1962 European Athletics Championships – Men's 800 metres

The men's 800 metres at the 1962 European Athletics Championships was held in Beograd, then Yugoslavia, at JNA Stadium on 13, 14, and 15 September 1962.[1]

Medalists

GoldManfred Matuschewski
 East Germany
SilverValeriy Bulyshev
 Soviet Union
BronzePaul Schmidt
 West Germany

Results

Final

15 September

RankNameNationalityTimeNotes
1st, gold medalist(s)Manfred Matuschewski East Germany1:50.5
2nd, silver medalist(s)Valeriy Bulyshev Soviet Union1:51.2
3rd, bronze medalist(s)Paul Schmidt West Germany1:51.2
4Olavi Salonen Finland1:51.2
5Derek McCleane Ireland1:51.3
6Abram Krivosheyev Soviet Union1:51.5

Semi-finals

14 September

Semi-final 1

RankNameNationalityTimeNotes
1Olavi Salonen Finland1:51.6Q
2Manfred Matuschewski East Germany1:51.6Q
3Valeriy Bulyshev Soviet Union1:52.1Q
4Norbert Haupert Luxembourg1:52.2
5François Châtelet France1:52.2
6Sidney Purkis United Kingdom1:52.3

Semi-final 2

RankNameNationalityTimeNotes
1Paul Schmidt West Germany1:50.0Q
2Derek McCleane Ireland1:50.1Q
3Abram Krivosheyev Soviet Union1:50.1Q
4Tony Harris United Kingdom1:50.2
5Josef Odložil Czechoslovakia1:51.0
6Volker Tulzer Austria1:51.1

Heats

13 September

Heat 1

RankNameNationalityTimeNotes
1Norbert Haupert Luxembourg1:53.0Q
2Olavi Salonen Finland1:53.3Q
3Noel Carroll Ireland1:53.9
3Klaus Widera East Germany1:53.9
5Franz Bucheli  Switzerland1:54.2

Heat 2

RankNameNationalityTimeNotes
1Sidney Purkis United Kingdom1:54.5Q
2Paul Schmidt West Germany1:55.7Q
3Jan Kasal Czechoslovakia1:55.7

Heat 3

RankNameNationalityTimeNotes
1Valeriy Bulyshev Soviet Union1:51.0Q
2Volker Tulzer Austria1:51.0Q
3Francesco Bianchi Italy1:51.3
4Gilbert Iundt France1:52.6

Heat 4

RankNameNationalityTimeNotes
1Josef Odložil Czechoslovakia1:51.8Q
2Manfred Matuschewski East Germany1:51.8Q
3Trevor Schofield United Kingdom1:51.9
4Hugo Walser Liechtenstein1:56.8

Heat 5

RankNameNationalityTimeNotes
1Abram Krivosheyev Soviet Union1:58.5Q
2Tony Harris United Kingdom1:58.6Q
3Jaromír Šlégr Czechoslovakia1:58.8
4Maurice Lurot France1:58.8

Heat 6

RankNameNationalityTimeNotes
1Derek McCleane Ireland1:50.8Q
2François Châtelet France1:51.3Q
3Alberto Esteban Spain1:51.9
Joseph Lambrechts BelgiumDNF

Participation

According to an unofficial count, 24 athletes from 15 countries participated in the event.

References

  1. European Athletics Championships Zürich 2014 - STATISTICS HANDBOOK (PDF), European Athletics Association, pp. 391–397, retrieved 13 August 2014
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