1969 European Athletics Championships – Men's 800 metres

The men's 800 metres at the 1969 European Athletics Championships was held in Athens, Greece, at Georgios Karaiskakis Stadium on 17, 18, and 19 September 1969.[1]

Medalists[edit]

Gold Dieter Fromm
 East Germany
Silver Jozef Plachý
 Czechoslovakia
Bronze Manfred Matuschewski
 East Germany

Results[edit]

Final[edit]

19 September

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) Dieter Fromm  East Germany 1:45.98 CR
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Jozef Plachý  Czechoslovakia 1:46.26
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Manfred Matuschewski  East Germany 1:46.83
4 Yevgeniy Arzhanov  Soviet Union 1:47.1
5 Hansueli Mumenthaler   Switzerland 1:47.2
6 Andrzej Kupczyk  Poland 1:47.5
7 Noel Carroll  Ireland 1:49.1
8 Erhard Schulze  East Germany 1:55.4

Semi-finals[edit]

18 September

Semi-final 1[edit]

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Yevgeniy Arzhanov  Soviet Union 1:49.2 Q
2 Erhard Schulze  East Germany 1:49.4 Q
3 Manfred Matuschewski  East Germany 1:49.4 Q
4 Noel Carroll  Ireland 1:49.5 Q
5 Andy Carter  Great Britain 1:49.6
6 Jože Međimurec  Yugoslavia 1:49.6
7 Stanisław Waśkiewicz  Poland 1:49.6
8 Tomáš Jungwirth  Czechoslovakia 1:50.0

Semi-final 2[edit]

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Jozef Plachý  Czechoslovakia 1:48.9 Q
2 Dieter Fromm  East Germany 1:49.0 Q
3 Hansueli Mumenthaler   Switzerland 1:49.1 Q
4 Andrzej Kupczyk  Poland 1:49.2 Q
5 Dave Cropper  Great Britain 1:50.0
6 Bob Adams  Great Britain 1:50.9
7 Sergey Kryuchok  Soviet Union 1:53.3
8 Kazimierz Wardak  Poland 1:57.1

Heats[edit]

17 September

Heat 1[edit]

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Erhard Schulze  East Germany 1:48.7 Q
2 Bob Adams  Great Britain 1:49.2 Q
3 Jozef Plachý  Czechoslovakia 1:49.8 Q
4 Stanisław Waśkiewicz  Poland 1:50.4 Q
5 Jože Međimurec  Yugoslavia 1:50.5 Q
6 Zlatko Valchev  Bulgaria 1:50.6

Heat 2[edit]

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Andrzej Kupczyk  Poland 1:50.5 Q
2 Dave Cropper  Great Britain 1:50.8 Q
3 Manfred Matuschewski  East Germany 1:50.9 Q
4 Yevgeniy Arzhanov  Soviet Union 1:51.0 Q
5 Tomáš Jungwirth  Czechoslovakia 1:51.0 Q
6 Knut Brustad  Norway 1:51.1
7 Rudi Simon  Belgium 1:51.1
8 Ali Erte  Turkey 1:53.5

Heat 3[edit]

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Dieter Fromm  East Germany 1:50.1 Q
2 Hansueli Mumenthaler   Switzerland 1:50.1 Q
3 Noel Carroll  Ireland 1:50.2 Q
4 Andy Carter  Great Britain 1:50.3 Q
5 Kazimierz Wardak  Poland 1:50.3 Q
6 Sergey Kryuchok  Soviet Union 1:50.3 Q
7 Michel Medinger  Luxembourg 1:50.8

Participation[edit]

According to an unofficial count, 21 athletes from 13 countries participated in the event.

References[edit]

  1. ^ European Athletics Championships Zürich 2014 - STATISTICS HANDBOOK (PDF), European Athletics Association, pp. 405–412, retrieved 13 August 2014