1950 European Athletics Championships – Men's 800 metres

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Men's 800 metres
at the European Athletics Championships

The men's 800 metres at the 1950 European Athletics Championships was held in Brussels, Belgium, at Heysel Stadium on 23 and 26 August 1950. [1]

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Medalists

Gold John Parlett
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain
Silver Marcel Hansenne
Flag of France.svg  France
Bronze Roger Bannister
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain

Results

Final

26 August

RankNameNationalityTimeNotes
Gold medal icon.svg John Parlett Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 1:50.5CR
Silver medal icon.svg Marcel Hansenne Flag of France.svg  France 1:50.7
Bronze medal icon.svg Roger Bannister Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 1:50.7
4 Ingvar Bengtsson Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 1:51.2
5 Audun Boysen Flag of Norway.svg  Norway 1:51.4
6 Michel Clare Flag of France.svg  France 1:51.6
7 Olle Lindén Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 1:52.3
8 Joseph Brys Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium 1:54.0
9 Joseph Barthel Flag of Luxembourg.svg  Luxembourg 1:58.8

Heats

23 August

Heat 1

RankNameNationalityTimeNotes
1 Audun Boysen Flag of Norway.svg  Norway 1:51.2Q
2 Ingvar Bengtsson Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 1:51.5Q
3 Joseph Barthel Flag of Luxembourg.svg  Luxembourg 1:51.7Q
4 Václav Aim Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czechoslovakia 1:53.0
5 Gennadiy Modoy Flag of the USSR (1936-1955).svg  Soviet Union 1:53.1
6 Magnús Jónsson Flag of Iceland.svg  Iceland 1:56.2
7 Telemachos Kanellidis Flag of Greece (1822-1978).svg  Greece 1:59.1

Heat 2

RankNameNationalityTimeNotes
1 Marcel Hansenne Flag of France.svg  France 1:50.8Q
2 Olle Lindén Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 1:50.9Q
3 John Parlett Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 1:51.9Q
4 Alfred Langenus Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium 1:55.3
5 Aldo Fracassi Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 1:55.3
6 Pétur Einarsson Flag of Iceland.svg  Iceland 1:56.7

Heat 3

RankNameNationalityTimeNotes
1 Roger Bannister Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 1:53.8Q
2 Michel Clare Flag of France.svg  France 1:53.8Q
3 Joseph Brys Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium 1:54.1Q
4 Matija Hanc Flag of Yugoslavia (1946-1992).svg  Yugoslavia 1:55.3
5 Loukas Adamopoulos Flag of Greece (1822-1978).svg  Greece 1:57.5

Participation

According to an unofficial count, 18 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. 372–377, retrieved 13 August 2014