The men's 800 metres at the 1971 European Athletics Championships was held in Helsinki, Finland, at Helsinki Olympic Stadium on 10, 11, and 12 August 1971.[1]
Medalists
[edit]| Gold | Yevgeniy Arzhanov Soviet Union
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| Silver | Dieter Fromm East Germany
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| Bronze | Andy Carter Great Britain
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Results
[edit]Final
[edit]12 August
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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Yevgeniy Arzhanov | Soviet Union |
1:45.62 | CR |
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Dieter Fromm | East Germany |
1:45.96 | |
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Andy Carter | Great Britain |
1:46.16 | NR |
| 4 | Hans-Henning Ohlert | East Germany |
1:46.87 | |
| 5 | Peter Browne | Great Britain |
1:47.00 | |
| 6 | Jozef Plachý |  Czechoslovakia |
1:47.33 | |
| 7 | Jože Međimurec |  Yugoslavia |
1:48.44 | |
| 8 | Philippe Meyer |  France |
1:50.91 |
Semi-finals
[edit]11 August
Semi-final 1
[edit]| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Andy Carter | Great Britain |
1:48.46 | Q |
| 2 | Hans-Henning Ohlert | East Germany |
1:48.66 | Q |
| 3 | Jože Međimurec | Yugoslavia |
1:48.92 | Q |
| 4 | Philippe Meyer | France |
1:48.94 | Q |
| 5 | Stanisław Waśkiewicz |  Poland |
1:49.10 | |
| 6 | Stanislav Meshcherskikh | Soviet Union |
1:49.10 | |
| 7 | Gerd Larsen |  Denmark |
1:49.33 | |
| 8 | Markku Aalto |  Finland |
1:50.61 |
Semi-final 2
[edit]| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dieter Fromm | East Germany |
1:48.60 | Q |
| 2 | Yevgeniy Arzhanov | Soviet Union |
1:48.96 | Q |
| 3 | Peter Browne | Great Britain |
1:49.03 | Q |
| 4 | Jozef Plachý | Czechoslovakia |
1:49.07 | Q |
| 5 | Andrzej Kupczyk | Poland |
1:49.28 | |
| 6 | Antonio Fernández |  Spain |
1:49.92 | |
| 7 | Sjef Hensgens |  Netherlands |
1:50.20 | |
| 8 | Jens-Bodo Fried |  West Germany |
1:50.54 |
Heats
[edit]10 August
Heat 1
[edit]| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dieter Fromm | East Germany |
1:48.81 | Q |
| 2 | Jože Međimurec | Yugoslavia |
1:49.15 | Q |
| 3 | Antonio Fernández | Spain |
1:49.29 | Q |
| 4 | Markku Aalto | Finland |
1:49.33 | Q |
| 5 | Hans Bertram | West Germany |
1:49.57 | |
| 6 | Krzysztof Linkowski | Poland |
1:51.67 | |
| 7 | Ragnar Schie |  Norway |
1:54.21 |
Heat 2
[edit]| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Andy Carter | Great Britain |
1:46.82 | Q |
| 2 | Jens-Bodo Fried | West Germany |
1:47.43 | Q |
| 3 | Stanislav Meshcherskikh | Soviet Union |
1:47.49 | Q |
| 4 | Sjef Hensgens | Netherlands |
1:47.90 | Q |
| 5 | Fernando Mamede |  Portugal |
1:48.44 | NR |
| 6 | André Boonen |  Belgium |
1:49.61 | |
| 7 | Aurelio Falero |  Gibraltar |
1:59.75 |
Heat 3
[edit]| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yevgeniy Arzhanov | Soviet Union |
1:49.27 | Q |
| 2 | Gerd Larsen | Denmark |
1:49.31 | Q |
| 3 | Stanisław Waśkiewicz | Poland |
1:49.35 | Q |
| 4 | Peter Browne | Great Britain |
1:49.41 | Q |
| 5 | Reiner Föhrenbach | West Germany |
1:49.57 | |
| 6 | Mehmet Tümkan |  Turkey |
1:49.80 |
Heat 4
[edit]| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hans-Henning Ohlert | East Germany |
1:59.23 | Q |
| 2 | Jozef Plachý | Czechoslovakia |
2:00.09 | Q |
| 3 | Andrzej Kupczyk | Poland |
2:00.13 | Q |
| 4 | Philippe Meyer | France |
2:00.60 | Q |
Participation
[edit]According to an unofficial count, 24 athletes from 17 countries participated in the event.
- Belgium (1)
- Czechoslovakia (1)
- Denmark (1)
- East Germany (2)
- Finland (1)
- France (1)
- Gibraltar (1)
- Netherlands (1)
- Norway (1)
- Poland (3)
- Portugal (1)
- Soviet Union (2)
- Spain (1)
- Turkey (1)
- Great Britain (2)
- West Germany (3)
- Yugoslavia (1)
References
[edit]- ^ European Athletics Championships Zürich 2014 - STATISTICS HANDBOOK (PDF), European Athletics Association, pp. 412–420, retrieved 13 August 2014
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