1969 European Athletics Championships – Men's 800 metres
| Men's 800 metres at the European Athletics Championships |
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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]
Medalists
| Gold | Dieter Fromm East Germany |
| Silver | Jozef Plachý Czechoslovakia |
| Bronze | Manfred Matuschewski East Germany |
Results
Final
19 September
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dieter Fromm | East Germany | 1:45.98 | CR | |
| Jozef Plachý | Czechoslovakia | 1:46.26 | ||
| Manfred Matuschewski | East Germany | 1:46.83 | ||
| 4 | Yevgeniy Arzhanov | Soviet Union | 1:47.1 | |
| 5 | Hansueli Mumenthaler | Switzerland | 1:47.2 | |
| 6 | Andrzej Kupczyk | Poland | 1:47.5 | |
| 7 | Noel Carroll | Ireland | 1:49.1 | |
| 8 | Erhard Schulze | East Germany | 1:55.4 |
Semi-finals
18 September
Semi-final 1
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yevgeniy Arzhanov | Soviet Union | 1:49.2 | Q |
| 2 | Erhard Schulze | East Germany | 1:49.4 | Q |
| 3 | Manfred Matuschewski | East Germany | 1:49.4 | Q |
| 4 | Noel Carroll | Ireland | 1:49.5 | Q |
| 5 | Andy Carter | Great Britain | 1:49.6 | |
| 6 | Jože Međimurec | Yugoslavia | 1:49.6 | |
| 7 | Stanisław Waśkiewicz | Poland | 1:49.6 | |
| 8 | Tomáš Jungwirth | Czechoslovakia | 1:50.0 |
Semi-final 2
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jozef Plachý | Czechoslovakia | 1:48.9 | Q |
| 2 | Dieter Fromm | East Germany | 1:49.0 | Q |
| 3 | Hansueli Mumenthaler | Switzerland | 1:49.1 | Q |
| 4 | Andrzej Kupczyk | Poland | 1:49.2 | Q |
| 5 | Dave Cropper | Great Britain | 1:50.0 | |
| 6 | Bob Adams | Great Britain | 1:50.9 | |
| 7 | Sergey Kryuchok | Soviet Union | 1:53.3 | |
| 8 | Kazimierz Wardak | Poland | 1:57.1 |
Heats
17 September
Heat 1
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Erhard Schulze | East Germany | 1:48.7 | Q |
| 2 | Bob Adams | Great Britain | 1:49.2 | Q |
| 3 | Jozef Plachý | Czechoslovakia | 1:49.8 | Q |
| 4 | Stanisław Waśkiewicz | Poland | 1:50.4 | Q |
| 5 | Jože Međimurec | Yugoslavia | 1:50.5 | Q |
| 6 | Zlatko Valchev | Bulgaria | 1:50.6 |
Heat 2
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Andrzej Kupczyk | Poland | 1:50.5 | Q |
| 2 | Dave Cropper | Great Britain | 1:50.8 | Q |
| 3 | Manfred Matuschewski | East Germany | 1:50.9 | Q |
| 4 | Yevgeniy Arzhanov | Soviet Union | 1:51.0 | Q |
| 5 | Tomáš Jungwirth | Czechoslovakia | 1:51.0 | Q |
| 6 | Knut Brustad | Norway | 1:51.1 | |
| 7 | Rudi Simon | Belgium | 1:51.1 | |
| 8 | Ali Erte | Turkey | 1:53.5 |
Heat 3
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dieter Fromm | East Germany | 1:50.1 | Q |
| 2 | Hansueli Mumenthaler | Switzerland | 1:50.1 | Q |
| 3 | Noel Carroll | Ireland | 1:50.2 | Q |
| 4 | Andy Carter | Great Britain | 1:50.3 | Q |
| 5 | Kazimierz Wardak | Poland | 1:50.3 | Q |
| 6 | Sergey Kryuchok | Soviet Union | 1:50.3 | Q |
| 7 | Michel Medinger | Luxembourg | 1:50.8 |
Participation
According to an unofficial count, 21 athletes from 13 countries participated in the event.
- Belgium (1)
- Bulgaria (1)
- Czechoslovakia (2)
- East Germany (3)
- Ireland (1)
- Luxembourg (1)
- Norway (1)
- Poland (3)
- Soviet Union (2)
- Switzerland (1)
- Turkey (1)
- Great Britain (3)
- Yugoslavia (1)
References
- ^ European Athletics Championships Zürich 2014 - STATISTICS HANDBOOK (PDF), European Athletics Association, pp. 405–412, retrieved 13 August 2014