1946 European Athletics Championships – Men's 800 metres

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The men's 800 metres at the 1946 European Athletics Championships was held in Oslo, Norway, at Bislett Stadion on 22 and 24 August 1946. [1]

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Medalists

Gold Rune Gustafsson
Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden
Silver Niels Holst-Sørensen
Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark
Bronze Marcel Hansenne
Flag of France.svg  France

Results

Final

24 August

RankNameNationalityTimeNotes
Gold medal icon.svg Rune Gustafsson Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 1:51.0
Silver medal icon.svg Niels Holst-Sørensen Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark 1:51.1
Bronze medal icon.svg Marcel Hansenne Flag of France.svg  France 1:51.2
4 Olle Ljunggren Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 1:51.4
5 Thomas White Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 1:51.5
6 Robert Chef d’Hôtel Flag of France.svg  France 1:53.0
7 Jørgen Heller Andersen Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark 1:53.7
8 Richard Brancart Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium 2:02.2

Heats

22 August

Heat 1

RankNameNationalityTimeNotes
1 Rune Gustafsson Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 1:51.1 Q
2 Marcel Hansenne Flag of France.svg  France 1:52.2 Q
3 Jørgen Heller Andersen Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark 1:52.2 Q
4 Richard Brancart Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium 1:53.5 Q
5 Joseph Barthel Flag of Luxembourg.svg  Luxembourg 1:56.1
6 Óskar Jónsson Flag of Iceland.svg  Iceland 1:56.1 NR
7 Dagfinn Fløisand Flag of Norway.svg  Norway 1:58.4
8 Jan Staniszewski Flag of Poland.svg  Poland 2:00.7

Heat 2

RankNameNationalityTimeNotes
1 Niels Holst-Sørensen Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark 1:54.2 Q
2 Olle Ljunggren Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 1:54.7 Q
3 Robert Chef d'Hôtel Flag of France.svg  France 1:54.8 Q
4 Thomas White Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 1:54.8 Q
5 Karl Volkmer Flag of Switzerland.svg   Switzerland 1:55.0
6 Runar Björklöf Flag of Finland.svg  Finland 1:55.8
7 Tomas Sale Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czechoslovakia 1:56.7
8 Kjartan Jóhannsson Flag of Iceland.svg  Iceland 1:56.7
9 Kaare Vefling Flag of Norway.svg  Norway 1:57.3

Participation

According to an unofficial count, 17 athletes from 12 countries participated in the event.

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References

  1. European Athletics Championships Zürich 2014 - STATISTICS HANDBOOK (PDF), European Athletics Association, pp. 367–372, retrieved 13 August 2014