1958 European Athletics Championships – Men's 800 metres
The men's 800 metres at the 1958 European Athletics Championships was held in Stockholm, Sweden, at Stockholms Olympiastadion on 19, 20, and 21 August 1958.[1]
Medalists[]
| Gold | Mike Rawson Great Britain
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| Silver | Audun Boysen Norway
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| Bronze | Paul Schmidt West Germany
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Results[]
Final[]
21 August
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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Mike Rawson | Great Britain |
1:47.8 | |
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Audun Boysen | Norway |
1:47.9 | |
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Paul Schmidt | West Germany |
1:47.9 | |
| 4 | Zbigniew Makomaski |  Poland |
1:48.0 | |
| 5 | Lajos Szentgáli |  Hungary |
1:48.3 | |
| 6 | West Germany |
1:48.5 | ||
| 7 | Derek Johnson | Great Britain |
1:49.2 | |
| 8 | Christian Wägli |  Switzerland |
1:52.0 |
Semi-finals[]
20 August
Semi-final 1[]
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Derek Johnson | Great Britain |
1:48.8 | Q |
| 2 | Christian Wägli | Switzerland |
1:49.0 | Q |
| 3 | Zbigniew Makomaski | Poland |
1:49.1 | Q |
| 4 | West Germany |
1:49.2 | Q | |
| 5 | Lajos Kovács | Hungary |
1:49.2 | |
| 6 | Olavi Salonen |  Finland |
1:51.8 | |
| 7 | Svavar Markússon |  Iceland |
1:54.6 | |
| 8 |  Netherlands |
1:59.0 |
Semi-final 2[]
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Paul Schmidt | West Germany |
1:49.5 | Q |
| 2 | Lajos Szentgáli | Hungary |
1:49.8 | Q |
| 3 | Audun Boysen | Norway |
1:49.9 | Q |
| 4 | Mike Rawson | Great Britain |
1:50.1 | Q |
| 5 | Evangelos Depastas |  Greece |
1:50.3 | |
| 6 | Gianfranco Baraldi |  Italy |
1:51.2 | |
| 7 |  Sweden |
1:52.1 | ||
| Poland |
DQ |
Heats[]
19 August
Heat 1[]
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Derek Johnson | Great Britain |
1:49.5 | Q |
| 2 | Lajos Szentgáli | Hungary |
1:50.0 | Q |
| 3 | Svavar Markússon | Iceland |
1:50.5 | NR Q |
| 4 | Netherlands |
1:51.0 | Q | |
| 5 |  Spain |
1:52.8 |
Heat 2[]
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mike Rawson | Great Britain |
1:50.4 | Q |
| 2 | Evangelos Depastas | Greece |
1:50.7 | Q |
| 3 | Olavi Salonen | Finland |
1:50.7 | Q |
| 4 | Zbigniew Makomaski | Poland |
1:51.2 | Q |
| 5 | Gérard Vervoort |  France |
1:51.6 | |
| 6 | Netherlands |
1:52.3 |
Heat 3[]
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | West Germany |
1:50.0 | Q | |
| 2 | Audun Boysen | Norway |
1:50.5 | Q |
| 3 | Christian Wägli | Switzerland |
1:50.6 | Q |
| 4 | Poland |
1:50.8 | Q | |
| 5 | Dimitrios Konstantinidis | Greece |
1:50.9 | |
| 6 | Rudolf Klaban |  Austria |
1:51.3 |
Heat 4[]
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Paul Schmidt | West Germany |
1:51.4 | Q |
| 2 | Gianfranco Baraldi | Italy |
1:51.8 | Q |
| 3 | Lajos Kovács | Hungary |
1:52.0 | Q |
| 4 | Sweden |
1:52.0 | Q | |
| 5 |  Czechoslovakia |
1:52.1 | ||
| 6 | France |
1:54.3 |
Participation[]
According to an unofficial count, 23 athletes from 16 countries participated in the event.
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References[]
- ^ European Athletics Championships Zürich 2014 - STATISTICS HANDBOOK (PDF), European Athletics Association, pp. 384–390, retrieved 13 August 2014
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- Events at the 1958 European Athletics Championships
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