Athletics at the 1989 Summer Universiade – Men's 800 metres explained

The men's 800 metres event at the 1989 Summer Universiade was held at the Wedaustadion in Duisburg with the final on 28 August 1989.^{[1] [2]}

Medalists

width=200 bgcolor=gold	Gold	width=200 bgcolor=silver	Silver	width=200 bgcolor=CC9966	Bronze
Ari Suhonen	Ikem Billy	Simon Doyle

Results

Heats

Rank	Heat	Athlete	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	6			1:50.28	Q
2	3			1:50.35	Q
3	6			1:50.48	Q
4	6			1:50.65	Q
5	3			1:50.69	Q
6	1			1:50.71	Q[3]
7	3			1:50.73	Q
8	1			1:50.85	Q
9	4			1:50.86	Q
10	2			1:51.07	Q
10	3			1:51.07	q
12	4			1:51.14	Q
13	5			1:51.15	Q[4]
14	1			1:51.19	Q
15	1			1:51.28	q[5]
16	2			1:51.28	Q
16	4			1:51.28	Q
18	2			1:51.47	Q
19	5			1:51.49	Q
20	2			1:51.56	q
20	6			1:51.60	q
22	5			1:51.89	Q
22	6			1:51.89	q
24	4			1:51.92	q
25	5			1:51.92
26	5			1:52.13
27	2			1:52.78
28	3			1:53.58
29	5			1:53.62	[6]
30	6			1:53.70
31	1			1:53.85
32	2			1:54.76
33	3			1:55.87
34	3			1:57.03
35	2			1:59.35
36	1			2:10.48
37	4			2:12.83
38	3			2:25.08
	4
	4
	6

Semifinals

Rank	Heat	Athlete	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	3			1:48.94	Q
2	3			1:49.01	Q
3	3			1:49.23	q
4	3			1:49.42	q
5	3			1:49.47
6	1			1:49.66	Q
7	1			1:49.67	Q
8	1			1:49.83	[7]
9	1			1:50.02
10	1			1:50.26
11	2			1:50.41	Q
12	3			1:50.53
13	2			1:50.63	Q
14	1			1:50.66
15	2			1:50.95
16	2			1:50.96
17	3			1:50.97
18	1			1:51.49
19	2			1:51.84	[8]
20	2			1:52.58
21	2			1:53.07
22	2			1:53.19
23	3			1:53.24
24	1			1:54.79

Final

Held on 30 August^[9]

Rank	Athlete	Nationality	Time	Notes
			1:47.13
			1:47.29
			1:47.48
4			1:47.69
5			1:48.39
6			1:48.84
7			1:48.96
8			1:49.09

Notes and References

1. Schröder . Gustav . XV. Universiade: Ein Hauch von Olympia im Ruhrevier . Leichtathletik . 7 September 1989 . 36/1989 . 1134–1139 . XV. Universiade: A touch of the Olympics in the Ruhrevier . Bartels & Wernitz . German . 0343-5369.
2. https://www.tilastopaja.eu/db/results.php?Season=1989&CID=12982645 Results at Tilastopaja
3. https://web.archive.org/web/20160410013131/http://athhistory.imgstg.com/international/int103.htm Australian results
4. News: Ana Quirot snel bij Universiade . 9 January 2020 . . 28 August 1989 . 7 . Dutch.
5. News: Universiade: Pipoz Sechste, Alex Geissbühler weiter . Fribourg Freiburger Nachrichten . 28 August 1989 . 6 . German.
6. http://atletismo-estatistica.pt/outras-competicoes-internacionais/universiadas-2/ Portuguese results
7. News: Geissbühler échoue de peu. Fribourg La Liberte . 29 August 1989 . 22 . French.
8. News: Roberto Hernández: una victoria cara . 25 November 2020 . . 29 August 1989 . 34 . Spanish.
9. News: Final results . 1 January 2020 . . 30 August 1989 . 12.