1966 European Athletics Championships – Men's 800 metres
The men's 800 metres at the 1966 European Athletics Championships was held in Budapest, Hungary, at Népstadion on 2, 3, and 4 September 1966.[1]
Medalists[]
Gold | Manfred Matuschewski East Germany |
Silver | Franz-Josef Kemper West Germany |
Bronze | Bodo Tümmler West Germany |
Results[]
Final[]
4 September
Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
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Manfred Matuschewski | East Germany | 1:45.9 | CR NR | |
Franz-Josef Kemper | West Germany | 1:46.0 | ||
Bodo Tümmler | West Germany | 1:46.3 | ||
4 | Chris Carter | Great Britain | 1:46.3 | NR |
5 | Tomáš Jungwirth | Czechoslovakia | 1:46.7 | NR |
6 | John Boulter | Great Britain | 1:47.0 | |
7 | Spain | 1:47.4 | NR | |
8 | Noel Carroll | Ireland | 1:47.9 |
Semi-finals[]
3 September
Semi-final 1[]
Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
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1 | Franz-Josef Kemper | West Germany | 1:47.9 | Q |
2 | Tomáš Jungwirth | Czechoslovakia | 1:48.0 | Q |
3 | Chris Carter | Great Britain | 1:48.1 | Q |
4 | Noel Carroll | Ireland | 1:48.3 | Q |
5 | Soviet Union | 1:48.7 | ||
6 | East Germany | 1:48.8 | ||
7 | France | 1:49.2 | ||
8 | Maurice Lurot | France | 1:49.9 |
Semi-final 2[]
Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
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1 | Manfred Matuschewski | East Germany | 1:49.3 | Q |
2 | John Boulter | Great Britain | 1:49.4 | Q |
3 | Bodo Tümmler | West Germany | 1:49.5 | Q |
4 | Spain | 1:49.5 | Q | |
5 | Rein Tölp | Soviet Union | 1:49.8 | |
6 | Czechoslovakia | 1:49.8 | ||
7 | Jürgen May | East Germany | 1:50.0 | |
8 | France | 1:51.8 |
Heats[]
2 September
Heat 1[]
Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
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1 | East Germany | 1:48.3 | Q | |
2 | Franz-Josef Kemper | West Germany | 1:48.4 | Q |
3 | France | 1:48.6 | Q | |
4 | Derek McCleane | Ireland | 1:48.6 | |
5 | Arne Kvalheim | Norway | 1:49.4 | |
6 | Czechoslovakia | 1:49.9 | ||
7 | Belgium | 1:53.7 |
Heat 2[]
Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Jürgen May | East Germany | 1:48.1 | Q |
2 | France | 1:48.1 | Q | |
3 | Czechoslovakia | 1:48.2 | Q | |
4 | John Boulter | Great Britain | 1:48.4 | Q |
5 | Jacques Pennewaert | Belgium | 1:48.4 | |
6 | Franco Arese | Italy | 1:49.6 | |
7 | Hungary | 1:50.4 |
Heat 3[]
Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Chris Carter | Great Britain | 1:48.7 | Q |
2 | Tomáš Jungwirth | Czechoslovakia | 1:48.9 | Q |
3 | Rein Tölp | Soviet Union | 1:49.1 | Q |
4 | Switzerland | 1:49.3 | ||
5 | Hungary | 1:50.3 | ||
6 | Finland | 1:51.7 | ||
7 | Albania | 1:52.4 | NR | |
Paul Roekaerts | Belgium | DQ |
Heat 4[]
Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Noel Carroll | Ireland | 1:48.1 | Q |
2 | Spain | 1:48.2 | Q | |
3 | Soviet Union | 1:48.4 | Q | |
4 | Walter Adams | West Germany | 1:48.8 | |
5 | Kenth Andersson | Sweden | 1:49.0 | |
6 | Poland | 1:50.2 | ||
7 | Greece | 1:51.9 | ||
8 | Jože Međimurec | Yugoslavia | 1:53.5 |
Heat 5[]
Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Bodo Tümmler | West Germany | 1:48.6 | Q |
2 | Maurice Lurot | France | 1:48.8 | Q |
3 | Manfred Matuschewski | East Germany | 1:48.9 | Q |
4 | Rudolf Klaban | Austria | 1:49.0 | |
5 | Soviet Union | 1:49.2 | ||
6 | Denmark | 1:50.2 | ||
7 | Ireland | 1:53.7 |
Participation[]
According to an unofficial count, 37 athletes from 21 countries participated in the event.
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References[]
- ^ European Athletics Championships Zürich 2014 - STATISTICS HANDBOOK (PDF), European Athletics Association, pp. 397–405, retrieved 13 August 2014
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