# Athletics at the 2019 Summer Universiade – Men's 800 metres

The men's 800 metres event at the 2019 Summer Universiade was held on 11, 12 and 13 July at the Stadio San Paolo in Naples.

## Medalists

| Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| Mohamed Belbachir Algeria | Moad Zahafi Morocco | Lukáš Hodboď Czech Republic |

## Results
### Heats

Qualification: First 4 in each heat (Q) and next 4 fastest (q) qualified for the semifinals.
| Rank | Heat | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 3 | Gorata Gabankitse | Botswana | 1:49.98 | Q, SB |
| 2 | 3 | Aymeric Lusine | France | 1:49.99 | Q |
| 3 | 2 | Mohamed Belbachir | Algeria | 1:50.27 | Q |
| 4 | 2 | Lukáš Hodboď | Czech Republic | 1:50.51 | Q |
| 5 | 4 | Moad Zahafi | Morocco | 1:50.70 | Q |
| 6 | 2 | Emmanuel Osuje | Uganda | 1:50.72 | Q |
| 7 | 3 | Jye Perrott | Australia | 1:50.77 | Q |
| 8 | 3 | Bram Buigel | Netherlands | 1:50.90 | Q |
| 9 | 2 | Li Junlin | China | 1:50.92 | Q |
| 10 | 1 | Matheus Americo | Brazil | 1:51.05 | Q |
| 11 | 1 | Christian Clausen | Denmark | 1:51.22 | Q |
| 12 | 2 | Jirayu Pleenaram | Thailand | 1:51.23 | q, PB |
| 13 | 1 | Mason Cohen | Australia | 1:51.54 | Q |
| 14 | 4 | Oussama Cherrad | Algeria | 1:51.61 | Q |
| 15 | 1 | Enrico Brazzale | Italy | 1:51.74 | Q |
| 16 | 5 | Caleb Kwemoi | Uganda | 1:51.82 | Q |
| 17 | 4 | Enrico Riccobon | Italy | 1:51.84 | Q |
| 18 | 5 | Filip Šnejdr | Czech Republic | 1:51.85 | Q |
| 19 | 3 | Rafael Muñoz | Chile | 1:52.04 | q |
| 20 | 5 | Duran Faro | South Africa | 1:52.09 | Q |
| 21 | 5 | James Preston | New Zealand | 1:52.20 | Q |
| 22 | 2 | Mohammed Al-Suleimani | Oman | 1:52.27 | q, SB |
| 23 | 2 | Michael Todd | United States | 1:52.43 | q |
| 24 | 5 | Sami Al-Yami | Saudi Arabia | 1:52.45 | PB |
| 25 | 3 | Nifras Rojideen | Sri Lanka | 1:52.49 | PB |
| 26 | 1 | Diogo Pinhão | Portugal | 1:52.70 | |
| 27 | 5 | Julian Alberto Gaviola | Argentina | 1:52.75 | |
| 28 | 3 | Peter Al-Khoury | Lebanon | 1:52.83 | |
| 29 | 5 | Tilen Šimenko Lalič | Slovenia | 1:52.85 | |
| 30 | 1 | Nicolae Marian Coman | Romania | 1:52.95 | |
| 31 | 4 | Dage Minors | Bermuda | 1:53.44 | Q |
| 32 | 4 | Sten Ütsmüts | Estonia | 1:54.09 | |
| 33 | 4 | Hristiyan Stoyanov | Bulgaria | 1:54.22 | PB |
| 34 | 1 | Francs Dāvids Helvijs | Latvia | 2:01.06 | SB |
| 35 | 3 | Bandar Hassan | Saudi Arabia | 2:20.38 | |
| | 5 | Tariku Mekonen | Ethiopia | DNF | |
| | 4 | Patrick Kahongo | Zambia | DNF | |

### Semifinals

Qualification: First 2 in each heat (Q) and next 2 fastest (q) qualified for the final.
| Rank | Heat | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 2 | Moad Zahafi | Morocco | 1:47.63 | Q |
| 2 | 3 | Mohamed Belbachir | Algeria | 1:47.86 | Q |
| 3 | 2 | Aymeric Lusine | France | 1:48.02 | Q |
| 4 | 3 | Filip Šnejdr | Czech Republic | 1:48.11 | Q, SB |
| 5 | 2 | Li Junlin | China | 1:48.14 | q |
| 6 | 2 | James Preston | New Zealand | 1:48.68 | q |
| 7 | 2 | Bram Buigel | Netherlands | 1:48.90 | PB |
| 8 | 2 | Gorata Gabankitse | Botswana | 1:49.00 | SB |
| 9 | 3 | Caleb Kwemoi | Uganda | 1:49.28 | |
| 10 | 3 | Jye Perrott | Australia | 1:49.49 | |
| 11 | 2 | Christian Clausen | Denmark | 1:49.50 | PB |
| 12 | 1 | Enrico Riccobon | Italy | 1:49.54 | Q |
| 13 | 1 | Lukáš Hodboď | Czech Republic | 1:49.76 | Q |
| 14 | 1 | Oussama Cherrad | Algeria | 1:49.76 | |
| 15 | 1 | Mason Cohen | Australia | 1:49.98 | |
| 16 | 3 | Enrico Brazzale | Italy | 1:50.27 | |
| 17 | 1 | Duran Faro | South Africa | 1:50.53 | |
| 18 | 1 | Emmanuel Osuje | Uganda | 1:50.90 | |
| 19 | 2 | Matheus Americo | Brazil | 1:50.95 | |
| 20 | 1 | Jirayu Pleenaram | Thailand | 1:51.17 | PB |
| 21 | 3 | Michael Todd | United States | 1:51.25 | |
| 22 | 3 | Dage Minors | Bermuda | 1:51.43 | |
| 23 | 1 | Rafael Muñoz | Chile | 1:53.30 | |
| | 3 | Mohammed Al-Suleimani | Oman | DNS | |

### Final

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| | Mohamed Belbachir | Algeria | 1:47.02 | |
| | Moad Zahafi | Morocco | 1:47.64 | |
| | Lukáš Hodboď | Czech Republic | 1:47.97 | SB |
| 4 | Filip Šnejdr | Czech Republic | 1:48.08 | SB |
| 5 | Enrico Riccobon | Italy | 1:48.58 | SB |
| 6 | James Preston | New Zealand | 1:50.11 | |
| | Li Junlin | China | DQ | R163.3a |
| | Aymeric Lusine | France | DQ | R163.3a |