# Athletics at the 2001 Summer Universiade – Men's 800 metres

The men's 800 metres event at the 2001 Summer Universiade was held at the Workers Stadium in Beijing, China between 30 August and 1 September.

## Medalists

| Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| Khalid Tighazouine Morocco | Derrick Peterson United States | Otukile Lekote Botswana |

## Results
### Heats

| Rank | Heat | Athlete | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 2 | Khalid Tighazouine | Morocco | 1:46.89 | Q |
| 2 | 2 | Otukile Lekote | Botswana | 1:47.11 | Q |
| 3 | 2 | Arnoud Okken | Netherlands | 1:47.16 | q |
| 4 | 1 | Grzegorz Krzosek | Poland | 1:48.28 | Q |
| 5 | 1 | Mouhssin Chehibi | Morocco | 1:48.90 | Q |
| 6 | 4 | Mark Rodgers | New Zealand | 1:49.09 | Q |
| 7 | 5 | Kris McCarthy | Australia | 1:49.29 | Q |
| 8 | 3 | Stefan Beumer | Netherlands | 1:49.30 | Q |
| 9 | 1 | Jackson Kiprotich Langat | Kenya | 1:49.33 | q |
| 10 | 5 | Christian Neunhauserer | Italy | 1:49.36 | Q |
| 11 | 3 | Neil Speaight | Great Britain | 1:49.43 | Q |
| 12 | 4 | Derrick Peterson | United States | 1:49.44 | Q |
| 13 | 3 | Heleodoro Navarro | Mexico | 1:49.54 | q |
| 14 | 5 | Li Guangming | China | 1:49.59 | q |
| 15 | 5 | Urmet Uusorg | Estonia | 1:49.62 | |
| 16 | 5 | Mao Tjiroze | Namibia | 1:49.70 | |
| 17 | 4 | Artyom Mastrov | Russia | 1:49.71 | |
| 18 | 1 | Kjetil Hodnekvam | Norway | 1:49.76 | |
| 19 | 6 | Jess Strutzel | United States | 1:49.82 | Q |
| 20 | 6 | Simon Lees | Great Britain | 1:49.89 | Q |
| 21 | 6 | Conor Sweeney | Ireland | 1:50.08 | |
| 22 | 2 | Frazer Dowling | Australia | 1:50.81 | |
| 23 | 4 | Stelian Tufaru | Romania | 1:51.10 | |
| 24 | 2 | Nick Willis | New Zealand | 1:51.11 | |
| 25 | 5 | Vajira Kularatne | Sri Lanka | 1:54.57 | |
| 26 | 5 | Abraham Khumalo | Swaziland | 1:55.56 | |
| 27 | 5 | Kabemba Mwape | Zambia | 1:55.61 | |
| 28 | 3 | Johnson Rukundo | Rwanda | 1:57.15 | |
| 29 | 3 | Anirut Saisut | Thailand | 1:58.14 | |
| 30 | 6 | Majed Al-Bousafi | Oman | 1:58.51 | |
| 31 | 2 | Gerald Grech | Malta | 1:58.94 | |
| 32 | 3 | So Hoi Nam | Hong Kong | 1:59.40 | |
| 33 | 4 | Mohamed Ashadur Rahman | Bangladesh | 2:01.31 | |
| 34 | 4 | Mohamed Al-Azri | Oman | 2:01.61 | |
| 35 | 1 | Telguy Djibeng | Chad | 2:01.76 | |
| 36 | 6 | Ng Kian Kok | Singapore | 2:01.94 | |
| 37 | 4 | Hei Chio Song | Macau | 2:04.41 | |
| 38 | 3 | Mohamed El-Douma | Sudan | 2:15.91 | |
| 39 | 6 | Ng Siu Hang | Macau | 2:19.47 | |
| | 1 | Sium Gebreamlak | Eritrea | DNF | |

### Semifinals

| Rank | Heat | Athlete | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 1 | Khalid Tighazouine | Morocco | 1:46.37 | Q |
| 2 | 1 | Arnoud Okken | Netherlands | 1:46.40 | Q |
| 3 | 1 | Otukile Lekote | Botswana | 1:46.46 | Q |
| 4 | 1 | Jess Strutzel | United States | 1:46.70 | q |
| 5 | 1 | Kris McCarthy | Australia | 1:46.77 | q |
| 6 | 2 | Derrick Peterson | United States | 1:46.91 | Q |
| 7 | 2 | Stefan Beumer | Netherlands | 1:47.00 | Q |
| 8 | 2 | Mouhssin Chehibi | Morocco | 1:47.02 | Q |
| 9 | 2 | Mark Rodgers | New Zealand | 1:47.04 | |
| 10 | 2 | Grzegorz Krzosek | Poland | 1:47.26 | |
| 11 | 1 | Christian Neunhauserer | Italy | 1:48.08 | |
| 12 | 2 | Jackson Kiprotich Langat | Kenya | 1:48.58 | |
| 13 | 2 | Neil Speaight | Great Britain | 1:48.87 | |
| 14 | 1 | Li Guangming | China | 1:48.88 | |
| 15 | 2 | Heleodoro Navarro | Mexico | 1:49.97 | |
| | 1 | Simon Lees | Great Britain | DNF | |

### Final

| Rank | Athlete | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| | Khalid Tighazouine | Morocco | 1:45.27 | |
| | Derrick Peterson | United States | 1:45.49 | |
| | Otukile Lekote | Botswana | 1:45.63 | |
| 4 | Arnoud Okken | Netherlands | 1:45.64 | NJR |
| 5 | Kris McCarthy | Australia | 1:46.15 | |
| 6 | Mouhssin Chehibi | Morocco | 1:46.87 | |
| 7 | Jess Strutzel | United States | 1:47.60 | |
| 8 | Stefan Beumer | Netherlands | 1:56.26 | |