1950 European Athletics Championships – Men's 800 metres

Events at the
1950 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
10,000 m track walk men
4×100 m relay men women
4×400 m relay men
Road events
Marathon 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 1950 European Athletics Championships was held in Bruxelles, Belgium, at Stade du Heysel on 23 and 26 August 1950.[1]

Medalists

Gold John Parlett
 United Kingdom
Silver Marcel Hansenne
 France
Bronze Roger Bannister
 United Kingdom

Results

Final

26 August

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1st, gold medalist(s) John Parlett  United Kingdom 1:50.5 CR
2nd, silver medalist(s) Marcel Hansenne  France 1:50.7
3rd, bronze medalist(s) Roger Bannister  United Kingdom 1:50.7
4 Ingvar Bengtsson  Sweden 1:51.2
5 Audun Boysen  Norway 1:51.4
6 Michel Clare  France 1:51.6
7 Olle Lindén  Sweden 1:52.3
8 Joseph Brys  Belgium 1:54.0
9 Joseph Barthel  Luxembourg 1:58.8

Heats

23 August

Heat 1

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Audun Boysen  Norway 1:51.2 Q
2 Ingvar Bengtsson  Sweden 1:51.5 Q
3 Joseph Barthel  Luxembourg 1:51.7 Q
4 Václav Aim  Czechoslovakia 1:53.0
5 Gennadiy Modoy  Soviet Union 1:53.1
6 Magnús Jónsson  Iceland 1:56.2
7 Telemachos Kanellidis  Greece 1:59.1

Heat 2

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Marcel Hansenne  France 1:50.8 Q
2 Olle Lindén  Sweden 1:50.9 Q
3 John Parlett  United Kingdom 1:51.9 Q
4 Alfred Langenus  Belgium 1:55.3
5 Aldo Fracassi  Italy 1:55.3
6 Pétur Einarsson  Iceland 1:56.7

Heat 3

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Roger Bannister  United Kingdom 1:53.8 Q
2 Michel Clare  France 1:53.8 Q
3 Joseph Brys  Belgium 1:54.1 Q
4 Matija Hanc  Yugoslavia 1:55.3
5 Loukas Adamopoulos  Greece 1:57.5

Participation

According to an unofficial count, 18 athletes from 12 countries participated in the event.

References

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