Athletics at the 1987 Pan American Games – Men's 800 metres
# 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 13, 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 | 2 | Johnny Gray | United States | 1:48.44 | Q |
| 2 | 2 | Mauricio Hernández | Mexico | 1:48.69 | Q |
| 3 | 1 | José Luíz Barbosa | Brazil | 1:48.97 | Q |
| 4 | 2 | Pablo Squella | Chile | 1:49.13 | Q |
| 5 | 1 | Manuel Balmaceda | Chile | 1:49.14 | Q |
| 6 | 1 | Luis Karin Toledo | Mexico | 1:49.26 | Q |
| 7 | 1 | Dale Jones | Antigua and Barbuda | 1:49.42 | Q |
| 8 | 2 | Luis Migueles | Argentina | 1:49.45 | Q |
| 9 | 1 | Reuben Bayley | Barbados | 1:49.62 | q |
| 10 | 2 | Devoe Whaley | Bermuda | 1:49.85 | q |
| 11 | 3 | Paul Osland | Canada | 1:50.15 | Q |
| 12 | 2 | Francisco Figueredo | Paraguay | 1:50.17 | q, NR |
| 13 | 3 | Stanley Redwine | United States | 1:51.45 | Q |
| 14 | 3 | William Wuycke | Venezuela | 1:51.53 | Q |
| 15 | 2 | Charles Bodington | Venezuela | 1:51.64 | q |
| 16 | 3 | Igor Costa | Brazil | 1:51.84 | Q |
| 17 | 3 | Larry Miller | Antigua and Barbuda | 1:53.10 | |
| | 1 | Simon Hoogewerf | Canada | DNF | q |
| | 3 | Ferdinand Clarke | Guyana | DNS | |

### Semifinals

| Rank | Heat | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 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 |
| 5 | 2 | Luis Karin Toledo | Mexico | 1:48.36 | |
| 6 | 1 | Johnny Gray | United States | 1:48.49 | Q |
| 7 | 1 | William Wuycke | Venezuela | 1:48.64 | Q |
| 8 | 1 | Mauricio Hernández | Mexico | 1:48.73 | Q |
| 9 | 1 | Manuel Balmaceda | Chile | 1:48.87 | Q |
| 10 | 1 | Devoe Whaley | Bermuda | 1:49.51 | |
| 11 | 1 | Reuben Bayley | Barbados | 1:49.70 | |
| 12 | 2 | Luis Migueles | Argentina | 1:51.02 | |
| 13 | 1 | Reuben Bayley | Barbados | 1:52.69 | |
| 14 | 2 | Francisco Figueredo | Paraguay | 1:53.44 | |
| 15 | 1 | Simon Hoogewerf | Canada | 1:54.08 | |
| 16 | 1 | Igor Costa | Brazil | 1:56.68 | |
| | 2 | Charles Bodington | Venezuela | DNS | |

### Final

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time |
| - | - | - | - |
| | 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 |
