Athletics at the 1965 Summer Universiade – Men's 800 metres

The men's 800 metres event at the 1965 Summer Universiade was held at the People's Stadium in Budapest on 25, 26 and 27 August 1965.Results at Tilastopaja

Medalists GoldSilverBronzeBill CrothersGeorge GermannRudolf Klaban

Results Heats Rank Heat Athlete Nationality Time Notes 1 1 John Boulter 1:51.6 Q 2 1 Petr Blaha 1:51.8 Q 3 1 Jacques Pennewaert 1:52.0 Q 4 1 Roberto Curti 1:52.2 Q 5 1 Leszek Targos 1:54.7 6 1 Elio Sicari 1:54.7 1 Virgilio González 1 2 Bill Crothers 1:52.7 Q 2 2 Lorant Stoll 1:52.8 Q 3 2 Michel Samper 1:53.2 Q 4 2 Karl-Uno Olofsson 1:53.2 Q 5 2 Dave Cropper 1:53.3 1 3 George Germann 1:50.3 Q 2 3 Jan Kasal 1:50.7 Q 3 3 Didier Gustin 1:50.7 QFrench resultsYear list 4 3 Arnd Krüger 1:50.87 Q 5 3 Imre Nagy 1:51.3 6 3 Norbert Haupert 1:52.4 7 3 Gianfranco Carabelli 1:56.7 3 Ioannis Hrisanthopoulos 1 4 Franz-Josef Kemper 1:53.8 Q 2 4 Rudolf Klaban 1:53.8 Q 3 4 Henri De Ridder 1:54.3 Q 4 4 Janusz Grzeszczuk 1:54.3 Q 6 4 Vladimir Rusin 1:55.3 Soviet results (p39) 7 4 Konstantinos Mihailidis 1:56.7 8 4 Hanspeter Born 1:58.1

Semifinals

Rank Heat Athlete Nationality Time Notes 1 1 Bill Crothers 1:51.4 Q 2 1 Rudolf Klaban 1:51.6 Q 3 1 George Germann 1:51.7 Q 4 1 Michel Samper 1:51.7 Q 5 1 Petr Blaha 1:52.0 6 1 Arnd Krüger 1:52.2 7 1 Roberto Curti 1:54.3 8 1 Henri De Ridder 1:59.3 1 2 Didier Gustin 1:51.5 Q 2 2 John Boulter 1:51.6 Q 3 2 Jan Kasal 1:51.7 Q 4 2 Karl-Uno Olofsson 1:51.8 Q 5 2 Jacques Pennewaert 1:52.5 6 2 Janusz Grzeszczuk 1:54.5 7 2 Lorant Stoll 1:58.5 8 2 Franz-Josef Kemper 1:58.5

Final

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes Bill Crothers 1:47.7 George Germann 1:47.8 Rudolf Klaban 1:48.2 4 Jan Kasal 1:48.8 5 John Boulter 1:48.9 6 Michel Samper 1:49.2 7 Karl-Uno Olofsson 1:49.2 8 Didier Gustin 1:49.5

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