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

The men's 800 metres event at the 1997 Summer Universiade was held at the Stadio Cibali in Catania, Italy.

Medalists

Gold	Silver	Bronze
Norberto Téllez  Cuba	Hezekiél Sepeng  South Africa	Bryan Woodward  United States

Results

Heats

Rank	Heat	Athlete	Nationality	Time	Notes
3	1	Daryl Fillion	Canada	1:48.91
3	?	Paul Byrne	Australia	1:49.29	[1]
4	6	Celso Ficagna	Brazil	1:49.69
?	?	Gert-Jan Liefers	Netherlands	1:50.28
?	?	Eyvind Solbu	Norway	1:50.82
?	?	Norberto Téllez	Cuba	1:50.93
?	?	Tim Rogge	Belgium	1:50.96
?	?	Urmet Uusorg	Estonia	1:51.06
?	?	Sergey Kozhevnikov	Russia	1:51.21
?	?	Hezekiél Sepeng	South Africa	1:52.66
?	?	Roman Oravec	Czech Republic	1:53.22

Semifinals

Rank	Heat	Athlete	Nationality	Time	Notes
?	?	Hezekiél Sepeng	South Africa	1:47.35	Q
?	?	Balázs Tölgyesi	Hungary	1:47.42	Q
?	?	Bryan Woodward	United States	1:47.45	Q
?	?	Shaun Benefield	United States	1:47.60	Q
3	1	Sergey Kozhevnikov	Russia	1:47.63	Q[2]
?	?	Djabir Saïd-Guerni	Algeria	1:47.71	Q
?	?	Panagiotis Stroumbakos	Greece	1:47.73
?	?	Jean-Gilles Talin	France	1:48.44
?	?	Norberto Téllez	Cuba	1:48.81	Q
?	?	Oleg Stepanov	Russia	1:48.87	Q
?	?	Gert-Jan Liefers	Netherlands	1:49.03
7	?	Paul Byrne	Australia	1:49.24	[1]
?	?	Mark Sesay	Great Britain	1:49.70
18	?	Tim Rogge	Belgium	1:50.19
?	?	Roman Oravec	Czech Republic	1:50.38
?	?	Eyvind Solbu	Norway	1:50.56
7	?	Daryl Fillion	Canada	1:50.60	[3]

Final

[4]

Rank	Athlete	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Norberto Téllez	Cuba	1:47.63
	Hezekiél Sepeng	South Africa	1:47.77
	Bryan Woodward	United States	1:48.43
4	Shaun Benefield	United States	1:48.65
5	Balázs Tölgyesi	Hungary	1:49.13
6	Djabir Saïd-Guerni	Algeria	1:49.41
7	Sergey Kozhevnikov	Russia	1:49.51
8	Oleg Stepanov	Russia	1:50.74

References

1. Australian 1997 Almanac
2. 1999 World List
3. "Canadian results". Calgary Herald. 29 August 1997. p. 40. Retrieved 31 December 2019.
4. "Results". Archived from the original on 2011-07-06. Retrieved 2014-10-01.