European Athletics Championships 1934/800 m men
| 1st European Athletics Championships | |
|---|---|
 |
|
| discipline | Men's 800-meter run |
| city |
 Turin
|
| Stadion | Stadio Benito Mussolini |
| Attendees | 12 athletes from 10 countries |
| Competition phase | September 8th (preliminary / semi-finals) September 9th, 1934 (final) |
| Medalist | |
 gold |
Miklós Szabó ( HUN )
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 silver |
Mario Lanzi ( ITA )
|
 bronze |
Wolfgang Dessecker ( GER )
 |
The men's 800-meter run at the European Athletics Championships in 1934 was held on September 8 and 9, 1934 in the Turin Stadio Benito Mussolini .
The Hungarian Miklós Szabó won . Vice European champion was won by the Italian Mario Lanzi . Bronze went to the German Wolfgang Dessecker .
Existing records
| World record | 1: 49.8 min |
 Tommy Hampson
|
Los Angeles , USA | August 2, 1932 |
| 1: 49.8 min - run over 880 y (= 804.68 m) |
 Ben Eastman
|
Princeton , USA | June 16, 1934 | |
| Championship record | There was not yet a European championship record. | |||
Preliminary round
September 8, 1934
Since only twelve participants started in this competition, the first three runners from each of the three preliminary runs - highlighted in light blue - qualified directly for the final.
Forward 1
| space | Surname | nation | time |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Erik Wennberg |
 Sweden
|
1: 58.7 min CR |
| 2 | Miklós Szabó |
Hungary
|
1: 58.9 min |
| 3 | Pierre Hemmer |
 Luxembourg
|
1: 59.1 min |
| 4th | Ademar Juerlau |
 Estonia
|
1: 59.2 min PB |
Forward 2
| space | Surname | nation | time |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Wolfgang Dessecker |
German Empire
|
1: 57.0 min CR |
| 2 | Kazimierz Kucharski |
.svg){kind=small} Poland
|
1: 57.5 min |
| 3 | Jean Keller |
 France
|
1: 57.6 min |
| 4th | Evžen Rošický |
 Czechoslovakia
|
1: 57.8 min PB |
Forward 3
| space | Surname | nation | time |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mario Lanzi |
Italy
|
1: 51.8 min CR |
| 2 | Eric Ny |
Sweden
|
1: 53.0 min |
| 3 | Raymond Petit |
France
|
1: 55.3 min |
| 4th | Georg Puchberger |
 Austria
|
1: 57.0 min PB |
final
September 9, 1934
| space | Surname | nation | time |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Miklós Szabó |
Hungary
|
1: 52.0 min |
| 2 | Mario Lanzi |
Italy
|
1: 52.0 min |
| 3 | Wolfgang Dessecker |
German Empire
|
1: 52.2 min PB |
| 4th | Eric Ny |
Sweden
|
1: 52.4 min |
| 5 | Erik Wennberg |
Sweden
|
1: 53.1 min |
| 6th | Kazimierz Kucharski |
Poland
|
1: 53.4 NO |
| 7th | Raymond Petit |
France
|
1: 54.0 PB |
| 8th | Pierre Hemmer |
Luxembourg
|
1: 55.8 NO |
| 9 | Jean Keller |
France
|
NT |
Eric Ny finished fourth.
Erik Wennberg came in fifth.
Kazimierz Kucharski finished sixth.
Jean Keller was ninth in this final.
Web links
- European Athletics Championships - Torino 1934 from the European Athletics homepage , accessed on March 5, 2019
- Men 800m Athletics I European Championships 1934 Torino (ITA) on todor66.com, accessed March 9, 2019
- I European Championship, Turin 1934 from trackfield.brinkster.net, accessed March 5, 2019
- Results of all European Athletics Championships - 1934, 800 m men on sportschau.de, accessed on March 5, 2019
- 1st European Men's Athletics Championships 1934 in Turin, Italy from ifosta.de, accessed on March 5, 2019
Individual evidence
- ^ IAAF Statistics Handbook, Beijing 2015, page 669 , accessed on March 5, 2019