1958 European Athletics Championships – Men's 800 metres
| Men's 800 metres at the European Athletics Championships |
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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
[edit]| 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
[edit]Final
[edit]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 | Herbert Missalla | West Germany |
1:48.5 | |
| 7 | Derek Johnson | Great Britain |
1:49.2 | |
| 8 | Christian Wägli |  Switzerland |
1:52.0 |
Semi-finals
[edit]20 August
Semi-final 1
[edit]| 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 | Herbert Missalla | 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 | Hendrik Haus |  Netherlands |
1:59.0 |
Semi-final 2
[edit]| 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 | Rolf Gottfridsson |  Sweden |
1:52.1 | |
| Tadeusz Kaźmierski | Poland |
DQ |
Heats
[edit]19 August
Heat 1
[edit]| 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 | Hendrik Haus | Netherlands |
1:51.0 | Q |
| 5 | Cesáreo Marín |  Spain |
1:52.8 |
Heat 2
[edit]| 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 | Hendrik Heida | Netherlands |
1:52.3 |
Heat 3
[edit]| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
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| 1 | Herbert Missalla | West Germany |
1:50.0 | Q |
| 2 | Audun Boysen | Norway |
1:50.5 | Q |
| 3 | Christian Wägli | Switzerland |
1:50.6 | Q |
| 4 | Tadeusz Kaźmierski | Poland |
1:50.8 | Q |
| 5 | Dimitrios Konstantinidis | Greece |
1:50.9 | |
| 6 | Rudolf Klaban |  Austria |
1:51.3 |
Heat 4
[edit]| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
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| 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 | Rolf Gottfridsson | Sweden |
1:52.0 | Q |
| 5 | Čeněk Hanka |  Czechoslovakia |
1:52.1 | |
| 6 | Robert Misplon | France |
1:54.3 |
Participation
[edit]According to an unofficial count, 23 athletes from 16 countries participated in the event.
Austria (1)
Czechoslovakia (1)
Finland (1)
France (2)
Greece (2)
Hungary (2)
Iceland (1)
Italy (1)
Netherlands (2)
Norway (1)
Poland (2)
Spain (1)
Sweden (1)
Switzerland (1)
Great Britain (2)
West Germany (2)
References
[edit]- ^ European Athletics Championships Zürich 2014 - STATISTICS HANDBOOK (PDF), European Athletics Association, pp. 384–390, retrieved 13 August 2014
European Athletics Championships champions in men's 800 metres | |
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