1954 European Athletics Championships – Men's 800 metres

The men's 800 metres at the 1954 European Athletics Championships was held in Bern, Switzerland, at Stadion Neufeld on 25, 27, and 28 August 1954.[1]

Medalists

GoldLajos Szentgáli
 Hungary
SilverLucien De Muynck
 Belgium
BronzeAudun Boysen
 Norway

Results

Final

28 August

RankNameNationalityTimeNotes
Lajos Szentgáli Hungary1:47.1CR NR
Lucien De Muynck Belgium1:47.3NR
Audun Boysen Norway1:47.4NR
4Derek Johnson Great Britain1:47.4
5Roger Moens Belgium1:47.8
6Gérard Rasquin Luxembourg1:51.4
7Tage Ekfeldt Sweden1:53.8
8Ron Delany Ireland2:03.5

Semi-finals

27 August

Semi-final 1

RankNameNationalityTimeNotes
1Lajos Szentgáli Hungary1:50.0CR Q
2Ron Delany Ireland1:50.2NR Q
3Lucien De Muynck Belgium1:50.3Q
4Tage Ekfeldt Sweden1:50.3Q
5Edmund Potrzebowski Poland1:51.2
6Brian Hewson Great Britain1:51.2
7Olaf Lawrenz West Germany1:51.4
8Urpo Vähäranta Finland1:51.4

Semi-final 2

RankNameNationalityTimeNotes
1Audun Boysen Norway1:50.6Q
2Roger Moens Belgium1:50.7Q
3Derek Johnson Great Britain1:51.0Q
4Gérard Rasquin Luxembourg1:51.5Q
5René Djian France1:51.8
6Friedel Stracke West Germany1:52.3
7Oleg Ageyev Soviet Union1:52.5
8István Bárkányi Hungary1:52.8

Heats

25 August

Heat 1

RankNameNationalityTimeNotes
1Olaf Lawrenz West Germany1:52.0Q
2Lucien De Muynck Belgium1:52.2Q
3István Bárkányi Hungary1:52.4Q
4Tage Ekfeldt Sweden1:52.4Q
5Tauno Kontio Finland1:52.8
6Ludvík Liška Czechoslovakia1:53.2
7Alfred Lasch Austria1:55.4
8Manuel Macías Spain1:56.7

Heat 2

RankNameNationalityTimeNotes
1Lajos Szentgáli Hungary1:51.8Q
2Derek Johnson Great Britain1:51.8Q
3Edmund Potrzebowski Poland1:52.3Q
4René Djian France1:52.8Q
5Josef Steger  Switzerland1:53.5
6Ekrem Koçak Turkey1:56.2

Heat 3

RankNameNationalityTimeNotes
1Brian Hewson Great Britain1:50.2CR Q
2Audun Boysen Norway1:50.3Q
3Gérard Rasquin Luxembourg1:51.6Q
4Oleg Ageyev Soviet Union1:51.7Q
5Evangelos Depastas Greece1:52.7
6Hugo Wallkamm  Switzerland1:55.1
7Patrick El Mabrouk France1:56.0
8Ernst Suppan Austria1:58.4
9Ünal Somuncuoğlu Turkey2:02.6

Heat 4

RankNameNationalityTimeNotes
1Roger Moens Belgium1:51.5Q
2Ron Delany Ireland1:51.8Q
3Friedel Stracke West Germany1:52.1Q
4Urpo Vähäranta Finland1:52.2Q
5Hans Ring Sweden1:52.7
6Georgiy Ivakin Soviet Union1:53.9
7Dušan Čikel Czechoslovakia1:54.2
8Miloje Grujić Yugoslavia1:55.7

Participation

According to an unofficial count, 31 athletes from 19 countries participated in the event.

References

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