1974 European Athletics Championships – Men's 800 metres

Events at the 1974 European Athletics Championships
Track events
100 m		men		women
200 m		men		women
400 m		men		women
800 m		men		women
1500 m		men		women
3000 m				women
5000 m		men
10,000 m		men
100 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		women
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 1974 European Athletics Championships was held in Roma, Italy, at Stadio Olimpico on 2, 3, and 4 September 1974.^[1]

Medalists

Gold	Luciano Sušanj  Yugoslavia
Silver	Steve Ovett  United Kingdom
Bronze	Markku Taskinen  Finland

Results

Final

4 September

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
01 !	Luciano Sušanj	Yugoslavia	1:44.07	NR CR
02 !	Steve Ovett	United Kingdom	1:45.76
03 !	Markku Taskinen	Finland	1:45.89
4	Vladimir Ponomaryev	Soviet Union	1:46.02
5	Gerhard Stolle	East Germany	1:46.19
6	Marcello Fiasconaro	Italy	1:46.28
7	Dieter Fromm	East Germany	1:46.29
8	Willi Wülbeck	West Germany	1:46.31

Semi-finals

3 September

Semi-final 1

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Steve Ovett	United Kingdom	1:47.1	Q
2	Luciano Sušanj	Yugoslavia	1:47.2	Q
3	Gerhard Stolle	East Germany	1:47.4	Q
4	Willi Wülbeck	West Germany	1:47.4	Q
5	Marcel Philippe	France	1:47.5
6	Åke Svenson	Sweden	1:47.7
7	Jozef Plachý	Czechoslovakia	1:47.9
8	Hans-Henning Ohlert	East Germany	1:48.6

Semi-final 2

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Vladimir Ponomaryev	Soviet Union	1:47.6	Q
2	Marcello Fiasconaro	Italy	1:47.7	Q
3	Dieter Fromm	East Germany	1:47.7	Q
4	Markku Taskinen	Finland	1:47.7	Q
5	Gheorghe Ghipu	Romania	1:47.8
6	Johan Van Wezer	Belgium	1:48.0
7	Fernando Mamede	Portugal	1:48.5
8	Josef Schmid	West Germany	1:48.6

Heats

2 September

Heat 1

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Johan Van Wezer	Belgium	1:47.7	Q
2	Gerhard Stolle	East Germany	1:47.7	Q
3	Marcello Fiasconaro	Italy	1:47.8	Q
4	Heinz Langenbach	West Germany	1:47.9
5	David McMeekin	United Kingdom	1:48.1
6	Andrés Ballbé	Spain	1:48.2
7	Günther Hasler	Liechtenstein	1:50.2

Heat 2

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Gheorghe Ghipu	Romania	1:46.9	Q
2	Steve Ovett	United Kingdom	1:47.0	Q
3	Jozef Plachý	Czechoslovakia	1:47.1	Q
4	Vladimir Ponomaryev	Soviet Union	1:47.1	q
5	Fernando Mamede	Portugal	1:47.5	NR q
6	Åke Svenson	Sweden	1:47.5	q
7	Willi Wülbeck	West Germany	1:47.6	q

Heat 3

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Luciano Sušanj	Yugoslavia	1:48.4	Q
2	Dieter Fromm	East Germany	1:48.6	Q
3	Markku Taskinen	Finland	1:48.7	Q
4	Sven-Erik Nielsen	Denmark	1:48.9
5	Ján Šišovský	Czechoslovakia	1:48.9
6	Stavros Mermingis	Greece	1:49.8
7	Sven-Johan Svendsen	Norway	1:50.9

Heat 4

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Hans-Henning Ohlert	East Germany	1:49.7	Q
2	Marcel Philippe	France	1:49.8	Q
3	Josef Schmid	West Germany	1:49.9	Q
4	Pavel Litovchenko	Soviet Union	1:50.0
5	Nicolae Onescu	Romania	1:50.1
6	Jean Kaiser	Luxembourg	1:54.2

Participation

According to an unofficial count, 27 athletes from 19 countries participated in the event.

References