1958 European Athletics Championships – Men's 800 metres

Events at the
1958 European
Athletics Championships

Track events
100 m   men   women
200 m men women
400 m men women
800 m men women
1500 m men
5000 m men
10,000 m men
80 m hurdles women
110 m hurdles men
400 m hurdles men
3000 m
steeplechase
men
4×100 m relay men women
4×400 m relay men
Road events
Marathon men
20 km walk men
50 km walk men
Field events
High jump men women
Pole vault men
Long jump men women
Triple jump men
Shot put men women
Discus throw men women
Hammer throw men
Javelin throw men women
Combined events
Pentathlon women
Decathlon men

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
 United Kingdom
Silver Audun Boysen
 Norway
Bronze Paul Schmidt
 West Germany

Results

Final

21 August

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1st Mike Rawson  United Kingdom 1:47.8
2nd Audun Boysen  Norway 1:47.9
3rd 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  United Kingdom 1:49.2
8 Christian Wägli   Switzerland 1:52.0

Semi-finals

20 August

Semi-final 1

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Derek Johnson  United Kingdom 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  United Kingdom 1:50.1 Q
5 Evangelos Depastas  Greece 1:50.3
6 Gianfranco Baraldi  Italy 1:51.2
7 Rolf Gottfridsson  Sweden 1:52.1
8 Tadeusz Kaźmierski  Poland DQ

Heats

19 August

Heat 1

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Derek Johnson  United Kingdom 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  Spain 1:52.8

Heat 2

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Mike Rawson  United Kingdom 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.

References

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