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

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.

## 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 |
| 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

| 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 | |
| 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

| Rank | Athlete | Nationality | Time |
| | Slobodan Popović | Yugoslavia | 1:46.13 |
| | Moussa Fall | Senegal | 1:46.71 |
| | 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 |