Athletics at the 1983 Summer Universiade – Men's 800 metres
The men's 800 metres event at the 1983 Summer Universiade was held at the Commonwealth Stadium in Edmonton, Canada, on 8, 10 and 11 July 1983.Medalists
Results
Heats
| Rank | Heat | Athlete | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 5 | Chris McGeorge | | 1:48.17 | Q |
| 2 | 5 | Konstantin Russkikh | | 1:48.32 | Q |
| 3 | 5 | André Lavie | | 1:48.48 | Q |
| 4 | 5 | Takatsune Teranishi | | 1:48.73 | q |
| 5 | 3 | James Mays | | 1:49.06 | Q |
| 6 | 3 | Mohamed Alouini | | 1:49.12 | Q |
| 7 | 4 | Graham Williamson | | 1:49.14 | Q |
| 8 | 4 | Babacar Niang | | 1:49.25 | Q |
| 9 | 4 | Stefano Cecchini | | 1:49.39 | Q |
| 10 | 1 | Viktor Kalinkin | | 1:49.42 | Q |
| 11 | 4 | Andres Garcia | | 1:49.45 | |
| 12 | 3 | Petru Drăgoescu | | 1:49.57 | Q |
| 13 | 3 | Riccardo Materazzi | | 1:49.58 | |
| 14 | 3 | Simon Hoogewerf | | 1:49.93 | |
| 15 | 4 | Steven Burgess | | 1:50.24 | |
| 16 | 2 | Mark Handelsman | | 1:50.62 | Q |
| 17 | 5 | Kim Bok-joo | | 1:50.70 | |
| 18 | 2 | Ryszard Ostrowski | | 1:50.73 | Q |
| 19 | 2 | Ulrich Karck | | 1:50.95 | Q |
| 20 | 1 | Stanley Redwine | | 1:51.11 | Q |
| 21 | 2 | Paul Gilbert | | 1:51.24 | |
| 22 | 1 | Moussa Fall | | 1:51.75 | Q |
| 23 | 1 | Jama Aden | | 1:52.20 | |
| 24 | 2 | Ghislain Obounga | | 1:52.88 | |
| 25 | 1 | Christian Cifuentes | | 1:53.05 | |
| 26 | 2 | Balbr Singh Basra | | 1:53.15 | |
| 27 | 3 | Fernando Fonseca | | 1:54.20 | |
| 28 | 1 | Alberto López | | 1:55.18 | |
| 29 | 4 | Andrew Boyd | | 1:55.18 | |
| 30 | 5 | Héctor Juarez | | 1:58.56 | |
| 31 | 3 | Gideon Mthembu | | 2:01.70 | |
Semifinals
| Rank | Heat | Athlete | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 1 | Viktor Kalinkin | | 1:47.78 | Q |
| 2 | 1 | Mark Handelsman | | 1:48.08 | Q |
| 3 | 1 | James Mays | | 1:48.09 | Q |
| 4 | 1 | Ryszard Ostrowski | | 1:48.16 | q |
| 5 | 2 | Stanley Redwine | | 1:48.26 | Q |
| 6 | 1 | Chris McGeorge | | 1:48.29 | q |
| 6 | 2 | Graham Williamson | | 1:48.29 | Q |
| 8 | 2 | Mohamed Alouini | | 1:48.89 | Q |
| 9 | 1 | Babacar Niang | | 1:49.05 | |
| 10 | 2 | Ulrich Karck | | 1:49.22 | |
| 11 | 1 | Takatsune Teranishi | | 1:50.05 | |
| 12 | 2 | Konstantin Russkikh | | 1:50.31 | |
| 13 | 2 | Stefano Cecchini | | 1:51.92 | |
| 14 | 2 | André Lavie | | 1:50.94 | |
| 15 | 1 | Moussa Fall | | 1:54.76 | |
| 2 | Petru Drăgoescu | | | |
Final
| Rank | Athlete | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| Ryszard Ostrowski | | 1:46.29 | |
| Graham Williamson | | 1:46.66 | |
| Mohamed Alouini | | 1:46.75 | |
| 4 | James Mays | | 1:46.76 | |
| 5 | Mark Handelsman | | 1:46.87 | |
| 6 | Chris McGeorge | | 1:48.13 | |
| 7 | Viktor Kalinkin | | 1:49.07 | |
| 8 | Stanley Redwine | | 1:50.98 | |
