Athletics at the 1981 Summer Universiade – Men's 800 metres

The men's 800 metres event at the 1981 Summer Universiade was held at the Stadionul Naţional in Bucharest on 25 and 26 July 1981.^[1]

Medalists edit

Gold	Silver	Bronze
Andreas Hauck East Germany	Sotirios Moutsanas Greece	Pavel Troshilo Soviet Union

Held on 25 July

Rank	Heat	Athlete	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	2	Pavel Troshilo	Soviet Union	1:48.66	Q^[2]
2	2	Saïd Aouita	Morocco	1:48.90	Q
3	3	Mike White	United States	1:49.20	Q
4	5	Ryszard Ostrowski	Poland	1:49.21	Q
5	2	Gabriele Ferrero	Italy	1:49.24	q
6	5	Dieter Riebe	West Germany	1:49.34	Q
7	5	Mihai Prundeanu	Romania	1:49.36	q
8	3	Sotirios Moutsanas	Greece	1:49.46	Q
9	4	Barbaro Serrano	Cuba	1:49.56	Q
10	3	Ignacio Melesio	Mexico	1:49.58	q
11	4	Scott Clark	United States	1:49.73	Q
12	2	Kim Bok-joo	South Korea	1:49.91	q
13	2	Sun Zhihuai	China	1:49.95
14	4	José María Nombela	Spain	1:50.04	^[3]
15	1	Andreas Hauck	East Germany	1:50.27	Q
16	2	Margarit Valkov	Bulgaria	1:50.28
17	1	Stefano Cecchini	Italy	1:50.39	Q
18	4	Manfred Nellesen	West Germany	1:50.43
19	1	Spyros Spyrou	Greece	1:50.71
20	6	Amar Brahmia	Algeria	1:51.34	Q
21	6	Nicolae Onescu	Romania	1:51.45	Q
21	6	Dragan Životić	Yugoslavia	1:51.45	Q
23	4	Peter O'Donoghue	New Zealand	1:51.70
24	6	Félix Mesa	Cuba	1:51.78
25	5	José Luis Esquivel	Mexico	1:52.07
26	6	Leszek Witkowski	Poland	1:52.13
27	2	Mohamed Ayad	Iraq	1:52.96
28	6	Ghislain Obounghat	Congo	1:53.12
29	3	Mohamed Makhlouf	Syria	1:53.55
30	6	Salem Al-Margini	Libya	1:55.01
31	2	Cornelius Pesurnay	Indonesia	1:56.43
32	4	Didier Le Guillou	France	1:58.49	^[4]
33	4	Edwin Attard	Malta	2:01.67
34	5	Paul Caruana	Malta	2:02.96
35	1	Fadi Rahme	Lebanon	2:04.80
36	5	Mohamed Mabrouk	Libya	2:16.41
	?	Gregor Hagmann	Switzerland	DNF	^[5]

Held on 26 July

Rank	Heat	Athlete	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	1	Pavel Troshilo	Soviet Union	1:49.06	Q
2	1	Sotirios Moutsanas	Greece	1:49.21	Q^[2]
3	2	Amar Brahmia	Algeria	1:49.25	Q
4	2	Mike White	United States	1:49.28	Q
5	2	Saïd Aouita	Morocco	1:49.35	Q
6	1	Andreas Hauck	East Germany	1:49.37	Q^[2]
7	1	Nicolae Onescu	Romania	1:49.46	Q
8	2	Mihai Prundeanu	Romania	1:49.58	Q
9	2	Dieter Riebe	West Germany	1:49.77
10	1	Scott Clark	United States	1:49.87
11	2	Ignacio Melesio	Mexico	1:49.94
12	1	Barbaro Serrano	Cuba	1:50.06
13	2	Stefano Cecchini	Italy	1:50.08	^[6]
14	1	Dragan Životić	Yugoslavia	1:50.15
15	1	Ryszard Ostrowski	Poland	1:50.58
16	1	Gabriele Ferrero	Italy	1:51.61	^[6]
17	2	Kim Bok-joo	South Korea	1:53.12

Held on 26 July^[7]^[8]

Rank	Athlete	Nationality	Time
	Andreas Hauck	East Germany	1:50.12
	Sotirios Moutsanas	Greece	1:50.20
	Pavel Troshilo	Soviet Union	1:50.26
4	Mike White	United States	1:50.32
5	Amar Brahmia	Algeria	1:50.46
6	Nicolae Onescu	Romania	1:50.48
7	Saïd Aouita	Morocco	1:50.49
8	Mihai Prundeanu	Romania	1:52.55

^ Results at Tilastopaja
^ ^a ^b ^c Soviet results Archived 2021-10-31 at the Wayback Machine (p139)
^ "Tres records del los juegos en natación, lo mas notable" (in Spanish). Mundo Deportivo. 26 July 1981. p. 23. Retrieved 25 November 2020.
^ French results
^ "Hervorragende US-Staffel" (in German). Fribourg Freiburger Nachrichten. 27 July 1981. p. 7. Retrieved 24 April 2020.
^ ^a ^b "Universiadi, Masullo d'argento nei 200" (in Italian). La Stampa. 26 July 1981. p. 20.
^ "Final results". The Santa Fe New Mexican. 27 July 1981. p. 26. Retrieved 9 February 2020.
^ "Final results". United Press International. 26 July 1981. Retrieved 9 February 2020.