1971 European Athletics Championships – Men's 800 metres

None Men's 800 metres European Athletics Championships The men's 800 metres at the 1971 European Athletics Championships was held in Helsinki, Finland, at Helsinki Olympic Stadium on 10, 11, and 12 August 1971. 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 412–420 European Athletics Association 13 August 2014 Medalists Gold Yevgeniy Arzhanov URS 1955Silver Dieter Fromm GDRBronze Andy Carter GBR Results Final 12 August Rank Name Nationality Time Notes Yevgeniy Arzhanov URS 1955 1:45.62 CR Dieter Fromm GDR 1:45.96 Andy Carter GBR 1:46.16 NR 4 Hans-Henning Ohlert GDR 1:46.87 5 Peter Browne GBR 1:47.00 6 Jozef Plachý TCH 1:47.33 7 Jože Međimurec SFR Yugoslavia 1:48.44 8 Philippe Meyer FRA 1:50.91 Semi-finals 11 August Semi-final 1 Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Andy Carter GBR 1:48.46 Q 2 Hans-Henning Ohlert GDR 1:48.66 Q 3 Jože Međimurec SFR Yugoslavia 1:48.92 Q 4 Philippe Meyer FRA 1:48.94 Q 5 Stanisław Waśkiewicz POL 1:49.10 6 Stanislav Meshcherskikh URS 1955 1:49.10 7 Gerd Larsen DEN 1:49.33 8 Markku Aalto FIN 1:50.61 Semi-final 2 Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Dieter Fromm GDR 1:48.60 Q 2 Yevgeniy Arzhanov URS 1955 1:48.96 Q 3 Peter Browne GBR 1:49.03 Q 4 Jozef Plachý TCH 1:49.07 Q 5 Andrzej Kupczyk POL 1:49.28 6 Antonio Fernández ESP 1945 1:49.92 7 Sjef Hensgens NED 1:50.20 8 Jens-Bodo Fried FRG 1:50.54 Heats 10 August Heat 1 Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Dieter Fromm GDR 1:48.81 Q 2 Jože Međimurec SFR Yugoslavia 1:49.15 Q 3 Antonio Fernández ESP 1945 1:49.29 Q 4 Markku Aalto FIN 1:49.33 Q 5 Hans Bertram FRG 1:49.57 6 Krzysztof Linkowski POL 1:51.67 7 Ragnar Schie NOR 1:54.21 Heat 2 Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Andy Carter GBR 1:46.82 Q 2 Jens-Bodo Fried FRG 1:47.43 Q 3 Stanislav Meshcherskikh URS 1955 1:47.49 Q 4 Sjef Hensgens NED 1:47.90 Q 5 Fernando Mamede POR 1:48.44 NR 6 André Boonen BEL 1:49.61 7 Aurelio Falero GIB 1:59.75 Heat 3 Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Yevgeniy Arzhanov URS 1955 1:49.27 Q 2 Gerd Larsen DEN 1:49.31 Q 3 Stanisław Waśkiewicz POL 1:49.35 Q 4 Peter Browne GBR 1:49.41 Q 5 Reiner Föhrenbach FRG 1:49.57 6 Mehmet Tümkan TUR 1:49.80 Heat 4 Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Hans-Henning Ohlert GDR 1:59.23 Q 2 Jozef Plachý TCH 2:00.09 Q 3 Andrzej Kupczyk POL 2:00.13 Q 4 Philippe Meyer FRA 2:00.60 Q Participation According to an unofficial count, 24 athletes from 17 countries participated in the event. 22em BEL (1) TCH (1) DEN (1) GDR (2) FIN (1) FRA (1) GIB (1) NED (1) NOR (1) POL (3) POR (1) URS 1955 (2) ESP 1945 (1) TUR (1) GBR (2) FRG (3) SFR Yugoslavia (1) References Category:800 metres at the European Athletics Championships Category:Men's events at the 1971 European Athletics Championships