Athletics at the 2025 Summer World University Games – Men's 800 metres

Men's 800 metres at the 2025 Summer World University Games
Venue	Lohrheidestadion
Location	Bochum, Germany
Dates	25 July (heats) 26 July (semi-finals) 27 July (final)
Competitors	42 from 33 nations
Winning time	1:47.64
Medalists
David Barroso    Spain   Maciej Wyderka    Poland   Mehmet Çelik    Turkey
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The men's 800 metres event at the 2025 Summer World University Games was held in Bochum, Germany, at Lohrheidestadion on 25, 26 and 27 July. ^{[1] [2]}

Records

Prior to the competition, the records were as follows:

Record	Athlete (nation)	Distance (m)	Location	Date
Games record	Alberto Juantorena  (CUB)	1:43.40	Sofia, Bulgaria	21 August 1977

Results

Heats

First 4 in each heat (Q) and the next 4 fastest (q) qualified for the semi-finals. ^[3]

Heat 1

Place	Athlete	Nation	Time	Notes
1	Ivan Pelizza	Switzerland	1:48.98	Q
2	Jack Lunn	Australia	1:49.19	Q
3	Alec Purnell	Canada	1:49.22	Q, SB
4	Peter Akemkwene	Uganda	1:49.23	Q
5	David Race	Great Britain	1:49.44	q
6	Sebastian Torres	Mexico	1:51.22
7	Innocent Kanyala	Zambia	1:51.69	PB
8	John Petter Stevik	Norway	2:04.86
9	Jovan Rosić	Bosnia and Herzegovina	2:05.07
[4]

Heat 2

Place	Athlete	Nation	Time	Notes
1	Mehmet Çelik	Turkey	1:49.40	Q, SB
2	Rok Markelj  [ de ]	Slovenia	1:49.63	Q
3	Kacper Lewalski  [ es; pl ]	Poland	1:49.73	Q
4	Corentin Magnou	France	1:49.97	Q
5	Daniel Kotyza	Czech Republic	1:50.21	q
6	J. Rijoy	India	1:51.73
7	Isaac Bonnici  [ de ]	Malta	1:52.03
8	Andrej Belčić  [ de ]	Croatia	1:55.03
[5]

Heat 3

Place	Athlete	Nation	Time	Notes
1	David Barroso	Spain	1:51.27	Q
2	Ko Ochiai	Japan	1:51.36	Q
3	Nikita Bogdanovs	Latvia	1:52.15	Q
4	Markus Westhagen	Norway	1:52.44	Q
5	Darius Smallwood	United States	1:52.68
6	Andreas Holst Lange	Denmark	1:53.14	SB
7	Gabriel Porfirio	Brazil	1:54.43
8	Anu Kumar	India	1:56.33
[6]

Heat 4

Place	Athlete	Nation	Time	Notes
1	Maciej Wyderka	Poland	1:48.02	Q
2	Jan Vukovič  [ de ]	Slovenia	1:48.88	Q
3	Christopher Swart	South Africa	1:49.32	Q
4	Mohammed al-Suleimani  [ de ]	Oman	1:49.34	Q, SB
5	Wan Muhammad Fazri  [ de ]	Malaysia	1:49.53	q
6	Dawson Mann	Canada	1:50.66
7	Kārlis Ancāns	Latvia	1:51.62	PB
8	Samuel Alvarez	Colombia	1:52.64	SB
9	Hamad Alyahyaee	United Arab Emirates	1:57.47	SB
[7]

Heat 5

Place	Athlete	Nation	Time	Notes
1	Jordan Terrasse	France	1:48.87	Q
2	Sota Okamura	Japan	1:49.21	Q
3	Tommaso Maniscalco	Italy	1:49.25	Q
4	Benjamin Gardiner	Great Britain	1:49.32	Q
5	Mathis Espagnet	Luxembourg	1:49.40	q
6	Marcos Daniel Jimenez	Ecuador	1:53.36
7	Julius Lotabonyi	Kenya	1:53.99
8	Louie Agawa	Philippines	DQ	TR 17.2.3
[8]

Semi-finals

First 2 in each heat (Q) and the next 2 fastest (q) qualified for the final. ^[9]

Heat 1

Place	Athlete	Nation	Time	Notes
1	Maciej Wyderka	Poland	1:46.52	Q
2	Jack Lunn	Australia	1:47.32	Q
3	Jan Vukovič  [ de ]	Slovenia	1:47.43	q
4	Mathis Espagnet	Luxembourg	1:48.70
5	Daniel Kotyza	Czech Republic	1:49.05
6	Wan Muhammad Fazri  [ de ]	Malaysia	1:49.87
7	Nikita Bogdanovs	Latvia	1:50.39	SB
8	Ko Ochiai	Japan	1:51.70
[10]

Heat 2

Place	Athlete	Nation	Time	Notes
1	David Barroso	Spain	1:47.98	Q
2	Jordan Terrasse	France	1:48.06	Q
3	Sota Okamura	Japan	1:48.67
4	Tommaso Maniscalco	Italy	1:48.74
5	Alec Purnell	Canada	1:49.63
6	Christopher Swart	South Africa	1:49.73
7	Mohammed al-Suleimani  [ de ]	Oman	1:50.29
8	David Race	Great Britain	1:52.44
[11]

Heat 3

Place	Athlete	Nation	Time	Notes
1	Ivan Pelizza	Switzerland	1:47.17	Q
2	Mehmet Çelik	Turkey	1:47.33	Q, SB
3	Corentin Magnou	France	1:47.75	q
4	Peter Akemkwene	Uganda	1:48.02
5	Kacper Lewalski  [ es; pl ]	Poland	1:49.72
6	Rok Markelj  [ de ]	Slovenia	1:51.21
7	Markus Westhagen	Norway	1:51.80
8	Benjamin Gardiner	Great Britain	1:59.20
[12]

Final

Place	Athlete	Nation	Time	Notes
	David Barroso	Spain	1:47.64
	Maciej Wyderka	Poland	1:48.01
	Mehmet Çelik	Turkey	1:48.07
4	Corentin Magnou	France	1:48.23
5	Ivan Pelizza	Switzerland	1:48.72
6	Jordan Terrasse	France	1:48.73
7	Jan Vukovič  [ de ]	Slovenia	1:48.94
8	Jack Lunn	Australia	1:49.24
[13]

References

1. "2025 Summer World University Games - Athletics schedule" (PDF). 20 July 2025. Retrieved 20 July 2025.
2. "2025 FISU World University Games Rhine-Ruhr: All final results and medallists - Full list". Olympics. Retrieved 21 July 2025.
3. "Men's 800 metres - Round 1 - Start list" (PDF). Rhine-Ruhr 2025. 24 July 2025. Retrieved 26 July 2025.
4. "Men's 800 metres - Round 1 - Heat 1/5 results" (PDF). Rhine-Ruhr 2025. 25 July 2025. Retrieved 26 July 2025.
5. "Men's 800 metres - Round 1 - Heat 2/5 results" (PDF). Rhine-Ruhr 2025. 25 July 2025. Retrieved 26 July 2025.
6. "Men's 800 metres - Round 1 - Heat 3/5 results" (PDF). Rhine-Ruhr 2025. 25 July 2025. Retrieved 26 July 2025.
7. "Men's 800 metres - Round 1 - Heat 4/5 results" (PDF). Rhine-Ruhr 2025. 25 July 2025. Retrieved 26 July 2025.
8. "Men's 800 metres - Round 1 - Heat 5/5 results" (PDF). Rhine-Ruhr 2025. 25 July 2025. Retrieved 26 July 2025.
9. "Men's 800 metres - Semi-finals - Start list" (PDF). Rhine-Ruhr 2025. 24 July 2025. Retrieved 26 July 2025.
10. "Men's 800 metres - Semi-finals - Heat 1/3 results" (PDF). Rhine-Ruhr 2025. 26 July 2025. Retrieved 27 July 2025.
11. "Men's 800 metres - Semi-finals - Heat 2/3 results" (PDF). Rhine-Ruhr 2025. 26 July 2025. Retrieved 27 July 2025.
12. "Men's 800 metres - Semi-finals - Heat 3/3 results" (PDF). Rhine-Ruhr 2025. 26 July 2025. Retrieved 27 July 2025.
13. "Men's 800 metres - Final results" (PDF). Rhine-Ruhr 2025. 27 July 2025. Retrieved 27 July 2025.