1978 European Athletics Championships – Men's 800 metres

none Men's 800 metres European Athletics Championships These are the official results of the Men's 800 metres event at the 1978 European Championships in Prague, Czechoslovakia.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OjzR8AOvEzc 1978 European 800m - men, youtube.com. Retrieved 16 May 2012. 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 427–435 European Athletics Association 13 August 2014 The final was held on 31 August 1978.http://home.swipnet.se/athletics/resultat1978.htm https://web.archive.org/web/20120929194616/http://home.swipnet.se/athletics/resultat1978.htm 2012-09-29 European Championship 1978. Retrieved 15 May 2012. The two favourites for the race were Steve OvettSteve Ovett at Sports Reference Steve Ovett biography, Sports-Reference.co. Retrieved 17 May 2012. and Sebastian CoeSebastian Coe at Sports Reference Sebastian Coe biography, Sports-Reference.com. Retrieved 17 May 2012. Ovett had won silver at 800 m at the previous European Championships in 1974 in Rome,https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KU9Gqhoqno4 'ROMA 1974: 800 MASCHILI - LUCIANO SUSANJ', youtube.com. and had won the 1500m, in spectacular fashion, at the IAAF World Cuphttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0W7GogWlv7Q 1977 World Cup 1500m - Steve Ovett, youtube.com. the previous year (he was to remain unbeaten at that distance until the 1980 Olympics).http://www.uka.org.uk/e-inspire/hall-of-fame-athletes/steve-ovett/ https://web.archive.org/web/20120515225350/http://www.uka.org.uk/e-inspire/hall-of-fame-athletes/steve-ovett/ 2012-05-15 Steve Ovett, United Kingdom Athletics biography. Coe was the new British record holder at 800 m and the fastest man that year leading into the race at 800 m.http://www.uka.org.uk/e-inspire/hall-of-fame-athletes/sebastian-coe/ https://web.archive.org/web/20120515223423/http://www.uka.org.uk/e-inspire/hall-of-fame-athletes/sebastian-coe/ 2012-05-15 Sebastian Coe, United Kingdom Athletics biography. The race was billed in the press, the British press in particular, as a 'Coe versus Ovett' contest - a race that was the start of a rivalry that was to dominate not only British and European but World middle-distance running over the next few years.http://www.sportsjournalists.co.uk/sja-news/sja-1948-2008/we-will-never-see-their-like-again/ "We will never see their like again.", Randall Northam, 9 June 2008, Sports Journalists' Association. Retrieved 15 May 2012.http://www.sportinglife.com/olympics/history/story_get.dor?STORY_NAME=others/00/07/05/OLYMPICS_Coe_and_Ovett.insdat "Olympic greats - Coe and Ovett", Richard Gibson, sportinglife.com. Retrieved 15 May 2012. However, by concentrating on Coe and Ovett the press were ignoring the other talents in the race, including East Germany's Olaf Beyer.Olaf Beyer at Sports Reference Olaf Beyer biography, Sports-Reference.com. Retrieved 17 May 2012. In the race itself, Coe led from the front setting a blistering first lap pace, going through the bell in a suicidal 49.32 s. At 700 m, he was spent and Ovett kicked past him for home. However, the fast-finishing Beyer first caught Coe and then Ovett to strike gold, in doing so recording the fastest time that year.http://digilander.libero.it/Mennea/Stagionali/WRL/1978/800.htm 1978 800m performances. Retrieved 16 May 2012. Medalists Gold Olaf Beyer GDRSilver Steve Ovett GBRBronze Sebastian Coe GBR Results Final 31 August Rank Name Nationality Time Notes Olaf Beyer GDR 1:43.84 CR Steve Ovett GBR 1:44.09 Sebastian Coe GBR 1:44.76 4 Anatoliy Reshetnyak URS 1955 1:45.79 5 Vladimir Podolyako URS 1955 1:46.24 6 Andreas Busse GDR 1:47.1 7 Dragan Životić SFR Yugoslavia 1:47.4 8 José Marajo FRA 1:53.4 Semi-finals 30 August Semi-final 1 Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Sebastian Coe GBR 1:47.44 Q 2 Andreas Busse GDR 1:47.6 Q 3 José Marajo FRA 1:47.7 Q 4 Vladimir Podolyako URS 1955 1:47.8 Q 5 Markku Taskinen FIN 1:47.9 6 Uwe Becker FRG 1:48.2 7 Detlef Wagenknecht GDR 1:48.5 8 Arno Körmeling NED 1:49.2 Semi-final 2 Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Steve Ovett GBR 1:46.51 Q 2 Olaf Beyer GDR 1:46.74 Q 3 Dragan Životić SFR Yugoslavia 1:46.94 Q 4 Anatoliy Reshetnyak URS 1955 1:47.2 Q 5 Hans-Peter Ferner FRG 1:47.4 6 Sermet Timurlenk TUR 1:47.9 7 Roger Milhau FRA 1:48.9 8 Günther Hasler LIE 1:49.3 Heats 29 August Heat 1 Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Steve Ovett GBR 1:47.80 Q 2 Hans-Peter Ferner FRG 1:48.1 Q 3 Markku Taskinen FIN 1:48.3 Q 4 Detlef Wagenknecht GDR 1:48.4 q 5 Vladimir Malozemlin URS 1955 1:48.6 6 Carlo Grippo ITA 1:48.6 Heat 2 Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Olaf Beyer GDR 1:47.72 Q 2 Arno Körmeling NED 1:48.1 Q 3 Günther Hasler LIE 1:48.5 Q 4 Justin Gloden LUX 1:49.0 5 David O’Donnell GBR 1:49.3 Heat 3 Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Andreas Busse GDR 1:49.08 Q 2 José Marajo FRA 1:49.4 Q 3 Anatoliy Reshetnyak URS 1955 1:49.5 Q 4 Milovan Savić SFR Yugoslavia 1:50.0 5 Milan Timko TCH 1:50.5 6 Panagiotis Pallikaris GRE 1:51.6 Heat 4 Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Sebastian Coe GBR 1:46.82 Q 2 Roger Milhau FRA 1:47.07 Q 3 Uwe Becker FRG 1:47.13 Q 4 Dragan Životić SFR Yugoslavia 1:47.18 q 5 Vladimir Podolyako URS 1955 1:47.19 q 6 Sermet Timurlenk TUR 1:47.23 q 7 Jón Didriksson ISL 1:50.4 Participation According to an unofficial count, 24 athletes from 15 countries participated in the event. 22em TCH (1) GDR (3) FIN (1) FRA (2) GRE (1) ISL (1) ITA (1) LIE (1) LUX (1) NED (1) URS 1955 (3) TUR (1) GBR (3) FRG (2) SFR Yugoslavia (2) See also 1974 Men's European Championships 800 metres (Rome) 1976 Men's Olympic 800 metres (Montreal) 1980 Men's Olympic 800 metres (Moscow) 1982 Men's European Championships 800 metres (Athens) 1983 Men's World Championships 800 metres (Helsinki) 1984 Men's Olympic 800 metres (Los Angeles) 1986 Men's European Championships 800 metres (Stuttgart) References Other Links Results 1978 European Championship Results Category:800 metres at the European Athletics Championships Category:Men's events at the 1978 European Athletics Championships