Athletics at the 1973 Summer Universiade – Men's 800 metres

The men's 800 metres event at the 1973 Summer Universiade was held at the Central Lenin Stadium in Moscow on 16, 17 and 18 August.{{cite journal |last1= |first1= |title=Zweite Plätze für Schiitenhelm und Karst |journal=Leichtathletik |date=21 August 1973 |volume=34/1973 |pages=1202–1204 |trans-title=Second places for Schiitenhelm und Karst |publisher=Bartels & Wernitz |language=German |issn=0343-5369}}{{cite journal |last1= |first1= |title=Nur ein Finale ohne einheimische Athleten |journal=Leichtathletik |date=28 August 1973 |volume=35/1973 |pages=1250–1251 |trans-title=Only one final without local athletes |publisher=Bartels & Wernitz |language=German |issn=0343-5369}}[https://www.tilastopaja.eu/db/results.php?Season=1973&CID=12980445 Results] at Tilastopaja

Medalists

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Yevgeniy Arzhanov
{{URS}}

|Marcel Philippe
{{FRA}}

|Hans-Henning Ohlert
{{GDR}}

Results

=Heats=

Rank	Heat	Athlete	Nationality	Time	Notes
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bgcolor=ccffcc \| 1	1	align=left\| Phil Lewis	align=left\| {{GBR2}}	1:50.82	Q
bgcolor=ccffcc \| 2	1	align=left\| Ján Šišovský	align=left\| {{TCH}}	1:51.11	Q
3	1	align=left\| Ken Schappert	align=left\| {{USA}}	1:51.33
4	1	align=left\| Piet Bouquillon	align=left\| {{BEL}}	1:53.7
5	1	align=left\| Hassan Radhi Makki	align=left\| {{KUW}}	1:56.0
6	1	align=left\| Emmanuil Wellington	align=left\| {{GHA}}	2:01.5
{{hs\|9}}	1	align=left\| Sékou Barry	align=left\| {{GUI}}	{{sort\|9:99.9\|DNF}}
bgcolor=ccffcc \| 1	2	align=left\| Sándor Fekete	align=left\| {{HUN}}	1:48.75	Q
bgcolor=ccffcc \| 2	2	align=left\| Rainer Burmester	align=left\| {{FRG}}	1:48.88	Q
bgcolor=ddffdd \| 3	2	align=left\| David McMeekin	align=left\| {{GBR2}}	1:49.10	q
4	2	align=left\| Liévin De Reymaecker	align=left\| {{BEL}}	1:55.4
5	2	align=left\| Prosper Boukoulou	align=left\| {{flag\|Congo\|1970}}	1:56.9
6	2	align=left\| Shakir Sheikli	align=left\| {{flag\|Iraq\|1963}}	1:57.3
7	2	align=left\| Dangaajav Battulga	align=left\| {{flag\|Mongolia\|1945}}	2:07.2
bgcolor=ccffcc \| 1	3	align=left\| Andrzej Kupczyk	align=left\| {{flag\|Poland\|1928}}	1:49.16	Q
bgcolor=ccffcc \| 2	3	align=left\| Yevgeniy Volkov	align=left\| {{URS}}	1:49.16	Q
bgcolor=ddffdd \| 3	3	align=left\| Philippe Meyer	align=left\| {{FRA}}	1:50.03	q
4	3	align=left\| Jorge Cerda	align=left\| {{MEX}}	1:55.6
5	3	align=left\| Abbas Hassan Ahmed	align=left\| {{KUW}}	2:00.7
6	3	align=left\| Carmel Debono	align=left\| {{MLT}}	2:07.1
7	3	align=left\| Álvarez Chávez	align=left\| {{flag\|Honduras\|1949}}	2:24.8
bgcolor=ccffcc \| 1	4	align=left\| Rick Brown	align=left\| {{USA}}	1:50.20	Q{{cite news \|title=Heats results \|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/49300187/hartford-courant/ \|accessdate=20 April 2020 \|publisher=Hartford Courant \|date=17 August 1973 \|page=53}}
bgcolor=ccffcc \| 2	4	align=left\| Marcel Philippe	align=left\| {{FRA}}	1:50.35	Q[https://web.archive.org/web/20171223181439/http://cdm.athle.com/upload/ssites/001059/autres_championnats/universiades_annees.pdf French results]
bgcolor=ddffdd \| 3	4	align=left\| Adelio Diamante	align=left\| {{ITA}}	1:50.9	q{{cite news \|title=I risultati delle gare di ieri \|url=http://www.archiviolastampa.it/component/option,com_lastampa/task,search/mod,libera/action,viewer/Itemid,3/page,14/articleid,1116_01_1973_0192_0014_16195806/ \|accessdate=20 November 2020 \|agency=La Stampa \|date=17 August 1973 \|page=14 \|language=Italian}}
bgcolor=ddffdd \| 4	4	align=left\| Mark Sang	align=left\| {{KEN}}	1:51.2	q
5	4	align=left\| Günther Hasler	align=left\| {{LIE}}	1:52.1
6	4	align=left\| Tawfik Boulenouar	align=left\| {{ALG}}	2:01.8
7	4	align=left\| Victor Álvarez	align=left\| {{flag\|Honduras\|1949}}	2:07.9
bgcolor=ccffcc \| 1	5	align=left\| Hans-Henning Ohlert	align=left\| {{GDR}}	1:51.51	Q
bgcolor=ccffcc \| 2	5	align=left\| Sid Ali Djouadi	align=left\| {{ALG}}	1:51.60	Q
3	5	align=left\| Vittorio Fontanella	align=left\| {{ITA}}	1:51.6
4	5	align=left\| Luis Medina	align=left\| {{CUB}}	1:52.5
5	5	align=left\| Jean Kaiser	align=left\| {{LUX}}	1:54.5
6	5	align=left\| Marc Ounezoui	align=left\| {{CAF}}	1:58.6
7	5	align=left\| Ikaka Cheya	align=left\| {{SUD}}	1:59.4
bgcolor=ccffcc \| 1	6	align=left\| Yevgeniy Arzhanov	align=left\| {{URS}}	1:50.76	Q
bgcolor=ccffcc \| 2	6	align=left\| Gerhard Stolle	align=left\| {{GDR}}	1:51.22	Q
3	6	align=left\| Petar Kyatovski	align=left\| {{flag\|Bulgaria\|1971}}	1:51.66
4	6	align=left\| Leandro Civil	align=left\| {{CUB}}	1:51.7
5	6	align=left\| Francisco Méndez	align=left\| {{MEX}}	1:52.6
6	6	align=left\| Lukan Lukanov	align=left\| {{flag\|Bulgaria\|1971}}	1:53.1
7	6	align=left\| Jaime Valencia	align=left\| {{CHI}}	1:58.2

=Semifinals=

{{cite news |title=El francés Tracanelli (5'42) segunda mejor marca del año |url=http://hemeroteca.mundodeportivo.com/preview/1973/08/18/pagina-11/989982/pdf.html#&mode=fullScreen |accessdate=20 November 2020 |agency=Mundo Deportivo |date=18 August 1973 |page=11 |language=Spanish}}

Rank	Heat	Athlete	Nationality	Time	Notes
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bgcolor=ccffcc \| 1	1	align=left\| Yevgeniy Arzhanov	align=left\| {{URS}}	1:48.2	Q
bgcolor=ccffcc \| 2	1	align=left\| Rick Brown	align=left\| {{USA}}	1:49.0	Q{{cite news \|title=Semifinals results \|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/49240090/poughkeepsie-journal/ \|accessdate=20 April 2020 \|publisher=Poughkeepsie Journal \|date=18 August 1973 \|page=16}}
bgcolor=ccffcc \| 3	1	align=left\| Gerhard Stolle	align=left\| {{GDR}}	1:49.0	Q
4	1	align=left\| Rainer Burmester	align=left\| {{FRG}}	1:49.38
5	1	align=left\| David McMeekin	align=left\| {{GBR2}}	1:49.6
6	1	align=left\| Adelio Diamante	align=left\| {{ITA}}	1:49.7
7	1	align=left\| Philippe Meyer	align=left\| {{FRA}}	1:51.13
{{hs\|9}}	1	align=left\| Sid Ali Djouadi	align=left\| {{ALG}}	{{sort\|9:99.9\|?}}
bgcolor=ccffcc \| 1	2	align=left\| Marcel Philippe	align=left\| {{FRA}}	1:46.90	Q
bgcolor=ccffcc \| 2	2	align=left\| Hans-Henning Ohlert	align=left\| {{GDR}}	1:47.23	Q
bgcolor=ccffcc \| 3	2	align=left\| Andrzej Kupczyk	align=left\| {{flag\|Poland\|1928}}	1:47.48	Q
bgcolor=ddffdd \| 4	2	align=left\| Phil Lewis	align=left\| {{GBR2}}	1:47.58	q[https://digilander.libero.it/Mennea/Stagionali/WRL/1973/800.htm Year list]
bgcolor=ddffdd \| 5	2	align=left\| Ján Šišovský	align=left\| {{TCH}}	1:47.80	q
6	2	align=left\| Sándor Fekete	align=left\| {{HUN}}	1:48.4
7	2	align=left\| Yevgeniy Volkov	align=left\| {{URS}}	1:48.60	[http://www.docme.su/doc/1267330/koroleva-sporta-na-vsemirnyh-universiadah-1959–-2011-gg.-... Soviet results] {{Webarchive\|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211031121830/http://www.docme.su/doc/1267330/koroleva-sporta-na-vsemirnyh-universiadah-1959%E2%80%93-2011-gg.-... \|date=2021-10-31 }} (p39)
8	2	align=left\| Mark Sang	align=left\| {{KEN}}	1:50.3

=Final=

{{cite news |title=Final results |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/49079495/the-spokesman-review/ |accessdate=20 April 2020 |publisher=The Spokesman-Review |date=19 August 1973 |page=3}}{{cite news |title=Final results |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/49078265/the-sacramento-bee/ |accessdate=20 April 2020 |publisher=The Sacramento Bee |date=19 August 1973 |page=94}}

Rank	Athlete	Nationality	Time
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{{Gold1}}	align=left\| Yevgeniy Arzhanov	align=left\| {{URS}}	1:46.88
{{Silver2}}	align=left\| Marcel Philippe	align=left\| {{FRA}}	1:47.29
{{Bronze3}}	align=left\| Hans-Henning Ohlert	align=left\| {{GDR}}	1:47.51
4	align=left\| Rick Brown	align=left\| {{USA}}	1:47.61
5	align=left\| Andrzej Kupczyk	align=left\| {{flag\|Poland\|1928}}	1:47.96
6	align=left\| Phil Lewis	align=left\| {{GBR2}}	1:48.0
7	align=left\| Gerhard Stolle	align=left\| {{GDR}}	1:48.02
8	align=left\| Ján Šišovský	align=left\| {{TCH}}	1:49.53

References

Category:Athletics at the 1973 Summer Universiade

1973

Rank	Heat	Athlete	Nationality	Time	Notes
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bgcolor=ccffcc \| 1	1	align=left\| Phil Lewis	align=left\| {{GBR2}}	1:50.82	Q
bgcolor=ccffcc \| 2	1	align=left\| Ján Šišovský	align=left\| {{TCH}}	1:51.11	Q
3	1	align=left\| Ken Schappert	align=left\| {{USA}}	1:51.33
4	1	align=left\| Piet Bouquillon	align=left\| {{BEL}}	1:53.7
5	1	align=left\| Hassan Radhi Makki	align=left\| {{KUW}}	1:56.0
6	1	align=left\| Emmanuil Wellington	align=left\| {{GHA}}	2:01.5
{{hs\|9}}	1	align=left\| Sékou Barry	align=left\| {{GUI}}	{{sort\|9:99.9\|DNF}}
bgcolor=ccffcc \| 1	2	align=left\| Sándor Fekete	align=left\| {{HUN}}	1:48.75	Q
bgcolor=ccffcc \| 2	2	align=left\| Rainer Burmester	align=left\| {{FRG}}	1:48.88	Q
bgcolor=ddffdd \| 3	2	align=left\| David McMeekin	align=left\| {{GBR2}}	1:49.10	q
4	2	align=left\| Liévin De Reymaecker	align=left\| {{BEL}}	1:55.4
5	2	align=left\| Prosper Boukoulou	align=left\| {{flag\|Congo\|1970}}	1:56.9
6	2	align=left\| Shakir Sheikli	align=left\| {{flag\|Iraq\|1963}}	1:57.3
7	2	align=left\| Dangaajav Battulga	align=left\| {{flag\|Mongolia\|1945}}	2:07.2
bgcolor=ccffcc \| 1	3	align=left\| Andrzej Kupczyk	align=left\| {{flag\|Poland\|1928}}	1:49.16	Q
bgcolor=ccffcc \| 2	3	align=left\| Yevgeniy Volkov	align=left\| {{URS}}	1:49.16	Q
bgcolor=ddffdd \| 3	3	align=left\| Philippe Meyer	align=left\| {{FRA}}	1:50.03	q
4	3	align=left\| Jorge Cerda	align=left\| {{MEX}}	1:55.6
5	3	align=left\| Abbas Hassan Ahmed	align=left\| {{KUW}}	2:00.7
6	3	align=left\| Carmel Debono	align=left\| {{MLT}}	2:07.1
7	3	align=left\| Álvarez Chávez	align=left\| {{flag\|Honduras\|1949}}	2:24.8
bgcolor=ccffcc \| 1	4	align=left\| Rick Brown	align=left\| {{USA}}	1:50.20	Q{{cite news \|title=Heats results \|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/49300187/hartford-courant/ \|accessdate=20 April 2020 \|publisher=Hartford Courant \|date=17 August 1973 \|page=53}}
bgcolor=ccffcc \| 2	4	align=left\| Marcel Philippe	align=left\| {{FRA}}	1:50.35	Q[https://web.archive.org/web/20171223181439/http://cdm.athle.com/upload/ssites/001059/autres_championnats/universiades_annees.pdf French results]
bgcolor=ddffdd \| 3	4	align=left\| Adelio Diamante	align=left\| {{ITA}}	1:50.9	q{{cite news \|title=I risultati delle gare di ieri \|url=http://www.archiviolastampa.it/component/option,com_lastampa/task,search/mod,libera/action,viewer/Itemid,3/page,14/articleid,1116_01_1973_0192_0014_16195806/ \|accessdate=20 November 2020 \|agency=La Stampa \|date=17 August 1973 \|page=14 \|language=Italian}}
bgcolor=ddffdd \| 4	4	align=left\| Mark Sang	align=left\| {{KEN}}	1:51.2	q
5	4	align=left\| Günther Hasler	align=left\| {{LIE}}	1:52.1
6	4	align=left\| Tawfik Boulenouar	align=left\| {{ALG}}	2:01.8
7	4	align=left\| Victor Álvarez	align=left\| {{flag\|Honduras\|1949}}	2:07.9
bgcolor=ccffcc \| 1	5	align=left\| Hans-Henning Ohlert	align=left\| {{GDR}}	1:51.51	Q
bgcolor=ccffcc \| 2	5	align=left\| Sid Ali Djouadi	align=left\| {{ALG}}	1:51.60	Q
3	5	align=left\| Vittorio Fontanella	align=left\| {{ITA}}	1:51.6
4	5	align=left\| Luis Medina	align=left\| {{CUB}}	1:52.5
5	5	align=left\| Jean Kaiser	align=left\| {{LUX}}	1:54.5
6	5	align=left\| Marc Ounezoui	align=left\| {{CAF}}	1:58.6
7	5	align=left\| Ikaka Cheya	align=left\| {{SUD}}	1:59.4
bgcolor=ccffcc \| 1	6	align=left\| Yevgeniy Arzhanov	align=left\| {{URS}}	1:50.76	Q
bgcolor=ccffcc \| 2	6	align=left\| Gerhard Stolle	align=left\| {{GDR}}	1:51.22	Q
3	6	align=left\| Petar Kyatovski	align=left\| {{flag\|Bulgaria\|1971}}	1:51.66
4	6	align=left\| Leandro Civil	align=left\| {{CUB}}	1:51.7
5	6	align=left\| Francisco Méndez	align=left\| {{MEX}}	1:52.6
6	6	align=left\| Lukan Lukanov	align=left\| {{flag\|Bulgaria\|1971}}	1:53.1
7	6	align=left\| Jaime Valencia	align=left\| {{CHI}}	1:58.2

Rank	Heat	Athlete	Nationality	Time	Notes
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bgcolor=ccffcc \| 1	1	align=left\| Yevgeniy Arzhanov	align=left\| {{URS}}	1:48.2	Q
bgcolor=ccffcc \| 2	1	align=left\| Rick Brown	align=left\| {{USA}}	1:49.0	Q{{cite news \|title=Semifinals results \|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/49240090/poughkeepsie-journal/ \|accessdate=20 April 2020 \|publisher=Poughkeepsie Journal \|date=18 August 1973 \|page=16}}
bgcolor=ccffcc \| 3	1	align=left\| Gerhard Stolle	align=left\| {{GDR}}	1:49.0	Q
4	1	align=left\| Rainer Burmester	align=left\| {{FRG}}	1:49.38
5	1	align=left\| David McMeekin	align=left\| {{GBR2}}	1:49.6
6	1	align=left\| Adelio Diamante	align=left\| {{ITA}}	1:49.7
7	1	align=left\| Philippe Meyer	align=left\| {{FRA}}	1:51.13
{{hs\|9}}	1	align=left\| Sid Ali Djouadi	align=left\| {{ALG}}	{{sort\|9:99.9\|?}}
bgcolor=ccffcc \| 1	2	align=left\| Marcel Philippe	align=left\| {{FRA}}	1:46.90	Q
bgcolor=ccffcc \| 2	2	align=left\| Hans-Henning Ohlert	align=left\| {{GDR}}	1:47.23	Q
bgcolor=ccffcc \| 3	2	align=left\| Andrzej Kupczyk	align=left\| {{flag\|Poland\|1928}}	1:47.48	Q
bgcolor=ddffdd \| 4	2	align=left\| Phil Lewis	align=left\| {{GBR2}}	1:47.58	q[https://digilander.libero.it/Mennea/Stagionali/WRL/1973/800.htm Year list]
bgcolor=ddffdd \| 5	2	align=left\| Ján Šišovský	align=left\| {{TCH}}	1:47.80	q
6	2	align=left\| Sándor Fekete	align=left\| {{HUN}}	1:48.4
7	2	align=left\| Yevgeniy Volkov	align=left\| {{URS}}	1:48.60	[http://www.docme.su/doc/1267330/koroleva-sporta-na-vsemirnyh-universiadah-1959–-2011-gg.-... Soviet results] {{Webarchive\|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211031121830/http://www.docme.su/doc/1267330/koroleva-sporta-na-vsemirnyh-universiadah-1959%E2%80%93-2011-gg.-... \|date=2021-10-31 }} (p39)
8	2	align=left\| Mark Sang	align=left\| {{KEN}}	1:50.3