# Athletics at the 1993 Summer Universiade – Men's 800 metres

The men's 800 metres event at the 1993 Summer Universiade was held at the UB Stadium in Buffalo, United States 14–16 July 1993.

## Medalists

| Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| Marko Koers Netherlands | Oleg Stepanov Russia | Nico Motchebon Germany |

## Results
### Heats

| Rank | Heat | Athlete | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 4 | Fotis Deligiannis | Greece | 1:47.91 | Q |
| 2 | 4 | Simon Lewin | Australia | 1:48.01 | Q |
| 3 | 5 | Andrew Lill | Great Britain | 1:48.42 | Q |
| 4 | 5 | Oleg Stepanov | Russia | 1:48.45 | Q |
| 5 | 5 | Brad Sumner | United States | 1:48.73 | q |
| 6 | 5 | Orlando Castro | Spain | 1:49.09 | q |
| 7 | 3 | Jihad Al-Balawi | Jordan | 1:49.43 | Q |
| 7 | 4 | Eyvind Solbu | Norway | 1:49.43 | q |
| 9 | 6 | Tommy Asinga | Suriname | 1:49.44 | Q |
| 10 | 5 | Einārs Tupurītis | Latvia | 1:49.54 | q |
| 11 | 3 | Nico Motchebon | Germany | 1:49.59 | Q |
| 12 | 6 | Mohamed Mounaouar | Morocco | 1:49.61 | Q |
| 13 | 4 | Martin Johns | New Zealand | 1:49.75 | |
| 14 | 6 | André Inniss | Guyana | 1:49.83 | |
| 15 | 3 | Miklós Árpási | Hungary | 1:49.96 | |
| 16 | 6 | Kim Yong-hwan | South Korea | 1:50.08 | |
| 17 | 1 | Dávid Somfay | Hungary | 1:50.31 | Q |
| 18 | 4 | Desmond English | Ireland | 1:50.34 | |
| 19 | 1 | Marko Runge | Germany | 1:50.56 | Q |
| 20 | 3 | Paul Walker | Great Britain | 1:50.63 | |
| 21 | 6 | Javier Soto | Puerto Rico | 1:50.69 | |
| 22 | 1 | António Abrantes | Portugal | 1:50.74 | |
| 23 | 3 | Scott Peters | United States | 1:51.44 | |
| 24 | 3 | Mårten Barkwall | Sweden | 1:51.45 | |
| 25 | 1 | Pavel Soukup | Czech Republic | 1:51.52 | |
| 26 | 2 | Marko Koers | Netherlands | 1:51.58 | Q |
| 27 | 2 | Jamo Kokkola | Finland | 1:51.59 | Q |
| 28 | 2 | Sergey Mitov | Bulgaria | 1:51.75 | |
| 29 | 2 | Peter Philipp | Switzerland | 1:52.54 | |
| 30 | 2 | Charles Baryamujura | Uganda | 1:53.98 | |
| 31 | 6 | Andrés Manuel Díaz | Spain | 1:54.74 | |
| 32 | 3 | Themba Makhanya | Swaziland | 1:54.92 | |
| 33 | 1 | Jonny Gallo | Costa Rica | 1:55.58 | |
| 34 | 4 | Xandru Grech | Malta | 1:56.94 | |
| 35 | 5 | Thompson Harokave | Papua New Guinea | 1:57.84 | |
| 36 | 2 | Luis Díaz | Venezuela | 1:58.01 | |
| 37 | 1 | Robert Dlangamawdla | Lesotho | 2:00.50 | |
| 38 | 6 | Hussein Makke | Lebanon | 2:02.33 | |
| 39 | 1 | Ahmed Abdullah Robleh | Qatar | 2:02.94 | |
| 40 | 5 | W. Rohana | Sri Lanka | 2:05.90 | |
| | 3 | Mohamed Rahim | Morocco | DQ | |
| | 4 | Lee Jin-il | South Korea | DQ | |
| | 6 | Engelhardt Uiseb | Namibia | DQ | |
| | 5 | Emmanuel Ngega | Tanzania | DNF | |

### Semifinals

| Rank | Heat | Athlete | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 1 | Marko Koers | Netherlands | 1:48.15 | Q |
| 2 | 1 | Jihad Al-Balawi | Jordan | 1:48.25 | Q, NR |
| 3 | 1 | Marko Runge | Germany | 1:48.39 | Q |
| 4 | 1 | Simon Lewin | Australia | 1:48.40 | Q |
| 5 | 1 | Andrew Lill | Great Britain | 1:48.43 | |
| 6 | 1 | Orlando Castro | Spain | 1:48.70 | |
| 7 | 1 | Mohamed Mounaouar | Morocco | 1:49.36 | |
| 8 | 2 | Oleg Stepanov | Russia | 1:49.65 | Q |
| 9 | 2 | Nico Motchebon | Germany | 1:49.72 | Q |
| 10 | 2 | Fotis Deligiannis | Greece | 1:49.79 | Q |
| 11 | 2 | Tommy Asinga | Suriname | 1:49.92 | Q |
| 12 | 2 | Brad Sumner | United States | 1:50.09 | |
| 13 | 2 | Jarmo Kokkola | Finland | 1:50.25 | |
| 14 | 2 | Dávid Somfay | Hungary | 1:50.55 | |
| 15 | 1 | Eyvind Solbu | Norway | 1:50.97 | |
| 16 | 2 | Einārs Tupurītis | Latvia | 1:52.16 | |

### Final

| Rank | Athlete | Nationality | Time |
| | Marko Koers | Netherlands | 1:48.57 |
| | Oleg Stepanov | Russia | 1:49.50 |
| | Nico Motchebon | Germany | 1:49.52 |
| 4 | Fotis Deligiannis | Greece | 1:50.13 |
| 5 | Jihad Al-Balawi | Jordan | 1:50.42 |
| 6 | Simon Lewin | Australia | 1:50.98 |
| 7 | Tommy Asinga | Suriname | 1:51.58 |
| 8 | Marko Runge | Germany | 1:58.55 |