1971 European Athletics Championships – Men's 800 metres

Events at the
1971 European
Athletics Championships

Track events
100 m   men   women
200 m men women
400 m men women
800 m men women
1500 m men women
5000 m men
10,000 m men
100 m hurdles women
110 m hurdles men
400 m hurdles men
3000 m
steeplechase
men
4×100 m relay men women
4×400 m relay men women
Road events
Marathon men
20 km walk men
50 km walk men
Field events
High jump men women
Pole vault men
Long jump men women
Triple jump men
Shot put men women
Discus throw men women
Hammer throw men
Javelin throw men women
Combined events
Pentathlon women
Decathlon men

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

Gold Yevgeniy Arzhanov
 Soviet Union
Silver Dieter Fromm
 East Germany
Bronze Andy Carter
 United Kingdom

Results

Final

12 August

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1st Yevgeniy Arzhanov  Soviet Union 1:45.62 CR
2nd Dieter Fromm  East Germany 1:45.96
3rd Andy Carter  United Kingdom 1:46.16 NR
4 Hans-Henning Ohlert  East Germany 1:46.87
5 Peter Browne  United Kingdom 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

11 August

Semi-final 1

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Andy Carter  United Kingdom 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

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  United Kingdom 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

10 August

Heat 1

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

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Andy Carter  United Kingdom 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

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  United Kingdom 1:49.41 Q
5 Reiner Föhrenbach  West Germany 1:49.57
6 Mehmet Tümkan  Turkey 1:49.80

Heat 4

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

According to an unofficial count, 24 athletes from 17 countries participated in the event.

References

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