1954 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 1954 European Athletics Championships was held in Bern, Switzerland, at Stadion Neufeld on 25, 27, and 28 August 1954. [1]

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Medalists

Gold Lajos Szentgáli
Flag of Hungary (1949-1956; 1-2 aspect ratio).svg  Hungary
Silver Lucien De Muynck
Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium
Bronze Audun Boysen
Flag of Norway.svg  Norway

Results

Final

28 August

RankNameNationalityTimeNotes
Gold medal icon.svg Lajos Szentgáli Flag of Hungary (1949-1956; 1-2 aspect ratio).svg  Hungary 1:47.1CR NR
Silver medal icon.svg Lucien De Muynck Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium 1:47.3NR
Bronze medal icon.svg Audun Boysen Flag of Norway.svg  Norway 1:47.4NR
4 Derek Johnson Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 1:47.4
5 Roger Moens Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium 1:47.8
6 Gérard Rasquin Flag of Luxembourg.svg  Luxembourg 1:51.4
7 Tage Ekfeldt Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 1:53.8
8 Ron Delany Flag of Ireland.svg  Ireland 2:03.5

Semi-finals

27 August

Semi-final 1

RankNameNationalityTimeNotes
1 Lajos Szentgáli Flag of Hungary (1949-1956; 1-2 aspect ratio).svg  Hungary 1:50.0CR Q
2 Ron Delany Flag of Ireland.svg  Ireland 1:50.2NR Q
3 Lucien De Muynck Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium 1:50.3Q
4 Tage Ekfeldt Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 1:50.3Q
5 Edmund Potrzebowski Flag of Poland.svg  Poland 1:51.2
6 Brian Hewson Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 1:51.2
7 Olaf Lawrenz Flag of Germany.svg  West Germany 1:51.4
8 Urpo Vähäranta Flag of Finland.svg  Finland 1:51.4

Semi-final 2

RankNameNationalityTimeNotes
1 Audun Boysen Flag of Norway.svg  Norway 1:50.6Q
2 Roger Moens Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium 1:50.7Q
3 Derek Johnson Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 1:51.0Q
4 Gérard Rasquin Flag of Luxembourg.svg  Luxembourg 1:51.5Q
5 René Djian Flag of France.svg  France 1:51.8
6 Friedel Stracke Flag of Germany.svg  West Germany 1:52.3
7 Oleg Ageyev Flag of the USSR (1936-1955).svg  Soviet Union 1:52.5
8 István Bárkányi Flag of Hungary (1949-1956; 1-2 aspect ratio).svg  Hungary 1:52.8

Heats

25 August

Heat 1

RankNameNationalityTimeNotes
1 Olaf Lawrenz Flag of Germany.svg  West Germany 1:52.0Q
2 Lucien De Muynck Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium 1:52.2Q
3 István Bárkányi Flag of Hungary (1949-1956; 1-2 aspect ratio).svg  Hungary 1:52.4Q
4 Tage Ekfeldt Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 1:52.4Q
5 Tauno Kontio Flag of Finland.svg  Finland 1:52.8
6 Ludvík Liška Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czechoslovakia 1:53.2
7 Alfred Lasch Flag of Austria.svg  Austria 1:55.4
8 Manuel Macías Flag of Spain (1945-1977).svg  Spain 1:56.7

Heat 2

RankNameNationalityTimeNotes
1 Lajos Szentgáli Flag of Hungary (1949-1956; 1-2 aspect ratio).svg  Hungary 1:51.8Q
2 Derek Johnson Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 1:51.8Q
3 Edmund Potrzebowski Flag of Poland.svg  Poland 1:52.3Q
4 René Djian Flag of France.svg  France 1:52.8Q
5 Josef Steger Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg   Switzerland 1:53.5
6 Ekrem Koçak Flag of Turkey.svg  Turkey 1:56.2

Heat 3

RankNameNationalityTimeNotes
1 Brian Hewson Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 1:50.2CR Q
2 Audun Boysen Flag of Norway.svg  Norway 1:50.3Q
3 Gérard Rasquin Flag of Luxembourg.svg  Luxembourg 1:51.6Q
4 Oleg Ageyev Flag of the USSR (1936-1955).svg  Soviet Union 1:51.7Q
5 Evangelos Depastas Flag of Greece (1822-1978).svg  Greece 1:52.7
6 Hugo Wallkamm Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg   Switzerland 1:55.1
7 Patrick El Mabrouk Flag of France.svg  France 1:56.0
8 Ernst Suppan Flag of Austria.svg  Austria 1:58.4
9 Ünal Somuncuoğlu Flag of Turkey.svg  Turkey 2:02.6

Heat 4

RankNameNationalityTimeNotes
1 Roger Moens Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium 1:51.5Q
2 Ron Delany Flag of Ireland.svg  Ireland 1:51.8Q
3 Friedel Stracke Flag of Germany.svg  West Germany 1:52.1Q
4 Urpo Vähäranta Flag of Finland.svg  Finland 1:52.2Q
5 Hans Ring Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 1:52.7
6 Georgiy Ivakin Flag of the USSR (1936-1955).svg  Soviet Union 1:53.9
7 Dušan Čikel Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czechoslovakia 1:54.2
8 Miloje Grujić Flag of Yugoslavia (1946-1992).svg  Yugoslavia 1:55.7

Participation

According to an unofficial count, 31 athletes from 19 countries participated in the event.

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References

  1. European Athletics Championships Zürich 2014 - STATISTICS HANDBOOK (PDF), European Athletics Association, pp. 377–384, retrieved 13 August 2014