The men's 800 metres event at the 1979 Summer Universiade was held at the Estadio Olimpico Universitario in Mexico City on 11, 12 and 13 September 1979.[1][2]
Medalists
| Gold | Silver | Bronze |
Evans White United States |
Garry Cook Great Britain |
Hans-Peter Ferner West Germany |
Results
Heats
| Rank | Heat | Athlete | Nationality | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 3 | Evans White | United States | 1:51.36 | Q |
| 2 | 4 | Agberto Guimarães |  Brazil | 1:51.82 | Q |
| 3 | 4 | Thomas Wilking | West Germany | 1:52.03 | Q |
| 4 | 3 | Abderrahmane Morceli |  Algeria | 1:52.44 | Q |
| 5 | 1 | Robert Nemeth |  Austria | 1:52.63 | Q |
| 5 | 2 | Roger Milhau |  France | 1:52.63 | Q[3] |
| 7 | 1 | Binko Kolev | .svg.png.webp){kind=small} Bulgaria | 1:52.74 | Q |
| 8 | 1 | Philippe Dupont | France | 1:52.75 | q[3] |
| 9 | 4 | Garry Cook | Great Britain | 1:52.87 | q |
| 10 | 2 | Hans-Peter Ferner | West Germany | 1:52.91 | Q |
| 11 | 2 | Chum Darvall | .svg.png.webp){kind=small} Australia | 1:53.17 | q[4] |
| 12 | 3 | Charles Borromeo |  India | 1:53.20 | q |
| 13 | 1 | Víctor Ibáñez |  Mexico | 1:53.40 | q |
| 14 | 5 | Adomo Corradini |  Italy | 1:53.41 | Q[5] |
| 15 | 3 | David Belyon |  Kenya | 1:53.60 | q |
| 16 | 4 | Ángel Gil | Mexico | 1:53.70 | |
| 17 | 5 | Scott Clark | United States | 1:53.82 | Q |
| 18 | 1 | Khaled Hussein |  Kuwait | 1:54.03 | |
| 19 | 5 | Roger Soler |  Peru | 1:54.32 | |
| 20 | 1 | Leonard Smith |  Jamaica | 1:55.00 | |
| 21 | 5 | John Bowden |  New Zealand | 1:55.02 | |
| 22 | 1 | Jeptham Karingo | Kenya | 1:55.74 | |
| 23 | 5 | Jorge Camacho |  Costa Rica | 1:56.85 | |
| 24 | 4 | Kossivi Attikpo |  Togo | 1:57.32 | |
| 25 | 3 | Yabaty Agbéré | Togo | 1:57.74 | |
| 26 | 5 | Abdallah Mohammed |  Saudi Arabia | 2:00.13 | |
| 27 | 4 | Miguel Banegas |  Honduras | 2:00.92 | |
| 28 | 3 | Raúl Campos | Peru | 2:02.41 | |
| 29 | 5 | John Erysthee | .svg.png.webp){kind=small} Saint Lucia | 2:03.30 | |
| 30 | 2 | Orlando Ruano |  Guatemala | 2:05.10 | |
| 31 | 4 | Mohamed Khalil | Saudi Arabia | 2:05.70 | |
| 32 | 3 | Jean-Louis Pellegrin |  Mauritius | 2:06.42 | |
| 33 | 5 | Francisco King | Guatemala | 2:07.88 | |
| 34 | 2 | Edwin Attard |  Malta | 2:10.16 | |
| 35 | 1 | Theodore Muziwakh Khumalo |  Swaziland | 2:17.21 |
Semifinals
| Rank | Heat | Athlete | Nationality | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | Evans White | United States | 1:50.02 | Q |
| 2 | 1 | Roger Milhau | France | 1:50.08 | Q[3] |
| 3 | 1 | Garry Cook | Great Britain | 1:50.37 | Q |
| 4 | 1 | Thomas Wilking | West Germany | 1:50.75 | Q |
| 5 | 1 | Robert Nemeth | Austria | 1:50.94 | |
| 6 | 2 | Agberto Guimarães | Brazil | 1:51.31 | Q |
| 7 | 2 | Abderrahmane Morceli | Algeria | 1:51.36 | Q |
| 8 | 2 | Philippe Dupont | France | 1:51.76 | Q[3] |
| 9 | 2 | Hans-Peter Ferner | West Germany | 1:51.78 | Q |
| 10 | 2 | Binko Kolev | Bulgaria | 1:51.80 | |
| 11 | 1 | Charles Borromeo | India | 1:51.92 | |
| 12 | 1 | David Belyon | Kenya | 1:51.92 | |
| 13 | 2 | Chum Darvall | Australia | 1:51.99 | [4] |
| 14 | 2 | Scott Clark | United States | 1:52.12 | |
| 15 | 1 | Víctor Ibáñez | Mexico | 1:52.54 | |
| 2 | Adomo Corradini | Italy | ? |
Final
| Rank | Athlete | Nationality | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 | Evans White | United States | 1:48.87 | |
 | Garry Cook | Great Britain | 1:49.50 | |
 | Hans-Peter Ferner | West Germany | 1:49.77 | |
| 4 | Abderrahmane Morceli | Algeria | 1:49.89 | |
| 5 | Philippe Dupont | France | 1:51.84 | |
| 6 | Thomas Wilking | West Germany | 1:54.45 | |
| Roger Milhau | France | DNF | [3] | |
| Agberto Guimarães | Brazil | DNF |
References
- ↑ Holzbach, Gerd (25 September 1979). "Pietro Mennea war der große Held von Mexico" [Pietro Mennea was the big hero of Mexico]. Leichtathletik (in German). Bartels & Wernitz. 39/1979: 1240–1245. ISSN 0343-5369.
- ↑ Results at Tilastopaja
- 1 2 3 4 5 French results
- 1 2 Australian results
- ↑ "Tre medaglie sotto il diluvio" (in Italian). La Stampa. 13 September 1979. p. 21.
- ↑ "Estafette lukt" (in Dutch). De Volkskrant. 14 September 1979. p. 23. Retrieved 29 March 2020.
- ↑ "Final results". El Paso Times. 14 September 1979. p. 17. Retrieved 22 March 2020.
- ↑ "Final results". Hartford Courant. 14 September 1979. p. 40. Retrieved 22 March 2020.
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