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

GoldDieter Fromm
 East Germany
SilverJozef Plachý
 Czechoslovakia
BronzeManfred Matuschewski
 East Germany

Results

Final

19 September

RankNameNationalityTimeNotes
Dieter Fromm East Germany1:45.98CR
Jozef Plachý Czechoslovakia1:46.26
Manfred Matuschewski East Germany1:46.83
4Yevgeniy Arzhanov Soviet Union1:47.1
5Hansueli Mumenthaler  Switzerland1:47.2
6Andrzej Kupczyk Poland1:47.5
7Noel Carroll Ireland1:49.1
8Erhard Schulze East Germany1:55.4

Semi-finals

18 September

Semi-final 1

RankNameNationalityTimeNotes
1Yevgeniy Arzhanov Soviet Union1:49.2Q
2Erhard Schulze East Germany1:49.4Q
3Manfred Matuschewski East Germany1:49.4Q
4Noel Carroll Ireland1:49.5Q
5Andy Carter Great Britain1:49.6
6Jože Međimurec Yugoslavia1:49.6
7Stanisław Waśkiewicz Poland1:49.6
8Tomáš Jungwirth Czechoslovakia1:50.0

Semi-final 2

RankNameNationalityTimeNotes
1Jozef Plachý Czechoslovakia1:48.9Q
2Dieter Fromm East Germany1:49.0Q
3Hansueli Mumenthaler  Switzerland1:49.1Q
4Andrzej Kupczyk Poland1:49.2Q
5Dave Cropper Great Britain1:50.0
6Bob Adams Great Britain1:50.9
7Sergey Kryuchok Soviet Union1:53.3
8Kazimierz Wardak Poland1:57.1

Heats

17 September

Heat 1

RankNameNationalityTimeNotes
1Erhard Schulze East Germany1:48.7Q
2Bob Adams Great Britain1:49.2Q
3Jozef Plachý Czechoslovakia1:49.8Q
4Stanisław Waśkiewicz Poland1:50.4Q
5Jože Međimurec Yugoslavia1:50.5Q
6Zlatko Valchev Bulgaria1:50.6

Heat 2

RankNameNationalityTimeNotes
1Andrzej Kupczyk Poland1:50.5Q
2Dave Cropper Great Britain1:50.8Q
3Manfred Matuschewski East Germany1:50.9Q
4Yevgeniy Arzhanov Soviet Union1:51.0Q
5Tomáš Jungwirth Czechoslovakia1:51.0Q
6Knut Brustad Norway1:51.1
7Rudi Simon Belgium1:51.1
8Ali Erte Turkey1:53.5

Heat 3

RankNameNationalityTimeNotes
1Dieter Fromm East Germany1:50.1Q
2Hansueli Mumenthaler  Switzerland1:50.1Q
3Noel Carroll Ireland1:50.2Q
4Andy Carter Great Britain1:50.3Q
5Kazimierz Wardak Poland1:50.3Q
6Sergey Kryuchok Soviet Union1:50.3Q
7Michel Medinger Luxembourg1:50.8

Participation

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

References

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