# Athletics at the 2017 Summer Universiade – Men's 800 metres

The men's 800 metres event at the 2017 Summer Universiade was held on 26, 27 and 28 August at the Taipei Municipal Stadium.

## Medalists

| Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| Jesús Tonatiu López Mexico | Mohamed Belbachir Algeria | Aymeric Lusine France |

## Results
### Heats

Qualification: First 3 in each heat (Q) and next 3 fastest (q) qualified for the semifinals.
| Rank | Heat | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 1 | James Bowness | Great Britain | 1:50.49 | Q |
| 1 | 5 | Baptiste Mischler | France | 1:50.49 | Q |
| 3 | 5 | Benediktas Mickus | Lithuania | 1:50.57 | Q |
| 4 | 5 | Christoph Kessler | Germany | 1:50.63 | Q |
| 5 | 1 | Elmar Engholm | Sweden | 1:50.66 | Q, SB |
| 6 | 1 | Ievgen Gutsol | Ukraine | 1:50.88 | Q |
| 7 | 3 | Soufiane El Kabbouri | Italy | 1:51.06 | Q |
| 8 | 4 | Jesús Tonatiu López | Mexico | 1:51.07 | Q |
| 9 | 6 | Michał Rozmys | Poland | 1:51.08 | Q |
| 10 | 4 | Mohamed Belbachir | Algeria | 1:51.16 | Q |
| 11 | 3 | Levent Ateş | Turkey | 1:51.17 | Q |
| 11 | 5 | Lukáš Hodboď | Czech Republic | 1:51.17 | q |
| 13 | 3 | Hendrik Uys | South Africa | 1:51.18 | Q |
| 14 | 3 | Shaquille Dill | Bermuda | 1:51.20 | q |
| 15 | 6 | Cleiton Abrão | Brazil | 1:51.18 | Q |
| 16 | 1 | Ramzi Abdenouz | Algeria | 1:51.26 | q |
| 17 | 1 | Amoj Jacob | India | 1:51.28 | |
| 18 | 4 | Filip Šnejdr | Czech Republic | 1:51.40 | Q |
| 19 | 1 | Dage Minors | Bermuda | 1:51.43 | |
| 20 | 6 | Kelvin Kitur | Kenya | 1:51.47 | Q |
| 21 | 4 | Li Junlin | China | 1:51.77 | |
| 22 | 5 | Imanmadi Kusmanov | Kazakhstan | 1:51.89 | PB |
| 23 | 3 | Fortunate Turihohabwe | Uganda | 1:51.92 | PB |
| 24 | 1 | Pauls Ārents | Latvia | 1:52.03 | SB |
| 25 | 2 | Tyler Smith | Canada | 1:52.25 | Q |
| 26 | 6 | Mindaugas Striokas | Lithuania | 1:52.27 | |
| 27 | 7 | Aaron Botterman | Belgium | 1:52.38 | Q |
| 28 | 7 | Aymeric Lusine | France | 1:52.44 | Q |
| 29 | 7 | Artur Kuciapski | Poland | 1:52.44 | Q |
| 30 | 3 | Umar Sadat | Pakistan | 1:52.46 | |
| 31 | 2 | Stephen Knuckey | Australia | 1:52.47 | Q |
| 32 | 7 | Christos Dimitriou | Cyprus | 1:52.53 | |
| 33 | 6 | Drevan Anderson-Kaapa | United States | 1:52.76 | SB |
| 34 | 6 | Christian Sand Clausen | Denmark | 1:53.39 | |
| 35 | 4 | Pedro da Palma Junior | Brazil | 1:53.75 | |
| 36 | 7 | Frederik Fürstenberg | Denmark | 1:54.28 | |
| 37 | 5 | Malvin Nikolla | Albania | 1:54.36 | PB |
| 38 | 2 | Rynardt van Rensburg | South Africa | 1:55.00 | Q |
| 39 | 4 | Marcel Ngabonziza | Rwanda | 1:55.84 | |
| 40 | 4 | Ahmed Ali Al-Aamri | Oman | 1:55.89 | SB |
| 41 | 6 | Timothy Ongom | Uganda | 1:55.90 | |
| 42 | 7 | Josué Murcia | Costa Rica | 1:56.06 | |
| 43 | 7 | Zhou Guangcai | China | 1:56.63 | |
| 44 | 2 | Cristofer Jarpa | Chile | 1:56.73 | |
| 45 | 4 | Charuka Kushant Ganhewayalage | Sri Lanka | 1:56.84 | SB |
| 46 | 2 | Óscar Romero | Colombia | 1:58.40 | |
| 47 | 3 | Abdo El Helou | Lebanon | 1:59.24 | |
| 48 | 5 | Hussein Khalife | Lebanon | 1:59.62 | |
| 49 | 3 | Khalid Al-Muyidi | Saudi Arabia | 1:59.88 | |
| 50 | 5 | Mazen Masrahi | Saudi Arabia | 2:01.56 | |
| 51 | 2 | Said Badur Al-Rahbi | Oman | 2:02.20 | |
| | 2 | Mohammed Shafic Ali | Ghana | DNS | |
| | 2 | Charles Grethen | Luxembourg | DNS | |

### Semifinals

Qualification: First 2 in each heat (Q) and the next 2 fastest (q) qualified for the final.
| Rank | Heat | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 1 | Aymeric Lusine | France | 1:48.04 | Q |
| 2 | 3 | Jesús Tonatiu López | Mexico | 1:48.23 | Q |
| 3 | 3 | Mohamed Belbachir | Algeria | 1:48.30 | Q |
| 4 | 1 | Artur Kuciapski | Poland | 1:48.36 | Q |
| 5 | 1 | Stephen Knuckey | Australia | 1:48.39 | q |
| 6 | 1 | Hendrik Uys | South Africa | 1:48.66 | q |
| 7 | 3 | Michał Rozmys | Poland | 1:48.71 | |
| 8 | 3 | James Bowness | Great Britain | 1:48.78 | |
| 9 | 2 | Rynardt van Rensburg | South Africa | 1:48.97 | Q |
| 10 | 3 | Elmar Engholm | Sweden | 1:49.03 | PB |
| 11 | 2 | Filip Šnejdr | Czech Republic | 1:49.04 | Q |
| 12 | 2 | Baptiste Mischler | France | 1:49.07 | |
| 13 | 2 | Levent Ateş | Turkey | 1:49.31 | |
| 14 | 1 | Benediktas Mickus | Lithuania | 1:49.35 | |
| 15 | 1 | Lukáš Hodboď | Czech Republic | 1:49.40 | |
| 16 | 3 | Aaron Botterman | Belgium | 1:49.45 | |
| 17 | 2 | Ramzi Abdenouz | Algeria | 1:49.94 | |
| 18 | 2 | Ievgen Gutsol | Ukraine | 1:49.97 | |
| 19 | 3 | Christoph Kessler | Germany | 1:50.13 | |
| 20 | 2 | Soufiane El Kabbouri | Italy | 1:50.45 | |
| 21 | 1 | Tyler Smith | Canada | 1:50.90 | |
| 22 | 1 | Kelvin Kitur | Kenya | 1:51.93 | |
| 23 | 2 | Cleiton Abrão | Brazil | 1:54.16 | |
| 24 | 3 | Shaquille Dill | Bermuda | 1:54.70 | |

### Final

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time |
| | Jesús Tonatiu López | Mexico | 1:46.06 |
| | Mohamed Belbachir | Algeria | 1:46.73 |
| | Aymeric Lusine | France | 1:47.18 |
| 4 | Hendrik Uys | South Africa | 1:47.59 |
| 5 | Artur Kuciapski | Poland | 1:47.69 |
| 6 | Stephen Knuckey | Australia | 1:47.90 |
| 7 | Filip Šnejdr | Czech Republic | 1:48.31 |
| 8 | Rynardt van Rensburg | South Africa | 1:49.70 |