# Athletics at the 2013 Summer Universiade – Men's 800 metres

The men's 800 metres event at the 2013 Summer Universiade was held on 10–12 July.

## Medalists

| Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| Nijel Amos Botswana | Jozef Repčík Slovakia | Andreas Vojta Austria |

## Results
### Heats

Qualification: First 3 in each heat and 6 best performers advanced to the semifinals.
| Rank | Heat | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 5 | Kiril Simakov | Russia | 1:50.80 | Q |
| 2 | 5 | Sho Kawamoto | Japan | 1:51.15 | Q |
| 3 | 3 | Nijel Amos | Botswana | 1:51.38 | Q |
| 4 | 3 | Anthony Romaniw | Canada | 1:51.41 | Q |
| 5 | 6 | Ivan Nesterov | Russia | 1:51.76 | Q |
| 6 | 3 | Jozef Repčík | Slovakia | 1:51.80 | Q, SB |
| 7 | 5 | Dennis Chelimo | Kenya | 1:52.01 | Q |
| 8 | 6 | Johan Svensson | Sweden | 1:52.04 | Q |
| 9 | 3 | Jan Hochstrasser | Switzerland | 1:52.07 | q |
| 10 | 6 | Cristian Vorovenci | Romania | 1:52.31 | Q |
| 11 | 5 | Ashot Hayrapetyan | Armenia | 1:52.66 | q |
| 12 | 2 | Jean Ferrugem | Brazil | 1:53.15 | Q |
| 13 | 4 | Wesley Vázquez | Puerto Rico | 1:53.27 | Q |
| 14 | 1 | Emánuel Gutema | Hungary | 1:53.46 | Q |
| 15 | 4 | Shaquille Dill | Bermuda | 1:53.56 | Q |
| 16 | 4 | Alejandro Peirano | Chile | 1:53.84 | Q |
| 17 | 4 | Wilson Solano | Costa Rica | 1:53.84 | q |
| 18 | 2 | Rynardt van Rensburg | South Africa | 1:53.94 | Q |
| 19 | 2 | Ivan Obezchik | Kazakhstan | 1:53.96 | Q |
| 20 | 1 | Andreas Vojta | Austria | 1:54.44 | Q |
| 21 | 1 | Vitalij Kozlov | Lithuania | 1:54.80 | q |
| 22 | 3 | Farkhod Kuralov | Tajikistan | 1:55.19 | q |
| 22 | 6 | Jaad Ahmed Aballa | Qatar | 1:55.19 | q |
| 24 | 1 | Katlego Maotwe | Botswana | 1:56.13 | q |
| 25 | 2 | Nimet Gashi | Albania | 1:56.32 | |
| 26 | 1 | Dalerjoni Haydar | Tajikistan | 1:58.00 | |
| 27 | 2 | Henry Stevens-Carty | Bermuda | 1:58.27 | |
| 28 | 5 | Erkinbek Moldobaev | Kyrgyzstan | 1:59.25 | |
| 29 | 3 | Ahmad Ghalie | Lebanon | 1:59.38 | |
| 30 | 2 | Kushtarbek Tashtanbekov | Kyrgyzstan | 1:59.89 | |
| 31 | 6 | Kaarel Lilleoja | Estonia | 1:59.96 | |
| 32 | 3 | Neeraj Chulliparambil | India | 2:01.54 | |
| 33 | 6 | Balla Sanogo | Mali | 2:02.89 | |
| 34 | 2 | Said Al-Mandhari | Oman | 2:03.08 | |
| 35 | 1 | Jesús Herrera | Colombia | 2:08.38 | |
| 36 | 4 | Ibrahima Mbengue | Senegal | 2:15.27 | |
| 37 | 5 | Frederick Uhrle | American Samoa | 2:16.27 | |
| | 5 | Othman Al-Busaidi | Oman | DQ | |
| | 6 | Bawileng Adoum | Chad | DQ | |
| | 1 | Raimond Valler | Estonia | DNS | |
| | 4 | Alex Ngouari Mouissi | Republic of the Congo | DNS | |
| | 5 | Leoman Momoh | Nigeria | DNS | |

### Semifinals

Qualification: First 2 in each heat and 2 best performers advanced to the final.
| Rank | Heat | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 1 | Anthony Romaniw | Canada | 1:47.44 | Q |
| 2 | 1 | Wesley Vázquez | Puerto Rico | 1:47.56 | Q |
| 3 | 1 | Shaquille Dill | Bermuda | 1:47.76 | q, PB |
| 4 | 3 | Nijel Amos | Botswana | 1:48.00 | Q |
| 5 | 3 | Ivan Nesterov | Russia | 1:48.04 | Q |
| 6 | 3 | Rynardt van Rensburg | South Africa | 1:48.35 | q |
| 7 | 1 | Ivan Obezchik | Kazakhstan | 1:48.49 | PB |
| 8 | 3 | Sho Kawamoto | Japan | 1:48.56 | |
| 9 | 3 | Cristian Vorovenci | Romania | 1:48.73 | SB |
| 10 | 1 | Alejandro Peirano | Chile | 1:49.19 | PB |
| 11 | 2 | Jozef Repčík | Slovakia | 1:49.75 | Q, SB |
| 12 | 2 | Andreas Vojta | Austria | 1:49.85 | Q |
| 13 | 2 | Kiril Simakov | Russia | 1:50.15 | |
| 14 | 1 | Jean Ferrugem | Brazil | 1:50.16 | |
| 14 | 3 | Johan Svensson | Sweden | 1:50.16 | |
| 16 | 2 | Jan Hochstrasser | Switzerland | 1:50.44 | |
| 17 | 3 | Dennis Chelimo | Kenya | 1:50.61 | |
| 18 | 1 | Ashot Hayrapetyan | Armenia | 1:50.73 | |
| 19 | 2 | Emánuel Gutema | Hungary | 1:51.09 | |
| 20 | 3 | Farkhod Kuralov | Tajikistan | 1:53.02 | |
| 21 | 1 | Vitalij Kozlov | Lithuania | 1:53.48 | |
| 22 | 2 | Wilson Solano | Costa Rica | 1:54.22 | |
| 23 | 2 | Jaad Ahmed Aballa | Qatar | 2:02.24 | |
| | 2 | Katlego Maotwe | Botswana | DQ | |

### Final

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| | Nijel Amos | Botswana | 1:46.53 | |
| | Jozef Repčík | Slovakia | 1:47.30 | SB |
| | Andreas Vojta | Austria | 1:47.31 | |
| 4 | Wesley Vázquez | Puerto Rico | 1:47.33 | |
| 5 | Ivan Nesterov | Russia | 1:47.58 | |
| 6 | Rynardt van Rensburg | South Africa | 1:47.70 | |
| 7 | Anthony Romaniw | Canada | 1:49.04 | |
| 8 | Shaquille Dill | Bermuda | 1:49.80 | |