1934 European Athletics Championships – Men's 800 metres

Men's 800 metres at the European Athletics Championships

The men's 800 metres at the 1934 European Athletics Championships was held in Turin, Italy, at the Stadio Benito Mussolini on 8 and 9 September 1934.

Medalists

Gold	Miklós Szabó Hungary
Silver	Mario Lanzi Italy
Bronze	Wolfgang Dessecker Germany

Results

Final

9 September

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Miklós Szabó	Hungary	1:52.0	NR
	Mario Lanzi	Italy	1:52.0
	Wolfgang Dessecker	Germany	1:52.2
4	Eric Ny	Sweden	1:52.4
5	Erik Wennberg	Sweden	1:53.1
6	Kazimierz Kucharski	Poland	1:53.4	NR
7	Raymond Petit	France	1:54.0
8	Pierre Hemmer	Luxembourg	1:55.8	NR
9	Jean Keller	France	NT

Heats

8 September

Heat 1

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Erik Wennberg	Sweden	1:58.7	Q
2	Miklós Szabó	Hungary	1:58.9	Q
3	Pierre Hemmer	Luxembourg	1:59.1	Q
4	Ademar Jürlau	Estonia	1:59.2

Heat 2

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Wolfgang Dessecker	Germany	1:57.0	Q
2	Kazimierz Kucharski	Poland	1:57.5	Q
3	Jean Keller	France	1:57.6	Q
4	Evzen Rosický	Czechoslovakia	1:57.8

Heat 3

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Mario Lanzi	Italy	1:51.8	Q
2	Eric Ny	Sweden	1:53.0	Q
3	Raymond Petit	France	1:55.3	Q
4	Georg Puchberger	Austria	1:57.0

Participation

According to an unofficial count, 12 athletes from 10 countries participated in the event.

• Austria (1)
• Czechoslovakia (1)
• Estonia (1)
• France (2)
• Germany (1)
• Hungary (1)
• Italy (1)
• Luxembourg (1)
• Poland (1)
• Sweden (2)