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

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.^[1]

Medalists

width=200 bgcolor=gold	Gold	width=200 bgcolor=silver	Silver	width=200 bgcolor=CC9966	Bronze
Ryszard Ostrowski	Viktor Kalinkin	John Marshall

Results

Heats

Rank	Heat	Athlete	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	3			1:47.75	Q
2	2			1:47.87	Q
2	3			1:47.87	Q
4	2			1:48.06	Q
5	2			1:48.12	Q^[2]
6	5			1:48.24	Q
7	2			1:48.38	q
8	2			1:48.39	q
9	3			1:48.40	q
10	5			1:48.56	Q
11	5			1:48.60	q
12	4			1:48.70	Q
13	3			1:48.71	q
14	4			1:48.72	Q
15	4			1:48.77	^[3]
16	3			1:48.91
17	5			1:49.27	^[4]
18	5			1:49.64
19	4			1:50.08
20	3			1:50.23
21	2			1:50.27
22	1			1:50.65	Q
23	1			1:50.76	Q
24	1			1:51.03
25	1			1:51.21
26	1			1:51.24
27	2			1:51.26
28	4			1:51.55
29	3			1:51.60
30	1			1:51.81
31	1			1:51.96	^[5]
32	3			1:53.07
33	5			1:54.26
34	4			1:57.70
35	5	M. Luveniyali		2:02.61
36	2			2:08.80

Semifinals

Rank	Heat	Athlete	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	2			1:46.93	Q
2	2			1:47.10	Q
3	2			1:47.45	Q
4	1			1:47.58	Q
5	1			1:47.58	Q
6	2			1:47.65	q
7	2			1:47.66	q
8	1			1:47.68	Q
9	1			1:47.69
10	1			1:47.81
11	1			1:47.87
12	2			1:47.99
13	1			1:48.26
14	1			1:48.29
15	2			1:48.33
16	2			1:49.13

Final

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Rank	Athlete	Nationality	Time	Notes
			1:44.38	NR
			1:45.21
			1:45.32
4			1:45.41	NR
5			1:45.51
6			1:46.09
7			1:46.60	^[7]
8			1:46.77

Notes and References

1. https://www.tilastopaja.eu/db/results.php?Season=1985&CID=12981261 Results at Tilastopaja
2. https://web.archive.org/web/20160410013103/http://athhistory.imgstg.com/international/int75.htm Australian results
3. News: Simpkins: ¡Vaya triple salto! . 11 November 2020 . . 3 September 1985 . 25 . Spanish.
4. http://www.fidal.it/upload/Toscana/CURIOSITA%27%20STORICHE/ATLETI%20TOSCANA/9.%20ToscaniaiMondialiUniversitari.pdf Tuscan athletes' results
5. News: Simpkins à 13 cm de Banks . 25 April 2020 . Fribourg La Liberte . 3 September 1985 . 20 . French.
6. News: Results . 27 January 2020 . . 5 September 1985 . 14.
7. http://www.docme.su/doc/1267330/koroleva-sporta-na-vsemirnyh-universiadah-1959–-2011-gg.-... Soviet results