Athletics at the 1970 Summer Universiade – Men's 800 metres

The men's 800 metres event at the 1970 Summer Universiade was held at the Stadio Comunale in Turin on 3, 4 and 5 September 1970. ^[1]

Medalists

Gold	Silver	Bronze
Franz-Josef Kemper   West Germany	Martin Winbolt-Lewis   Great Britain	Donaldo Arza   Panama

Results

Heats

Rank	Heat	Athlete	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	1	Franz-Josef Kemper	West Germany	1:53.0	Q
2	1	Antonio Fernández	Spain	1:53.0	Q [2]
3	1	Petar Kyatovsi	Bulgaria	1:53.1	Q
4	1	Atilio Alegre	Brazil	1:53.9	q
5	1	Mohamed Mounir Hamoud	Kuwait	2:04.6
1	2	Dave Wottle	United States	1:52.6	Q
2	2	Godehard Brysch	West Germany	1:52.6	Q
3	2	Leandro Civil	Cuba	1:53.0	Q
4	2	Daniel Andrade	Senegal	1:54.0	q
5	2	Robert Jopa	Luxembourg	1:55.4
1	3	Andy Carter	Great Britain	1:51.7	Q
2	3	Jean Danic	France	1:51.7	Q [3]
3	3	Amor Lassoued	Tunisia	1:51.8	Q
4	3	Jacques Anseeuw	Belgium	1:54.8
5	3	Yayino Yemane	Ethiopia	1:55.3
6	3	Erasmo Gómez	Nicaragua	1:59.4
1	4	Donaldo Arza	Panama	1:50.7	Q
2	4	Martin Winbolt-Lewis	Great Britain	1:50.7	Q
3	4	Slavko Koprivica	Yugoslavia	1:51.3	Q
4	4	Dario Bonetti	Italy	1:51.5	q
5	4	Thomas Sarongsong	Indonesia	1:54.4	q
6	4	Rauf Dimraj	Albania	1:55.5
7	4	Tadesha Boru	Ethiopia	1:56.9

Semifinals

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Rank	Heat	Athlete	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	1	Andy Carter	Great Britain	1:49.2	Q
2	1	Godehard Brysch	West Germany	1:49.2	Q
3	1	Petar Kyatovsi	Bulgaria	1:49.4	Q
4	1	Donaldo Arza	Panama	1:49.5	Q
5	1	Dave Wottle	United States	1:49.6
6	1	Leandro Civil	Cuba	1:50.2
7	1	Dario Bonetti	Italy	1:50.6
8	1	Thomas Sarongsong	Indonesia	1:54.1
1	2	Martin Winbolt-Lewis	Great Britain	1:49.8	Q
2	2	Franz-Josef Kemper	West Germany	1:49.8	Q
3	2	Antonio Fernández	Spain	1:49.9	Q
4	2	Jean Danic	France	1:50.0	Q [3]
5	2	Slavko Koprivica	Yugoslavia	1:50.1
6	2	Amor Lassoued	Tunisia	1:50.4
7	2	Atilio Alegre	Brazil	1:51.2
8	2	Daniel Andrade	Senegal	1:54.0

Final

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Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Franz-Josef Kemper	West Germany	1:49.1
	Martin Winbolt-Lewis	Great Britain	1:49.2
	Donaldo Arza	Panama	1:49.5
4	Antonio Fernández	Spain	1:50.3
5	Jean Danic	France	1:50.3
6	Godehard Brysch	West Germany	1:50.7
7	Andy Carter	Great Britain	1:50.9
8	Petar Kyatovsi	Bulgaria	1:51.7

References

1. Results at Tilastopaja
2. "5 m. 46: Record mundial de pertiga a cargo de Nordwig" (in Spanish). Mundo Deportivo. 4 September 1970. p. 19. Retrieved 16 November 2020.
3. French results
4. "I risultati delle gare di ieri" (in Italian). La Stampa. 5 September 1970. p. 16. Retrieved 18 November 2020.
5. "Glanzleistungen an der Universiade" (in German). Zurich Die Tat. 7 September 1970. p. 8. Retrieved 9 June 2020.
6. "Three British victories in Universiade". Athletics Weekly. 24 (37). Athletics Weekly Ltd: 4, 38. 4 September 1970. ISSN   0004-6671.