1974 European Athletics Championships – Men's 800 metres

None Men's 800 metres European Athletics Championships The men's 800 metres at the 1974 European Athletics Championships was held in Rome, Italy, at Stadio Olimpico on 2, 3, and 4 September 1974. 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 420–427 European Athletics Association 13 August 2014 The winning margin was 1.69 seconds which with the conclusion of the 2024 championships remains the only time the men's 800 metres has been won by more than a second at these championships. Medalists Gold Luciano Sušanj SFR YugoslaviaSilver Steve Ovett GBRBronze Markku Taskinen FIN Results Final 4 September Rank Name Nationality Time Notes Luciano Sušanj SFR Yugoslavia 1:44.07 NR CR Steve Ovett GBR 1:45.76 Markku Taskinen FIN 1:45.89 4 Vladimir Ponomaryov URS 1955 1:46.02 5 Gerhard Stolle GDR 1:46.19 6 Marcello Fiasconaro ITA 1:46.28 7 Dieter Fromm GDR 1:46.29 8 Willi Wülbeck FRG 1:46.31 Semi-finals 3 September Semi-final 1 Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Steve Ovett GBR 1:47.1 Q 2 Luciano Sušanj SFR Yugoslavia 1:47.2 Q 3 Gerhard Stolle GDR 1:47.4 Q 4 Willi Wülbeck FRG 1:47.4 Q 5 Marcel Philippe FRA 1:47.5 6 Åke Svenson SWE 1:47.7 7 Jozef Plachý TCH 1:47.9 8 Hans-Henning Ohlert GDR 1:48.6 Semi-final 2 Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Vladimir Ponomaryov URS 1955 1:47.6 Q 2 Marcello Fiasconaro ITA 1:47.7 Q 3 Dieter Fromm GDR 1:47.7 Q 4 Markku Taskinen FIN 1:47.7 Q 5 Gheorghe Ghipu ROU 1965 1:47.8 6 Johan Van Wezer BEL 1:48.0 7 Fernando Mamede POR 1:48.5 8 Josef Schmid FRG 1:48.6 Heats 2 September Heat 1 Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Johan Van Wezer BEL 1:47.7 Q 2 Gerhard Stolle GDR 1:47.7 Q 3 Marcello Fiasconaro ITA 1:47.8 Q 4 Heinz Langenbach FRG 1:47.9 5 David McMeekin GBR 1:48.1 6 Andrés Ballbé ESP 1945 1:48.2 7 Günther Hasler LIE 1:50.2 Heat 2 Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Gheorghe Ghipu ROU 1965 1:46.9 Q 2 Steve Ovett GBR 1:47.0 Q 3 Jozef Plachý TCH 1:47.1 Q 4 Vladimir Ponomaryov URS 1955 1:47.1 q 5 Fernando Mamede POR 1:47.5 NR q 6 Åke Svenson SWE 1:47.5 q 7 Willi Wülbeck FRG 1:47.6 q Heat 3 Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Luciano Sušanj SFR Yugoslavia 1:48.4 Q 2 Dieter Fromm GDR 1:48.6 Q 3 Markku Taskinen FIN 1:48.7 Q 4 Sven-Erik Nielsen DEN 1:48.9 5 Ján Šišovský TCH 1:48.9 6 Stavros Mermingis GRE 1970 1:49.8 7 Sven-Johan Svendsen NOR 1:50.9 Heat 4 Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Hans-Henning Ohlert GDR 1:49.7 Q 2 Marcel Philippe FRA 1:49.8 Q 3 Josef Schmid FRG 1:49.9 Q 4 Pavel Litovchenko URS 1955 1:50.0 5 Nicolae Onescu ROU 1965 1:50.1 6 Jean Kaiser LUX 1:54.2 Participation According to an unofficial count, 27 athletes from 19 countries participated in the event. 22em BEL (1) TCH (2) DEN (1) GDR (3) FIN (1) FRA (1) GRE 1970 (1) ITA (1) LIE (1) LUX (1) NOR (1) POR (1) ROU 1965 (2) URS 1955 (2) ESP 1945 (1) SWE (1) GBR (2) FRG (3) SFR Yugoslavia (1) References Category:800 metres at the European Athletics Championships Category:Men's events at the 1974 European Athletics Championships