1969 European Athletics Championships – Men's 800 metres

None Men's 800 metres European Athletics Championships The men's 800 metres at the 1969 European Athletics Championships was held in Athens, Greece, at Georgios Karaiskakis Stadium on 17, 18, and 19 September 1969. 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 405–412 European Athletics Association 13 August 2014 Medalists Gold Dieter Fromm GDRSilver Jozef Plachý TCHBronze Manfred Matuschewski GDR Results Final 19 September Rank Name Nationality Time Notes Dieter Fromm GDR 1:45.98 CR Jozef Plachý TCH 1:46.26 Manfred Matuschewski GDR 1:46.83 4 Yevgeniy Arzhanov URS 1955 1:47.1 5 Hansueli Mumenthaler SUI 1:47.2 6 Andrzej Kupczyk POL 1:47.5 7 Noel Carroll IRL 1:49.1 8 Erhard Schulze GDR 1:55.4 Semi-finals 18 September Semi-final 1 Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Yevgeniy Arzhanov URS 1955 1:49.2 Q 2 Erhard Schulze GDR 1:49.4 Q 3 Manfred Matuschewski GDR 1:49.4 Q 4 Noel Carroll IRL 1:49.5 Q 5 Andy Carter GBR 1:49.6 6 Jože Međimurec SFR Yugoslavia 1:49.6 7 Stanisław Waśkiewicz POL 1:49.6 8 Tomáš Jungwirth TCH 1:50.0 Semi-final 2 Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Jozef Plachý TCH 1:48.9 Q 2 Dieter Fromm GDR 1:49.0 Q 3 Hansueli Mumenthaler SUI 1:49.1 Q 4 Andrzej Kupczyk POL 1:49.2 Q 5 Dave Cropper GBR 1:50.0 6 Bob Adams GBR 1:50.9 7 Sergey Kryuchok URS 1955 1:53.3 8 Kazimierz Wardak POL 1:57.1 Heats 17 September Heat 1 Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Erhard Schulze GDR 1:48.7 Q 2 Bob Adams GBR 1:49.2 Q 3 Jozef Plachý TCH 1:49.8 Q 4 Stanisław Waśkiewicz POL 1:50.4 Q 5 Jože Međimurec SFR Yugoslavia 1:50.5 Q 6 Zlatko Valchev BUL 1967 1:50.6 Heat 2 Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Andrzej Kupczyk POL 1:50.5 Q 2 Dave Cropper GBR 1:50.8 Q 3 Manfred Matuschewski GDR 1:50.9 Q 4 Yevgeniy Arzhanov URS 1955 1:51.0 Q 5 Tomáš Jungwirth TCH 1:51.0 Q 6 Knut Brustad NOR 1:51.1 7 Rudi Simon BEL 1:51.1 8 Ali Erte TUR 1:53.5 Heat 3 Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Dieter Fromm GDR 1:50.1 Q 2 Hansueli Mumenthaler SUI 1:50.1 Q 3 Noel Carroll IRL 1:50.2 Q 4 Andy Carter GBR 1:50.3 Q 5 Kazimierz Wardak POL 1:50.3 Q 6 Sergey Kryuchok URS 1955 1:50.3 Q 7 Michel Medinger LUX 1:50.8 Participation According to an unofficial count, 21 athletes from 13 countries participated in the event. 22em BEL (1) BUL 1967 (1) TCH (2) GDR (3) IRL (1) LUX (1) NOR (1) POL (3) URS 1955 (2) SUI (1) TUR (1) GBR (3) SFR Yugoslavia (1) References Category:800 metres at the European Athletics Championships Category:Men's events at the 1969 European Athletics Championships