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

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

width=200 bgcolor=gold	Gold	width=200 bgcolor=silver	Silver	width=200 bgcolor=CC9966	Bronze
Andreas Hauck	Sotirios Moutsanas	Pavel Troshilo

Results

Heats

Held on 25 July

Rank	Heat	Athlete	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	2			1:48.66	Q^[2]
2	2			1:48.90	Q
3	3			1:49.20	Q
4	5			1:49.21	Q
5	2			1:49.24	q
6	5			1:49.34	Q
7	5			1:49.36	q
8	3			1:49.46	Q
9	4			1:49.56	Q
10	3			1:49.58	q
11	4			1:49.73	Q
12	2			1:49.91	q
13	2			1:49.95
14	4			1:50.04	^[3]
15	1			1:50.27	Q
16	2			1:50.28
17	1			1:50.39	Q
18	4			1:50.43
19	1			1:50.71
20	6			1:51.34	Q
21	6			1:51.45	Q
21	6			1:51.45	Q
23	4			1:51.70
24	6			1:51.78
25	5			1:52.07
26	6			1:52.13
27	2			1:52.96
28	6			1:53.12
29	3			1:53.55
30	6			1:55.01
31	2			1:56.43
32	4			1:58.49	^[4]
33	4			2:01.67
34	5			2:02.96
35	1			2:04.80
36	5			2:16.41
	?				^[5]

Semifinals

Held on 26 July

Rank	Heat	Athlete	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	1			1:49.06	Q
2	1			1:49.21	Q
3	2			1:49.25	Q
4	2			1:49.28	Q
5	2			1:49.35	Q
6	1			1:49.37	Q
7	1			1:49.46	Q
8	2			1:49.58	Q
9	2			1:49.77
10	1			1:49.87
11	2			1:49.94
12	1			1:50.06
13	2			1:50.08	^[6]
14	1			1:50.15
15	1			1:50.58
16	1			1:51.61
17	2			1:53.12

Final

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

Rank	Athlete	Nationality	Time	Notes
			1:50.12
			1:50.20
			1:50.26
4			1:50.32
5			1:50.46
6			1:50.48
7			1:50.49
8			1:52.55

Notes and References

1. https://www.tilastopaja.eu/db/results.php?Season=1981&CID=12981191 Results at Tilastopaja
2. http://www.docme.su/doc/1267330/koroleva-sporta-na-vsemirnyh-universiadah-1959–-2011-gg.-... Soviet results
3. News: Tres records del los juegos en natación, lo mas notable . 25 November 2020 . . 26 July 1981 . 23 . Spanish.
4. https://web.archive.org/web/20171223181439/http://cdm.athle.com/upload/ssites/001059/autres_championnats/universiades_annees.pdf French results
5. News: Hervorragende US-Staffel . 24 April 2020 . Fribourg Freiburger Nachrichten . 27 July 1981 . 7 . German.
6. News: Universiadi, Masullo d'argento nei 200 . . 26 July 1981 . 20 . Italian.
7. News: Final results . 9 February 2020 . . 27 July 1981 . 26.
8. News: Final results . 9 February 2020 . . 26 July 1981.