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

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.

Medalists

Gold	Silver	Bronze
Ari Suhonen  Finland	Ikem Billy  Great Britain	Simon Doyle  Australia

Results

Heats

Rank	Heat	Athlete	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	1	Simon Doyle	Australia	1:50.71	Q[1]
1	?	Ton Baltus	Netherlands	1:51.15	Q[2]
4	?	Alex Geissbühler	Switzerland	1:51.28	q[3]

Semifinals

Rank	Heat	Athlete	Nationality	Time	Notes
3	?	Alex Geissbühler	Switzerland	1:49.83	[4]
6	?	Ton Baltus	Netherlands	1:50.10	[5]
1	2	Simon Doyle	Australia	1:50.41	Q[1]

Final

Held on 30 August[6]

Rank	Athlete	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Ari Suhonen	Finland	1:47.13
	Ikem Billy	Great Britain	1:47.29
	Simon Doyle	Australia	1:47.48
4	Réda Abdenouz	Algeria	1:47.69
5	Holger Böttcher	West Germany	1:48.39
6	Giuseppe D'Urso	Italy	1:48.84
7	Valeriy Starodubtsev	Soviet Union	1:48.96
8	Miroslav Chochkov	Bulgaria	1:49.09

References

1. Australian results
2. "Ana Quirot snel bij Universiade" (in Dutch). Het Parool. 28 August 1989. p. 7. Retrieved 9 January 2020.
3. "Universiade: Pipoz Sechste, Alex Geissbühler weiter" (in German). Fribourg Freiburger Nachrichten. 28 August 1989. p. 6.
4. "Geissbühler échoue de peu" (in French). Fribourg La Liberte. 29 August 1989. p. 22.
5. "Da Silva selt teleur op sprint" (in Dutch). Het Parool. 29 August 1989. p. 10. Retrieved 9 January 2020.
6. "Final results". The Times. 30 August 1989. p. 12. Retrieved 1 January 2020.