Athletics at the 1995 Summer Universiade – Men's 800 metres

The men's 800 metres event at the 1995 Summer Universiade was held on 29–30 August at the Hakatanomori Athletic Stadium in Fukuoka, Japan.

Medalists

Gold	Silver	Bronze
Hezekiél Sepeng South Africa	Andrés Manuel Díaz Spain	Pavel Soukup Czech Republic

Results

Heats

Qualification: First 2 of each heat (Q) and the next 2 fastest (q) qualified for the semifinals.

Rank	Heat	Athlete	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	2	Hezekiél Sepeng	South Africa	1:48.23	Q
2	2	Pavel Soukup	Czech Republic	1:48.37	Q
3	2	Farouk Amaouche	Algeria	1:48.41	q
4	2	Peter Philipp	Switzerland	1:49.26	q
6	4	Mario Watson	Jamaica	1:49.87	Q
7	4	Bryan Woodward	United States	1:49.97	Q
8	4	Boris Kaveshnikov	Kyrgyzstan	1:50.08
9	7	Andrea Giocondi	Italy	1:50.79	Q
10	7	David Benefield	United States	1:50.81	Q
11	2	Takeshi Gobara	Japan	1:50.91
12	7	Gilbert Tuhabonye	Burundi	1:50.99
13	3	Kim Soon-hyung	South Korea	1:51.47	Q
14	4	Mark Harris	New Zealand	1:51.94
15	2	Suliman Abdalla	Sudan	1:52.20
16	7	Javier Soto	Puerto Rico	1:52.25
17	7	Mehmet Çakir	Turkey	1:52.42
18	3	Jurgens Kotze	South Africa	1:52.57	Q
19	6	Tomonari Ono	Japan	1:52.61	Q
20	1	António Abrantes	Portugal	1:52.71	Q
21	1	Byron Goodwin	Canada	1:52.82	Q
22	3	Malekshir Moradi Fard	Iran	1:52.87
23	1	Charles Baryamujura	Uganda	1:52.92
24	6	Andrés Manuel Díaz	Spain	1:53.01	Q
25	5	Balázs Korányi	Hungary	1:53.11	Q
26	5	Joachim Dehmel	Germany	1:53.20	Q
27	5	William Best	Canada	1:53.43
28	5	Gilbert Mvuyekure	Uganda	1:53.54
29	4	Engelhardt Uiseb	Namibia	1:53.64
30	4	Manuel Balmaceda	Chile	1:54.07
31	1	Cedric Harris	Dominica	1:54.18
32	5	Ling Seow Kang	Singapore	1:54.97
33	3	Alexander Grech	Malta	1:55.32
34	6	Bendaoud Faissoil	Comoros	1:55.98
35	2	Saravana Arjunan	Singapore	1:56.32
36	1	U Aye Lwin	Myanmar	1:56.64
37	3	Lei Vai Kun	Macau	1:57.83
38	5	Wong Kin On	Hong Kong	1:57.98
39	3	Naseer Ismail	Maldives	1:58.32
40	5	Essoham Assima-Kpatcha	Togo	1:59.92
41	3	Kalua McDonald	Malawi	2:00.64
42	7	Halahapperumage Fonseka	Sri Lanka	2:03.58
43	4	Erick Moga	Solomon Islands	2:03.92
44	1	Emanuel Andrade	Cape Verde	2:06.31
45	1	Gordon Kapak	Papua New Guinea	2:11.78
	3	Arturo Espejel	Mexico	DNF
	6	Christos Mayroidis	Greece	DNF
	7	Sylvester Simelane	Swaziland	DQ
	1	Einārs Tupurītis	Latvia	DNS
	6	Arumugam Palaniappan	Malaysia	DNS
	6	Balázs Tölgyesi	Hungary	DNS

Semifinals

Qualification: First 4 of each semifinal qualified directly (Q) for the final.

Rank	Heat	Athlete	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	1	Joachim Dehmel	Germany	1:47.82	Q
2	1	Andrea Giocondi	Italy	1:48.13	Q
3	1	Farouk Amaouche	Algeria	1:48.13	Q
4	1	David Benefield	United States	1:48.16	Q
5	1	António Abrantes	Portugal	1:48.19
6	1	Mario Watson	Jamaica	1:48.23
7	2	Andrés Manuel Díaz	Spain	1:48.86	Q
8	2	Hezekiél Sepeng	South Africa	1:49.25	Q
9	1	Jurgens Kotze	South Africa	1:49.35
10	2	Pavel Soukup	Czech Republic	1:49.41	Q
11	2	Kim Soon-hyung	South Korea	1:49.56	Q
12	2	Tomonari Ono	Japan	1:50.31
13	2	Peter Philipp	Switzerland	1:50.94
14	2	Bryan Woodward	United States	1:51.79
15	1	Balázs Korányi	Hungary	1:52.45
16	2	Byron Goodwin	Canada	1:53.09

Final

Rank	Athlete	Nationality	Time	Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s)	Hezekiél Sepeng	South Africa	1:47.87
2nd place, silver medalist(s)	Andrés Manuel Díaz	Spain	1:48.06
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)	Pavel Soukup	Czech Republic	1:48.15
4	Joachim Dehmel	Germany	1:48.29
5	Andrea Giocondi	Italy	1:48.31
6	Kim Soon-hyung	South Korea	1:48.90
7	David Benefield	United States	1:49.16
8	Farouk Amaouche	Algeria	1:49.41