Athletics at the 1975 Pan American Games – Men's 800 metres

The men's 800 metres event at the 1975 Pan American Games was held in Mexico City on 13, 14 and 15 October.

Medalists

Gold	Silver	Bronze
Luis Medina  Cuba	Leandro Civil  Cuba	Carlos Martínez  Mexico

Results

Heats

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	1	Sylvan Barrett	Jamaica	1:52.72	Q
2	1	Keith Francis	United States	1:53.45	Q
3	2	Carlos Martínez	Mexico	1:53.94	Q
4	1	Roy Bottse	Suriname	1:54.02	Q
5	2	Alejo Castillo	Dominican Republic	1:54.69	Q
6	1	Luis Medina	Cuba	1:54.74	Q
7	3	Tom McLean	United States	1:55.22	Q
8	2	Rayfield Beaton	Guyana	1:55.26	Q
9	1	Carlos Villar	Argentina	1:56.79	q
10	3	Darcy Pereira	Brazil	1:56.85	Q
11	2	Bill Smart	Canada	1:56.99	Q
12	3	Javier Chávez	Mexico	1:57.48	Q
13	3	Leandro Civil	Cuba	1:57.88	Q
14	3	Kenneth Elmer	Canada	1:58.15	q
15	3	Michael Watson	Bermuda	1:58.48	q
16	2	Venancio Ponce	Honduras	2:00.36	q
17	2	Emmanuel Saint-Hilaire	Haiti	2:12.20

Semifinals

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	1	Luis Medina	Cuba	1:49.50	Q
2	1	Carlos Martínez	Mexico	1:49.68	Q
3	1	Rayfield Beaton	Guyana	1:49.80	Q
4	1	Keith Francis	United States	1:49.92	Q
5	2	Tom McLean	United States	1:50.23	Q
6	1	Roy Bottse	Suriname	1:50.31
7	2	Leandro Civil	Cuba	1:50.73	Q
8	2	Kenneth Elmer	Canada	1:50.82	Q
9	2	Darcy Pereira	Brazil	1:50.86	Q
10	2	Alejo Castillo	Dominican Republic	1:52.14
11	2	Javier Chávez	Mexico	1:52.16
12	1	Sylvan Barrett	Jamaica	1:52.22
13	1	Bill Smart	Canada	1:56.52
14	2	Venancio Ponce	Honduras	2:00.24
	1	Michael Watson	Bermuda	DNS
	2	Carlos Villar	Argentina	DNS

Final

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Luis Medina	Cuba	1:47.98
	Leandro Civil	Cuba	1:48.75
	Carlos Martínez	Mexico	1:48.78
4	Rayfield Beaton	Guyana	1:49.11
5	Tom McLean	United States	1:49.14
6	Keith Francis	United States	1:49.30
7	Kenneth Elmer	Canada	1:49.30
8	Darcy Pereira	Brazil	1:57.25