Athletics at the 1967 Summer Universiade – Men's 800 metres

The men's 800 metres event at the 1967 Summer Universiade was held at the National Olympic Stadium in Tokyo on 2 and 3 September 1967. ^[1]

Medalists

Gold	Silver	Bronze
Ralph Doubell   Australia	Franz-Josef Kemper   West Germany	Bodo Tümmler   West Germany

Results

Heats

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Rank	Heat	Athlete	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	1	Michel Samper	France	1:57.3	Q
2	1	Ian Jones	Australia	1:57.3	Q
3	1	Dave Cropper	Great Britain	1:57.4	Q
4	1	Wade Bell	United States	1:57.9	Q
5	1	Gianni Del Buono	Italy	1:58.2	Q [3]
6	1	Marcelo Langurayan	Philippines	2:00.2
1	2	Juha Väätäinen	Finland	1:57.0	Q
2	2	Didier Gustin	France	1:57.0	Q
3	2	Franz-Josef Kemper	West Germany	1:57.1	Q
4	2	Mike Varah	Great Britain	1:57.2	Q
5	2	Yutaka Ikeda	Japan	1:57.2	Q
6	2	Tira Klai-Angtong	Thailand	1:57.5	q
1	3	Ralph Doubell	Australia	2:08.0	Q
2	3	Ray Haswell	Canada	2:08.3	Q
3	3	Yoshitate Tsuchiya	Japan	2:11.0	Q
4	3	Matti Tuura	Finland	2:21.6	Q
5	3	Bodo Tümmler	West Germany	2:39.9	Q

Semifinals

Rank	Heat	Athlete	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	1	Wade Bell	United States	1:50.4	Q [4]
2	1	Gianni Del Buono	Italy	1:50.5	Q
3	1	Bodo Tümmler	West Germany	1:51.2	Q
4	1	Mike Varah	Great Britain	1:51.3	Q
5	1	Juha Väätäinen	Finland	1:51.8
6	1	Didier Gustin	France	1:52.0	[5]
7	1	Ian Jones	Australia	1:52.6	[6]
8	1	Yutaka Ikeda	Japan	1:53.2
1	2	Ralph Doubell	Australia	1:49.6	Q [6]
2	2	Michel Samper	France	1:50.0	Q [5]
3	2	Franz-Josef Kemper	West Germany	1:50.0	Q
4	2	Dave Cropper	Great Britain	1:50.5	Q
5	2	Yoshitake Tsuchiya	Japan	1:51.2
6	2	Matti Tuura	Finland	1:52.2
7	2	Ray Haswell	Canada	1:52.4
8	2	Tira Klai-Angtong	Thailand	1:57.7

Final

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Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Ralph Doubell	Australia	1:46.7	UR
	Franz-Josef Kemper	West Germany	1:46.7
	Bodo Tümmler	West Germany	1:47.8
4	Dave Cropper	Great Britain	1:48.5
5	Michel Samper	France	1:48.5
6	Wade Bell	United States	1:48.9
7	Mike Varah	Great Britain	1:49.0
8	Gianni Del Buono	Italy	1:49.2

References

1. Results at Tilastopaja
2. "La medalla de oro de los hermanos Gisbert" (in Spanish). Mundo Deportivo. 3 September 1967. p. 5. Retrieved 13 February 2021.
3. Perucca, Bruno (1 September 1967). "Per Arese un'occasione perduta" (in Italian). La Stampa. p. 10.
4. "Whitney wins 28th gold medal". The Billings Gazette. 3 September 1967. p. 3. Retrieved 15 February 2021.
5. French results
6. Australian results
7. "Miss Parkin wins a gold medal". The Manchester Guardian. 4 September 1967. p. 12. Retrieved 15 February 2021.
8. "En atletismo, Cano terminó decimo en la prueba de decathlon" (in Spanish). Mundo Deportivo. 4 September 1967. p. 6. Retrieved 13 February 2021.