Athletics at the 1973 Summer Universiade – Men's 800 metres

The men's 800 metres event at the 1973 Summer Universiade was held at the Central Lenin Stadium in Moscow on 16, 17 and 18 August.[1][2]

Medalists

Gold	Silver	Bronze
Yevgeniy Arzhanov  Soviet Union	Marcel Philippe  France	Hans-Henning Ohlert  East Germany

Results

Heats

Rank	Heat	Athlete	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	1	Phil Lewis	Great Britain	1:50.82	Q
2	1	Ján Šišovský	Czechoslovakia	1:51.11	Q
3	1	Ken Schappert	United States	1:51.33
1	2	Sándor Fekete	Hungary	1:48.75	Q
2	2	Rainer Burmester	West Germany	1:49.10	Q
3	2	David McMeekin	Great Britain	1:50.03	q
1	3	Andrzej Kupczyk	Poland	1:49.16	Q
2	3	Yevgeniy Volkov	Soviet Union	1:49.16	Q
3	3	Philippe Meyer	France	1:50.03	q[3]
1	4	Rick Brown	United States	1:50.20	Q[4]
2	4	Marcel Philippe	France	1:50.35	Q[3]
3	4	Adelio Diamante	Italy	1:50.9	q[5]
1	5	Hans-Henning Ohlert	East Germany	1:51.51	Q
2	5	Sid Ali Djouadi	Algeria	1:51.60	Q
1	6	Yevgeniy Arzhanov	Soviet Union	1:50.76	Q
2	6	Gerhard Stolle	East Germany	1:51.22	Q
3	6	Petar Kyatovski	Bulgaria	1:51.66
?	?	Vittorio Fontanella	Italy	1:51.6	[5]

Semifinals

[6]

Rank	Heat	Athlete	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	1	Yevgeniy Arzhanov	Soviet Union	1:48.2	Q
2	1	Rick Brown	United States	1:49.0	Q[7]
3	1	Gerhard Stolle	East Germany	1:49.0	Q
4	1	Rainer Burmester	West Germany	1:49.38
5	1	David McMeekin	Great Britain	1:49.6
6	1	Adelio Diamante	Italy	1:49.7
7	1	Philippe Meyer	France	1:51.13	[3]
1	2	Marcel Philippe	France	1:46.90	Q[3]
2	2	Hans-Henning Ohlert	East Germany	1:47.23	Q
3	2	Andrzej Kupczyk	Poland	1:47.48	Q
4	2	Phil Lewis	Great Britain	1:47.58	q[8]
5	2	Ján Šišovský	Czechoslovakia	1:47.80	q
6	2	Sándor Fekete	Hungary	1:48.4
7	2	Yevgeniy Volkov	Soviet Union	1:48.60	[9]
8	2	Julius Sang	Kenya	1:50.3

Final

[10][11]

Rank	Athlete	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Yevgeniy Arzhanov	Soviet Union	1:46.88
	Marcel Philippe	France	1:47.29
	Hans-Henning Ohlert	East Germany	1:47.51
4	Rick Brown	United States	1:47.61
5	Andrzej Kupczyk	Poland	1:47.96
6	Phil Lewis	Great Britain	1:48.0
7	Gerhard Stolle	East Germany	1:48.2
8	Ján Šišovský	Czechoslovakia	1:49.53

References

1. "Zweite Plätze für Schiitenhelm und Karst" [Second places for Schiitenhelm und Karst]. Leichtathletik (in German). Bartels & Wernitz. 34/1973: 1202–1204. 21 August 1973. ISSN 0343-5369.
2. "Nur ein Finale ohne einheimische Athleten" [Only one final without local athletes]. Leichtathletik (in German). Bartels & Wernitz. 35/1973: 1250–1251. 28 August 1973. ISSN 0343-5369.
3. French results
4. "Heats results". Hartford Courant. 17 August 1973. p. 53. Retrieved 20 April 2020.
5. "I risultati delle gare di ieri" (in Italian). La Stampa. 17 August 1973. p. 14. Retrieved 20 November 2020.
6. "El francés Tracanelli (5'42) segunda mejor marca del año" (in Spanish). Mundo Deportivo. 18 August 1973. p. 11. Retrieved 20 November 2020.
7. "Semifinals results". Poughkeepsie Journal. 18 August 1973. p. 16. Retrieved 20 April 2020.
8. Year list
9. Soviet results (p39)
10. "Final results". The Spokesman-Review. 19 August 1973. p. 3. Retrieved 20 April 2020.
11. "Final results". The Sacramento Bee. 19 August 1973. p. 94. Retrieved 20 April 2020.