Athletics at the 1979 Summer Universiade – Men's 800 metres explained

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

width=200 bgcolor=gold	Gold	width=200 bgcolor=silver	Silver	width=200 bgcolor=CC9966	Bronze
Evans White	Garry Cook	Hans-Peter Ferner

Results

Heats

Rank	Heat	Athlete	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	3			1:51.36	Q
2	4			1:51.82	Q
3	4			1:52.03	Q
4	3			1:52.44	Q
5	1			1:52.63	Q
5	2			1:52.63	Q^[3]
7	1			1:52.74	Q
8	1			1:52.75	q
9	4			1:52.87	q
10	2			1:52.91	Q
11	2			1:53.17	q^[4]
12	3			1:53.20	q
13	1			1:53.40	q
14	5			1:53.41	Q^[5]
15	3			1:53.60	q
16	4			1:53.70
17	5			1:53.82	Q
18	1			1:54.03
19	5			1:54.32
20	1			1:55.00
21	5			1:55.02
22	1			1:55.74
23	5			1:56.85
24	4			1:57.32
25	3			1:57.74
26	5			2:00.13
27	4			2:00.92
28	3			2:02.41
29	5			2:03.30
30	2			2:05.10
31	4			2:05.70
32	3			2:06.42
33	5			2:07.88
34	2			2:10.16
35	1			2:17.21

Semifinals

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Rank	Heat	Athlete	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	1			1:50.02	Q
2	1			1:50.08	Q
3	1			1:50.37	Q
4	1			1:50.75	Q
5	1			1:50.94
6	2			1:51.31	Q
7	2			1:51.36	Q
8	2			1:51.76	Q
9	2			1:51.78	Q
10	2			1:51.80
11	1			1:51.92
12	1			1:51.92
13	2			1:51.99
14	2			1:52.12
15	1			1:52.54
	2

Final

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Rank	Athlete	Nationality	Time	Notes
			1:48.87
			1:49.50
			1:49.77
4			1:49.89
5			1:51.84
6			1:54.45

Notes and References

1. Holzbach . Gerd . Pietro Mennea war der große Held von Mexico . Leichtathletik . 25 September 1979 . 39/1979 . 1240–1245 . Pietro Mennea was the big hero of Mexico . Bartels & Wernitz . German . 0343-5369.
2. https://www.tilastopaja.eu/db/results.php?Season=1979&CID=12981106 Results at Tilastopaja
3. https://web.archive.org/web/20171223181439/http://cdm.athle.com/upload/ssites/001059/autres_championnats/universiades_annees.pdf French results
4. https://web.archive.org/web/20160410014509/http://athhistory.imgstg.com/international/int50.htm Australian results
5. News: Tre medaglie sotto il diluvio . . 13 September 1979 . 21 . Italian.
6. News: Estafette lukt . 29 March 2020 . . 14 September 1979 . 23 . Dutch.
7. News: Final results . 22 March 2020 . . 14 September 1979 . 17.
8. News: Final results . 22 March 2020 . . 14 September 1979 . 40.