# Athletics at the 1991 Summer Universiade – Men's 800 metres

The men's 800 metres event at the 1991 Summer Universiade was held at the Don Valley Stadium in Sheffield on 20, 21 and 22 July 1991.

## Medalists

| Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| Giuseppe D'Urso Italy | Curtis Robb Great Britain Dean Kenneally Australia | |

## Results
### Heats

| Rank | Heat | Athlete | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 4 | Terril Davis | United States | 1:48.78 | Q |
| 2 | 4 | Pavel Soukup | Czechoslovakia | 1:50.14 | Q |
| 3 | 6 | Andrew Lill | Great Britain | 1:50.14 | Q |
| 4 | 1 | Tommy Asinga | Suriname | 1:50.17 | Q |
| 5 | 1 | Ethan Frey | United States | 1:50.31 | Q |
| 6 | 6 | Tonny Baltus | Netherlands | 1:50.54 | Q |
| 7 | 1 | Kim Bong-yu | South Korea | 1:50.55 | Q |
| 8 | 4 | Pedro Rocha | Portugal | 1:50.80 | Q |
| 9 | 1 | Shipo Dlamini | Swaziland | 1:50.94 | q |
| 10 | 7 | Curtis Robb | Great Britain | 1:51.15 | Q |
| 11 | 7 | Andrea Benvenuti | Italy | 1:51.18 | Q |
| 12 | 7 | Dean Kenneally | Australia | 1:51.44 | Q |
| 13 | 1 | Zsolt Gyimes | Hungary | 1:51.54 | q |
| 14 | 7 | Tor Öyvind Ödegard | Norway | 1:51.81 | q |
| 15 | 6 | Simon Still | Australia | 1:51.86 | Q |
| 16 | 4 | Orlando Castro | Spain | 1:52.17 | |
| 17 | 7 | Ibou Faye | Senegal | 1:53.49 | |
| 18 | 1 | Mounir Chellaoui | Morocco | 1:53.66 | |
| 19 | 2 | Ben Kurgat | Kenya | 1:53.99 | Q |
| 20 | 2 | Doug Consiglio | Canada | 1:54.38 | Q |
| 21 | 2 | Isaac Viciosa | Spain | 1:54.79 | Q |
| 22 | 6 | Wesley Rotich | Kenya | 1:55.02 | |
| 23 | 2 | Elijah Mushemeza | Uganda | 1:55.55 | |
| 24 | 3 | Reto Gächter | Switzerland | 1:56.97 | Q |
| 25 | 3 | Giuseppe D'Urso | Italy | 1:57.00 | Q |
| 26 | 3 | Moulai El-Azzouzi | Morocco | 1:57.26 | Q |
| 27 | 4 | Zachee Ngosso | Central African Republic | 1:58.03 | |
| 28 | 7 | Bassam Kawas | Lebanon | 1:58.33 | |
| 29 | 6 | Noel Vilivata | Solomon Islands | 2:01.63 | |
| 30 | 5 | Leon Haan | Netherlands | 2:16.18 | Q |
| 31 | 5 | Ahmed Abdullah Robleh | Qatar | 2:16.61 | Q |
| 32 | 5 | Barak Miantoloum | Chad | 2:16.64 | Q |
| | 1 | Nicodemus Eatlawe | Tanzania | DQ | |
| | 3 | Carlos Madrigal | Costa Rica | DQ | |
| | 3 | Colvis Samuels | Guyana | DQ | |
| | 4 | Mohammad Fani | Iran | DNF | |

### Semifinals

| Rank | Heat | Athlete | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 3 | Reto Gächter | Switzerland | 1:47.73 | Q |
| 2 | 3 | Dean Kenneally | Australia | 1:47.78 | Q |
| 3 | 1 | Terril Davis | United States | 1:47.81 | Q |
| 4 | 3 | Andrew Lill | Great Britain | 1:47.83 | q |
| 5 | 3 | Pavel Soukup | Czechoslovakia | 1:47.84 | q |
| 6 | 1 | Curtis Robb | Great Britain | 1:47.96 | Q |
| 7 | 1 | Doug Consiglio | Canada | 1:48.17 | |
| 8 | 1 | Andrea Benvenuti | Italy | 1:48.19 | |
| 9 | 1 | Simon Still | Australia | 1:48.63 | |
| 10 | 2 | Tommy Asinga | Suriname | 1:49.45 | Q |
| 11 | 3 | Ben Kurgat | Kenya | 1:49.51 | |
| 12 | 2 | Giuseppe D'Urso | Italy | 1:49.60 | Q |
| 13 | 1 | Pedro Rocha | Portugal | 1:49.78 | |
| 14 | 2 | Ethan Frey | United States | 1:49.97 | |
| 15 | 1 | Kim Bong-yu | South Korea | 1:50.40 | |
| 16 | 1 | Tor Öyvind Ödegard | Norway | 1:50.74 | |
| 17 | 2 | Isaac Viciosa | Spain | 1:51.06 | |
| 18 | 2 | Leon Haan | Netherlands | 1:51.09 | |
| 19 | 3 | Sipho Dlamini | Swaziland | 1:51.56 | |
| 20 | 2 | Ahmed Abdullah Robleh | Qatar | 1:52.04 | |
| 21 | 2 | Zsolt Gyimes | Hungary | 1:52.07 | |
| 22 | 3 | Barak Miantoloum | Chad | 2:07.78 | |
| | ? | Moulai El-Azzouzi | Morocco | ? | |
| | ? | Tonny Baltus | Netherlands | ? | |

### Final

| Rank | Athlete | Nationality | Time |
| | Giuseppe D'Urso | Italy | 1:46.82 |
| | Curtis Robb | Great Britain | 1:46.88 |
| | Dean Kenneally | Australia | 1:46.88 |
| 4 | Terril Davis | United States | 1:47.34 |
| 5 | Pavel Soukup | Czechoslovakia | 1:47.68 |
| 6 | Andrew Lill | Great Britain | 1:47.73 |
| 7 | Reto Gächter | Switzerland | 1:48.02 |
| 8 | Tommy Asinga | Suriname | 1:48.14 |