Athletics at the Friendship Games – Men's 800 metres
# Athletics at the Friendship Games – Men's 800 metres

The men's 800 metres event at the Friendship Games was held on 17 and 18 August 1984 at the Grand Arena of the Central Lenin Stadium in Moscow, Soviet Union.

## Medalists

| Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| - | - | - |
| Alberto Juantorena Cuba Ryszard Ostrowski Poland | | Viktor Kalinkin Soviet Union |

## Results

### Heats

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time |
| - | - | - | - |
| 9 | André Lavie | France | 1:50.86 |
| 10 | S. Suanatuuni | Madagascar | 1:55.70 |
| 11 | Sekou Camara | Guinea | 1:57.78 |
| 12 | Adam Assimi | Benin | 1:58.62 |
| 13 | Philip Sinon | Seychelles | 2:00.44 |
| 14 | A. Fahim | South Yemen | 2:02.95 |
| 15 | S. Choun | Cambodia | 2:09.65 |
| 16 | B. Sophon | Cambodia | 2:12.33 |
| | R. Idong | Guinea | ?:??.?? |

### Final

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time |
| - | - | - | - |
| | Alberto Juantorena | Cuba | 1:45.68 |
| | Ryszard Ostrowski | Poland | 1:45.68 |
| | Viktor Kalinkin | Soviet Union | 1:45.83 |
| 4 | Vasiliy Matveyev | Soviet Union | 1:46.23 |
| 5 | Leonid Masunov | Soviet Union | 1:47.44 |
| 6 | Andreas Hauck | East Germany | 1:47.79 |
| 7 | Ronny Olsson | Sweden | 1:48.07 |
| 8 | Tisbite Rakotoarisoa | Madagascar | 1:50.31 |
