Athletics at the 1987 Summer Universiade – Men's 800 metres

Athletics at the
1987 Summer Universiade
Track events
100 mmenwomen
200 mmenwomen
400 mmenwomen
800 mmenwomen
1500 mmenwomen
3000 mwomen
5000 mmen
10,000 mmenwomen
100 m hurdleswomen
110 m hurdlesmen
400 m hurdlesmenwomen
3000 m
steeplechase		men
4×100 m relaymenwomen
4×400 m relaymenwomen
Road events
Marathonmenwomen
5 km walkwomen
20 km walkmen
Field events
High jumpmenwomen
Pole vaultmen
Long jumpmenwomen
Triple jumpmen
Shot putmenwomen
Discus throwmenwomen
Hammer throwmen
Javelin throwmenwomen
Combined events
Heptathlonwomen
Decathlonmen

The men's 800 metres event at the 1987 Summer Universiade was held at the Stadion Maksimir in Zagreb on 14, 15 and 16 July 1987.[1][2]

Medalists

Gold Silver Bronze
Slobodan Popović
 Yugoslavia 		Moussa Fall
 Senegal 		Luis Toledo
 Mexico

Results

Heats

Rank Heat Athlete Nationality Time Notes
1 1 Alberto Barsotti  Italy 1:49.05 Q
2 1 Ibrahim Okash  Somalia 1:49.17 Q
3 1 Alex Geissbühler  Switzerland 1:50.15 Q[3]
4 1 Ove Talsnes  Norway 1:51.97
5 1 David Montañez  Puerto Rico 1:54.05
6 1 Jorge Fidel Ponce  Honduras 2:00.38
7 1 Lee Ka Kit  Hong Kong 2:07.52
1 2 Manuel Balmaceda  Chile 1:50.17 Q
2 2 Ryu Tae-kyung  South Korea 1:50.24 Q
3 2 Brian Thompson  Canada 1:50.30 Q
4 2 Raivo Mägi  Soviet Union 1:50.67 q
1 3 Moussa Fall  Senegal 1:49.34 Q
2 3 Luis Toledo  Mexico 1:49.39 Q
3 3 Miles Irish  United States 1:51.47 Q
4 3 Luis Martínez  Guatemala 1:51.47
5 3 Faiz Ould Abdallah  Mauritania 2:07.25
1 4 Paul Osland  Canada 1:58.56 Q
2 4 Valeriy Starodubtsev  Soviet Union 2:00.11 Q
3 4 Chris McGeorge  Great Britain 2:00.27 Q
4 4 Hugo Sánchez  Costa Rica 2:00.52
1 5 Slobodan Popović  Yugoslavia 1:50.65 Q
2 5 Yoshikazu Arata  Japan 1:50.67 Q
3 5 Miguel Rodríguez  Puerto Rico 1:52.55 Q
4 5 Eugene Curran  Ireland 1:55.64
5 5 Mohamed El Moctar  Mauritania 2:04.49
5 Colvis Samuels  Guyana DNF
1 6 Rob Harrison  Great Britain 1:50.13 Q
2 6 Milan Drahoňovský  Czechoslovakia 1:50.16 Q
1 7 Tracy Baskin  United States 1:51.82 Q
? ? Pablo Squella  Chile ?:??.?? Q
? ? Eduardo Cabrera  Mexico ?:??.?? Q
? ? Syed Meesaq Rizvi  Pakistan ?:??.?? Q
? ? Saša Stojilović  Yugoslavia ?:??.?? Q

Semifinals

[4]

Rank Heat Athlete Nationality Time Notes
1 1 Moussa Fall  Senegal 1:47.36 Q
2 1 Luis Toledo  Mexico 1:47.45 Q
3 1 Chris McGeorge  Great Britain 1:47.54 q
4 1 Miles Irish  United States 1:47.67 q
5 1 Milan Drahoňovský  Czechoslovakia 1:47.96
6 1 Brian Thompson  Canada 1:48.09
7 3 Slobodan Popović  Yugoslavia 1:48.96 Q
8 3 Manuel Balmaceda  Chile 1:49.21 Q
9 3 Tracy Baskin  United States 1:49.33
10 1 Raivo Mägi  Soviet Union 1:49.85 [5]
11 3 Paul Osland  Canada 1:50.30
12 3 Alberto Barsotti  Italy 1:50.47
13 3 Ryu Tae-kyung  South Korea 1:50.55
14 2 Ibrahim Okash  Somalia 1:50.68 Q
15 2 Valeriy Starodubtsev  Soviet Union 1:50.79 Q
16 1 Miguel Rodríguez  Puerto Rico 1:51.05
17 3 Eduardo Cabrera  Mexico 1:51.08
18 2 Pablo Squella  Chile 1:51.14
19 2 Alex Geissbühler  Switzerland 1:51.16
20 2 Saša Stojilović  Yugoslavia 1:51.39
21 2 Yoshikazu Arata  Japan 1:52.13
22 3 Syed Meesaq Rizvi  Pakistan 1:52.81
? Rob Harrison  Great Britain ?

Final

[6]

Rank Athlete Nationality Time Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) Slobodan Popović  Yugoslavia 1:46.13
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Moussa Fall  Senegal 1:46.71
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Luis Toledo  Mexico 1:47.07
4 Manuel Balmaceda  Chile 1:47.37
5 Ibrahim Okash  Somalia 1:47.81
6 Miles Irish  United States 1:47.94
7 Valeriy Starodubtsev  Soviet Union 1:48.02
8 Chris McGeorge  Great Britain 1:48.07

References

  1. ^ Treutlein, Gerhard (4 August 1987). "Die Universiade in Zagreb – Ausblick und Eindrücke" [The Universiade in Zagreb – outlook and impressions]. Leichtathletik (in German). 32/1987. Bartels & Wernitz: 1015–1018. ISSN 0343-5369.
  2. ^ Results at Tilastopaja
  3. ^ "Les McRae en vendette" (in French). Fribourg La Liberte. 15 July 1987. p. 21. Retrieved 25 April 2020.
  4. ^ "Semifinals results". The Sydney Morning Herald. 17 July 1987. p. 32. Retrieved 14 January 2020.
  5. ^ Soviet results Archived 2021-10-31 at the Wayback Machine (p40)
  6. ^ "Final results". The Sydney Morning Herald. 18 July 1987. p. 76. Retrieved 14 January 2020.