# Athletics at the 2005 Summer Universiade – Men's 800 metres

The men's 800 metres event at the 2005 Summer Universiade was held on 17–20 August in İzmir, Turkey.

## Medalists

| Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| Fabiano Peçanha Brazil | Selahattin Çobanoglu Turkey | Maksim Adamovich Russia |

## Results
### Heats

| Rank | Heat | Athlete | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 6 | Fabiano Peçanha | Brazil | 1:48.54 | Q |
| 2 | 6 | José Manuel Cortés | Spain | 1:48.57 | Q |
| 3 | 6 | Juan van Deventer | South Africa | 1:49.76 | q |
| 4 | 7 | Christian Neunhäuserer | Italy | 1:49.94 | Q |
| 5 | 6 | David Gill | Canada | 1:50.14 | q |
| 6 | 5 | Charles Jantjies | South Africa | 1:50.50 | Q |
| 7 | 7 | Diego Chargal Gomes | Brazil | 1:50.69 | Q |
| 8 | 3 | Li Xiangyu | China | 1:50.80 | Q |
| 9 | 5 | Reda Aït Douida | Morocco | 1:51.00 | Q |
| 10 | 3 | Martell Munguia | Mexico | 1:51.07 | Q |
| 11 | 2 | Selahattin Çobanoglu | Turkey | 1:51.23 | Q |
| 12 | 3 | Abolfazl Dehnavi | Iran | 1:51.26 | |
| 13 | 7 | Yoshihiro Shimodaira | Japan | 1:51.28 | |
| 14 | 6 | Heleodoro Navarro | Mexico | 1:51.54 | |
| 15 | 5 | Siarhei Nestserau | Belarus | 1:51.76 | |
| 16 | 2 | Thomas Matthys | Belgium | 1:52.06 | Q |
| 17 | 6 | Richard Jones | New Zealand | 1:52.12 | |
| 18 | 1 | Li Guangming | China | 1:52.25 | Q |
| 19 | 4 | Ehsan Mohajer Shojaei | Iran | 1:52.29 | Q |
| 20 | 4 | Maksim Adamovich | Russia | 1:52.36 | Q |
| 21 | 4 | Maurizio Bobbato | Italy | 1:52.45 | |
| 22 | 1 | Prosper Agage | Ghana | 1:53.00 | Q |
| 22 | 4 | Walid Meliani | Algeria | 1:53.00 | |
| 24 | 4 | Kondwani Chiwina | Malawi | 1:53.03 | SB |
| 25 | 3 | Avetik Arakelian | Armenia | 1:53.63 | |
| 26 | 3 | Marco Vinicio Pérez | Costa Rica | 1:54.04 | |
| 27 | 2 | Juan Odalis Almonte | Dominican Republic | 1:54.32 | |
| 28 | 7 | Salvador Crespo | Spain | 1:54.67 | |
| 29 | 1 | Dmitriy Tarasenko | Kazakhstan | 1:54.77 | |
| 30 | 5 | Mlungisi Dlamini | Swaziland | 1:55.16 | |
| 31 | 7 | Ali Al-Balooshi | United Arab Emirates | 1:55.39 | |
| 32 | 6 | Geofrey Wamaniala | Uganda | 1:56.64 | |
| 33 | 2 | Lau Tak Lung | Hong Kong | 1:58.63 | |
| 34 | 7 | Mohamed El-Shoshan | Libya | 1:59.02 | |
| 35 | 3 | Camilo Quevedo | Guatemala | 2:00.71 | |
| 36 | 5 | Sohel Rana | Bangladesh | 2:06.44 | |
| 37 | 2 | Telguy Djibeng | Chad | 2:06.78 | |
| 38 | 1 | Keith Sepety | Federated States of Micronesia | 2:09.16 | |
| | 4 | Jeppe Thomsen | Denmark | DNF | |
| | 7 | Alibey Shukurov | Azerbaijan | DNF | |

### Semifinals

| Rank | Heat | Athlete | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 2 | Selahattin Çobanoglu | Turkey | 1:47.53 | Q |
| 2 | 2 | Fabiano Peçanha | Brazil | 1:47.84 | Q |
| 3 | 2 | Maksim Adamovich | Russia | 1:47.96 | Q |
| 4 | 2 | Li Xiangyu | China | 1:47.97 | q, SB |
| 5 | 2 | José Manuel Cortés | Spain | 1:47.97 | q |
| 6 | 1 | Ehsan Mohajer Shojaei | Iran | 1:48.62 | Q |
| 7 | 1 | Charles Jantjies | South Africa | 1:48.92 | Q |
| 8 | 1 | Diego Chargal Gomes | Brazil | 1:49.03 | Q |
| 9 | 2 | Juan van Deventer | South Africa | 1:49.03 | q |
| 10 | 2 | Thomas Matthys | Belgium | 1:49.07 | |
| 11 | 1 | Christian Neunhäuserer | Italy | 1:49.08 | |
| 12 | 1 | David Gill | Canada | 1:49.84 | |
| 13 | 1 | Prosper Agage | Ghana | 1:51.36 | PB |
| 14 | 1 | Li Guangming | China | 1:53.75 | |
| 15 | 1 | Martell Munguia | Mexico | 1:57.25 | |
| | 2 | Reda Aït Douida | Morocco | DNF | |

### Final

| Rank | Athlete | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| | Fabiano Peçanha | Brazil | 1:46.01 | |
| | Selahattin Çobanoglu | Turkey | 1:47.49 | SB |
| | Maksim Adamovich | Russia | 1:47.50 | |
| 4 | Charles Jantjies | South Africa | 1:47.57 | |
| 5 | José Manuel Cortés | Spain | 1:47.59 | SB |
| 6 | Ehsan Mohajer Shojaei | Iran | 1:47.96 | |
| 7 | Juan van Deventer | South Africa | 1:48.50 | |
| 8 | Diego Chargal Gomes | Brazil | 1:49.59 | |
| 9 | Li Xiangyu | China | 1:56.05 | |