Athletics at the 1957 World University Games – Men's 800 metres

The men's 800 metres event at the 1957 World University Games was held at the Stadium Charlety in Paris on 5 and 7 September 1957.L'Athletisme (September 1957, p5)

Medalists GoldSilverBronzeOlaf LawrenzJosef CeglediEdward Buswell

Results Heats Rank Heat Athlete Nationality Time Notes 1 1 Josef Cegledi 1:53.8 Q 2 1 Leslie Locke 1:54.2 Q 3 1 Lang Stanley 1:54.5 Q 4 1 Henryk Gralewski 1:54.5 5 1 Johannes Kaiser 1:55.9 6 1 Jean Bordelot 1:57.5 7 1 Félix Arribas 8 1 Ali-Tolpa 9 1 Roberto Sambo 1 2 Olaf Lawrenz 1:54.3 Q 2 2 Edward Buswell 1:54.4 Q 3 2 Francis Rivière 1:54.8 Q 4 2 Roger Bofferding 1:57.5 5 2 Jaime Rodrigo 2:00.8 6 2 Andrej Vipotnik 2:02.3 7 2 Garo Kazandijan 1 3 Jim Paterson 1:55.3 Q 2 3 Rudolf Klaban 1:55.9 Q 3 3 Ralph Seidel 1:56.3 Q 4 3 André Wendling 1:57.1 5 3 Manuel García Cabrera 1:59.0 6 3 Michel Lallemand 2:02.6

Final Rank Name Nationality Time Notes Olaf Lawrenz 1:50.3 Josef Cegledi 1:50.6 Edward Buswell 1:51.6 4 Lang Stanley 1:52.1 5 Leslie Locke 1:52.7 6 Ralph Seidel 1:52.8 7 Rudolf Klaban 1:56.5 8 Jim Paterson 1:56.6 Francis Rivière

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