1950 European Athletics Championships – Men's 800 metres

None Men's 800 metres European Athletics Championships The men's 800 metres at the 1950 European Athletics Championships was held in Brussels, Belgium, at Heysel Stadium on 23 and 26 August 1950. European Athletics Championships Zürich 2014 - STATISTICS HANDBOOK http://www.european-athletics.org/mm/Document/EventsMeetings/General/01/27/31/44/StatisticsHandbookZ%C3%BCrich2014_Neutral.pdf 372–377 European Athletics Association 13 August 2014 Medalists Gold John Parlett GBRSilver Marcel Hansenne FRABronze Roger Bannister GBR Results Final 26 August Rank Name Nationality Time Notes John Parlett GBR 1:50.5 CR Marcel Hansenne FRA 1:50.7 Roger Bannister GBR 1:50.7 4 Ingvar Bengtsson SWE 1:51.2 5 Audun Boysen NOR 1:51.4 6 Michel Clare FRA 1:51.6 7 Olle Lindén SWE 1:52.3 8 Joseph Brys BEL 1:54.0 9 Joseph Barthel LUX 1:58.8 Heats 23 August Heat 1 Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Audun Boysen NOR 1:51.2 Q 2 Ingvar Bengtsson SWE 1:51.5 Q 3 Joseph Barthel LUX 1:51.7 Q 4 Václav Aim TCH 1:53.0 5 Gennadiy Modoy URS 1936 1:53.1 6 Magnús Jónsson ISL 1:56.2 7 Telemachos Kanellidis GRE old 1:59.1 Heat 2 Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Marcel Hansenne FRA 1:50.8 Q 2 Olle Lindén SWE 1:50.9 Q 3 John Parlett GBR 1:51.9 Q 4 Alfred Langenus BEL 1:55.3 5 Aldo Fracassi ITA 1:55.3 6 Pétur Einarsson ISL 1:56.7 Heat 3 Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Roger Bannister GBR 1:53.8 Q 2 Michel Clare FRA 1:53.8 Q 3 Joseph Brys BEL 1:54.1 Q 4 Matija Hanc SFR Yugoslavia 1:55.3 5 Loukas Adamopoulos GRE old 1:57.5 Participation According to an unofficial count, 18 athletes from 12 countries participated in the event. 22em BEL (2) TCH (1) FRA (2) GRE old (2) ISL (2) ITA (1) LUX (1) NOR (1) URS 1936 (1) SWE (2) GBR (2) SFR Yugoslavia (1) References Category:800 metres at the European Athletics Championships Category:Men's events at the 1950 European Athletics Championships