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

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

Results

Heats

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

Semifinals

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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

Final

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Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	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

References

1. Results at Tilastopaja
2. García, Gerardo (26 August 1965). "España perdió con Francia en la prórroga" (in Spanish). Mundo Deportivo. p. 6. Retrieved 13 February 2021.
3. "Matson wins gold medal with near-record heave". Star Phoenix. 26 August 1965. p. 17. Retrieved 15 February 2021.
4. French results
5. Year list
6. Soviet results Archived 2021-10-31 at the Wayback Machine (p39)
7. García, Gerardo (27 August 1965). "El japonés Iljima con 10"1 superó el record universitario" (in Spanish). Mundo Deportivo. p. 5. Retrieved 13 February 2021.
8. "Iljima century stunner runs 10.1 in Student Games". The Windsor Star. 27 August 1965. p. 24. Retrieved 15 February 2021.
9. 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.
10. Rodda, John (28 August 1965). "Murray's courage earns him a bronze medal". The Manchester Guardian. p. 8. Retrieved 15 February 2021.