1987 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Men's 800 metres

The men's 800 metres event at the 1987 IAAF World Indoor Championships was held at the Hoosier Dome in Indianapolis on 6 and 8 March.

Medalists

silver	Silver	Bronze
José Luíz Barbosa Brazil	Vladimir Graudyn Soviet Union	Faouzi Lahbi Morocco

Results

Heats

The first 2 of each heat (Q) and next 2 fastest (q) qualified for the final.

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	3	Stanley Redwine	United States	1:49.11	Q
2	3	Faouzi Lahbi	Morocco	1:49.13	Q
2	3	Vladimir Graudyn	Soviet Union	1:49.34	q
4	2	Rob Druppers	Netherlands	1:49.61	Q
5	3	Slobodan Popović	Yugoslavia	1:49.94	q
6	2	José Luíz Barbosa	Brazil	1:50.01	Q
7	2	Ray Brown	United States	1:50.13
8	2	Mohamad Saïd	Morocco	1:50.38
9	2	Tony Morrell	Great Britain	1:50.39
10	1	Babacar Niang	Senegal	1:50.71	Q
11	1	Dieudonné Kwizera	Burundi	1:50.74	Q
12	3	Mauricio Hernández	Mexico	1:50.85	NR
13	2	Martin Enholm	Sweden	1:50.91
14	3	Luis Migueles	Argentina	1:51.03
15	1	Gert Kilbert	Switzerland	1:51.13
16	1	Tapfumaneyi Jonga	Zimbabwe	1:51.27	NR
17	3	Joseph Chesire	Kenya	1:51.34
18	1	Pablo Squella	Chile	1:51.57
19	2	Dale Jones	Antigua and Barbuda	1:54.56	NR
20	3	Najim Al-Sowailem	Kuwait	1:54.72	NR
21	1	Edwin Koech	Kenya	1:54.94
22	1	Alberto López	Guatemala	1:56.75	NR
23	2	Porfirio Méndez	Paraguay	1:56.87	NR
24	3	Ian Morris	Trinidad and Tobago	2:03.82
	1	Agberto Guimarães	Brazil	DNS

Final

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	José Luíz Barbosa	Brazil	1:47.49	AR
	Vladimir Graudyn	Soviet Union	1:47.68
	Faouzi Lahbi	Morocco	1:47.79
4	Stanley Redwine	United States	1:47.81
5	Dieudonné Kwizera	Burundi	1:47.87	NR
6	Slobodan Popović	Yugoslavia	1:48.07
7	Babacar Niang	Senegal	1:48.33	NR
8	Rob Druppers	Netherlands	1:48.89