# Athletics at the 1973 Summer Universiade – Men's 800 metres

The men's 800 metres event at the 1973 Summer Universiade was held at the Central Lenin Stadium in Moscow on 16, 17 and 18 August.

## Medalists

| Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| Yevgeniy Arzhanov Soviet Union | Marcel Philippe France | Hans-Henning Ohlert East Germany |

## Results
### Heats

| Rank | Heat | Athlete | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 1 | Phil Lewis | Great Britain | 1:50.82 | Q |
| 2 | 1 | Ján Šišovský | Czechoslovakia | 1:51.11 | Q |
| 3 | 1 | Ken Schappert | United States | 1:51.33 | |
| 4 | 1 | Piet Bouquillon | Belgium | 1:53.7 | |
| 5 | 1 | Hassan Radhi Makki | Kuwait | 1:56.0 | |
| 6 | 1 | Emmanuil Wellington | Ghana | 2:01.5 | |
| | 1 | Sékou Barry | Guinea | DNF | |
| 1 | 2 | Sándor Fekete | Hungary | 1:48.75 | Q |
| 2 | 2 | Rainer Burmester | West Germany | 1:48.88 | Q |
| 3 | 2 | David McMeekin | Great Britain | 1:49.10 | q |
| 4 | 2 | Liévin De Reymaecker | Belgium | 1:55.4 | |
| 5 | 2 | Prosper Boukoulou | Congo | 1:56.9 | |
| 6 | 2 | Shakir Sheikli | Iraq | 1:57.3 | |
| 7 | 2 | Dangaajav Battulga | Mongolia | 2:07.2 | |
| 1 | 3 | Andrzej Kupczyk | Poland | 1:49.16 | Q |
| 2 | 3 | Yevgeniy Volkov | Soviet Union | 1:49.16 | Q |
| 3 | 3 | Philippe Meyer | France | 1:50.03 | q |
| 4 | 3 | Jorge Cerda | Mexico | 1:55.6 | |
| 5 | 3 | Abbas Hassan Ahmed | Kuwait | 2:00.7 | |
| 6 | 3 | Carmel Debono | Malta | 2:07.1 | |
| 7 | 3 | Álvarez Chávez | Honduras | 2:24.8 | |
| 1 | 4 | Rick Brown | United States | 1:50.20 | Q |
| 2 | 4 | Marcel Philippe | France | 1:50.35 | Q |
| 3 | 4 | Adelio Diamante | Italy | 1:50.9 | q |
| 4 | 4 | Mark Sang | Kenya | 1:51.2 | q |
| 5 | 4 | Günther Hasler | Liechtenstein | 1:52.1 | |
| 6 | 4 | Tawfik Boulenouar | Algeria | 2:01.8 | |
| 7 | 4 | Victor Álvarez | Honduras | 2:07.9 | |
| 1 | 5 | Hans-Henning Ohlert | East Germany | 1:51.51 | Q |
| 2 | 5 | Sid Ali Djouadi | Algeria | 1:51.60 | Q |
| 3 | 5 | Vittorio Fontanella | Italy | 1:51.6 | |
| 4 | 5 | Luis Medina | Cuba | 1:52.5 | |
| 5 | 5 | Jean Kaiser | Luxembourg | 1:54.5 | |
| 6 | 5 | Marc Ounezoui | Central African Republic | 1:58.6 | |
| 7 | 5 | Ikaka Cheya | Sudan | 1:59.4 | |
| 1 | 6 | Yevgeniy Arzhanov | Soviet Union | 1:50.76 | Q |
| 2 | 6 | Gerhard Stolle | East Germany | 1:51.22 | Q |
| 3 | 6 | Petar Kyatovski | Bulgaria | 1:51.66 | |
| 4 | 6 | Leandro Civil | Cuba | 1:51.7 | |
| 5 | 6 | Francisco Méndez | Mexico | 1:52.6 | |
| 6 | 6 | Lukan Lukanov | Bulgaria | 1:53.1 | |
| 7 | 6 | Jaime Valencia | Chile | 1:58.2 | |

### Semifinals

| Rank | Heat | Athlete | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 1 | Yevgeniy Arzhanov | Soviet Union | 1:48.2 | Q |
| 2 | 1 | Rick Brown | United States | 1:49.0 | Q |
| 3 | 1 | Gerhard Stolle | East Germany | 1:49.0 | Q |
| 4 | 1 | Rainer Burmester | West Germany | 1:49.38 | |
| 5 | 1 | David McMeekin | Great Britain | 1:49.6 | |
| 6 | 1 | Adelio Diamante | Italy | 1:49.7 | |
| 7 | 1 | Philippe Meyer | France | 1:51.13 | |
| | 1 | Sid Ali Djouadi | Algeria | ? | |
| 1 | 2 | Marcel Philippe | France | 1:46.90 | Q |
| 2 | 2 | Hans-Henning Ohlert | East Germany | 1:47.23 | Q |
| 3 | 2 | Andrzej Kupczyk | Poland | 1:47.48 | Q |
| 4 | 2 | Phil Lewis | Great Britain | 1:47.58 | q |
| 5 | 2 | Ján Šišovský | Czechoslovakia | 1:47.80 | q |
| 6 | 2 | Sándor Fekete | Hungary | 1:48.4 | |
| 7 | 2 | Yevgeniy Volkov | Soviet Union | 1:48.60 | |
| 8 | 2 | Mark Sang | Kenya | 1:50.3 | |

### Final

| Rank | Athlete | Nationality | Time |
| | Yevgeniy Arzhanov | Soviet Union | 1:46.88 |
| | Marcel Philippe | France | 1:47.29 |
| | Hans-Henning Ohlert | East Germany | 1:47.51 |
| 4 | Rick Brown | United States | 1:47.61 |
| 5 | Andrzej Kupczyk | Poland | 1:47.96 |
| 6 | Phil Lewis | Great Britain | 1:48.0 |
| 7 | Gerhard Stolle | East Germany | 1:48.02 |
| 8 | Ján Šišovský | Czechoslovakia | 1:49.53 |