The men's 800 metres at the 1958 European Athletics Championships was held in Stockholm, Sweden, at Stockholms Olympiastadion on 19, 20, and 21 August 1958.[1]
Medalists
| Gold | Mike Rawson Great Britain |
| Silver | Audun Boysen Norway |
| Bronze | Paul Schmidt West Germany |
Results
Final
21 August
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 | Mike Rawson | Great Britain | 1:47.8 | |
 | Audun Boysen | Norway | 1:47.9 | |
 | Paul Schmidt | West Germany | 1:47.9 | |
| 4 | Zbigniew Makomaski |  Poland | 1:48.0 | |
| 5 | Lajos Szentgáli |  Hungary | 1:48.3 | |
| 6 | Herbert Missalla | West Germany | 1:48.5 | |
| 7 | Derek Johnson | Great Britain | 1:49.2 | |
| 8 | Christian Wägli | .svg.png.webp){kind=small} Switzerland | 1:52.0 |
Semi-finals
20 August
Semi-final 1
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Derek Johnson | Great Britain | 1:48.8 | Q |
| 2 | Christian Wägli | Switzerland | 1:49.0 | Q |
| 3 | Zbigniew Makomaski | Poland | 1:49.1 | Q |
| 4 | Herbert Missalla | West Germany | 1:49.2 | Q |
| 5 | Lajos Kovács | Hungary | 1:49.2 | |
| 6 | Olavi Salonen |  Finland | 1:51.8 | |
| 7 | Svavar Markússon |  Iceland | 1:54.6 | |
| 8 | Hendrik Haus |  Netherlands | 1:59.0 |
Semi-final 2
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Paul Schmidt | West Germany | 1:49.5 | Q |
| 2 | Lajos Szentgáli | Hungary | 1:49.8 | Q |
| 3 | Audun Boysen | Norway | 1:49.9 | Q |
| 4 | Mike Rawson | Great Britain | 1:50.1 | Q |
| 5 | Evangelos Depastas | .svg.png.webp){kind=small} Greece | 1:50.3 | |
| 6 | Gianfranco Baraldi |  Italy | 1:51.2 | |
| 7 | Rolf Gottfridsson |  Sweden | 1:52.1 | |
| Tadeusz Kaźmierski | Poland | DQ |
Heats
19 August
Heat 1
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Derek Johnson | Great Britain | 1:49.5 | Q |
| 2 | Lajos Szentgáli | Hungary | 1:50.0 | Q |
| 3 | Svavar Markússon | Iceland | 1:50.5 | NR Q |
| 4 | Hendrik Haus | Netherlands | 1:51.0 | Q |
| 5 | Cesáreo Marín | .svg.png.webp){kind=small} Spain | 1:52.8 |
Heat 2
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mike Rawson | Great Britain | 1:50.4 | Q |
| 2 | Evangelos Depastas | Greece | 1:50.7 | Q |
| 3 | Olavi Salonen | Finland | 1:50.7 | Q |
| 4 | Zbigniew Makomaski | Poland | 1:51.2 | Q |
| 5 | Gérard Vervoort |  France | 1:51.6 | |
| 6 | Hendrik Heida | Netherlands | 1:52.3 |
Heat 3
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Herbert Missalla | West Germany | 1:50.0 | Q |
| 2 | Audun Boysen | Norway | 1:50.5 | Q |
| 3 | Christian Wägli | Switzerland | 1:50.6 | Q |
| 4 | Tadeusz Kaźmierski | Poland | 1:50.8 | Q |
| 5 | Dimitrios Konstantinidis | Greece | 1:50.9 | |
| 6 | Rudolf Klaban |  Austria | 1:51.3 |
Heat 4
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Paul Schmidt | West Germany | 1:51.4 | Q |
| 2 | Gianfranco Baraldi | Italy | 1:51.8 | Q |
| 3 | Lajos Kovács | Hungary | 1:52.0 | Q |
| 4 | Rolf Gottfridsson | Sweden | 1:52.0 | Q |
| 5 | Čeněk Hanka |  Czechoslovakia | 1:52.1 | |
| 6 | Robert Misplon | France | 1:54.3 |
Participation
According to an unofficial count, 23 athletes from 16 countries participated in the event.
- Austria (1)
- Czechoslovakia (1)
- Finland (1)
- France (2)
- Greece (2)
- Hungary (2)
- Iceland (1)
- Italy (1)
- Netherlands (2)
- Norway (1)
- Poland (2)
- Spain (1)
- Sweden (1)
- Switzerland (1)
- Great Britain (2)
- West Germany (2)
References
- ↑ European Athletics Championships Zürich 2014 - STATISTICS HANDBOOK (PDF), European Athletics Association, pp. 384–390, retrieved 13 August 2014
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