Athletics at the 1965 Summer Universiade – Men's 800 metres

The men's 800 metres event at the 1965 Summer Universiade was held at the People's Stadium in Budapest on 25, 26 and 27 August 1965.^[1]

Medalists edit

Gold	Silver	Bronze
Bill Crothers Canada	George Germann United States	Rudolf Klaban Austria

Rank	Heat	Athlete	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	1	John Boulter	Great Britain	1:51.6	Q
2	1	Petr Blaha	Czechoslovakia	1:51.8	Q
3	1	Jacques Pennewaert	Belgium	1:52.0	Q
4	1	Roberto Curti	Switzerland	1:52.2	Q
5	1	Leszek Targos	Poland	1:54.7
6	1	Elio Sicari	Italy	1:54.7
	1	Virgilio González	Spain	DQ	^[2]
1	2	Bill Crothers	Canada	1:52.7	Q^[3]
2	2	Lorant Stoll	Hungary	1:52.8	Q
3	2	Michel Samper	France	1:53.2	Q^[4]
4	2	Karl-Uno Olofsson	Sweden	1:53.2	Q
5	2	Dave Cropper	Great Britain	1:53.3
1	3	George Germann	United States	1:50.3	Q^[3]
2	3	Jan Kasal	Czechoslovakia	1:50.7	Q
3	3	Didier Gustin	France	1:50.7	Q^[4]^[5]
4	3	Arnd Krüger	West Germany	1:50.87	Q
5	3	Imre Nagy	Hungary	1:51.3
6	3	Norbert Haupert	Luxembourg	1:52.4
7	3	Gianfranco Carabelli	Italy	1:56.7
	3	Ioannis Hrisanthopoulos	Greece	DQ
1	4	Franz-Josef Kemper	West Germany	1:53.8	Q
2	4	Rudolf Klaban	Austria	1:53.8	Q
3	4	Henri De Ridder	Belgium	1:54.3	Q
4	4	Janusz Grzeszczuk	Poland	1:54.3	Q
6	4	Vladimir Rusin	Soviet Union	1:55.3	^[6]
7	4	Konstantinos Mihailidis	Greece	1:56.7
8	4	Hanspeter Born	Switzerland	1:58.1

Rank	Heat	Athlete	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	1	Bill Crothers	Canada	1:51.4	Q^[8]
2	1	Rudolf Klaban	Austria	1:51.6	Q^[8]
3	1	George Germann	United States	1:51.7	Q
4	1	Michel Samper	France	1:51.7	Q^[4]
5	1	Petr Blaha	Czechoslovakia	1:52.0
6	1	Arnd Krüger	West Germany	1:52.2
7	1	Roberto Curti	Switzerland	1:54.3
8	1	Henri De Ridder	Belgium	1:59.3
1	2	Didier Gustin	France	1:51.5	Q^[4]
2	2	John Boulter	Great Britain	1:51.6	Q^[8]
3	2	Jan Kasal	Czechoslovakia	1:51.7	Q
4	2	Karl-Uno Olofsson	Sweden	1:51.8	Q
5	2	Jacques Pennewaert	Belgium	1:52.5
6	2	Janusz Grzeszczuk	Poland	1:54.5
7	2	Lorant Stoll	Hungary	1:58.5
8	2	Franz-Josef Kemper	West Germany	1:58.5

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time
	Bill Crothers	Canada	1:47.7
	George Germann	United States	1:47.8
	Rudolf Klaban	Austria	1:48.2
4	Jan Kasal	Czechoslovakia	1:48.8
5	John Boulter	Great Britain	1:48.9
6	Michel Samper	France	1:49.2
7	Karl-Uno Olofsson	Sweden	1:49.2
8	Didier Gustin	France	1:49.5

^ Results at Tilastopaja
^ García, Gerardo (26 August 1965). "España perdió con Francia en la prórroga" (in Spanish). Mundo Deportivo. p. 6. Retrieved 13 February 2021.
^ ^a ^b "Matson wins gold medal with near-record heave". Star Phoenix. 26 August 1965. p. 17. Retrieved 15 February 2021.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d French results
^ Year list
^ Soviet results Archived 2021-10-31 at the Wayback Machine (p39)
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^ ^a ^b ^c "Iljima century stunner runs 10.1 in Student Games". The Windsor Star. 27 August 1965. p. 24. Retrieved 15 February 2021.
^ García, Gerardo (28 August 1965). "Iljima (sic) en los 5.000 marcó record japonés, con 13'45" (in Spanish). Mundo Deportivo. p. 2. Retrieved 13 February 2021.
^ Rodda, John (28 August 1965). "Murray's courage earns him a bronze medal". The Manchester Guardian. p. 8. Retrieved 15 February 2021.