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.Results at Tilastopaja

Medalists GoldSilverBronzeSlobodan PopovićMoussa FallLuis Toledo

Results Heats Rank Heat Athlete Nationality Time Notes 1 1 Alberto Barsotti 1:49.05 Q 2 1 Ibrahim Okash 1:49.17 Q 3 1 Alex Geissbühler 1:50.15 Q 4 1 Ove Talsnes 1:51.97 5 1 David Montañez 1:54.05 6 1 Jorge Fidel Ponce 2:00.38 7 1 Lee Ka Kit 2:07.52 1 2 Manuel Balmaceda 1:50.17 Q 2 2 Ryu Tae-kyung 1:50.24 Q 3 2 Brian Thompson 1:50.30 Q 4 2 Raivo Mägi 1:50.67 q 1 3 Moussa Fall 1:49.34 Q 2 3 Luis Toledo 1:49.39 Q 3 3 Miles Irish 1:51.47 Q 4 3 Luis Martínez 1:51.47 5 3 Faiz Ould Abdallah 2:07.25 1 4 Paul Osland 1:58.56 Q 2 4 Valeriy Starodubtsev 2:00.11 Q 3 4 Chris McGeorge 2:00.27 Q 4 4 Hugo Sánchez 2:00.52 1 5 Slobodan Popović 1:50.65 Q 2 5 Yoshikazu Arata 1:50.67 Q 3 5 Miguel Rodríguez 1:52.55 Q 4 5 Eugene Curran 1:55.64 5 5 Mohamed El Moctar 2:04.49 5 Colvis Samuels 1 6 Rob Harrison 1:50.13 Q 2 6 Milan Drahoňovský 1:50.16 Q 1 7 Tracy Baskin 1:51.82 Q ? ? Pablo Squella Q ? ? Eduardo Cabrera Q ? ? Syed Meesaq Rizvi Q ? ? Saša Stojilović Q

Semifinals

Rank Heat Athlete Nationality Time Notes 1 1 Moussa Fall 1:47.36 Q 2 1 Luis Toledo 1:47.45 Q 3 1 Chris McGeorge 1:47.54 q 4 1 Miles Irish 1:47.67 q 5 1 Milan Drahoňovský 1:47.96 6 1 Brian Thompson 1:48.09 7 3 Slobodan Popović 1:48.96 Q 8 3 Manuel Balmaceda 1:49.21 Q 9 3 Tracy Baskin 1:49.33 10 1 Raivo Mägi 1:49.85 Soviet results (p40) 11 3 Paul Osland 1:50.30 12 3 Alberto Barsotti 1:50.47 13 3 Ryu Tae-kyung 1:50.55 14 2 Ibrahim Okash 1:50.68 Q 15 2 Valeriy Starodubtsev 1:50.79 Q 16 1 Miguel Rodríguez 1:51.05 17 3 Eduardo Cabrera 1:51.08 18 2 Pablo Squella 1:51.14 19 2 Alex Geissbühler 1:51.16 20 2 Saša Stojilović 1:51.39 21 2 Yoshikazu Arata 1:52.13 22 3 Syed Meesaq Rizvi 1:52.81 ? Rob Harrison

Final

Rank Athlete Nationality Time Notes Slobodan Popović 1:46.13 Moussa Fall 1:46.71 Luis Toledo 1:47.07 4 Manuel Balmaceda 1:47.37 5 Ibrahim Okash 1:47.81 6 Miles Irish 1:47.94 7 Valeriy Starodubtsev 1:48.02 8 Chris McGeorge 1:48.07

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