# Athletics at the 2021 Summer World University Games – Men's 800 metres

The men's 800 metres event at the 2021 Summer World University Games was held on 4, 5 and 6 August 2023 at the Shuangliu Sports Centre Stadium in Chengdu, China.

## Medalists

| Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| Maciej Wyderka Poland | Corentin le Clezio France | Oussama Cherrad AlgeriaZine Laggoune Algeria |

## Results
### Round 1

Qualification: First 3 in each heat (Q) and the next 6 fastest (q) advance to semifinal.

#### Heat 1

| Rank | Athlete | Nation | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Oussama Cherrad | Algeria | 1:50.26 | Q |
| 2 | Maciej Wyderka | Poland | 1:50.29 | Q |
| 3 | Santtu Heikkinen | Finland | 1:50.36 | Q |
| 4 | Deniss Salmijanov | Estonia | 1:50.61 | q |
| 5 | Stavros Spyrou | Cyprus | 1:51.80 | q |
| 6 | Wan Muhammad Fazri | Malaysia | 1:51.88 | |
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#### Heat 2

| Rank | Athlete | Nation | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Corentin le Clezio | France | 1:52.14 | Q |
| 2 | Peter Akemkwene | Uganda | 1:52.21 | Q |
| 3 | Jakub Augustyniak | Poland | 1:52.29 | Q |
| 4 | Mohammed Al-Suleimani | Oman | 1:52.86 | |
| 5 | Tilen Šimenko Lalič | Slovenia | 1:54.91 | SB |
| 6 | Mohammed Dwedar | Palestine | 1:56.91 | |
| — | Kwazi Nogcantsi | South Africa | DQ | TR17.4.4 |
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#### Heat 3

| Rank | Athlete | Nation | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Luis Oberbeck | Germany | 1:51.67 | Q |
| 2 | Luke Boyes | Australia | 1:51.73 | Q |
| 3 | Ma Zhongqiang | China | 1:51.80 | Q |
| 4 | Matheus Aguiar | Brazil | 1:51.97 | |
| 5 | El-Hafez Mahadi | Qatar | 1:52.73 | |
| 6 | Hamad Al-Yahyaee | United Arab Emirates | 1:58.04 | |
| — | Yervand Mkrtchyan | Armenia | DQ | TR17.4.4 |
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#### Heat 4

| Rank | Athlete | Nation | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Zine Laggoune | Algeria | 1:49.56 | Q |
| 2 | Jack Lunn | Australia | 1:49.78 | Q |
| 3 | José Elizondo | Costa Rica | 1:49.85 | Q, PB |
| 4 | Sigurd Tveit | Norway | 1:49.94 | q |
| 5 | Cristian Voicu | Romania | 1:50.18 | q |
| 6 | Li Junlin | China | 1:50.31 | q |
| — | Omid Amirian | Iran | DQ | TR17.4.4 |
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#### Heat 5

| Rank | Athlete | Nation | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Robin Oester | Switzerland | 1:51.84 | Q |
| 2 | Guilherme Rodrigues | Brazil | 1:52.01 | Q |
| 3 | Mehmet Çelik | Turkey | 1:52.58 | Q |
| 4 | Léandre Hamenyimana | Burundi | 1:54.16 | |
| 5 | Omkar Kumbhar | India | 1:59.12 | |
| 6 | Daniel Lara | Colombia | 2:03.10 | |
| — | Ali Idow Hassan | Somalia | DQ | TR17.4.3 |
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#### Heat 6

| Rank | Athlete | Nation | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Alexandre Selles | France | 1:49.95 | Q |
| 2 | Edmund du Plessis | South Africa | 1:50.24 | Q |
| 3 | Ole Solbu | Norway | 1:50.81 | Q |
| 4 | Itumeleng James | Botswana | 1:51.68 | q, SB |
| 5 | Billy Ingabire | Burundi | 1:54.42 | PB |
| 6 | Innocent Kanyala | Zambia | 1:54.54 | |
| — | Khalid Al-Siyabi | Oman | DQ | TR17.4.3 |
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### Semifinal

Qualification: First 2 in each heat (Q) and the next 2 fastest (q) advance to final.

#### Heat 1

| Rank | Athlete | Nation | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Corentin le Clezio | France | 1:47.19 | Q |
| 2 | Luis Oberbeck | Germany | 1:47.35 | Q |
| 3 | Zine Laggoune | Algeria | 1:47.39 | q |
| 4 | Robin Oester | Switzerland | 1:47.40 | q, PB |
| 5 | Ma Zhongqiang | China | 1:48.03 | PB |
| 6 | Edmund du Plessis | South Africa | 1:48.78 | |
| — | Sigurd Tveit | Norway | DNF | |
| — | Peter Akemkwene | Uganda | DQ | TR17.4.3 |
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#### Heat 2

| Rank | Athlete | Nation | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Alexandre Selles | France | 1:48.08 | Q |
| 2 | Oussama Cherrad | Algeria | 1:48.38 | Q |
| 3 | Ole Solbu | Norway | 1:48.41 | |
| 4 | Luke Boyes | Australia | 1:48.79 | |
| 5 | Jakub Augustyniak | Poland | 1:50.47 | |
| 6 | José Elizondo | Costa Rica | 1:50.74 | |
| 7 | Stavros Spyrou | Cyprus | 1:54.36 | |
| — | Itumeleng James | Botswana | DNS | |
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#### Heat 3

| Rank | Athlete | Nation | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Maciej Wyderka | Poland | 1:47.00 | Q |
| 2 | Jack Lunn | Australia | 1:47.93 | Q |
| 3 | Santtu Heikkinen | Finland | 1:47.97 | PB |
| 4 | Deniss Salmijanov | Estonia | 1:48.40 | |
| 5 | Cristian Voicu | Romania | 1:48.71 | |
| 6 | Li Junlin | China | 1:49.80 | SB |
| — | Guilherme Rodrigues | Brazil | DNF | |
| — | Mehmet Çelik | Turkey | DNF | |
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### Final

| Rank | Athlete | Nation | Time |
| | Maciej Wyderka | Poland | 1:49.09 |
| | Corentin le Clezio | France | 1:49.17 |
| | Oussama Cherrad | Algeria | 1:49.23 (.226) |
| | Zine Laggoune | Algeria | 1:49.23 (.226) |
| 5 | Robin Oester | Switzerland | 1:49.51 |
| 6 | Alexandre Selles | France | 1:49.65 |
| 7 | Luis Oberbeck | Germany | 1:49.80 |
| 8 | Jack Lunn | Australia | 1:49.92 |
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