1971 European Athletics Indoor Championships – Men's 800 metres

The men's 800 metres event at the 1971 European Athletics Indoor Championships was held on 13 and 14 March in Sofia. ^{[1] [2]}

Medalists

Gold	Silver	Bronze
Yevgeniy Arzhanov   Soviet Union	Phil Lewis   Great Britain	Andrzej Kupczyk Poland

Results

Heats

Held on 13 March

First 2 from each heat (Q) qualified directly for the final.

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	1	John Davies	Great Britain	1:51.8	Q
2	1	Petar Kyatovski	Bulgaria	1:51.9	Q
3	1	Slavko Koprivica	Yugoslavia	1:52.5
1	2	Antonio Fernández	Spain	1:54.0	Q
2	2	Phil Lewis	Great Britain	1:54.3	Q
3	2	Atanas Atanasov	Bulgaria	1:54.4
4	2	Stavros Mermingis	Greece	1:57.8
5	2	Ali Erte	Turkey	1:58.0
1	3	Yevgeniy Arzhanov	Soviet Union	1:54.1	Q
2	3	Andrzej Kupczyk	Poland	1:54.3	Q
3	3	Ján Šišovský	Czechoslovakia	1:54.7
4	3	Eric Reygaert	Belgium	1:56.5

Final

Held on 14 March

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Yevgeniy Arzhanov	Soviet Union	1:48.7
	Phil Lewis	Great Britain	1:50.5
	Andrzej Kupczyk	Poland	1:50.5
4	John Davies	Great Britain	1:51.1
5	Petar Kyatovski	Bulgaria	1:52.0
6	Antonio Fernández	Spain	1:52.7

References

1. "Competitions - European Athletics Indoor Championships - History". European Athletics. Retrieved 2019-01-26.
2. Results (p. 438)