1986 European Athletics Championships – Men's 800 metres

Events at the 1986 European
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These are the official results of the Men's 800 metres event at the 1986 European Championships in Stuttgart, West Germany, held at Neckarstadion on 26, 27, and 28 August 1986.[1]

Medalists

Gold Sebastian Coe
 United Kingdom
Silver Tom McKean
 United Kingdom
Bronze Steve Cram
 United Kingdom

Results

Final

28 August

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1st Sebastian Coe  United Kingdom 1:44.50
2nd Tom McKean  United Kingdom 1:44.61
3rd Steve Cram  United Kingdom 1:44.88
4 Rob Druppers  Netherlands 1:45.53
5 Ryszard Ostrowski  Poland 1:45.54
6 Peter Braun  West Germany 1:45.83
7 Philippe Collard  France 1:45.96
8 Viktor Kalinkin  Soviet Union 1:47.36

Semi-finals

27 August

Semi-final 1

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Steve Cram  United Kingdom 1:46.59 Q
2 Peter Braun  West Germany 1:46.84 Q
3 Ryszard Ostrowski  Poland 1:46.89 Q
4 Philippe Collard  France 1:46.96 Q
5 Vladimir Graudyn  Soviet Union 1:47.50
6 Álvaro Silva  Portugal 1:47.69
7 Valeriy Starodubtsev  Soviet Union 1:48.37
8 Ari Suhonen  Finland 1:49.67

Semi-final 2

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Rob Druppers  Netherlands 1:46.54 Q
2 Tom McKean  United Kingdom 1:46.62 Q
3 Sebastian Coe  United Kingdom 1:47.10 Q
4 Viktor Kalinkin  Soviet Union 1:47.41 Q
5 Matthias Assmann  West Germany 1:47.45
6 Martin Enholm  Sweden 1:49.02
7 Hans-Joachim Mogalle  East Germany 1:49.90
8 Thomas Giessing  West Germany DNF

Heats

26 August

Heat 1

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Peter Braun  West Germany 1:48.38 Q
2 Ryszard Ostrowski  Poland 1:48.39 Q
3 Rob Druppers  Netherlands 1:48.42 Q
4 Vladimir Graudyn  Soviet Union 1:48.49 q
5 Slobodan Popović  Yugoslavia 1:48.68
6 Gert Kilbert   Switzerland 1:49.82
7 Spyros Spyrou  Cyprus 1:53.36

Heat 2

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Tom McKean  United Kingdom 1:48.37 Q
2 Valeriy Starodubtsev  Soviet Union 1:48.46 Q
3 Matthias Assmann  West Germany 1:48.65 Q
4 Ronny Olsson  Sweden 1:48.78
5 Robin van Helden  Netherlands 1:48.88
6 Colomán Trabado  Spain 1:49.42
7 Mücteba Apaydın  Turkey 1:52.41

Heat 3

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Steve Cram  United Kingdom 1:46.54 Q
2 Viktor Kalinkin  Soviet Union 1:46.68 Q
3 Álvaro Silva  Portugal 1:46.74 NR Q
4 Hans-Joachim Mogalle  East Germany 1:46.98 q
5 Martin Enholm  Sweden 1:48.40 q
6 Bo Breigan  Norway 1:49.78

Heat 4

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Sebastian Coe  United Kingdom 1:47.64 Q
2 Ari Suhonen  Finland 1:47.71 Q
3 Philippe Collard  France 1:47.72 Q
4 Thomas Giessing  West Germany 1:48.03 q
5 Alberto Barsotti  Italy 1:48.53
6 Marc Corstjens  Belgium 1:48.55
7 John Chappory  Gibraltar 1:57.45

Participation

According to an unofficial count, 27 athletes from 19 countries participated in the event.

See also

References

  1. ↑ European Athletics Championships Zürich 2014 - STATISTICS HANDBOOK, European Athletics Association, pp. 443–451, retrieved 13 August 2014