1934 European Athletics Championships – Men's 800 metres

Events at the 1934 European Athletics Championships
Track events
100 m		men
200 m		men
400 m		men
800 m		men
1500 m		men
5000 m		men
10,000 m		men
110 m hurdles		men
400 m hurdles		men
4×100 m relay		men
4×400 m relay		men
Road events
Marathon		men
50 km walk		men
Field events
Long jump		men
Triple jump		men
High jump		men
Pole vault		men
Shot put		men
Discus throw		men
Javelin throw		men
Hammer throw		men
Combined events
Decathlon		men

The men's 800 metres at the 1934 European Athletics Championships was held in Turin, Italy, at the Stadio Benito Mussolini on 8 and 9 September 1934.^[1]

Medalists

Gold	Miklós Szabó  Hungary
Silver	Mario Lanzi  Italy
Bronze	Wolfgang Dessecker  Germany

Results

Final

9 September

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
01 !	Miklós Szabó	Hungary	1:52.0	NR
02 !	Mario Lanzi	Italy	1:52.0
03 !	Wolfgang Dessecker	Germany	1:52.2
4	Eric Ny	Sweden	1:52.4
5	Erik Wennberg	Sweden	1:53.1
6	Kazimierz Kucharski	Poland	1:53.4	NR
7	Raymond Petit	France	1:54.0
8	Pierre Hemmer	Luxembourg	1:55.8	NR
9	Jean Keller	France	NT

Heats

8 September

Heat 1

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Erik Wennberg	Sweden	1:58.7	Q
2	Miklós Szabó	Hungary	1:58.9	Q
3	Pierre Hemmer	Luxembourg	1:59.1	Q
4	Ademar Jürlau	Estonia	1:59.2

Heat 2

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Wolfgang Dessecker	Germany	1:57.0	Q
2	Kazimierz Kucharski	Poland	1:57.5	Q
3	Jean Keller	France	1:57.6	Q
4	Evzen Rosický	Czechoslovakia	1:57.8

Heat 3

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Mario Lanzi	Italy	1:51.8	Q
2	Eric Ny	Sweden	1:53.0	Q
3	Raymond Petit	France	1:55.3	Q
4	Georg Puchberger	Austria	1:57.0

Participation

According to an unofficial count, 12 athletes from 10 countries participated in the event.

References