Athletics at the 1985 Summer Universiade – Men's 800 metres

The men's 800 metres event at the 1985 Summer Universiade was held at the Kobe Universiade Memorial Stadium in Kobe on 2, 3, and 4 September 1985.

Medalists

Gold	Silver	Bronze
Ryszard Ostrowski  Poland	Viktor Kalinkin  Soviet Union	John Marshall  United States

Results

Heats

Rank	Heat	Athlete	Nationality	Time	Notes
5	?	Javier Nieto	Spain	1:47.87	q[1]
3	2	Matt Favier	Australia	1:48.12	Q[2]
3	?	André Lavie	France	1:48.48	Q[3]
?	?	Benjamín González	Spain	1:48.77	[1]
4	?	Andres Garcia	France	1:49.45	[3]
7	?	Sebastian Wschiansky	Switzerland	1:51.96	[4]

Semifinals

Rank	Heat	Athlete	Nationality	Time	Notes
6	1	Javier Nieto	Spain	1:47.87	[5]
8	1	Matt Favier	Australia	1:48.29	[2]
6	2	André Lavie	France	1:50.94	[3]

Final

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Rank	Athlete	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Ryszard Ostrowski	Poland	1:44.38	NR
	Viktor Kalinkin	Soviet Union	1:45.21
	John Marshall	United States	1:45.32
4	Petru Drăgoescu	Romania	1:45.41	NR
5	Octavius Clark	United States	1:45.51
6	Slobodan Popović	Yugoslavia	1:46.09
7	Anatoliy Millin	Soviet Union	1:46.60	[7]

References

1. "Simpkins: ¡Vaya triple salto!" (in Spanish). Mundo Deportivo. 3 September 1985. p. 25. Retrieved 11 November 2020.
2. Australian results
3. French results
4. "Simpkins à 13 cm de Banks" (in French). Fribourg La Liberte. 3 September 1985. p. 20. Retrieved 25 April 2020.
5. "Sala, en la antesala" (in Spanish). Mundo Deportivo. 4 September 1985. p. 25. Retrieved 11 November 2020.
6. "Results". Red Deer Advocate. 5 September 1985. p. 14. Retrieved 27 January 2020.
7. Soviet results (p40)