Athletics at the 1959 Summer Universiade – Men's 800 metres

The men's 800 metres event at the 1959 Summer Universiade was held at the Stadio Comunale di Torino in Turin on 3 and 4 September 1959.[1][2]

Medalists

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Gold Silver Bronze
Dieter Heydecke
  West Germany
John Holt
  Great Britain
Kuniaki Watanabe
  Japan

Results

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Heats

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Held on 3 September

Rank Heat Athlete Nationality Time Notes
1 1 John Holt   Great Britain 1:55.3 Q
2 1 Bolesław Kowalczyk   Poland 1:55.5 Q
3 1 Norbert Haupert   Luxembourg 1:55.5 Q
4 1 Alex Egloff   Switzerland 1:55.6
5 1 Etienne Vernus   France 1:57.4 [3]
1 2 Rudolf Klaban   Austria 2:06.1 Q
2 2 Thomas Blythe   Great Britain 2:06.1 Q
3 2 Roger Bofferding   Luxembourg 2:06.2 Q
4 2 Ahmad Raad   Iraq 2:13.5
1 3 Battista Paini   Italy 1:55.1 Q
2 3 Marek Jerzy   Poland 1:55.2 Q
3 3 André Wendling   France 1:55.9 Q[3]
4 3 Michel Lallemand   Belgium 1:57.0
1 4 Olaf Lawrenz   West Germany 1:53.4 Q
2 4 Traian Sudrigean   Romania 1:53.6 Q
3 4 Tomáš Salinger   Czechoslovakia 1:53.6 Q
4 4 Eric Harder   Switzerland 1:53.6
1 5 Mario Fraschini   Italy 2:07.3 Q
2 5 Luc Bayens   Belgium 2:07.3 Q
3 5 Hans Johansson   Sweden 2:07.4 Q
1 6 Kuniaki Watanabe   Japan 2:05.3 Q
2 6 Dieter Heydecke   West Germany 2:06.1 Q
3 6 Elías Reguero   Spain 2:06.4 Q

Semifinals

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Held on 4 September

Rank Heat Athlete Nationality Time Notes
1 1 Olaf Lawrenz   West Germany 1:51.8 Q[4]
2 1 John Holt   Great Britain 1:52.1 Q
3 1 Mario Fraschini   Italy 1:52.1
4 1 Marek Jerzy   Poland 1:53.8
5 1 André Wendling   France 1:55.6 [3]
6 1 Hans Johansson   Sweden 1:56.2
1 2 Rudolf Klaban   Austria 1:50.8 Q
2 2 Kuniaki Watanabe   Japan 1:51.0 Q
3 2 Tomáš Salinger   Czechoslovakia 1:51.9
4 2 Traian Sudrigean   Romania 1:55.9
5 2 Battista Paini   Italy 1:56.4
6 2 Norbert Haupert   Luxembourg 1:58.8
1 3 Dieter Heydecke   West Germany 1:51.6 Q
2 3 Thomas Blythe   Great Britain 1:51.9 Q
3 3 Luc Bayens   Belgium 1:53.9
4 3 Elías Reguero   Spain 1:54.2
5 3 Roger Bofferding   Luxembourg 1:56.0
6 3 Bolesław Kowalczyk   Poland 1:57.8

Final

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Held on 4 September[5]

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
  Dieter Heydecke   West Germany 1:50.5
  John Holt   Great Britain 1:50.5
  Kuniaki Watanabe   Japan 1:50.9
4 Thomas Blythe   Great Britain 1:50.9
5 Olaf Lawrenz   West Germany 1:57.6
Rudolf Klaban   Austria DNS

References

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  1. ^ "Resultados Universiada - 1959" (PDF). Atletismo (in Spanish). November 1959: 7–8. Retrieved 4 March 2021.
  2. ^ Results at Tilastopaja
  3. ^ a b c French results
  4. ^ "Lucking narrowly misses bronze medal for weight". The Manchester Guardian. 4 September 1959. p. 10. Retrieved 26 February 2021.
  5. ^ García, Gerardo (5 September 1959). "Una gran finale de finales en atletismo" (in Spanish). Mundo Deportivo. p. 2. Retrieved 26 February 2021.