1972 European Athletics Indoor Championships – Men's 800 metres

The men's 800 metres event at the 1972 European Athletics Indoor Championships was held on 11 and 12 March in Grenoble.

Medalists

Gold	Silver	Bronze
Jozef Plachý Czechoslovakia	Ivan Ivanov Soviet Union	Francis Gonzalez France

Results

Heats

First 4 from each heat (Q) qualified directly for the final.

Held on 11 March

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	2	Jozef Plachý	Czechoslovakia	1:49.92	Q
2	2	Manuel Gayoso	Spain	1:50.15	Q, NR
3	2	Peter Browne	Great Britain	1:50.88	Q
4	2	Jan Reijnders	Netherlands	1:50.91	Q
5	1	Ivan Ivanov	Soviet Union	1:59.57	Q
6	1	Francis Gonzalez	France	1:59.83	Q
7	1	András Zsinka	Hungary	2:00.19	Q
8	1	Þorsteinn Þorsteinsson	Iceland	2:05.37	Q
9	1	Jože Međimurec	Yugoslavia	2:12.24

Final

Held on 12 March

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Jozef Plachý	Czechoslovakia	1:48.84	NR
	Ivan Ivanov	Soviet Union	1:49.05
	Francis Gonzalez	France	1:49.17
4	András Zsinka	Hungary	1:50.62
5	Peter Browne	Great Britain	1:51.27
6	Manuel Gayoso	Spain	1:52.15
7	Þorsteinn Þorsteinsson	Iceland	1:53.26	NR
	Jan Reijnders	Netherlands	DNS