1971 European Athletics Championships – Men's 800 metres
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The men's 800 metres at the 1971 European Athletics Championships was held in Helsinki, Finland, at Helsinki Olympic Stadium on 10, 11, and 12 August 1971.[1]
Medalists[edit]
Gold | Yevgeniy Arzhanov Soviet Union |
Silver | Dieter Fromm East Germany |
Bronze | Andy Carter Great Britain |
Results[edit]
Final[edit]
12 August
Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|
Yevgeniy Arzhanov | Soviet Union | 1:45.62 | CR | |
Dieter Fromm | East Germany | 1:45.96 | ||
Andy Carter | Great Britain | 1:46.16 | NR | |
4 | Hans-Henning Ohlert | East Germany | 1:46.87 | |
5 | Peter Browne | Great Britain | 1:47.00 | |
6 | Jozef Plachý | Czechoslovakia | 1:47.33 | |
7 | Jože Međimurec | Yugoslavia | 1:48.44 | |
8 | Philippe Meyer | France | 1:50.91 |
Semi-finals[edit]
11 August
Semi-final 1[edit]
Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Andy Carter | Great Britain | 1:48.46 | Q |
2 | Hans-Henning Ohlert | East Germany | 1:48.66 | Q |
3 | Jože Međimurec | Yugoslavia | 1:48.92 | Q |
4 | Philippe Meyer | France | 1:48.94 | Q |
5 | Stanisław Waśkiewicz | Poland | 1:49.10 | |
6 | Stanislav Meshcherskikh | Soviet Union | 1:49.10 | |
7 | Gerd Larsen | Denmark | 1:49.33 | |
8 | Markku Aalto | Finland | 1:50.61 |
Semi-final 2[edit]
Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Dieter Fromm | East Germany | 1:48.60 | Q |
2 | Yevgeniy Arzhanov | Soviet Union | 1:48.96 | Q |
3 | Peter Browne | Great Britain | 1:49.03 | Q |
4 | Jozef Plachý | Czechoslovakia | 1:49.07 | Q |
5 | Andrzej Kupczyk | Poland | 1:49.28 | |
6 | Antonio Fernández | Spain | 1:49.92 | |
7 | Sjef Hensgens | Netherlands | 1:50.20 | |
8 | Jens-Bodo Fried | West Germany | 1:50.54 |
Heats[edit]
10 August
Heat 1[edit]
Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Dieter Fromm | East Germany | 1:48.81 | Q |
2 | Jože Međimurec | Yugoslavia | 1:49.15 | Q |
3 | Antonio Fernández | Spain | 1:49.29 | Q |
4 | Markku Aalto | Finland | 1:49.33 | Q |
5 | Hans Bertram | West Germany | 1:49.57 | |
6 | Krzysztof Linkowski | Poland | 1:51.67 | |
7 | Ragnar Schie | Norway | 1:54.21 |
Heat 2[edit]
Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Andy Carter | Great Britain | 1:46.82 | Q |
2 | Jens-Bodo Fried | West Germany | 1:47.43 | Q |
3 | Stanislav Meshcherskikh | Soviet Union | 1:47.49 | Q |
4 | Sjef Hensgens | Netherlands | 1:47.90 | Q |
5 | Fernando Mamede | Portugal | 1:48.44 | NR |
6 | André Boonen | Belgium | 1:49.61 | |
7 | Aurelio Falero | Gibraltar | 1:59.75 |
Heat 3[edit]
Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Yevgeniy Arzhanov | Soviet Union | 1:49.27 | Q |
2 | Gerd Larsen | Denmark | 1:49.31 | Q |
3 | Stanisław Waśkiewicz | Poland | 1:49.35 | Q |
4 | Peter Browne | Great Britain | 1:49.41 | Q |
5 | Reiner Föhrenbach | West Germany | 1:49.57 | |
6 | Mehmet Tümkan | Turkey | 1:49.80 |
Heat 4[edit]
Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Hans-Henning Ohlert | East Germany | 1:59.23 | Q |
2 | Jozef Plachý | Czechoslovakia | 2:00.09 | Q |
3 | Andrzej Kupczyk | Poland | 2:00.13 | Q |
4 | Philippe Meyer | France | 2:00.60 | Q |
Participation[edit]
According to an unofficial count, 24 athletes from 17 countries participated in the event.
- Belgium (1)
- Czechoslovakia (1)
- Denmark (1)
- East Germany (2)
- Finland (1)
- France (1)
- Gibraltar (1)
- Netherlands (1)
- Norway (1)
- Poland (3)
- Portugal (1)
- Soviet Union (2)
- Spain (1)
- Turkey (1)
- Great Britain (2)
- West Germany (3)
- Yugoslavia (1)
References[edit]
- ^ European Athletics Championships Zürich 2014 - STATISTICS HANDBOOK (PDF), European Athletics Association, pp. 412–420, retrieved 13 August 2014