1969 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 1969 European Athletics Championships was held in Athens, Greece, at Georgios Karaiskakis Stadium on 17, 18, and 19 September 1969. [1]

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Medalists

Gold Dieter Fromm
Flag of East Germany.svg  East Germany
Silver Jozef Plachý
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czechoslovakia
Bronze Manfred Matuschewski
Flag of East Germany.svg  East Germany

Results

Final

19 September

RankNameNationalityTimeNotes
Gold medal icon.svg Dieter Fromm Flag of East Germany.svg  East Germany 1:45.98CR
Silver medal icon.svg Jozef Plachý Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czechoslovakia 1:46.26
Bronze medal icon.svg Manfred Matuschewski Flag of East Germany.svg  East Germany 1:46.83
4 Yevgeniy Arzhanov Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union 1:47.1
5 Hansueli Mumenthaler Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg   Switzerland 1:47.2
6 Andrzej Kupczyk Flag of Poland.svg  Poland 1:47.5
7 Noel Carroll Flag of Ireland.svg  Ireland 1:49.1
8 Erhard Schulze Flag of East Germany.svg  East Germany 1:55.4

Semi-finals

18 September

Semi-final 1

RankNameNationalityTimeNotes
1 Yevgeniy Arzhanov Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union 1:49.2Q
2 Erhard Schulze Flag of East Germany.svg  East Germany 1:49.4Q
3 Manfred Matuschewski Flag of East Germany.svg  East Germany 1:49.4Q
4 Noel Carroll Flag of Ireland.svg  Ireland 1:49.5Q
5 Andy Carter Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 1:49.6
6 Jože Međimurec Flag of Yugoslavia (1946-1992).svg  Yugoslavia 1:49.6
7 Stanisław Waśkiewicz Flag of Poland.svg  Poland 1:49.6
8 Tomáš Jungwirth Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czechoslovakia 1:50.0

Semi-final 2

RankNameNationalityTimeNotes
1 Jozef Plachý Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czechoslovakia 1:48.9Q
2 Dieter Fromm Flag of East Germany.svg  East Germany 1:49.0Q
3 Hansueli Mumenthaler Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg   Switzerland 1:49.1Q
4 Andrzej Kupczyk Flag of Poland.svg  Poland 1:49.2Q
5 Dave Cropper Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 1:50.0
6 Bob Adams Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 1:50.9
7 Sergey Kryuchok Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union 1:53.3
8 Kazimierz Wardak Flag of Poland.svg  Poland 1:57.1

Heats

17 September

Heat 1

RankNameNationalityTimeNotes
1 Erhard Schulze Flag of East Germany.svg  East Germany 1:48.7Q
2 Bob Adams Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 1:49.2Q
3 Jozef Plachý Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czechoslovakia 1:49.8Q
4 Stanisław Waśkiewicz Flag of Poland.svg  Poland 1:50.4Q
5 Jože Međimurec Flag of Yugoslavia (1946-1992).svg  Yugoslavia 1:50.5Q
6 Zlatko Valchev Flag of Bulgaria.svg  Bulgaria 1:50.6

Heat 2

RankNameNationalityTimeNotes
1 Andrzej Kupczyk Flag of Poland.svg  Poland 1:50.5Q
2 Dave Cropper Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 1:50.8Q
3 Manfred Matuschewski Flag of East Germany.svg  East Germany 1:50.9Q
4 Yevgeniy Arzhanov Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union 1:51.0Q
5 Tomáš Jungwirth Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czechoslovakia 1:51.0Q
6 Knut Brustad Flag of Norway.svg  Norway 1:51.1
7 Rudi Simon Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium 1:51.1
8 Ali Erte Flag of Turkey.svg  Turkey 1:53.5

Heat 3

RankNameNationalityTimeNotes
1 Dieter Fromm Flag of East Germany.svg  East Germany 1:50.1Q
2 Hansueli Mumenthaler Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg   Switzerland 1:50.1Q
3 Noel Carroll Flag of Ireland.svg  Ireland 1:50.2Q
4 Andy Carter Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 1:50.3Q
5 Kazimierz Wardak Flag of Poland.svg  Poland 1:50.3Q
6 Sergey Kryuchok Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union 1:50.3Q
7 Michel Medinger Flag of Luxembourg.svg  Luxembourg 1:50.8

Participation

According to an unofficial count, 21 athletes from 13 countries participated in the event.

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References

  1. European Athletics Championships Zürich 2014 - STATISTICS HANDBOOK (PDF), European Athletics Association, pp. 405–412, retrieved 13 August 2014