	Luisa Ferrer	Cuba	24.04	q
15	2	Steluța Vintila	Romania	24.11	q
16	4	Nawal El Moutawakel	Morocco	24.23
17	1	Claudine Mas	France	24.31	Q
18	4	Kelia Bolton	United States	24.52
19	1	Niculina Chiricuţă	Romania	24.68
20	1	Elizabeth Mokogwu	Nigeria	25.09
21	3	Dolores Vives	Spain	25.45
22	2	Fosa Ibini	Nigeria	25.75
23	3	Yvonne Nelson	Guyana	26.50
24	4	Mirna Aoudi	Lebanon	27.23
25	1	May Sardouk	Lebanon	27.82

Semifinals※

Wind:
Heat 1: ? m/s, Heat 2: ? m/s

Rank	Heat	Athlete	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	2	Kathy Smallwood	Great Britain	23.32	Q
2	1	Marisa Masullo	Italy	23.33	Q
3	2	Irina Nazarova	Soviet Union	23.56	Q
4	2	Luisa Ferrer	Cuba	23.69	Q
5	1	Marie Mathieu	Puerto Rico	23.76	Q
6	1	Olga Korotkova	Soviet Union	23.76	Q
7	2	Sylvie Revaux	France	23.82	q
8	1	Lena Möller	Sweden	23.97	q
9	2	Dijana Ištvanović	Yugoslavia	24.03
10	2	Carla Mercurio	Italy	24.22
11	2	Piroska Hracs	Hungary	24.22
12	1	Leanne Evans	Australia	24.27
13	2	Steluța Vintila	Romania	24.28
14	1	Claudine Mas	France	24.63
	1	Kerstin Walther	East Germany	??.??
	1	Sheila de Oliveira	Brazil	??.??

Final※

Wind: +1.0 m/s

Rank	Athlete	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Kathy Smallwood	Great Britain	22.78
	Marisa Masullo	Italy	23.36
	Irina Nazarova	Soviet Union	23.45
4	Marie Mathieu	Puerto Rico	23.59
5	Luisa Ferrer	Cuba	23.83
6	Olga Korotkova	Soviet Union	23.98
7	Sylvie Revaux	France	24.07
8	Lena Möller	Sweden	24.09

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