1962 European Athletics Championships – Men's 800 metres

The men's 800 metres at the 1962 European Athletics Championships was held in Belgrade, then Yugoslavia, at JNA Stadium on 13, 14, and 15 September 1962.[1]

Men's 800 metres
at the European Athletics Championships

Medalists

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Gold Manfred Matuschewski
  East Germany
Silver Valeriy Bulyshev
  Soviet Union
Bronze Paul Schmidt
  West Germany

Results

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Final

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15 September

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
  Manfred Matuschewski   East Germany 1:50.5
  Valeriy Bulyshev   Soviet Union 1:51.2
  Paul Schmidt   West Germany 1:51.2
4 Olavi Salonen   Finland 1:51.2
5 Derek McCleane   Ireland 1:51.3
6 Abram Krivosheyev   Soviet Union 1:51.5

Semi-finals

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14 September

Semi-final 1

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Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Olavi Salonen   Finland 1:51.6 Q
2 Manfred Matuschewski   East Germany 1:51.6 Q
3 Valeriy Bulyshev   Soviet Union 1:52.1 Q
4 Norbert Haupert   Luxembourg 1:52.2
5 François Châtelet   France 1:52.2
6 Sid Purkis   Great Britain 1:52.3

Semi-final 2

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Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Paul Schmidt   West Germany 1:50.0 Q
2 Derek McCleane   Ireland 1:50.1 Q
3 Abram Krivosheyev   Soviet Union 1:50.1 Q
4 Tony Harris   Great Britain 1:50.2
5 Josef Odložil   Czechoslovakia 1:51.0
6 Volker Tulzer   Austria 1:51.1

Heats

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13 September

Heat 1

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Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Norbert Haupert   Luxembourg 1:53.0 Q
2 Olavi Salonen   Finland 1:53.3 Q
3 Noel Carroll   Ireland 1:53.9
3 Klaus Widera   East Germany 1:53.9
5 Franz Bucheli    Switzerland 1:54.2

Heat 2

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Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Sid Purkis   Great Britain 1:54.5 Q
2 Paul Schmidt   West Germany 1:55.7 Q
3 Jan Kasal   Czechoslovakia 1:55.7

Heat 3

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Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Valeriy Bulyshev   Soviet Union 1:51.0 Q
2 Volker Tulzer   Austria 1:51.0 Q
3 Francesco Bianchi   Italy 1:51.3
4 Gilbert Iundt   France 1:52.6

Heat 4

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Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Josef Odložil   Czechoslovakia 1:51.8 Q
2 Manfred Matuschewski   East Germany 1:51.8 Q
3 Trevor Schofield   Great Britain 1:51.9
4 Hugo Walser   Liechtenstein 1:56.8

Heat 5

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Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Abram Krivosheyev   Soviet Union 1:58.5 Q
2 Tony Harris   Great Britain 1:58.6 Q
3 Jaromír Šlégr   Czechoslovakia 1:58.8
4 Maurice Lurot   France 1:58.8

Heat 6

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Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Derek McCleane   Ireland 1:50.8 Q
2 François Châtelet   France 1:51.3 Q
3 Alberto Esteban   Spain 1:51.9
Joseph Lambrechts   Belgium DNF

Participation

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According to an unofficial count, 24 athletes from 15 countries participated in the event.

References

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  1. ^ European Athletics Championships Zürich 2014 - STATISTICS HANDBOOK (PDF), European Athletics Association, pp. 391–397, retrieved 13 August 2014