The men's 800 metres at the 1954 European Athletics Championships was held in Bern, Switzerland, at Stadion Neufeld on 25, 27, and 28 August 1954.[1]
Medalists
| Gold | Lajos Szentgáli.svg.png.webp){kind=small} Hungary |
| Silver | Lucien De Muynck.svg.png.webp){kind=small} Belgium |
| Bronze | Audun Boysen Norway |
Results
Final
28 August
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 | Lajos Szentgáli | Hungary | 1:47.1 | CR NR |
 | Lucien De Muynck | Belgium | 1:47.3 | NR |
 | Audun Boysen | Norway | 1:47.4 | NR |
| 4 | Derek Johnson |  Great Britain | 1:47.4 | |
| 5 | Roger Moens | Belgium | 1:47.8 | |
| 6 | Gérard Rasquin |  Luxembourg | 1:51.4 | |
| 7 | Tage Ekfeldt |  Sweden | 1:53.8 | |
| 8 | Ron Delany |  Ireland | 2:03.5 |
Semi-finals
27 August
Semi-final 1
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lajos Szentgáli | Hungary | 1:50.0 | CR Q |
| 2 | Ron Delany | Ireland | 1:50.2 | NR Q |
| 3 | Lucien De Muynck | Belgium | 1:50.3 | Q |
| 4 | Tage Ekfeldt | Sweden | 1:50.3 | Q |
| 5 | Edmund Potrzebowski |  Poland | 1:51.2 | |
| 6 | Brian Hewson | Great Britain | 1:51.2 | |
| 7 | Olaf Lawrenz |  West Germany | 1:51.4 | |
| 8 | Urpo Vähäranta |  Finland | 1:51.4 |
Semi-final 2
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Audun Boysen | Norway | 1:50.6 | Q |
| 2 | Roger Moens | Belgium | 1:50.7 | Q |
| 3 | Derek Johnson | Great Britain | 1:51.0 | Q |
| 4 | Gérard Rasquin | Luxembourg | 1:51.5 | Q |
| 5 | René Djian |  France | 1:51.8 | |
| 6 | Friedel Stracke | West Germany | 1:52.3 | |
| 7 | Oleg Ageyev | .svg.png.webp){kind=small} Soviet Union | 1:52.5 | |
| 8 | István Bárkányi | Hungary | 1:52.8 |
Heats
25 August
Heat 1
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Olaf Lawrenz | West Germany | 1:52.0 | Q |
| 2 | Lucien De Muynck | Belgium | 1:52.2 | Q |
| 3 | István Bárkányi | Hungary | 1:52.4 | Q |
| 4 | Tage Ekfeldt | Sweden | 1:52.4 | Q |
| 5 | Tauno Kontio | Finland | 1:52.8 | |
| 6 | Ludvík Liška |  Czechoslovakia | 1:53.2 | |
| 7 | Alfred Lasch |  Austria | 1:55.4 | |
| 8 | Manuel Macías | .svg.png.webp){kind=small} Spain | 1:56.7 |
Heat 2
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lajos Szentgáli | Hungary | 1:51.8 | Q |
| 2 | Derek Johnson | Great Britain | 1:51.8 | Q |
| 3 | Edmund Potrzebowski | Poland | 1:52.3 | Q |
| 4 | René Djian | France | 1:52.8 | Q |
| 5 | Josef Steger | .svg.png.webp){kind=small} Switzerland | 1:53.5 | |
| 6 | Ekrem Koçak |  Turkey | 1:56.2 |
Heat 3
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Brian Hewson | Great Britain | 1:50.2 | CR Q |
| 2 | Audun Boysen | Norway | 1:50.3 | Q |
| 3 | Gérard Rasquin | Luxembourg | 1:51.6 | Q |
| 4 | Oleg Ageyev | Soviet Union | 1:51.7 | Q |
| 5 | Evangelos Depastas | .svg.png.webp){kind=small} Greece | 1:52.7 | |
| 6 | Hugo Wallkamm | Switzerland | 1:55.1 | |
| 7 | Patrick El Mabrouk | France | 1:56.0 | |
| 8 | Ernst Suppan | Austria | 1:58.4 | |
| 9 | Ünal Somuncuoğlu | Turkey | 2:02.6 |
Heat 4
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Roger Moens | Belgium | 1:51.5 | Q |
| 2 | Ron Delany | Ireland | 1:51.8 | Q |
| 3 | Friedel Stracke | West Germany | 1:52.1 | Q |
| 4 | Urpo Vähäranta | Finland | 1:52.2 | Q |
| 5 | Hans Ring | Sweden | 1:52.7 | |
| 6 | Georgiy Ivakin | Soviet Union | 1:53.9 | |
| 7 | Dušan Čikel | Czechoslovakia | 1:54.2 | |
| 8 | Miloje Grujić | .svg.png.webp){kind=small} Yugoslavia | 1:55.7 |
Participation
According to an unofficial count, 31 athletes from 19 countries participated in the event.
- Austria (2)
- Belgium (2)
- Czechoslovakia (2)
- Finland (2)
- France (2)
- Greece (1)
- Hungary (2)
- Ireland (1)
- Luxembourg (1)
- Norway (1)
- Poland (1)
- Soviet Union (2)
- Spain (1)
- Sweden (2)
- Switzerland (2)
- Turkey (2)
- Great Britain (2)
- West Germany (2)
- Yugoslavia (1)
References
- ↑ European Athletics Championships Zürich 2014 - STATISTICS HANDBOOK (PDF), European Athletics Association, pp. 377–384, retrieved 13 August 2014
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