Athletics at the 1979 Summer Universiade – Men's 800 metres

Athletics at the
1979 Summer Universiade
Track events
100 mmenwomen
200 mmenwomen
400 mmenwomen
800 mmenwomen
1500 mmenwomen
5000 mmen
10,000 mmen
100 m hurdleswomen
110 m hurdlesmen
400 m hurdlesmen
3000 m
steeplechase		men
4×100 m relaymenwomen
4×400 m relaymen
Field events
High jumpmenwomen
Pole vaultmen
Long jumpmenwomen
Triple jumpmen
Shot putmenwomen
Discus throwmenwomen
Hammer throwmen
Javelin throwmenwomen
Combined events
Pentathlonwomen
Decathlonmen

The men's 800 metres event at the 1979 Summer Universiade was held at the Estadio Olimpico Universitario in Mexico City on 11, 12 and 13 September 1979.[1][2]

Medalists[edit]

Gold Silver Bronze
Evans White
 United States 		Garry Cook
 Great Britain 		Hans-Peter Ferner
 West Germany

Results[edit]

Heats[edit]

Rank Heat Athlete Nationality Time Notes
1 3 Evans White  United States 1:51.36 Q
2 4 Agberto Guimarães  Brazil 1:51.82 Q
3 4 Thomas Wilking  West Germany 1:52.03 Q
4 3 Abderrahmane Morceli  Algeria 1:52.44 Q
5 1 Robert Nemeth  Austria 1:52.63 Q
5 2 Roger Milhau  France 1:52.63 Q[3]
7 1 Binko Kolev  Bulgaria 1:52.74 Q
8 1 Philippe Dupont  France 1:52.75 q[3]
9 4 Garry Cook  Great Britain 1:52.87 q
10 2 Hans-Peter Ferner  West Germany 1:52.91 Q
11 2 Chum Darvall  Australia 1:53.17 q[4]
12 3 Charles Borromeo  India 1:53.20 q
13 1 Víctor Ibáñez  Mexico 1:53.40 q
14 5 Adomo Corradini  Italy 1:53.41 Q[5]
15 3 David Belyon  Kenya 1:53.60 q
16 4 Ángel Gil  Mexico 1:53.70
17 5 Scott Clark  United States 1:53.82 Q
18 1 Khaled Hussein  Kuwait 1:54.03
19 5 Roger Soler  Peru 1:54.32
20 1 Leonard Smith  Jamaica 1:55.00
21 5 John Bowden  New Zealand 1:55.02
22 1 Jeptham Karingo  Kenya 1:55.74
23 5 Jorge Camacho  Costa Rica 1:56.85
24 4 Kossivi Attikpo  Togo 1:57.32
25 3 Yabaty Agbéré  Togo 1:57.74
26 5 Abdallah Mohammed  Saudi Arabia 2:00.13
27 4 Miguel Banegas  Honduras 2:00.92
28 3 Raúl Campos  Peru 2:02.41
29 5 John Erysthee  Saint Lucia 2:03.30
30 2 Orlando Ruano  Guatemala 2:05.10
31 4 Mohamed Khalil  Saudi Arabia 2:05.70
32 3 Jean-Louis Pellegrin  Mauritius 2:06.42
33 5 Francisco King  Guatemala 2:07.88
34 2 Edwin Attard  Malta 2:10.16
35 1 Theodore Muziwakh Khumalo  Swaziland 2:17.21

Semifinals[edit]

[6]

Rank Heat Athlete Nationality Time Notes
1 1 Evans White  United States 1:50.02 Q
2 1 Roger Milhau  France 1:50.08 Q[3]
3 1 Garry Cook  Great Britain 1:50.37 Q
4 1 Thomas Wilking  West Germany 1:50.75 Q
5 1 Robert Nemeth  Austria 1:50.94
6 2 Agberto Guimarães  Brazil 1:51.31 Q
7 2 Abderrahmane Morceli  Algeria 1:51.36 Q
8 2 Philippe Dupont  France 1:51.76 Q[3]
9 2 Hans-Peter Ferner  West Germany 1:51.78 Q
10 2 Binko Kolev  Bulgaria 1:51.80
11 1 Charles Borromeo  India 1:51.92
12 1 David Belyon  Kenya 1:51.92
13 2 Chum Darvall  Australia 1:51.99 [4]
14 2 Scott Clark  United States 1:52.12
15 1 Víctor Ibáñez  Mexico 1:52.54
2 Adomo Corradini  Italy ?

Final[edit]

[7][8]

Rank Athlete Nationality Time Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) Evans White  United States 1:48.87
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Garry Cook  Great Britain 1:49.50
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Hans-Peter Ferner  West Germany 1:49.77
4 Abderrahmane Morceli  Algeria 1:49.89
5 Philippe Dupont  France 1:51.84
6 Thomas Wilking  West Germany 1:54.45
Roger Milhau  France DNF [3]
Agberto Guimarães  Brazil DNF

References[edit]

  1. ^ Holzbach, Gerd (25 September 1979). "Pietro Mennea war der große Held von Mexico" [Pietro Mennea was the big hero of Mexico]. Leichtathletik (in German). 39/1979. Bartels & Wernitz: 1240–1245. ISSN 0343-5369.
  2. ^ Results at Tilastopaja
  3. ^ a b c d e French results
  4. ^ a b Australian results
  5. ^ "Tre medaglie sotto il diluvio" (in Italian). La Stampa. 13 September 1979. p. 21.
  6. ^ "Estafette lukt" (in Dutch). De Volkskrant. 14 September 1979. p. 23. Retrieved 29 March 2020.
  7. ^ "Final results". El Paso Times. 14 September 1979. p. 17. Retrieved 22 March 2020.
  8. ^ "Final results". Hartford Courant. 14 September 1979. p. 40. Retrieved 22 March 2020.
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