Athletics at the 1959 Summer Universiade – Men's 800 metres

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The men's 800 metres event at the 1959 Summer Universiade was held at the Stadio Comunale di Torino in Turin on 3 and 4 September 1959.^[1]^[2]

Medalists

Gold	Silver	Bronze
Dieter Heydecke West Germany	John Holt Great Britain	Kuniaki Watanabe Japan

Results

Heats

Held on 3 September

Rank	Heat	Athlete	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	1	John Holt	Great Britain	1:55.3	Q
2	1	Bolesław Kowalczyk	Poland	1:55.5	Q
3	1	Norbert Haupert	Luxembourg	1:55.5	Q
4	1	Alex Egloff	Switzerland	1:55.6
5	1	Etienne Vernus	France	1:57.4	^[3]
1	2	Rudolf Klaban	Austria	2:06.1	Q
2	2	Thomas Blythe	Great Britain	2:06.1	Q
3	2	Roger Bofferding	Luxembourg	2:06.2	Q
4	2	Ahmad Raad	Iraq	2:13.5
1	3	Battista Paini	Italy	1:55.1	Q
2	3	Marek Jerzy	Poland	1:55.2	Q
3	3	André Wendling	France	1:55.9	Q^[3]
4	3	Michel Lallemand	Belgium	1:57.0
1	4	Olaf Lawrenz	West Germany	1:53.4	Q
2	4	Traian Sudrigean	Romania	1:53.6	Q
3	4	Tomáš Salinger	Czechoslovakia	1:53.6	Q
4	4	Eric Harder	Switzerland	1:53.6
1	5	Mario Fraschini	Italy	2:07.3	Q
2	5	Luc Bayens	Belgium	2:07.3	Q
3	5	Hans Johansson	Sweden	2:07.4	Q
1	6	Kuniaki Watanabe	Japan	2:05.3	Q
2	6	Dieter Heydecke	West Germany	2:06.1	Q
3	6	Elías Reguero	Spain	2:06.4	Q

Semifinals

Held on 4 September

Rank	Heat	Athlete	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	1	Olaf Lawrenz	West Germany	1:51.8	Q^[4]
2	1	John Holt	Great Britain	1:52.1	Q
3	1	Mario Fraschini	Italy	1:52.1
4	1	Marek Jerzy	Poland	1:53.8
5	1	André Wendling	France	1:55.6	^[3]
6	1	Hans Johansson	Sweden	1:56.2
1	2	Rudolf Klaban	Austria	1:50.8	Q
2	2	Kuniaki Watanabe	Japan	1:51.0	Q
3	2	Tomáš Salinger	Czechoslovakia	1:51.9
4	2	Traian Sudrigean	Romania	1:55.9
5	2	Battista Paini	Italy	1:56.4
6	2	Norbert Haupert	Luxembourg	1:58.8
1	3	Dieter Heydecke	West Germany	1:51.6	Q
2	3	Thomas Blythe	Great Britain	1:51.9	Q
3	3	Luc Bayens	Belgium	1:53.9
4	3	Elías Reguero	Spain	1:54.2
5	3	Roger Bofferding	Luxembourg	1:56.0
6	3	Bolesław Kowalczyk	Poland	1:57.8

Final

Held on 4 September^[5]

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time
	Dieter Heydecke	West Germany	1:50.5
	John Holt	Great Britain	1:50.5
	Kuniaki Watanabe	Japan	1:50.9
4	Thomas Blythe	Great Britain	1:50.9
5	Olaf Lawrenz	West Germany	1:57.6
	Rudolf Klaban	Austria	DNS

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References

↑ "Resultados Universiada - 1959" (PDF). Atletismo (in Spanish). November 1959: 7–8. Retrieved 4 March 2021.
↑ Results at Tilastopaja
1 2 3 French results
↑ "Lucking narrowly misses bronze medal for weight". The Manchester Guardian. 4 September 1959. p. 10. Retrieved 26 February 2021.
↑ García, Gerardo (5 September 1959). "Una gran finale de finales en atletismo" (in Spanish). Mundo Deportivo. p. 2. Retrieved 26 February 2021.

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[1] "Resultados Universiada - 1959" (PDF). Atletismo (in Spanish). November 1959: 7–8. Retrieved 4 March 2021.

[2] Results at Tilastopaja

[FRA-3] 1 2 3 French results

[4] "Lucking narrowly misses bronze medal for weight". The Manchester Guardian. 4 September 1959. p. 10. Retrieved 26 February 2021.

[Mundo5-5] García, Gerardo (5 September 1959). "Una gran finale de finales en atletismo" (in Spanish). Mundo Deportivo. p. 2. Retrieved 26 February 2021.

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Athletics at the 1959 Summer Universiade

Track events
100 m	men	women
200 m	men	women
400 m	men
800 m	men	women
1500 m	men
5000 m	men
80 m hurdles		women
110 m hurdles	men
400 m hurdles	men
4×100 m relay	men	women
4×400 m relay	men
Field events
High jump	men	women
Pole vault	men
Long jump	men	women
Triple jump	men
Shot put	men	women
Discus throw	men	women
Hammer throw	men
Javelin throw	men	women
Combined events
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