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1962 European Athletics Championships – Men's 800 metres

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Men's 800 metres
at the European Athletics Championships

The men's 800 metres at the 1962 European Athletics Championships was held in Belgrade, then Yugoslavia, at JNA Stadium on 13, 14, and 15 September 1962.[1]

Medalists

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Gold Manfred Matuschewski
 East Germany
Silver Valeriy Bulyshev
 Soviet Union
Bronze Paul Schmidt
 West Germany

Results

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Final

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15 September

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) Manfred Matuschewski  East Germany 1:50.5
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Valeriy Bulyshev  Soviet Union 1:51.2
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Paul Schmidt  West Germany 1:51.2
4 Olavi Salonen  Finland 1:51.2
5 Derek McCleane  Ireland 1:51.3
6 Abram Krivosheyev  Soviet Union 1:51.5

Semi-finals

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14 September

Semi-final 1

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Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Olavi Salonen  Finland 1:51.6 Q
2 Manfred Matuschewski  East Germany 1:51.6 Q
3 Valeriy Bulyshev  Soviet Union 1:52.1 Q
4 Norbert Haupert  Luxembourg 1:52.2
5 François Châtelet  France 1:52.2
6 Sid Purkis  Great Britain 1:52.3

Semi-final 2

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Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Paul Schmidt  West Germany 1:50.0 Q
2 Derek McCleane  Ireland 1:50.1 Q
3 Abram Krivosheyev  Soviet Union 1:50.1 Q
4 Tony Harris  Great Britain 1:50.2
5 Josef Odložil  Czechoslovakia 1:51.0
6 Volker Tulzer  Austria 1:51.1

Heats

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13 September

Heat 1

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Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Norbert Haupert  Luxembourg 1:53.0 Q
2 Olavi Salonen  Finland 1:53.3 Q
3 Noel Carroll  Ireland 1:53.9
3 Klaus Widera  East Germany 1:53.9
5 Franz Bucheli   Switzerland 1:54.2

Heat 2

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Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Sid Purkis  Great Britain 1:54.5 Q
2 Paul Schmidt  West Germany 1:55.7 Q
3 Jan Kasal  Czechoslovakia 1:55.7

Heat 3

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Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Valeriy Bulyshev  Soviet Union 1:51.0 Q
2 Volker Tulzer  Austria 1:51.0 Q
3 Francesco Bianchi  Italy 1:51.3
4 Gilbert Iundt  France 1:52.6

Heat 4

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Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Josef Odložil  Czechoslovakia 1:51.8 Q
2 Manfred Matuschewski  East Germany 1:51.8 Q
3 Trevor Schofield  Great Britain 1:51.9
4 Hugo Walser  Liechtenstein 1:56.8

Heat 5

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Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Abram Krivosheyev  Soviet Union 1:58.5 Q
2 Tony Harris  Great Britain 1:58.6 Q
3 Jaromír Šlégr  Czechoslovakia 1:58.8
4 Maurice Lurot  France 1:58.8

Heat 6

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Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Derek McCleane  Ireland 1:50.8 Q
2 François Châtelet  France 1:51.3 Q
3 Alberto Esteban  Spain 1:51.9
Joseph Lambrechts  Belgium DNF

Participation

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According to an unofficial count, 24 athletes from 15 countries participated in the event.

References

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  1. ^ European Athletics Championships Zürich 2014 - STATISTICS HANDBOOK (PDF), European Athletics Association, pp. 391–397, retrieved 13 August 2014