1974 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 1974 European Athletics Championships was held in Rome, Italy, at Stadio Olimpico on 2, 3, and 4 September 1974. [1]

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The winning margin was 1.69 seconds which with the conclusion of the 2024 championships remains the only time the men's 800 metres has been won by more than a second at these championships.

Medalists

Gold Luciano Sušanj
Flag of Yugoslavia (1946-1992).svg  Yugoslavia
Silver Steve Ovett
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain
Bronze Markku Taskinen
Flag of Finland.svg  Finland

Results

Final

4 September

RankNameNationalityTimeNotes
Gold medal icon.svg Luciano Sušanj Flag of Yugoslavia (1946-1992).svg  Yugoslavia 1:44.07NR CR
Silver medal icon.svg Steve Ovett Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 1:45.76
Bronze medal icon.svg Markku Taskinen Flag of Finland.svg  Finland 1:45.89
4 Vladimir Ponomaryov Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union 1:46.02
5 Gerhard Stolle Flag of East Germany.svg  East Germany 1:46.19
6 Marcello Fiasconaro Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 1:46.28
7 Dieter Fromm Flag of East Germany.svg  East Germany 1:46.29
8 Willi Wülbeck Flag of Germany.svg  West Germany 1:46.31

Semi-finals

3 September

Semi-final 1

RankNameNationalityTimeNotes
1 Steve Ovett Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 1:47.1Q
2 Luciano Sušanj Flag of Yugoslavia (1946-1992).svg  Yugoslavia 1:47.2Q
3 Gerhard Stolle Flag of East Germany.svg  East Germany 1:47.4Q
4 Willi Wülbeck Flag of Germany.svg  West Germany 1:47.4Q
5 Marcel Philippe Flag of France.svg  France 1:47.5
6 Åke Svenson Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 1:47.7
7 Jozef Plachý Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czechoslovakia 1:47.9
8 Hans-Henning Ohlert Flag of East Germany.svg  East Germany 1:48.6

Semi-final 2

RankNameNationalityTimeNotes
1 Vladimir Ponomaryov Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union 1:47.6Q
2 Marcello Fiasconaro Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 1:47.7Q
3 Dieter Fromm Flag of East Germany.svg  East Germany 1:47.7Q
4 Markku Taskinen Flag of Finland.svg  Finland 1:47.7Q
5 Gheorghe Ghipu Flag of Romania (1965-1989).svg  Romania 1:47.8
6 Johan Van Wezer Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium 1:48.0
7 Fernando Mamede Flag of Portugal.svg  Portugal 1:48.5
8 Josef Schmid Flag of Germany.svg  West Germany 1:48.6

Heats

2 September

Heat 1

RankNameNationalityTimeNotes
1 Johan Van Wezer Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium 1:47.7Q
2 Gerhard Stolle Flag of East Germany.svg  East Germany 1:47.7Q
3 Marcello Fiasconaro Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 1:47.8Q
4 Heinz Langenbach Flag of Germany.svg  West Germany 1:47.9
5 David McMeekin Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 1:48.1
6 Andrés Ballbé Flag of Spain (1945-1977).svg  Spain 1:48.2
7 Günther Hasler Flag of Liechtenstein.svg  Liechtenstein 1:50.2

Heat 2

RankNameNationalityTimeNotes
1 Gheorghe Ghipu Flag of Romania (1965-1989).svg  Romania 1:46.9Q
2 Steve Ovett Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 1:47.0Q
3 Jozef Plachý Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czechoslovakia 1:47.1Q
4 Vladimir Ponomaryov Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union 1:47.1q
5 Fernando Mamede Flag of Portugal.svg  Portugal 1:47.5NR q
6 Åke Svenson Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 1:47.5q
7 Willi Wülbeck Flag of Germany.svg  West Germany 1:47.6q

Heat 3

RankNameNationalityTimeNotes
1 Luciano Sušanj Flag of Yugoslavia (1946-1992).svg  Yugoslavia 1:48.4Q
2 Dieter Fromm Flag of East Germany.svg  East Germany 1:48.6Q
3 Markku Taskinen Flag of Finland.svg  Finland 1:48.7Q
4 Sven-Erik Nielsen Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark 1:48.9
5 Ján Šišovský Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czechoslovakia 1:48.9
6 Stavros Mermingis Flag of Greece (1970-1975).svg  Greece 1:49.8
7 Sven-Johan Svendsen Flag of Norway.svg  Norway 1:50.9

Heat 4

RankNameNationalityTimeNotes
1 Hans-Henning Ohlert Flag of East Germany.svg  East Germany 1:49.7Q
2 Marcel Philippe Flag of France.svg  France 1:49.8Q
3 Josef Schmid Flag of Germany.svg  West Germany 1:49.9Q
4 Pavel Litovchenko Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union 1:50.0
5 Nicolae Onescu Flag of Romania (1965-1989).svg  Romania 1:50.1
6 Jean Kaiser Flag of Luxembourg.svg  Luxembourg 1:54.2

Participation

According to an unofficial count, 27 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. 420–427, retrieved 13 August 2014