1966 European Athletics Championships – Men's 800 metres

Events at the
1966 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 1966 European Athletics Championships was held in Budapest, Hungary, at Népstadion on 2, 3, and 4 September 1966.[1]

Medalists

Gold Manfred Matuschewski
 East Germany
Silver Franz-Josef Kemper
 West Germany
Bronze Bodo Tümmler
 West Germany

Results

Final

4 September

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1st, gold medalist(s) Manfred Matuschewski  East Germany 1:45.9 CR NR
2nd, silver medalist(s) Franz-Josef Kemper  West Germany 1:46.0
3rd, bronze medalist(s) Bodo Tümmler  West Germany 1:46.3
4 Chris Carter  United Kingdom 1:46.3 NR
5 Tomás Jungwirth  Czechoslovakia 1:46.7 NR
6 John Boulter  United Kingdom 1:47.0
7 Alberto Esteban  Spain 1:47.4 NR
8 Noel Carroll  Ireland 1:47.9

Semi-finals

3 September

Semi-final 1

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Franz-Josef Kemper  West Germany 1:47.9 Q
2 Tomás Jungwirth  Czechoslovakia 1:48.0 Q
3 Chris Carter  United Kingdom 1:48.1 Q
4 Noel Carroll  Ireland 1:48.3 Q
5 Vadim Mikhailov  Soviet Union 1:48.7
6 Mathias Seidler  East Germany 1:48.8
7 Guy Taillard  France 1:49.2
8 Maurice Lurot  France 1:49.9

Semi-final 2

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Manfred Matuschewski  East Germany 1:49.3 Q
2 John Boulter  United Kingdom 1:49.4 Q
3 Bodo Tümmler  West Germany 1:49.5 Q
4 Alberto Esteban  Spain 1:49.5 Q
5 Rein Tölp  Soviet Union 1:49.8
6 Pavel Penkava  Czechoslovakia 1:49.8
7 Jürgen May  East Germany 1:50.0
8 Jean-Michel Pellez  France 1:51.8

Heats

2 September

Heat 1

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Mathias Seidler  East Germany 1:48.3 Q
2 Franz-Josef Kemper  West Germany 1:48.4 Q
3 Jean-Michel Pellez  France 1:48.6 Q
4 Derek McCleane  Ireland 1:48.6
5 Arne Kvalheim  Norway 1:49.4
6 Petr Blaha  Czechoslovakia 1:49.9
7 Marnix Cocquyt  Belgium 1:53.7

Heat 2

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Jürgen May  East Germany 1:48.1 Q
2 Guy Taillard  France 1:48.1 Q
3 Pavel Penkava  Czechoslovakia 1:48.2 Q
4 John Boulter  United Kingdom 1:48.4 Q
5 Jacques Pennewaert  Belgium 1:48.4
6 Franco Arese  Italy 1:49.6
7 Imre Nagy  Hungary 1:50.4

Heat 3

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Chris Carter  United Kingdom 1:48.7 Q
2 Tomás Jungwirth  Czechoslovakia 1:48.9 Q
3 Rein Tölp  Soviet Union 1:49.1 Q
4 Hansruedi Mumenthaler   Switzerland 1:49.3
5 Lorant Stoll  Hungary 1:50.3
6 Heikki Pippola  Finland 1:51.7
7 Gani Alia  Albania 1:52.4 NR
9 Paul Roekaerts  Belgium DQ

Heat 4

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Noel Carroll  Ireland 1:48.1 Q
2 Alberto Esteban  Spain 1:48.2 Q
3 Vadim Mikhailov  Soviet Union 1:48.4 Q
4 Walter Adams  West Germany 1:48.8
5 Kenth Andersson  Sweden 1:49.0
6 Erik Zelazny  Poland 1:50.2
7 Konstantinos Mihailidis  Greece 1:51.9
8 Jože Međimurec  Yugoslavia 1:53.5

Heat 5

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Bodo Tümmler  West Germany 1:48.6 Q
2 Maurice Lurot  France 1:48.8 Q
3 Manfred Matuschewski  East Germany 1:48.9 Q
4 Rudolf Klaban  Austria 1:49.0
5 Remir Mitrofanov  Soviet Union 1:49.2
6 Preben Glue  Denmark 1:50.2
7 Ian Hamilton  Ireland 1:53.7

Participation

According to an unofficial count, 37 athletes from 21 countries participated in the event.

References

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