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 Marlin Cannon Australia

Results

Heats

Rank	Heat	Athlete	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	1	Tommy Asinga	Suriname	1:50.17	Q
2	1	Ethan Frey	United States	1:50.31	Q
3	1	Kim Bong-yu	South Korea	1:50.55	Q
4	1	Shipo Dlamini	Swaziland	1:50.94	q
1	2	Ben Kurgat	Kenya	1:53.99	Q
2	2	Doug Consiglio	Canada	1:54.38	Q
1	3	Reto Gächter	Switzerland	1:56.97	Q
1	4	Terril Davis	United States	1:48.78	Q
2	4	Pavel Soukup	Czechoslovakia	1:50.14	Q
3	4	Pedro Rocha	Portugal	1:50.80	Q
1	5	Leon Haan	Netherlands	2:16.18	Q
1	6	Andrew Lill	Great Britain	1:50.14	Q
2	6	Tonny Baltus	Netherlands	1:50.54	Q
3	6	Simon Still	Australia	1:51.86	Q
1	7	Curtis Robb	Great Britain	1:51.15	Q
2	7	Andrea Benvenuti	Italy	1:51.18	Q
3	7	Dean Kenneally	Australia	1:51.44	Q

Semifinals

Rank	Heat	Athlete	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	1	Terril Davis	United States	1:47.81	Q
2	1	Curtis Robb	Great Britain	1:47.96	Q
3	1	Doug Consiglio	Canada	1:48.17
4	1	Andrea Benvenuti	Italy	1:48.19
5	1	Simon Still	Australia	1:48.63
6	1	Pedro Rocha	Portugal	1:49.78
7	1	Kim Bong-yu	South Korea	1:50.40
8	1	Tor Öyvind Ödegard	Norway	1:50.74
1	2	Tommy Asinga	Suriname	1:49.45	Q
2	2	Giuseppe D'Urso	Italy	1:49.60	Q
3	2	Ethan Frey	United States	1:49.97
4	2	Isaac Carlos Viciosa	Spain	1:51.06
1	3	Reto Gächter	Switzerland	1:47.73	Q
2	3	Dean Kenneally	Australia	1:47.78	Q
3	3	Andrew Lill	Great Britain	1:47.83	q
4	3	Pavel Soukup	Czechoslovakia	1:47.84	q
5	3	Ben Kurgat	Kenya	1:49.51

Final

Rank	Athlete	Nationality	Time	Notes
	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