1974 European Athletics Championships – Men's 800 metres
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The men's 800 metres at the 1974 European Athletics Championships was held in Rome, Italy, at Stadio Olimpico on 2, 3, and 4 September 1974.[1]
The winning margin was 1.69 seconds which with the conclusion of the 2024 championships remains the only time the men's 800 metres has been won by more than a second at these championships.
Medalists
Gold | Luciano Sušanj![]() |
Silver | Steve Ovett![]() |
Bronze | Markku Taskinen![]() |
Results
Final
4 September
Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
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![]() | Luciano Sušanj | ![]() | 1:44.07 | NR CR |
![]() | Steve Ovett | ![]() | 1:45.76 | |
![]() | Markku Taskinen | ![]() | 1:45.89 | |
4 | Vladimir Ponomaryov | ![]() | 1:46.02 | |
5 | Gerhard Stolle | ![]() | 1:46.19 | |
6 | Marcello Fiasconaro | ![]() | 1:46.28 | |
7 | Dieter Fromm | ![]() | 1:46.29 | |
8 | Willi Wülbeck | ![]() | 1:46.31 |
Semi-finals
3 September
Semi-final 1
Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
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1 | Steve Ovett | ![]() | 1:47.1 | Q |
2 | Luciano Sušanj | ![]() | 1:47.2 | Q |
3 | Gerhard Stolle | ![]() | 1:47.4 | Q |
4 | Willi Wülbeck | ![]() | 1:47.4 | Q |
5 | Marcel Philippe | ![]() | 1:47.5 | |
6 | Åke Svenson | ![]() | 1:47.7 | |
7 | Jozef Plachý | ![]() | 1:47.9 | |
8 | Hans-Henning Ohlert | ![]() | 1:48.6 |
Semi-final 2
Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
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1 | Vladimir Ponomaryov | ![]() | 1:47.6 | Q |
2 | Marcello Fiasconaro | ![]() | 1:47.7 | Q |
3 | Dieter Fromm | ![]() | 1:47.7 | Q |
4 | Markku Taskinen | ![]() | 1:47.7 | Q |
5 | Gheorghe Ghipu | ![]() | 1:47.8 | |
6 | Johan Van Wezer | ![]() | 1:48.0 | |
7 | Fernando Mamede | ![]() | 1:48.5 | |
8 | Josef Schmid | ![]() | 1:48.6 |
Heats
2 September
Heat 1
Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
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1 | Johan Van Wezer | ![]() | 1:47.7 | Q |
2 | Gerhard Stolle | ![]() | 1:47.7 | Q |
3 | Marcello Fiasconaro | ![]() | 1:47.8 | Q |
4 | Heinz Langenbach | ![]() | 1:47.9 | |
5 | David McMeekin | ![]() | 1:48.1 | |
6 | Andrés Ballbé | ![]() | 1:48.2 | |
7 | Günther Hasler | ![]() | 1:50.2 |
Heat 2
Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
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1 | Gheorghe Ghipu | ![]() | 1:46.9 | Q |
2 | Steve Ovett | ![]() | 1:47.0 | Q |
3 | Jozef Plachý | ![]() | 1:47.1 | Q |
4 | Vladimir Ponomaryov | ![]() | 1:47.1 | q |
5 | Fernando Mamede | ![]() | 1:47.5 | NR q |
6 | Åke Svenson | ![]() | 1:47.5 | q |
7 | Willi Wülbeck | ![]() | 1:47.6 | q |
Heat 3
Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Luciano Sušanj | ![]() | 1:48.4 | Q |
2 | Dieter Fromm | ![]() | 1:48.6 | Q |
3 | Markku Taskinen | ![]() | 1:48.7 | Q |
4 | Sven-Erik Nielsen | ![]() | 1:48.9 | |
5 | Ján Šišovský | ![]() | 1:48.9 | |
6 | Stavros Mermingis | ![]() | 1:49.8 | |
7 | Sven-Johan Svendsen | ![]() | 1:50.9 |
Heat 4
Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
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1 | Hans-Henning Ohlert | ![]() | 1:49.7 | Q |
2 | Marcel Philippe | ![]() | 1:49.8 | Q |
3 | Josef Schmid | ![]() | 1:49.9 | Q |
4 | Pavel Litovchenko | ![]() | 1:50.0 | |
5 | Nicolae Onescu | ![]() | 1:50.1 | |
6 | Jean Kaiser | ![]() | 1:54.2 |
Participation
According to an unofficial count, 27 athletes from 19 countries participated in the event.
Belgium (1)
Czechoslovakia (2)
Denmark (1)
East Germany (3)
Finland (1)
France (1)
Greece (1)
Italy (1)
Liechtenstein (1)
Luxembourg (1)
Norway (1)
Portugal (1)
Romania (2)
Soviet Union (2)
Spain (1)
Sweden (1)
Great Britain (2)
West Germany (3)
Yugoslavia (1)
References
- ^ European Athletics Championships Zürich 2014 - STATISTICS HANDBOOK (PDF), European Athletics Association, pp. 420–427, retrieved 13 August 2014