1946 European Athletics Championships – Men's 800 metres

None Men's 800 metres European Athletics Championships The men's 800 metres at the 1946 European Athletics Championships was held in Oslo, Norway, at Bislett Stadion on 22 and 24 August 1946. 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 367–372 European Athletics Association 13 August 2014 Medalists Gold Rune Gustafsson SWESilver Niels Holst-Sørensen DENBronze Marcel Hansenne FRA Results Final 24 August Rank Name Nationality Time Notes Rune Gustafsson SWE 1:51.0 Niels Holst-Sørensen DEN 1:51.1 Marcel Hansenne FRA 1:51.2 4 Olle Ljunggren SWE 1:51.4 5 Thomas White GBR 1:51.5 6 Robert Chef d’Hôtel FRA 1:53.0 7 Jørgen Heller Andersen DEN 1:53.7 8 Richard Brancart BEL 2:02.2 Heats 22 August Heat 1 Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Rune Gustafsson SWE 1:51.1 Q 2 Marcel Hansenne FRA 1:52.2 Q 3 Jørgen Heller Andersen DEN 1:52.2 Q 4 Richard Brancart BEL 1:53.5 Q 5 Joseph Barthel LUX 1:56.1 6 Óskar Jónsson ISL 1:56.1 NR Icelandic 7 Dagfinn Fløisand NOR 1:58.4 8 Jan Staniszewski POL 2:00.7 Heat 2 Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Niels Holst-Sørensen DEN 1:54.2 Q 2 Olle Ljunggren SWE 1:54.7 Q 3 Robert Chef d'Hôtel FRA 1:54.8 Q 4 Thomas White GBR 1:54.8 Q 5 Karl Volkmer SUI 1:55.0 6 Runar Björklöf FIN 1:55.8 7 Tomas Sale TCH 1:56.7 8 Kjartan Jóhannsson ISL 1:56.7 9 Kaare Vefling NOR 1:57.3 Participation According to an unofficial count, 17 athletes from 12 countries participated in the event. 22em BEL (1) TCH (1) DEN (2) FIN (1) FRA (2) ISL (2) LUX (1) NOR (2) POL (1) SWE (2) SUI (1) GBR (1) References Category:800 metres at the European Athletics Championships Category:Men's events at the 1946 European Athletics Championships