1938 European Athletics Championships – Men's 800 metres

Events at the
1938 European
Athletics Championships

Track events
100 m   men   women
200 m men women
400 m men
800 m men
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
50 km walk men
Field events
Long jump men women
Triple jump men
High jump men women
Pole vault men
Shot put men women
Discus throw men women
Javelin throw men women
Hammer throw men
Combined events
Decathlon men

The men's 800 metres at the 1938 European Athletics Championships was held in Paris, France, at Stade Olympique de Colombes on 3 and 4 September 1938.[1]

Medalists

Gold Rudolf Harbig
 Germany
Silver Jacques Lévèque
 France
Bronze Mario Lanzi
 Italy

Results

Final

4 September

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1st, gold medalist(s) Rudolf Harbig  Germany 1:50.6 CR NR
2nd, silver medalist(s) Jacques Lévèque  France 1:51.8
3rd, bronze medalist(s) Mario Lanzi  Italy 1:52.0
4 Sjabbe Bouman  Netherlands 1:52.3 NR
5 Bertil Andersson  Sweden 1:53.0
6 Tauno Peussa  Finland 1:55.5
7 Paul Faure  France NT
8 Lennart Nilsson  Sweden NT
9 Paul Minder   Switzerland NT
9 Gusztáv Harsányi  Hungary DNF

Heats

3 September

Heat 1

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Mario Lanzi  Italy 1:53.6 Q
2 Jacques Lévèque  France 1:54.1 Q
3 Lennart Nilsson  Sweden 1:54.2 Q
4 Francis Handley  United Kingdom 1:55.0

Heat 2

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Rudolf Harbig  Germany 1:54.3 Q
2 Bertil Andersson  Sweden 1:54.9 Q
3 Paul Faure  France 1:55.2 Q
4 Ferenc Temesvári  Hungary 1:55.4
5 Alfred Baldwin  United Kingdom 1:56.6
6 Emil Goršek  Yugoslavia 2:01.4
7 Charles Stein  Luxembourg NT

Heat 3

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Sjabbe Bouman  Netherlands 1:56.8 Q
2 Tauno Peussa  Finland 1:57.7 Q
3 Gusztáv Harsányi  Hungary 1:58.4 Q
4 Paul Minder   Switzerland 1:58.6 Q
5 Eraldo Colombo  Italy 1:58.8
6 Antonio Calado  Portugal 1:58.8
7 Wacław Gąssowski  Poland 2:02.0

Participation

According to an unofficial count, 18 athletes from 13 countries participated in the event.

References

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