Athletics at the 2021 Summer World University Games – Men's 800 metres

The men's 800 metres event at the 2021 Summer World University Games was held on 4, 5 and 6 August 2023 at the Shuangliu Sports Centre Stadium in Chengdu, China.

Medalists

Gold	Silver	Bronze
Maciej Wyderka  Poland	Corentin le Clezio  France	Oussama Cherrad  Algeria Zine Laggoune  Algeria

Results

Round 1

Qualification: First 3 in each heat (Q) and the next 6 fastest (q) advance to semifinal.

Heat 1

Rank	Athlete	Nation	Time	Notes
1	Oussama Cherrad	Algeria	1:50.26	Q
2	Maciej Wyderka	Poland	1:50.29	Q
3	Santtu Heikkinen	Finland	1:50.36	Q
4	Deniss Salmijanov	Estonia	1:50.61	q
5	Stavros Spyrou	Cyprus	1:51.80	q
6	Wan Muhammad Fazri	Malaysia	1:51.88
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Heat 2

Rank	Athlete	Nation	Time	Notes
1	Corentin le Clezio	France	1:52.14	Q
2	Peter Akemkwene	Uganda	1:52.21	Q
3	Jakub Augustyniak	Poland	1:52.29	Q
4	Mohammed Al-Suleimani	Oman	1:52.86
5	Tilen Šimenko Lalič	Slovenia	1:54.91	SB
6	Mohammed Dwedar	Palestine	1:56.91
—	Kwazi Nogcantsi	South Africa	DQ	TR17.4.4
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Heat 3

Rank	Athlete	Nation	Time	Notes
1	Luis Oberbeck	Germany	1:51.67	Q
2	Luke Boyes	Australia	1:51.73	Q
3	Ma Zhongqiang	China	1:51.80	Q
4	Matheus Aguiar	Brazil	1:51.97
5	El-Hafez Mahadi	Qatar	1:52.73
6	Hamad Al-Yahyaee	United Arab Emirates	1:58.04
—	Yervand Mkrtchyan	Armenia	DQ	TR17.4.4
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Heat 4

Rank	Athlete	Nation	Time	Notes
1	Zine Laggoune	Algeria	1:49.56	Q
2	Jack Lunn	Australia	1:49.78	Q
3	José Elizondo	Costa Rica	1:49.85	Q, PB
4	Sigurd Tveit	Norway	1:49.94	q
5	Cristian Voicu	Romania	1:50.18	q
6	Li Junlin	China	1:50.31	q
—	Omid Amirian	Iran	DQ	TR17.4.4
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Heat 5

Rank	Athlete	Nation	Time	Notes
1	Robin Oester	Switzerland	1:51.84	Q
2	Guilherme Rodrigues	Brazil	1:52.01	Q
3	Mehmet Çelik	Turkey	1:52.58	Q
4	Léandre Hamenyimana	Burundi	1:54.16
5	Omkar Kumbhar	India	1:59.12
6	Daniel Lara	Colombia	2:03.10
—	Ali Idow Hassan	Somalia	DQ	TR17.4.3
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Heat 6

Rank	Athlete	Nation	Time	Notes
1	Alexandre Selles	France	1:49.95	Q
2	Edmund du Plessis	South Africa	1:50.24	Q
3	Ole Solbu	Norway	1:50.81	Q
4	Itumeleng James	Botswana	1:51.68	q, SB
5	Billy Ingabire	Burundi	1:54.42	PB
6	Innocent Kanyala	Zambia	1:54.54
—	Khalid Al-Siyabi	Oman	DQ	TR17.4.3
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Semifinal

Qualification: First 2 in each heat (Q) and the next 2 fastest (q) advance to final.

Heat 1

Rank	Athlete	Nation	Time	Notes
1	Corentin le Clezio	France	1:47.19	Q
2	Luis Oberbeck	Germany	1:47.35	Q
3	Zine Laggoune	Algeria	1:47.39	q
4	Robin Oester	Switzerland	1:47.40	q, PB
5	Ma Zhongqiang	China	1:48.03	PB
6	Edmund du Plessis	South Africa	1:48.78
—	Sigurd Tveit	Norway	DNF
—	Peter Akemkwene	Uganda	DQ	TR17.4.3
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Heat 2

Rank	Athlete	Nation	Time	Notes
1	Alexandre Selles	France	1:48.08	Q
2	Oussama Cherrad	Algeria	1:48.38	Q
3	Ole Solbu	Norway	1:48.41
4	Luke Boyes	Australia	1:48.79
5	Jakub Augustyniak	Poland	1:50.47
6	José Elizondo	Costa Rica	1:50.74
7	Stavros Spyrou	Cyprus	1:54.36
—	Itumeleng James	South Africa	DNS
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Heat 3

Rank	Athlete	Nation	Time	Notes
1	Maciej Wyderka	Poland	1:47.00	Q
2	Jack Lunn	Australia	1:47.93	Q
3	Santtu Heikkinen	Finland	1:47.97	PB
4	Deniss Salmijanov	Estonia	1:48.40
5	Cristian Voicu	Romania	1:48.71
6	Li Junlin	China	1:49.80	SB
—	Guilherme Rodrigues	Brazil	DNF
—	Mehmet Çelik	Turkey	DNF
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Final

Rank	Athlete	Nation	Time	Notes
	Maciej Wyderka	Poland	1:49.09
	Corentin le Clezio	France	1:49.17
	Oussama Cherrad	Algeria	1:49.23 (.226)
	Zine Laggoune	Algeria	1:49.23 (.226)
5	Robin Oester	Switzerland	1:49.51
6	Alexandre Selles	France	1:49.65
7	Luis Oberbeck	Germany	1:49.80
8	Jack Lunn	Australia	1:49.92
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