The men's 800 metres event at the 1961 Summer Universiade was held at the Vasil Levski National Stadium in Sofia, Bulgaria, in September 1961.Results at Tilastopaja
Medalists GoldSilverBronzeRon DelanyRudolf KlabanWolfgang Schöll
Results Heats Rank Heat Name Nationality Time Notes 1 1 Ron Delany 1:56.7 Q 2 1 Mike Fleet 1:56.8 Q 3 1 Luc Baeyens 1:56.80 5 1 Benito Tamiozzi 1:57.0 1 2 Vasily Savinkov 1:53.6 Q 2 2 Wolfgang Schöll 1:53.6 Q 3 2 Evelio Planas 1:53.9 Q 4 2 Mamoru Morimoto 1:54.5 1 3 Zoltan Vamoș 2:00.9 Q 2 3 Norbert Haupert 2:01.4 Q 3 3 Ahmet Akbaş 2:01.7 Q 4 3 Volker Tulzer 1:57.0 (?) 1 4 John Holt 1:56.0 Q 2 4 Josef Odložil 1:56.0 Q 3 4 Ohenia Asara Ghana 1:56.2 Q 4 4 Mladen Zabev 1:56.3 1 5 Özen Tuncel 2:02.6 Q 2 5 Bruno Unseld 2:02.6 Q 3 5 Milan Jílek 2:02.6 Q 4 5 Hossein Ahmad Mir-Nezami 2:09.7 1 6 Per Knuts 1:56.5 Q 2 6 Rudolf Klaban 1:56.9 Q 3 6 Georgi Zapundzhiev 1:57.0 Q 4 6 Sokol Morina 1:57.4
Semifinals Rank Heat Name Nationality Time Notes 1 1 Zoltan Vamoș 1:49.3 Q 2 1 Mike Fleet 1:49.5 Q 3 1 Vasily Savinkov 1:49.5 4 1 Per Knuts 1:50.0 5 1 Bruno Unseld 1:52.4 6 1 Ohenia Asara Ghana 1:54.1 1 2 Ron Delany 1:50.7 Q 2 2 Rudolf Klaban 1:50.8 Q 3 2 Norbert Haupert 1:51.6 4 2 Josef Odložil 1:51.7 5 2 Evelio Planas 1:54.7 6 2 Özen Tuncel 2:00.2 1 3 Milan Jílek 1:51.6 Q 2 3 Wolfgang Schöll 1:51.9 Q 3 3 Volker Tulzer 1:52.3 4 3 John Holt 1:53.4 5 3 Georgi Zapundzhiev 1:55.4 6 3 Ahmet Akbaş 1:58.5
Final Rank Athlete Nationality Time Notes Ron Delany 1:51.1 Rudolf Klaban 1:51.4 Wolfgang Schöll 1:51.6 4 Milan Jílek 1:51.9 5 Mike Fleet 1:52.1 6 Zoltan Vamoș 2:10.7
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