1954 European Athletics Championships – Men's 800 metres
The men's 800 metres at the 1954 European Athletics Championships was held in Bern, Switzerland, at Stadion Neufeld on 25, 27, and 28 August 1954.[1]
Medalists[]
Gold | Lajos Szentgáli Hungary |
Silver | Lucien De Muynck Belgium |
Bronze | Audun Boysen Norway |
Results[]
Final[]
28 August
Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
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Lajos Szentgáli | Hungary | 1:47.1 | CR NR | |
Lucien De Muynck | Belgium | 1:47.3 | NR | |
Audun Boysen | Norway | 1:47.4 | NR | |
4 | Derek Johnson | Great Britain | 1:47.4 | |
5 | Roger Moens | Belgium | 1:47.8 | |
6 | Gérard Rasquin | Luxembourg | 1:51.4 | |
7 | Tage Ekfeldt | Sweden | 1:53.8 | |
8 | Ron Delany | Ireland | 2:03.5 |
Semi-finals[]
27 August
Semi-final 1[]
Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
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1 | Lajos Szentgáli | Hungary | 1:50.0 | CR Q |
2 | Ron Delany | Ireland | 1:50.2 | NR Q |
3 | Lucien De Muynck | Belgium | 1:50.3 | Q |
4 | Tage Ekfeldt | Sweden | 1:50.3 | Q |
5 | Edmund Potrzebowski | Poland | 1:51.2 | |
6 | Brian Hewson | Great Britain | 1:51.2 | |
7 | West Germany | 1:51.4 | ||
8 | Urpo Vähäranta | Finland | 1:51.4 |
Semi-final 2[]
Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
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1 | Audun Boysen | Norway | 1:50.6 | Q |
2 | Roger Moens | Belgium | 1:50.7 | Q |
3 | Derek Johnson | Great Britain | 1:51.0 | Q |
4 | Gérard Rasquin | Luxembourg | 1:51.5 | Q |
5 | René Djian | France | 1:51.8 | |
6 | West Germany | 1:52.3 | ||
7 | Soviet Union | 1:52.5 | ||
8 | Hungary | 1:52.8 |
Heats[]
25 August
Heat 1[]
Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | West Germany | 1:52.0 | Q | |
2 | Lucien De Muynck | Belgium | 1:52.2 | Q |
3 | Hungary | 1:52.4 | Q | |
4 | Tage Ekfeldt | Sweden | 1:52.4 | Q |
5 | Finland | 1:52.8 | ||
6 | Ludvík Liška | Czechoslovakia | 1:53.2 | |
7 | Austria | 1:55.4 | ||
8 | Spain | 1:56.7 |
Heat 2[]
Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
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1 | Lajos Szentgáli | Hungary | 1:51.8 | Q |
2 | Derek Johnson | Great Britain | 1:51.8 | Q |
3 | Edmund Potrzebowski | Poland | 1:52.3 | Q |
4 | René Djian | France | 1:52.8 | Q |
5 | Josef Steger | Switzerland | 1:53.5 | |
6 | Ekrem Koçak | Turkey | 1:56.2 |
Heat 3[]
Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Brian Hewson | Great Britain | 1:50.2 | CR Q |
2 | Audun Boysen | Norway | 1:50.3 | Q |
3 | Gérard Rasquin | Luxembourg | 1:51.6 | Q |
4 | Soviet Union | 1:51.7 | Q | |
5 | Evangelos Depastas | Greece | 1:52.7 | |
6 | Switzerland | 1:55.1 | ||
7 | Patrick El Mabrouk | France | 1:56.0 | |
8 | Austria | 1:58.4 | ||
9 | Turkey | 2:02.6 |
Heat 4[]
Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Roger Moens | Belgium | 1:51.5 | Q |
2 | Ron Delany | Ireland | 1:51.8 | Q |
3 | West Germany | 1:52.1 | Q | |
4 | Urpo Vähäranta | Finland | 1:52.2 | Q |
5 | Hans Ring | Sweden | 1:52.7 | |
6 | Soviet Union | 1:53.9 | ||
7 | Czechoslovakia | 1:54.2 | ||
8 | Miloje Grujić | Yugoslavia | 1:55.7 |
Participation[]
According to an unofficial count, 31 athletes from 19 countries participated in the event.
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References[]
- ^ European Athletics Championships Zürich 2014 - STATISTICS HANDBOOK (PDF), European Athletics Association, pp. 377–384, retrieved 13 August 2014
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- Events at the 1954 European Athletics Championships
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