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.[1]
Medalists
| Gold | Luciano Sušanj.svg.png.webp){kind=small} Yugoslavia |
| Silver | Steve Ovett Great Britain |
| Bronze | Markku Taskinen Finland |
Results
Final
4 September
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 | Luciano Sušanj | Yugoslavia | 1:44.07 | NR CR |
 | Steve Ovett | Great Britain | 1:45.76 | |
 | Markku Taskinen | Finland | 1:45.89 | |
| 4 | Vladimir Ponomaryov |  Soviet Union | 1:46.02 | |
| 5 | Gerhard Stolle |  East Germany | 1:46.19 | |
| 6 | Marcello Fiasconaro |  Italy | 1:46.28 | |
| 7 | Dieter Fromm | East Germany | 1:46.29 | |
| 8 | Willi Wülbeck |  West Germany | 1:46.31 |
Semi-finals
3 September
Semi-final 1
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Steve Ovett | Great Britain | 1:47.1 | Q |
| 2 | Luciano Sušanj | Yugoslavia | 1:47.2 | Q |
| 3 | Gerhard Stolle | East Germany | 1:47.4 | Q |
| 4 | Willi Wülbeck | West Germany | 1:47.4 | Q |
| 5 | Marcel Philippe |  France | 1:47.5 | |
| 6 | Åke Svenson |  Sweden | 1:47.7 | |
| 7 | Jozef Plachý |  Czechoslovakia | 1:47.9 | |
| 8 | Hans-Henning Ohlert | East Germany | 1:48.6 |
Semi-final 2
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Vladimir Ponomaryov | Soviet Union | 1:47.6 | Q |
| 2 | Marcello Fiasconaro | Italy | 1:47.7 | Q |
| 3 | Dieter Fromm | East Germany | 1:47.7 | Q |
| 4 | Markku Taskinen | Finland | 1:47.7 | Q |
| 5 | Gheorghe Ghipu | .svg.png.webp){kind=small} Romania | 1:47.8 | |
| 6 | Johan Van Wezer | .svg.png.webp){kind=small} Belgium | 1:48.0 | |
| 7 | Fernando Mamede |  Portugal | 1:48.5 | |
| 8 | Josef Schmid | West Germany | 1:48.6 |
Heats
2 September
Heat 1
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Johan Van Wezer | Belgium | 1:47.7 | Q |
| 2 | Gerhard Stolle | East Germany | 1:47.7 | Q |
| 3 | Marcello Fiasconaro | Italy | 1:47.8 | Q |
| 4 | Heinz Langenbach | West Germany | 1:47.9 | |
| 5 | David McMeekin | Great Britain | 1:48.1 | |
| 6 | Andrés Ballbé | .svg.png.webp){kind=small} Spain | 1:48.2 | |
| 7 | Günther Hasler |  Liechtenstein | 1:50.2 |
Heat 2
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Gheorghe Ghipu | Romania | 1:46.9 | Q |
| 2 | Steve Ovett | Great Britain | 1:47.0 | Q |
| 3 | Jozef Plachý | Czechoslovakia | 1:47.1 | Q |
| 4 | Vladimir Ponomaryov | Soviet Union | 1:47.1 | q |
| 5 | Fernando Mamede | Portugal | 1:47.5 | NR q |
| 6 | Åke Svenson | Sweden | 1:47.5 | q |
| 7 | Willi Wülbeck | West Germany | 1:47.6 | q |
Heat 3
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Luciano Sušanj | Yugoslavia | 1:48.4 | Q |
| 2 | Dieter Fromm | East Germany | 1:48.6 | Q |
| 3 | Markku Taskinen | Finland | 1:48.7 | Q |
| 4 | Sven-Erik Nielsen |  Denmark | 1:48.9 | |
| 5 | Ján Šišovský | Czechoslovakia | 1:48.9 | |
| 6 | Stavros Mermingis | .svg.png.webp){kind=small} Greece | 1:49.8 | |
| 7 | Sven-Johan Svendsen |  Norway | 1:50.9 |
Heat 4
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hans-Henning Ohlert | East Germany | 1:49.7 | Q |
| 2 | Marcel Philippe | France | 1:49.8 | Q |
| 3 | Josef Schmid | West Germany | 1:49.9 | Q |
| 4 | Pavel Litovchenko | Soviet Union | 1:50.0 | |
| 5 | Nicolae Onescu | Romania | 1:50.1 | |
| 6 | Jean Kaiser |  Luxembourg | 1:54.2 |
Participation
According to an unofficial count, 27 athletes from 19 countries participated in the event.
- Belgium (1)
- Czechoslovakia (2)
- Denmark (1)
- East Germany (3)
- Finland (1)
- France (1)
- Greece (1)
- Italy (1)
- Liechtenstein (1)
- Luxembourg (1)
- Norway (1)
- Portugal (1)
- Romania (2)
- Soviet Union (2)
- Spain (1)
- Sweden (1)
- Great Britain (2)
- West Germany (3)
- Yugoslavia (1)
References
- ↑ European Athletics Championships Zürich 2014 - STATISTICS HANDBOOK (PDF), European Athletics Association, pp. 420–427, retrieved 13 August 2014
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