Athletics at the 1987 Pan American Games – Men's 800 metres

The men's 800 metres event at the 1987 Pan American Games was held in Indianapolis, United States on 14, 15 and 16 August.

Medalists

Gold	Silver	Bronze
Johnny Gray United States	José Luíz Barbosa Brazil	Stanley Redwine United States

Results

Heats

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	1	José Luíz Barbosa	Brazil	1:48.97	Q
2	1	Manuel Balmaceda	Chile	1:49.14	Q
3	1	Mauricio Hernández	Mexico	1:49.26	Q
4	1	Dale Jones	Antigua and Barbuda	1:49.42	Q
1	2	Johnny Gray	United States	1:48.44	Q
2	2	Mauricio Hernández	Mexico	1:48.69	Q
3	2	Pablo Squella	Chile	1:49.13	Q
4	2	Luis Migueles	Argentina	1:49.45	Q
1	3	Paul Osland	Canada	1:50.15	Q
2	3	Stanley Redwine	United States	1:51.45	Q
3	3	William Wuycke	Venezuela	1:51.53	Q
4	3	Igor Costa	Brazil	1:51.84	Q
?	?	Francisco Figueredo	Paraguay	1:50.17	q, NR

Semifinals

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	1	Johnny Gray	United States	1:48.49	Q
2	1	William Wuycke	Venezuela	1:48.64	Q
3	1	Mauricio Hernández	Mexico	1:48.73	Q
4	1	Manuel Balmaceda	Chile	1:48.87	Q
8	1	Simon Hoogewerf	Canada	1:54.08
1	2	José Luíz Barbosa	Brazil	1:48.02	Q
2	2	Pablo Squella	Chile	1:48.21	Q
3	2	Stanley Redwine	United States	1:48.26	Q
4	2	Paul Osland	Canada	1:48.29	Q

Final

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Johnny Gray	United States	1:46.79
	José Luíz Barbosa	Brazil	1:47.37
	Stanley Redwine	United States	1:47.73
4	William Wuycke	Venezuela	1:48.34
5	Pablo Squella	Chile	1:48.39
6	Mauricio Hernández	Mexico	1:48.96
7	Paul Osland	Canada	1:48.99
8	Manuel Balmaceda	Chile	1:51.77