Athletics at the 2015 Summer Universiade – Men's 800 metres

The men's 800 metres event at the 2015 Summer Universiade was held on 10, 11 and 12 July at the Gwangju Universiade Main Stadium.

Medalists

Gold	Silver	Bronze
Shaquille Walker United States	Abdelati El Guesse Morocco	Rynardt van Rensburg South Africa

Results

Heats

Qualification: First 3 in each heat (Q) and next 6 fastest (q) qualified for the semifinals.

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	3	Abdelati El Guesse	Morocco	1:48.57	Q
2	2	Nicholas Hartle	United States	1:49.74	Q
3	2	Raimond Valler	Estonia	1:49.75	Q, PB
4	2	Timas Harik	Australia	1:50.36	Q
5	4	Anton Kulyatin	Russia	1:50.49	Q
6	5	Jorian Damen	Netherlands	1:50.57	Q
7	4	Shaquille Walker	United States	1:50.60	Q
8	5	Charles Grethen	Luxembourg	1:50.62	Q
9	3	Rynardt van Rensburg	South Africa	1:50.79	Q
10	4	Nick Jensen	Denmark	1:50.88	Q
11	6	Miguel Moreira	Portugal	1:50.89	Q
12	3	Hong Ingi	South Korea	1:50.94	Q, SB
13	5	Brendon Restall	Canada	1:50.96	Q
14	2	Amadou Kayantao	Mali	1:51.02	q, SB
15	3	Oleg Sidorov	Russia	1:51.03	q
16	5	Renārs Stepiņš	Latvia	1:51.08	q
17	6	Pauls Arents	Latvia	1:51.17	Q
18	4	Johan Svensson	Sweden	1:51.28	q, SB
19	6	Kamil Gurdak	Poland	1:52.15	Q
20	1	Adam Paul-Morris	Canada	1:53.23	Q
21	6	Ahmad Abdalla	Qatar	1:53.24	q, PB
22	1	Iulian Ganciu	Romania	1:53.28	Q
23	1	Bradley Mathas	New Zealand	1:53.48	Q
24	5	David Hodgson	Costa Rica	1:53.71	q
25	4	Roiman Ramírez	Venezuela	1:53.77
26	4	Fang Jianyong	Singapore	1:53.92	PB
27	5	Festus Bett	Kenya	1:54.01
28	1	Andreas Vojta	Austria	1:54.18
29	6	Amir Messail	Algeria	1:54.24	SB
30	5	Haavard Hildeskor	Norway	1:54.44
31	1	Marcel Ngabonziza	Rwanda	1:54.51
32	1	Vishvajith Gammahelage	Sri Lanka	1:54.71	SB
33	6	Vidar Dahle	Norway	1:55.17
34	4	Khalil Mustafa Hasan	Jordan	1:55.26
35	3	Xie Zhaofu	China	1:55.95
36	1	Ahmed Al-Aamri	Oman	1:57.43
37	5	Kyle Stanley	Trinidad and Tobago	1:57.80
38	3	Klavdij Ferle	Slovenia	1:57.94
39	6	Said Al-Rahbi	Oman	2:04.39
40	2	Hussein Zayat	Lebanon	2:07.59
41	2	Isaac Moreno	Panama	2:09.99
42	2	Chris Bata	Solomon Islands	2:10.36
43	1	Montano Abeso Mbuy	Equatorial Guinea	2:26.40
	3	Zelalem Yihunie	Ethiopia	DQ	R163.5
	6	Hussein Khalife	Lebanon	DQ	R163.5
	2	Allen Eke	Nigeria	DNS

Semifinals

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

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	3	Rynardt van Rensburg	South Africa	1:47.95	Q
2	3	Abdelati El Guesse	Morocco	1:47.96	Q, SB
3	3	Nicholas Hartle	United States	1:47.98	q
4	1	Shaquille Walker	United States	1:48.15	Q
5	1	Nick Jensen	Denmark	1:48.15	Q, PB
5	3	Jorian Damen	Netherlands	1:48.32	q, PB
7	1	Anton Kulyatin	Russia	1:48.49	SB
8	2	Kamil Gurdak	Poland	1:48.67	Q
9	1	Bradley Mathas	New Zealand	1:48.77
10	1	Iulian Ganciu	Romania	1:48.84	PB
11	3	Renārs Stepiņš	Latvia	1:48.98
12	2	Miguel Moreira	Portugal	1:49.05	Q
13	2	Raimond Valler	Estonia	1:49.26	PB
14	2	Charles Grethen	Luxembourg	1:49.31
15	1	Adam Paul-Morris	Canada	1:49.56
16	3	Timas Harik	Australia	1:49.59
17	3	Oleg Sidorov	Russia	1:49.61
18	2	Pauls Arents	Latvia	1:49.72
19	2	Brendon Restall	Canada	1:50.41
20	2	Amadou Kayantao	Mali	1:51.34
21	1	Hong Ingi	South Korea	1:51.56
22	2	Johan Svensson	Sweden	1:51.79
23	3	David Hodgson	Costa Rica	1:53.11	SB
24	1	Ahmad Abdalla	Qatar	1:57.19

Final

Official Video

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Shaquille Walker	United States	1:49.05
	Abdelati El Guesse	Morocco	1:49.29
	Rynardt van Rensburg	South Africa	1:49.30
4	Miguel Moreira	Portugal	1:50.26
5	Nicholas Hartle	United States	1:50.73
6	Nick Jensen	Denmark	1:50.95
7	Jorian Damen	Netherlands	1:51.35
8	Kamil Gurdak	Poland	1:52.13