Athletics at the 1957 World University Games – Men's 800 metres

The men's 800 metres event at the 1957 World University Games was held at the Stadium Charlety in Paris on 5 and 7 September 1957. ^{[1] [2]}

Medalists

Gold	Silver	Bronze
Olaf Lawrenz   West Germany	Josef Cegledi   Austria	Edward Buswell   Great Britain

Results

Heats

Rank	Heat	Athlete	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	1	Josef Cegledi	Austria	1:53.8	Q
2	1	Leslie Locke	Great Britain	1:54.2	Q
3	1	Lang Stanley	United States	1:54.5	Q [3]
4	1	Henryk Gralewski	Poland	1:54.5
5	1	Johannes Kaiser	West Germany	1:55.9
6	1	Jean Bordelot	France	1:57.5
7	1	Félix Arribas	Spain	?:??.?
8	1	Ali-Tolpa	Finland	?:??.?
9	1	Roberto Sambo	Italy	?:??.?
1	2	Olaf Lawrenz	West Germany	1:54.3	Q
2	2	Edward Buswell	Great Britain	1:54.4	Q
3	2	Francis Rivière	France	1:54.8	Q
4	2	Roger Bofferding	Luxembourg	1:57.5
5	2	Jaime Rodrigo	Spain	2:00.8	[4]
6	2	Andrej Vipotnik	Yugoslavia	2:02.3
7	2	Garo Kazandijan	Lebanon	?:??.?
1	3	Jim Paterson	Great Britain	1:55.3	Q
2	3	Rudolf Klaban	Austria	1:55.9	Q
3	3	Ralph Seidel	West Germany	1:56.3	Q
4	3	André Wendling	France	1:57.1
5	3	Manuel García Cabrera	Spain	1:59.0	[4]
6	3	Michel Lallemand	Belgium	2:02.6

Final

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Olaf Lawrenz	West Germany	1:50.3
	Josef Cegledi	Austria	1:50.6
	Edward Buswell	Great Britain	1:51.6
4	Lang Stanley	United States	1:52.1
5	Leslie Locke	Great Britain	1:52.7
6	Ralph Seidel	West Germany	1:52.8
7	Rudolf Klaban	Austria	1:56.5
8	Jim Paterson	Great Britain	1:56.6	[5]
	Francis Rivière	France	?

References

1. García, Gerardo. "Los Juegos Universitarios Mundiales" (PDF). Atletismo (in Spanish). October 1957: 15–19. Retrieved 20 November 2021.
2. L'Athletisme (September 1957, p5)
3. Lampe, Keith (6 September 1957). "Win in beartraps; Russians in built-up shoes capture high jump in Paris". The Cumberland Times. p. 22. Retrieved 22 November 2021.
4. García, Gerardo (6 September 1957). "Ayer, primera jornada de atletismo, en los Juegos Universitarios Mundiales" (in Spanish). Mundo Deportivo. p. 8. Retrieved 20 November 2021.
5. "Gilligan takes a gold medal". The Manchester Guardian. 9 September 1957. p. 8. Retrieved 22 November 2021.