The men's 800 metres event at the 1959 Summer Universiade was held at the Stadio Comunale di Torino in Turin on 3 and 4 September 1959.Results at Tilastopaja
Medalists GoldSilverBronzeDieter HeydeckeJohn HoltKuniaki Watanabe
Results Heats Held on 3 September Rank Heat Athlete Nationality Time Notes 1 1 John Holt 1:55.3 Q 2 1 Bolesław Kowalczyk 1:55.5 Q 3 1 Norbert Haupert 1:55.5 Q 4 1 Alex Egloff 1:55.6 5 1 Etienne Vernus 1:57.4 1 2 Rudolf Klaban 2:06.1 Q 2 2 Thomas Blythe 2:06.1 Q 3 2 Roger Bofferding 2:06.2 Q 4 2 Ahmad Raad 2:13.5 1 3 Battista Paini 1:55.1 Q 2 3 Marek Jerzy 1:55.2 Q 3 3 André Wendling 1:55.9 QFrench results 4 3 Michel Lallemand 1:57.0 1 4 Olaf Lawrenz 1:53.4 Q 2 4 Traian Sudrigean 1:53.6 Q 3 4 Tomáš Salinger 1:53.6 Q 4 4 Eric Harder 1:53.6 1 5 Mario Fraschini 2:07.3 Q 2 5 Luc Bayens 2:07.3 Q 3 5 Hans Johansson 2:07.4 Q 1 6 Kuniaki Watanabe 2:05.3 Q 2 6 Dieter Heydecke 2:06.1 Q 3 6 Elías Reguero 2:06.4 Q
Semifinals Held on 4 September Rank Heat Athlete Nationality Time Notes 1 1 Olaf Lawrenz 1:51.8 Q 2 1 John Holt 1:52.1 Q 3 1 Mario Fraschini 1:52.1 4 1 Marek Jerzy 1:53.8 5 1 André Wendling 1:55.6 6 1 Hans Johansson 1:56.2 1 2 Rudolf Klaban 1:50.8 Q 2 2 Kuniaki Watanabe 1:51.0 Q 3 2 Tomáš Salinger 1:51.9 4 2 Traian Sudrigean 1:55.9 5 2 Battista Paini 1:56.4 6 2 Norbert Haupert 1:58.8 1 3 Dieter Heydecke 1:51.6 Q 2 3 Thomas Blythe 1:51.9 Q 3 3 Luc Bayens 1:53.9 4 3 Elías Reguero 1:54.2 5 3 Roger Bofferding 1:56.0 6 3 Bolesław Kowalczyk 1:57.8
Final Held on 4 September Rank Name Nationality Time Notes Dieter Heydecke 1:50.5 John Holt 1:50.5 Kuniaki Watanabe 1:50.9 4 Thomas Blythe 1:50.9 5 Olaf Lawrenz 1:57.6 Rudolf Klaban
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