1962 European Athletics Championships – Men's 800 metres

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The men's 800 metres at the 1962 European Athletics Championships was held in Belgrade, then Yugoslavia, at JNA Stadium on 13, 14, and 15 September 1962. [1]

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Medalists

Gold Manfred Matuschewski
Flag of East Germany.svg  East Germany
Silver Valeriy Bulyshev
Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union
Bronze Paul Schmidt
Flag of Germany.svg  West Germany

Results

Final

15 September

RankNameNationalityTimeNotes
Gold medal icon.svg Manfred Matuschewski Flag of East Germany.svg  East Germany 1:50.5
Silver medal icon.svg Valeriy Bulyshev Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union 1:51.2
Bronze medal icon.svg Paul Schmidt Flag of Germany.svg  West Germany 1:51.2
4 Olavi Salonen Flag of Finland.svg  Finland 1:51.2
5 Derek McCleane Flag of Ireland.svg  Ireland 1:51.3
6 Abram Krivosheyev Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union 1:51.5

Semi-finals

14 September

Semi-final 1

RankNameNationalityTimeNotes
1 Olavi Salonen Flag of Finland.svg  Finland 1:51.6Q
2 Manfred Matuschewski Flag of East Germany.svg  East Germany 1:51.6Q
3 Valeriy Bulyshev Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union 1:52.1Q
4 Norbert Haupert Flag of Luxembourg.svg  Luxembourg 1:52.2
5 François Châtelet Flag of France.svg  France 1:52.2
6 Sid Purkis Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 1:52.3

Semi-final 2

RankNameNationalityTimeNotes
1 Paul Schmidt Flag of Germany.svg  West Germany 1:50.0Q
2 Derek McCleane Flag of Ireland.svg  Ireland 1:50.1Q
3 Abram Krivosheyev Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union 1:50.1Q
4 Tony Harris Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 1:50.2
5 Josef Odložil Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czechoslovakia 1:51.0
6 Volker Tulzer Flag of Austria.svg  Austria 1:51.1

Heats

13 September

Heat 1

RankNameNationalityTimeNotes
1 Norbert Haupert Flag of Luxembourg.svg  Luxembourg 1:53.0Q
2 Olavi Salonen Flag of Finland.svg  Finland 1:53.3Q
3 Noel Carroll Flag of Ireland.svg  Ireland 1:53.9
3 Klaus Widera Flag of East Germany.svg  East Germany 1:53.9
5 Franz Bucheli Flag of Switzerland.svg   Switzerland 1:54.2

Heat 2

RankNameNationalityTimeNotes
1 Sid Purkis Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 1:54.5Q
2 Paul Schmidt Flag of Germany.svg  West Germany 1:55.7Q
3 Jan Kasal Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czechoslovakia 1:55.7

Heat 3

RankNameNationalityTimeNotes
1 Valeriy Bulyshev Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union 1:51.0Q
2 Volker Tulzer Flag of Austria.svg  Austria 1:51.0Q
3 Francesco Bianchi Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 1:51.3
4 Gilbert Iundt Flag of France.svg  France 1:52.6

Heat 4

RankNameNationalityTimeNotes
1 Josef Odložil Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czechoslovakia 1:51.8Q
2 Manfred Matuschewski Flag of East Germany.svg  East Germany 1:51.8Q
3 Trevor Schofield Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 1:51.9
4 Hugo Walser Flag of Liechtenstein.svg  Liechtenstein 1:56.8

Heat 5

RankNameNationalityTimeNotes
1 Abram Krivosheyev Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union 1:58.5Q
2 Tony Harris Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 1:58.6Q
3 Jaromír Šlégr Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czechoslovakia 1:58.8
4 Maurice Lurot Flag of France.svg  France 1:58.8

Heat 6

RankNameNationalityTimeNotes
1 Derek McCleane Flag of Ireland.svg  Ireland 1:50.8Q
2 François Châtelet Flag of France.svg  France 1:51.3Q
3 Alberto Esteban Flag of Spain (1945-1977).svg  Spain 1:51.9
Joseph Lambrechts Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium DNF

Participation

According to an unofficial count, 24 athletes from 15 countries participated in the event.

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References

  1. European Athletics Championships Zürich 2014 - STATISTICS HANDBOOK (PDF), European Athletics Association, pp. 391–397, retrieved 13 August 2014