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]
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]
| Gold | Silver | Bronze |
Olaf Lawrenz  West Germany | Josef Cegledi  Austria | Edward Buswell  Great Britain |
| 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 |
| 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 | ? |
The men's 100 metres event at the 1957 World University Games was held at the Stadium Charlety in Paris on 5 and 6 September 1957.
The women's 100 metres event at the 1957 World University Games was held at the Stadium Charlety in Paris on 5 and 6 September 1957.
The men's 200 metres event at the 1957 World University Games was held at the Stadium Charlety in Paris on 7 and 8 September 1957.
The women's 200 metres event at the 1957 World University Games was held at the Stadium Charlety in Paris on 6 and 7 September 1957.
The women's 80 metres hurdles event at the 1957 World University Games was held at the Stadium Charlety in Paris on 5 September 1957.
The women's 4 × 100 metres relay event at the 1957 World University Games was held at the Stadium Charlety in Paris on 8 September 1957.
The men's 400 metres event at the 1957 World University Games was held at the Stadium Charlety in Paris on 5 and 6 September 1957.
The men's 400 metres hurdles event at the 1957 World University Games was held at the Stadium Charlety in Paris on 6 and 7 September 1957.
The women's 800 metres event at the 1957 World University Games was held at the Stadium Charlety in Paris on 6 September 1957.
The men's 1500 metres event at the 1957 World University Games was held at the Stadium Charlety in Paris on 6 and 8 September 1957.
The men's 5000 metres event at the 1957 World University Games was held at the Stadium Charlety in Paris on 8 September 1957.
The men's 10,000 metres walk event at the 1957 World University Games was held at the Stadium Charlety in Paris on 5 September 1957. There were only two starters, both from Poland. It was the first time race walking was featured at the World University Games and also the last until 1981.
The women's high jump event at the 1957 World University Games was held at the Stadium Charlety in Paris on 6 September 1957.
The men's pole vault event at the 1957 World University Games was held at the Stadium Charlety in Paris on 7 September 1957.
The men's long jump event at the 1957 World University Games was held at the Stadium Charlety in Paris on 6 and 7 September 1957.
The men's triple jump event at the 1957 World University Games was held at the Stadium Charlety in Paris with the final on 6 September 1957.
The men's shot put event at the 1957 World University Games was held at the Stadium Charlety in Paris with the final on 6 September 1957.
The men's discus throw event at the 1957 World University Games was held at the Stadium Charlety in Paris on 5 September 1957.
The women's discus throw event at the 1957 World University Games was held at the Stadium Charlety in Paris on 8 September 1957.
The men's javelin throw event at the 1957 World University Games was held at the Stadium Charlety in Paris with the final on 8 September 1957.