1985 IAAF World Indoor Games – Men's 800 metres

First 2 of each heat (Q) and next 2 fastest (q) qualified for the final.^[1]

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	1	Petru Drăgoescu	Romania	1:49.20	Q
2	1	Benjamín González	Spain	1:49.40	Q
3	1	Ikem Billy	Great Britain	1:49.66	q
4	2	Colomán Trabado	Spain	1:50.33	Q
5	1	André Lavie	France	1:50.54	q
6	2	Tonino Viali	Italy	1:50.82	Q
7	2	Didier Marquant	France	1:50.98
8	2	Roland Weedon	Great Britain	1:51.17
9	1	Jack McIntosh	United States	1:52.85
10	2	Luis Migueles	Argentina	1:53.89
11	1	Assar Hassan Allah	Sudan	1:56.27	NR
12	1	Yeung Sai Mo	Hong Kong	1:56.47	NR
13	2	Khaled Khalifa	Kuwait	1:57.30
	1	Edwin Koech	Kenya	DNS

^[2]

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Colomán Trabado	Spain	1:47.42
	Benjamín González	Spain	1:47.94
	Ikem Billy	Great Britain	1:48.28
4	Petru Drăgoescu	Romania	1:48.34
5	André Lavie	France	1:50.29
6	Tonino Viali	Italy	1:50.85