Athletics at the 1959 Summer Universiade – Men's 800 metres
# Athletics at the 1959 Summer Universiade – Men's 800 metres

The men's 800 metres event at the 1959 Summer Universiade was held at the Stadio Comunale di Torino in Turin on 3 and 4 September 1959.

## Medalists

| Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| - | - | - |
| Dieter Heydecke West Germany | John Holt Great Britain | Kuniaki Watanabe Japan |

## Results

### Heats

Held on 3 September

| Rank | Heat | Athlete | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | 1 | John Holt | Great Britain | 1:55.3 | Q |
| 2 | 1 | Bolesław Kowalczyk | Poland | 1:55.5 | Q |
| 3 | 1 | Norbert Haupert | Luxembourg | 1:55.5 | Q |
| 4 | 1 | Alex Egloff | Switzerland | 1:55.6 | |
| 5 | 1 | Etienne Vernus | France | 1:57.4 | |
| 1 | 2 | Rudolf Klaban | Austria | 2:06.1 | Q |
| 2 | 2 | Thomas Blythe | Great Britain | 2:06.1 | Q |
| 3 | 2 | Roger Bofferding | Luxembourg | 2:06.2 | Q |
| 4 | 2 | Ahmad Raad | Iraq | 2:13.5 | |
| 1 | 3 | Battista Paini | Italy | 1:55.1 | Q |
| 2 | 3 | Marek Jerzy | Poland | 1:55.2 | Q |
| 3 | 3 | André Wendling | France | 1:55.9 | Q |
| 4 | 3 | Michel Lallemand | Belgium | 1:57.0 | |
| 1 | 4 | Olaf Lawrenz | West Germany | 1:53.4 | Q |
| 2 | 4 | Traian Sudrigean | Romania | 1:53.6 | Q |
| 3 | 4 | Tomáš Salinger | Czechoslovakia | 1:53.6 | Q |
| 4 | 4 | Eric Harder | Switzerland | 1:53.6 | |
| 1 | 5 | Mario Fraschini | Italy | 2:07.3 | Q |
| 2 | 5 | Luc Bayens | Belgium | 2:07.3 | Q |
| 3 | 5 | Hans Johansson | Sweden | 2:07.4 | Q |
| 1 | 6 | Kuniaki Watanabe | Japan | 2:05.3 | Q |
| 2 | 6 | Dieter Heydecke | West Germany | 2:06.1 | Q |
| 3 | 6 | Elías Reguero | Spain | 2:06.4 | Q |

### Semifinals

Held on 4 September

| Rank | Heat | Athlete | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | 1 | Olaf Lawrenz | West Germany | 1:51.8 | Q |
| 2 | 1 | John Holt | Great Britain | 1:52.1 | Q |
| 3 | 1 | Mario Fraschini | Italy | 1:52.1 | |
| 4 | 1 | Marek Jerzy | Poland | 1:53.8 | |
| 5 | 1 | André Wendling | France | 1:55.6 | |
| 6 | 1 | Hans Johansson | Sweden | 1:56.2 | |
| 1 | 2 | Rudolf Klaban | Austria | 1:50.8 | Q |
| 2 | 2 | Kuniaki Watanabe | Japan | 1:51.0 | Q |
| 3 | 2 | Tomáš Salinger | Czechoslovakia | 1:51.9 | |
| 4 | 2 | Traian Sudrigean | Romania | 1:55.9 | |
| 5 | 2 | Battista Paini | Italy | 1:56.4 | |
| 6 | 2 | Norbert Haupert | Luxembourg | 1:58.8 | |
| 1 | 3 | Dieter Heydecke | West Germany | 1:51.6 | Q |
| 2 | 3 | Thomas Blythe | Great Britain | 1:51.9 | Q |
| 3 | 3 | Luc Bayens | Belgium | 1:53.9 | |
| 4 | 3 | Elías Reguero | Spain | 1:54.2 | |
| 5 | 3 | Roger Bofferding | Luxembourg | 1:56.0 | |
| 6 | 3 | Bolesław Kowalczyk | Poland | 1:57.8 | |

### Final

Held on 4 September

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time |
| - | - | - | - |
| | Dieter Heydecke | West Germany | 1:50.5 |
| | John Holt | Great Britain | 1:50.5 |
| | Kuniaki Watanabe | Japan | 1:50.9 |
| 4 | Thomas Blythe | Great Britain | 1:50.9 |
| 5 | Olaf Lawrenz | West Germany | 1:57.6 |
| | Rudolf Klaban | Austria | DNS |
