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The men's 800 metres event at the 1997 Summer Universiade was held at the Stadio Cibali in Catania, Italy, on 29 and 30 August.[1]

Medalists

Gold Silver Bronze
Norberto Téllez
 Cuba
Hezekiél Sepeng
 South Africa
Bryan Woodward
 United States

Results

Heats

Held on 29 August

Rank Heat Athlete Nationality Time Notes
1 1 Djabir Saïd-Guerni  Algeria 1:48.13 Q
2 6 Oleg Stepanov  Russia 1:48.35 Q
3 1 Balázs Tölgyesi  Hungary 1:48.47 Q
4 3 Shaun Benefield  United States 1:48.73 Q
5 3 Andy Hart  Great Britain 1:48.84 Q
6 1 Daryl Fillion  Canada 1:48.91 q
7 6 Mark Sesay  Great Britain 1:48.92 Q
8 3 Jean-Gilles Talin  France 1:49.00 q
9 1 Duarte Ponte  Portugal 1:49.13 q[2]
10 6 Paul Byrne  Australia 1:49.29 q[3]
11 6 Celso Ficagna  Brazil 1:49.69 q
12 8 Bryan Woodward  United States 1:50.15 Q
13 5 Gert-Jan Liefers  Netherlands 1:50.26 Q
14 8 Bjørn Arild Bøhleng  Norway 1:50.30 Q
15 8 Miklós Árpási  Hungary 1:50.33 q
16 5 Panagiotis Stroumbakos  Greece 1:50.35 Q
17 8 Barnaby Shone  South Africa 1:50.49 q
18 1 Eyvind Solbu  Norway 1:50.82 q
19 2 Norberto Téllez  Cuba 1:50.93 Q
20 2 Tim Rogge  Belgium 1:50.96 Q
21 2 Urmet Uusorg  Estonia 1:51.06
22 5 Kim Soon-hyung  South Korea 1:51.07
23 7 Sergey Kozhevnikov  Russia 1:51.21 Q
24 7 Nico Motchebon  Germany 1:51.21 Q
25 5 Aleš Tomič  Slovenia 1:51.36
26 7 Grzegorz Krzosek  Poland 1:51.52
27 7 Dennis van Tongeren  Netherlands 1:51.95
28 2 Sylvere Ntibushinitse  Burundi 1:52.11
29 8 Noureddine Djazouli  Algeria 1:52.50
30 2 Christian Díaz  Argentina 1:52.57
31 4 Hezekiél Sepeng  South Africa 1:52.66 Q
32 4 Roman Oravec  Czech Republic 1:53.22 Q
33 5 Vanko Stoyanov  Macedonia 1:53.51
34 7 Hamid Sadjadi  Iran 1:53.60
35 7 Mark Harris  New Zealand 1:53.79
36 1 Xandru Grech  Malta 1:54.08
37 6 Petrus Ndara  Namibia 1:54.09
38 4 Philip Rotich  Kenya 1:54.12
39 4 Sylvester Simelane  Swaziland 1:54.22
40 8 Lameck King  Botswana 1:54.56
41 3 Jean-Paul Niyonsaba  Burundi 1:55.50
42 7 Luis Romero  Peru 1:55.72
43 5 Choge Kipsang  Kenya 1:55.92
44 4 Kabemba Mwape  Zambia 1:56.08
45 3 Junior Anguyo  Uganda 1:56.20
46 8 Carlos Sequeira  Nicaragua 1:56.36
47 5 Christophe Irumwa  Rwanda 1:56.58
48 4 Jeremy Deere  Canada 1:56.97
49 6 Chris Musenze  Uganda 1:57.01
50 4 Fadi Hatamleh  Jordan 1:57.43
51 6 Omar Khalaf  Jordan 1:57.87
52 2 Gerald Grech  Malta 1:59.29
53 2 Ma Wai Hou  Macau 1:59.31
54 8 Tang Win Kin  Hong Kong 2:03.08
55 3 Md Safiqul Islam  Bangladesh 2:03.90
56 3 Gordon Kapak  Papua New Guinea 2:09.76
57 7 Tam Hoi Keng  Macau 2:10.02
1 Noor Aslam  Pakistan DNF
3 Modise Bakupi  Botswana DNF

Semifinals

Held on 30 August

Rank Heat Athlete Nationality Time Notes
1 2 Hezekiél Sepeng  South Africa 1:47.35 Q
2 1 Balázs Tölgyesi  Hungary 1:47.42 Q
3 2 Bryan Woodward  United States 1:47.45 Q
4 1 Shaun Benefield  United States 1:47.60 Q
5 1 Sergey Kozhevnikov  Russia 1:47.63 q[4]
6 2 Djabir Saïd-Guerni  Algeria 1:47.71 q
7 2 Panagiotis Stroumbakos  Greece 1:47.73
8 1 Andy Hart  Great Britain 1:47.74
9 1 Nico Motchebon  Germany 1:47.83
10 2 Jean-Gilles Talin  France 1:48.44
11 1 Duarte Ponte  Portugal 1:48.81
11 3 Norberto Téllez  Cuba 1:48.81 Q
13 3 Oleg Stepanov  Russia 1:48.87 Q
14 3 Miklós Árpási  Hungary 1:48.92
15 3 Gert-Jan Liefers  Netherlands 1:49.03
16 1 Paul Byrne  Australia 1:49.24 [3]
17 3 Mark Sesay  Great Britain 1:49.70
18 3 Tim Rogge  Belgium 1:50.19
19 2 Roman Oravec  Czech Republic 1:50.38
20 1 Eyvind Solbu  Norway 1:50.56
21 2 Daryl Fillion  Canada 1:50.60 [5]
22 2 Celso Ficagna  Brazil 1:50.88
23 3 Bjørn Arild Bøhleng  Norway 1:50.93
24 3 Barnaby Shone  South Africa 1:52.32

Final

Held on 30 August [6]

Rank Athlete Nationality Time Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) Norberto Téllez  Cuba 1:47.63
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Hezekiél Sepeng  South Africa 1:47.77
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Bryan Woodward  United States 1:48.43
4 Shaun Benefield  United States 1:48.65
5 Balázs Tölgyesi  Hungary 1:49.13
6 Djabir Saïd-Guerni  Algeria 1:49.41
7 Sergey Kozhevnikov  Russia 1:49.51
8 Oleg Stepanov  Russia 1:50.74

References

  1. ^ Results at Tilastopaja
  2. ^ Portuguese results
  3. ^ a b "Australian 1997 Almanac" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2014-10-06. Retrieved 2014-10-08.
  4. ^ 1999 World List
  5. ^ "Canadian results". Calgary Herald. 29 August 1997. p. 40. Retrieved 31 December 2019.
  6. ^ "Results". Archived from the original on 2011-07-06. Retrieved 2014-10-01.
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