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1969 European Athletics Championships – Men's 800 metres

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Men's 800 metres
at the European Athletics Championships

The men's 800 metres at the 1969 European Athletics Championships was held in Athens, Greece, at Georgios Karaiskakis Stadium on 17, 18, and 19 September 1969.[1]

Medalists

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Gold Dieter Fromm
 East Germany
Silver Jozef Plachý
 Czechoslovakia
Bronze Manfred Matuschewski
 East Germany

Results

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Final

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19 September

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) Dieter Fromm  East Germany 1:45.98 CR
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Jozef Plachý  Czechoslovakia 1:46.26
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Manfred Matuschewski  East Germany 1:46.83
4 Yevgeniy Arzhanov  Soviet Union 1:47.1
5 Hansueli Mumenthaler   Switzerland 1:47.2
6 Andrzej Kupczyk  Poland 1:47.5
7 Noel Carroll  Ireland 1:49.1
8 Erhard Schulze  East Germany 1:55.4

Semi-finals

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18 September

Semi-final 1

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Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Yevgeniy Arzhanov  Soviet Union 1:49.2 Q
2 Erhard Schulze  East Germany 1:49.4 Q
3 Manfred Matuschewski  East Germany 1:49.4 Q
4 Noel Carroll  Ireland 1:49.5 Q
5 Andy Carter  Great Britain 1:49.6
6 Jože Međimurec  Yugoslavia 1:49.6
7 Stanisław Waśkiewicz  Poland 1:49.6
8 Tomáš Jungwirth  Czechoslovakia 1:50.0

Semi-final 2

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Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Jozef Plachý  Czechoslovakia 1:48.9 Q
2 Dieter Fromm  East Germany 1:49.0 Q
3 Hansueli Mumenthaler   Switzerland 1:49.1 Q
4 Andrzej Kupczyk  Poland 1:49.2 Q
5 Dave Cropper  Great Britain 1:50.0
6 Bob Adams  Great Britain 1:50.9
7 Sergey Kryuchok  Soviet Union 1:53.3
8 Kazimierz Wardak  Poland 1:57.1

Heats

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17 September

Heat 1

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Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Erhard Schulze  East Germany 1:48.7 Q
2 Bob Adams  Great Britain 1:49.2 Q
3 Jozef Plachý  Czechoslovakia 1:49.8 Q
4 Stanisław Waśkiewicz  Poland 1:50.4 Q
5 Jože Međimurec  Yugoslavia 1:50.5 Q
6 Zlatko Valchev  Bulgaria 1:50.6

Heat 2

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Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Andrzej Kupczyk  Poland 1:50.5 Q
2 Dave Cropper  Great Britain 1:50.8 Q
3 Manfred Matuschewski  East Germany 1:50.9 Q
4 Yevgeniy Arzhanov  Soviet Union 1:51.0 Q
5 Tomáš Jungwirth  Czechoslovakia 1:51.0 Q
6 Knut Brustad  Norway 1:51.1
7 Rudi Simon  Belgium 1:51.1
8 Ali Erte  Turkey 1:53.5

Heat 3

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Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Dieter Fromm  East Germany 1:50.1 Q
2 Hansueli Mumenthaler   Switzerland 1:50.1 Q
3 Noel Carroll  Ireland 1:50.2 Q
4 Andy Carter  Great Britain 1:50.3 Q
5 Kazimierz Wardak  Poland 1:50.3 Q
6 Sergey Kryuchok  Soviet Union 1:50.3 Q
7 Michel Medinger  Luxembourg 1:50.8

Participation

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According to an unofficial count, 21 athletes from 13 countries participated in the event.

References

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  1. ^ European Athletics Championships Zürich 2014 - STATISTICS HANDBOOK (PDF), European Athletics Association, pp. 405–412, retrieved 13 August 2014