1972 European Athletics Indoor Championships – Men's 800 metres

1972 European Athletics Indoor Championships
Track events
50 m	men	women
400 m	men	women
800 m	men	women
1500 m	men	women
3000 m	men
50 m hurdles	men	women
4 × 180 m relay		women
4 × 360 m relay	men	women
4 × 720 m relay	men
Field events
High jump	men	women
Pole vault	men
Long jump	men	women
Triple jump	men
Shot put	men	women
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The men's 800 metres event at the 1972 European Athletics Indoor Championships was held on 11 and 12 March in Grenoble. ^{[1] [2]}

Medalists

Gold	Silver	Bronze
Jozef Plachý   Czechoslovakia	Ivan Ivanov   Soviet Union	Francis Gonzalez   France

Results

Heats

First 4 from each heat (Q) qualified directly for the final.

Held on 11 March

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	2	Jozef Plachý	Czechoslovakia	1:49.92	Q
2	2	Manuel Gayoso	Spain	1:50.15	Q, NR
3	2	Peter Browne	Great Britain	1:50.88	Q
4	2	Jan Reijnders	Netherlands	1:50.91	Q
5	1	Ivan Ivanov	Soviet Union	1:59.57	Q
6	1	Francis Gonzalez	France	1:59.83	Q
7	1	András Zsinka	Hungary	2:00.19	Q
8	1	Þorsteinn Þorsteinsson	Iceland	2:05.37	Q
9	1	Jože Međimurec	Yugoslavia	2:12.24

Final

Held on 12 March

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Jozef Plachý	Czechoslovakia	1:48.84	NR
	Ivan Ivanov	Soviet Union	1:49.05
	Francis Gonzalez	France	1:49.17
4	András Zsinka	Hungary	1:50.62
5	Peter Browne	Great Britain	1:51.27
6	Manuel Gayoso	Spain	1:52.15
7	Þorsteinn Þorsteinsson	Iceland	1:53.26	NR
	Jan Reijnders	Netherlands	DNF

References

1. "Competitions - European Athletics Indoor Championships - History". European Athletics. Retrieved 2019-01-26.
2. Results (p. 443)