Athletics at the 1977 Summer Universiade – Men's 800 metres

The men's 800 metres event at the 1977 Summer Universiade was held at the Vasil Levski National Stadium in Sofia on 19, 20 and 21 August.^[1]

Medalists

Gold	Silver	Bronze
Alberto Juantorena Cuba	Milovan Savić Yugoslavia	José Marajo France

Rank	Heat	Athlete	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	1	John Higham	Australia	1:49.6	Q^[4]
2	1	Aleksandr Goncharov	Soviet Union	1:49.7	Q
3	1	Imre Deák-Nagy	Hungary	1:50.4
4	1	Zvi Dauber	Israel	1:51.1
5	1	Andrzej Baron	Poland	1:51.1
6	1	Gerhard Trabert	West Germany	1:52.6
1	2	Alberto Juantorena	Cuba	1:48.4	Q
2	2	Agberto Guimarães	Brazil	1:48.6	Q
3	2	Roger Milhau	France	1:48.6	q^[5]
4	2	Amar Brahmia	Algeria	1:48.7	q
5	2	Toshifumi Shigenari	Japan	1:49.3	q
6	2	Jacques Labruyère	Belgium	1:50.3
7	2	Jorge Ortiz	Puerto Rico	1:50.6
8	2	Veselin Kanev	Bulgaria	1:52.2
1	3	Mike Kearns	Great Britain	1:50.9	Q
2	3	David Warren	Great Britain	1:50.9	Q
3	3	Gabriele Ferraro	Italy	1:51.1
4	3	Gerry Masterson	United States	1:51.2
5	3	Ignacio Melesio	Mexico	1:51.3
5	3	Edwin Attard	Malta	2:05.3
1	4	Milovan Savić	Yugoslavia	1:51.4	Q
2	4	Günther Hasler	Liechtenstein	1:51.6	Q
3	4	Jamie Botten	Australia	1:51.9	^[4]
4	4	Maiid Abdi	Tunisia	1:54.5
5	4	K.P. Chandrosena	Sri Lanka	1:59.6
1	5	José Marajo	France	1:49.2	Q^[5]
2	5	Imre Ötvös Nagy	Hungary	1:49.4	Q
3	5	Andrés Ballbé	Spain	1:49.7	q
4	5	Leonardo Sorbello	Italy	1:50.2
5	5	Takashi Ishii	Japan	1:50.4
6	5	Karl Schönenberger	Switzerland	1:51.5
7	5	Mohamed Bahloul	Tunisia	1:55.2
1	6	Antoliy Reshetnyak	Soviet Union	1:53.8	Q
2	6	Dragan Životić	Yugoslavia	1:53.9	Q
3	6	Francisco Gordilo	Spain	1:54.5

Rank	Heat	Athlete	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	1	Alberto Juantorena	Cuba	1:47.9	Q
2	1	Dragan Životić	Yugoslavia	1:48.0	Q
3	1	José Marajo	France	1:48.1	Q
4	1	Aleksandr Goncharov	Soviet Union	1:48.2
5	1	Günther Hasler	Liechtenstein	1:48.2
6	1	Amar Brahmia	Algeria	1:48.9
7	1	Toshifumi Shigenari	Japan	1:51.4
1	2	Milovan Savić	Yugoslavia	1:46.4	Q
2	2	Antoliy Reshetnyak	Soviet Union	1:46.5	Q
3	2	Agberto Guimarães	Brazil	1:47.0	Q
4	2	Andrés Ballbé	Spain	1:47.1	q
5	2	Imre Ötvös Nagy	Hungary	1:47.3	q
6	2	John Higham	Australia	1:48.1	^[4]
	?	Roger Milhau	France	DNF	^[5]

Rank	Athlete	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Alberto Juantorena	Cuba	1:43.44	WR
	Milovan Savić	Yugoslavia	1:45.6
	José Marajo	France	1:45.89
4	Agberto Guimarães	Brazil	1:46.0
5	Dragan Životić	Yugoslavia	1:46.9
6	Andrés Ballbé	Spain	1:47.0
7	Antoliy Reshetnyak	Soviet Union	1:47.4
8	Imre Ötvös Nagy	Hungary	1:47.7

^ Results at Tilastopaja
^ "Heats results". Statesman Journal. 20 August 1977. p. 34. Retrieved 22 March 2020.
^ "Heats results". The Times. 20 August 1977. p. 7. Retrieved 22 March 2020.
^ ^a ^b ^c Australian results
^ ^a ^b ^c French results
^ ^a ^b "Heats & Final results". The San Bernardino County Sun. 22 August 1977. p. 22. Retrieved 8 April 2020.
^ "Final results". The Burlington Free Press. 22 August 1977. p. 26. Retrieved 8 April 2020.