# Athletics at the 1995 Summer Universiade – Men's 800 metres

The men's 800 metres event at the 1995 Summer Universiade was held on 29–30 August at the Hakatanomori Athletic Stadium in Fukuoka, Japan.

## Medalists

| Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| Hezekiél Sepeng South Africa | Andrés Manuel Díaz Spain | Pavel Soukup Czech Republic |

## Results
### Heats

Qualification: First 2 of each heat (Q) and the next 2 fastest (q) qualified for the semifinals.
| Rank | Heat | Athlete | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 2 | Hezekiél Sepeng | South Africa | 1:48.23 | Q |
| 2 | 2 | Pavel Soukup | Czech Republic | 1:48.37 | Q |
| 3 | 2 | Farouk Amaouche | Algeria | 1:48.41 | q |
| 4 | 2 | Peter Philipp | Switzerland | 1:49.26 | q |
| 6 | 4 | Mario Watson | Jamaica | 1:49.87 | Q |
| 7 | 4 | Bryan Woodward | United States | 1:49.97 | Q |
| 8 | 4 | Boris Kaveshnikov | Kyrgyzstan | 1:50.08 | |
| 9 | 7 | Andrea Giocondi | Italy | 1:50.79 | Q |
| 10 | 7 | David Benefield | United States | 1:50.81 | Q |
| 11 | 2 | Takeshi Gobara | Japan | 1:50.91 | |
| 12 | 7 | Gilbert Tuhabonye | Burundi | 1:50.99 | |
| 13 | 3 | Kim Soon-hyung | South Korea | 1:51.47 | Q |
| 14 | 4 | Mark Harris | New Zealand | 1:51.94 | |
| 15 | 2 | Suliman Abdalla | Sudan | 1:52.20 | |
| 16 | 7 | Javier Soto | Puerto Rico | 1:52.25 | |
| 17 | 7 | Mehmet Çakir | Turkey | 1:52.42 | |
| 18 | 3 | Jurgens Kotze | South Africa | 1:52.57 | Q |
| 19 | 6 | Tomonari Ono | Japan | 1:52.61 | Q |
| 20 | 1 | António Abrantes | Portugal | 1:52.71 | Q |
| 21 | 1 | Byron Goodwin | Canada | 1:52.82 | Q |
| 22 | 3 | Malekshir Moradi Fard | Iran | 1:52.87 | |
| 23 | 1 | Charles Baryamujura | Uganda | 1:52.92 | |
| 24 | 6 | Andrés Manuel Díaz | Spain | 1:53.01 | Q |
| 25 | 5 | Balázs Korányi | Hungary | 1:53.11 | Q |
| 26 | 5 | Joachim Dehmel | Germany | 1:53.20 | Q |
| 27 | 5 | William Best | Canada | 1:53.43 | |
| 28 | 5 | Gilbert Mvuyekure | Uganda | 1:53.54 | |
| 29 | 4 | Engelhardt Uiseb | Namibia | 1:53.64 | |
| 30 | 4 | Manuel Balmaceda | Chile | 1:54.07 | |
| 31 | 1 | Cedric Harris | Dominica | 1:54.18 | |
| 32 | 5 | Ling Seow Kang | Singapore | 1:54.97 | |
| 33 | 3 | Alexander Grech | Malta | 1:55.32 | |
| 34 | 6 | Bendaoud Faissoil | Comoros | 1:55.98 | |
| 35 | 2 | Saravana Arjunan | Singapore | 1:56.32 | |
| 36 | 1 | U Aye Lwin | Myanmar | 1:56.64 | |
| 37 | 3 | Lei Vai Kun | Macau | 1:57.83 | |
| 38 | 5 | Wong Kin On | Hong Kong | 1:57.98 | |
| 39 | 3 | Naseer Ismail | Maldives | 1:58.32 | |
| 40 | 5 | Essoham Assima-Kpatcha | Togo | 1:59.92 | |
| 41 | 3 | Kalua McDonald | Malawi | 2:00.64 | |
| 42 | 7 | Halahapperumage Fonseka | Sri Lanka | 2:03.58 | |
| 43 | 4 | Erick Moga | Solomon Islands | 2:03.92 | |
| 44 | 1 | Emanuel Andrade | Cape Verde | 2:06.31 | |
| 45 | 1 | Gordon Kapak | Papua New Guinea | 2:11.78 | |
| | 3 | Arturo Espejel | Mexico | DNF | |
| | 6 | Christos Mayroidis | Greece | DNF | |
| | 7 | Sylvester Simelane | Swaziland | DQ | |
| | 1 | Einārs Tupurītis | Latvia | DNS | |
| | 6 | Arumugam Palaniappan | Malaysia | DNS | |
| | 6 | Balázs Tölgyesi | Hungary | DNS | |

### Semifinals

Qualification: First 4 of each semifinal qualified directly (Q) for the final.
| Rank | Heat | Athlete | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 1 | Joachim Dehmel | Germany | 1:47.82 | Q |
| 2 | 1 | Andrea Giocondi | Italy | 1:48.13 | Q |
| 3 | 1 | Farouk Amaouche | Algeria | 1:48.13 | Q |
| 4 | 1 | David Benefield | United States | 1:48.16 | Q |
| 5 | 1 | António Abrantes | Portugal | 1:48.19 | |
| 6 | 1 | Mario Watson | Jamaica | 1:48.23 | |
| 7 | 2 | Andrés Manuel Díaz | Spain | 1:48.86 | Q |
| 8 | 2 | Hezekiél Sepeng | South Africa | 1:49.25 | Q |
| 9 | 1 | Jurgens Kotze | South Africa | 1:49.35 | |
| 10 | 2 | Pavel Soukup | Czech Republic | 1:49.41 | Q |
| 11 | 2 | Kim Soon-hyung | South Korea | 1:49.56 | Q |
| 12 | 2 | Tomonari Ono | Japan | 1:50.31 | |
| 13 | 2 | Peter Philipp | Switzerland | 1:50.94 | |
| 14 | 2 | Bryan Woodward | United States | 1:51.79 | |
| 15 | 1 | Balázs Korányi | Hungary | 1:52.45 | |
| 16 | 2 | Byron Goodwin | Canada | 1:53.09 | |

### Final

| Rank | Athlete | Nationality | Time |
| | Hezekiél Sepeng | South Africa | 1:47.87 |
| | Andrés Manuel Díaz | Spain | 1:48.06 |
| | Pavel Soukup | Czech Republic | 1:48.15 |
| 4 | Joachim Dehmel | Germany | 1:48.29 |
| 5 | Andrea Giocondi | Italy | 1:48.31 |
| 6 | Kim Soon-hyung | South Korea | 1:48.90 |
| 7 | David Benefield | United States | 1:49.16 |
| 8 | Farouk Amaouche | Algeria | 1:49.41 |