1962 European Athletics Championships – Men's 800 metres

None Men's 800 metres European Athletics Championships The men's 800 metres at the 1962 European Athletics Championships was held in Belgrade, then Yugoslavia, at JNA Stadium on 13, 14, and 15 September 1962. 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 391–397 European Athletics Association 13 August 2014 Medalists Gold Manfred Matuschewski GDRSilver Valeriy Bulyshev URS 1955Bronze Paul Schmidt FRG Results Final 15 September Rank Name Nationality Time Notes Manfred Matuschewski GDR 1:50.5 Valeriy Bulyshev URS 1955 1:51.2 Paul Schmidt FRG 1:51.2 4 Olavi Salonen FIN 1:51.2 5 Derek McCleane IRL 1:51.3 6 Abram Krivosheyev URS 1955 1:51.5 Semi-finals 14 September Semi-final 1 Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Olavi Salonen FIN 1:51.6 Q 2 Manfred Matuschewski GDR 1:51.6 Q 3 Valeriy Bulyshev URS 1955 1:52.1 Q 4 Norbert Haupert LUX 1:52.2 5 François Châtelet FRA 1:52.2 6 Sid Purkis GBR 1:52.3 Semi-final 2 Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Paul Schmidt FRG 1:50.0 Q 2 Derek McCleane IRL 1:50.1 Q 3 Abram Krivosheyev URS 1955 1:50.1 Q 4 Tony Harris GBR 1:50.2 5 Josef Odložil TCH 1:51.0 6 Volker Tulzer AUT 1:51.1 Heats 13 September Heat 1 Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Norbert Haupert LUX 1:53.0 Q 2 Olavi Salonen FIN 1:53.3 Q 3 Noel Carroll IRL 1:53.9 3 Klaus Widera GDR 1:53.9 5 Franz Bucheli SUI 1:54.2 Heat 2 Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Sid Purkis GBR 1:54.5 Q 2 Paul Schmidt FRG 1:55.7 Q 3 Jan Kasal TCH 1:55.7 Heat 3 Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Valeriy Bulyshev URS 1955 1:51.0 Q 2 Volker Tulzer AUT 1:51.0 Q 3 Francesco Bianchi ITA 1:51.3 4 Gilbert Iundt FRA 1:52.6 Heat 4 Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Josef Odložil TCH 1:51.8 Q 2 Manfred Matuschewski GDR 1:51.8 Q 3 Trevor Schofield GBR 1:51.9 4 Hugo Walser LIE 1:56.8 Heat 5 Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Abram Krivosheyev URS 1955 1:58.5 Q 2 Tony Harris GBR 1:58.6 Q 3 Jaromír Šlégr TCH 1:58.8 4 Maurice Lurot FRA 1:58.8 Heat 6 Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Derek McCleane IRL 1:50.8 Q 2 François Châtelet FRA 1:51.3 Q 3 Alberto Esteban ESP 1945 1:51.9 4 Joseph Lambrechts BEL DNF Participation According to an unofficial count, 24 athletes from 15 countries participated in the event. 22em AUT (1) BEL (1) TCH (3) GDR (2) FIN (1) FRA (3) IRL (2) ITA (1) LIE (1) LUX (1) URS 1955 (2) ESP 1945 (1) SUI (1) GBR (3) FRG (1) References Category:800 metres at the European Athletics Championships Category:Men's events at the 1962 European Athletics Championships