1978 European Athletics Indoor Championships – Men's 800 metres

The men's 800 metres event at the 1978 European Athletics Indoor Championships was held on 11 and 12 March in Milan. ^{[1] [2]}

Medalists

Gold	Silver	Bronze
Markku Taskinen   Finland	Olaf Beyer   East Germany	Roger Milhau   France

Results

Heats

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

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	1	Roger Milhau	France	1:48.6	Q
2	1	Marian Gęsicki	Poland	1:48.9	Q
3	1	Arno Korneling	Netherlands	1:49.2
4	1	Pavel Litovchenko	Soviet Union	1:50.9
5	3	Olaf Beyer	East Germany	1:51.0	Q
6	3	Rolf Gysin	Switzerland	1:51.2	Q
7	3	Sermet Timurlenk	Turkey	1:51.6	[3]
8	3	Paweł Szweda	Poland	1:52.1
9	1	Jón Didriksson	Iceland	1:53.7
10	2	Gabriele Ferrero	Italy	1:56.0	Q
11	2	Markku Taskinen	Finland	1:56.1	Q
12	2	Günther Hasler	Liechtenstein	1:56.3
13	2	Milovan Savić	Yugoslavia	1:56.4

Final

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Markku Taskinen	Finland	1:47.36	NR
	Olaf Beyer	East Germany	1:47.68
	Roger Milhau	France	1:47.8
4	Marian Gęsicki	Poland	1:48.1
5	Rolf Gysin	Switzerland	1:49.3
6	Gabriele Ferrero	Italy	1:49.5

References

1. "European Athletics | European Athletics". european-athletics.com. Retrieved 2021-05-27.
2. Results (p. 470)
3. Heats results