1969 European Athletics Championships – Men's 800 metres

Events at the
1969 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 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
1st, gold medalist(s) Dieter Fromm  East Germany 1:45.98 CR
2nd, silver medalist(s) Jozef Plachý  Czechoslovakia 1:46.26
3rd, bronze medalist(s) Manfred Matuschewski  East Germany 1:46.83
4 Yevgeniy Arzhanov  Soviet Union 1:47.1
5 Hansruedi 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  United Kingdom 1:49.6
6 Jože Međimurec  Yugoslavia 1:49.6
7 Stanisław Waśkiewicz  Poland 1:49.6
8 Tomás 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 Hansruedi Mumenthaler   Switzerland 1:49.1 Q
4 Andrzej Kupczyk  Poland 1:49.2 Q
5 Dave Cropper  United Kingdom 1:50.0
6 Bob Adams  United Kingdom 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  United Kingdom 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  United Kingdom 1:50.8 Q
3 Manfred Matuschewski  East Germany 1:50.9 Q
4 Yevgeniy Arzhanov  Soviet Union 1:51.0 Q
5 Tomás 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 Hansruedi Mumenthaler   Switzerland 1:50.1 Q
3 Noel Carroll  Ireland 1:50.2 Q
4 Andy Carter  United Kingdom 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.

References

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