Athletics at the 1997 Summer Universiade – Men's 800 metres explained

The men's 800 metres event at the 1997 Summer Universiade was held at the Stadio Cibali in Catania, Italy, on 29 and 30 August.^[1]

Medalists

width=200 bgcolor=gold	Gold	width=200 bgcolor=silver	Silver	width=200 bgcolor=CC9966	Bronze
Norberto Téllez	Hezekiél Sepeng	Bryan Woodward

Results

Heats

Held on 29 August

Rank	Heat	Athlete	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	1			1:48.13	Q
2	6			1:48.35	Q
3	1			1:48.47	Q
4	3			1:48.73	Q
5	3			1:48.84	Q
6	1			1:48.91	q
7	6			1:48.92	Q
8	3			1:49.00	q
9	1			1:49.13	q^[2]
10	6			1:49.29	q^[3]
11	6			1:49.69	q
12	8			1:50.15	Q
13	5			1:50.26	Q
14	8			1:50.30	Q
15	8			1:50.33	q
16	5			1:50.35	Q
17	8			1:50.49	q
18	1			1:50.82	q
19	2			1:50.93	Q
20	2			1:50.96	Q
21	2			1:51.06
22	5			1:51.07
23	7			1:51.21	Q
24	7			1:51.21	Q
25	5			1:51.36
26	7			1:51.52
27	7			1:51.95
28	2			1:52.11
29	8			1:52.50
30	2			1:52.57
31	4			1:52.66	Q
32	4			1:53.22	Q
33	5			1:53.51
34	7			1:53.60
35	7			1:53.79
36	1			1:54.08
37	6			1:54.09
38	4			1:54.12
39	4			1:54.22
40	8			1:54.56
41	3			1:55.50
42	7			1:55.72
43	5			1:55.92
44	4			1:56.08
45	3			1:56.20
46	8			1:56.36
47	5			1:56.58
48	4			1:56.97
49	6			1:57.01
50	4			1:57.43
51	6			1:57.87
52	2			1:59.29
53	2			1:59.31
54	8			2:03.08
55	3			2:03.90
56	3			2:09.76
57	7			2:10.02
	1
	3

Semifinals

Held on 30 August

Rank	Heat	Athlete	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	2			1:47.35	Q
2	1			1:47.42	Q
3	2			1:47.45	Q
4	1			1:47.60	Q
5	1			1:47.63	q^[4]
6	2			1:47.71	q
7	2			1:47.73
8	1			1:47.74
9	1			1:47.83
10	2			1:48.44
11	1			1:48.81
11	3			1:48.81	Q
13	3			1:48.87	Q
14	3			1:48.92
15	3			1:49.03
16	1			1:49.24
17	3			1:49.70
18	3			1:50.19
19	2			1:50.38
20	1			1:50.56
21	2			1:50.60	^[5]
22	2			1:50.88
23	3			1:50.93
24	3			1:52.32

Final

Held on 30 August^[6]

Rank	Athlete	Nationality	Time	Notes
			1:47.63
			1:47.77
			1:48.43
4			1:48.65
5			1:49.13
6			1:49.41
7			1:49.51
8			1:50.74

Notes and References

1. https://www.tilastopaja.eu/db/results.php?Season=1997&CID=12983456 Results at Tilastopaja
2. http://atletismo-estatistica.pt/outras-competicoes-internacionais/universiadas-2/ Portuguese results
3. Web site: Australian 1997 Almanac . 2014-10-08 . 2014-10-06 . https://web.archive.org/web/20141006091859/http://athhistory.imgstg.com/almanac/Almanac-1997-98.pdf . dead .
4. http://digilander.iol.it/vdany/Stagionali/WRL/1997/800.htm 1999 World List
5. News: Canadian results . 31 December 2019 . . 29 August 1997 . 40.
6. Web site: Results . 2014-10-01 . https://web.archive.org/web/20110706132326/http://wwwfisu.ulb.ac.be/html/sathletics.html . 2011-07-06 . dead .