European Athletics Championships 1950/800 m men
| 4. European Athletics Championships | |
|---|---|
 |
|
| discipline | Men's 800-meter run |
| city |
 Brussels
|
| Stadion | Heysel Stadium |
| Attendees | 18 athletes from 12 countries |
| Competition phase | August 23rd (preliminary) August 26th (final) |
| Medalist | |
 gold |
John Parlett ( GBR )
 |
 silver |
Marcel Hansenne ( FRA )
 |
 bronze |
Roger Bannister ( GBR )
|
The men's 800-meter run at the 1950 European Athletics Championships was held on 23 and 26 August 1950 in the Heysel Stadium in the Belgian capital, Brussels .
In this competition there were two medals for Great Britain with gold and bronze. European champion was John Parlett . He won ahead of the Frenchman Marcel Hansenne . Bronze went to Roger Bannister .
Records
Existing records
| World record | 1: 46.6 min |
.svg){kind=small} Rudolf Harbig
|
Milan , Italy | July 15, 1939 |
| European record | ||||
| Championship record | 1: 50.6 min | EM in Paris , France | September 4, 1938 |
Record improvement
In the final, European champion John Parlett improved the European Championship record by a tenth of a second to 1: 50.5 minutes.
Preliminary round
23 August 1950, 7 p.m.
The preliminary round was carried out in three runs. The first three athletes per run - highlighted in light blue - qualified for the final.
Forward 1
| space | Surname | nation | Time (min) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Audun Boysen |
 Norway
|
1: 51.2 SB |
| 2 | Ingvar Bengtsson |
 Sweden
|
1: 51.5 |
| 3 | Josy Barthel |
 Luxembourg
|
1: 51.7 PB |
| 4th | Vaclav Aim |
 Czechoslovakia
|
1: 53.0 PB |
| 5 | Gennadiy Modoy |
.svg){kind=small} Soviet Union
|
1: 53.1 PB |
| 6th | Magnús Jónsson |
 Iceland
|
1: 56.2 PB |
| 7th | Telemachus Kanellidis |
.svg){kind=small} Greece
|
1: 59.1 PB |
Forward 2
| space | Surname | nation | Time (min) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Marcel Hansenne |
France
|
1: 50.8 |
| 2 | Olle Lindén |
Sweden
|
1: 50.9 PB |
| 3 | John Parlett |
Great Britain
|
1: 51.9 |
| 4th | Alfred Langenus |
Belgium
|
1: 53.3 PB |
| 5 | Aldo Fracassi |
 Italy
|
1: 55.3 PB |
| 6th | Pétur Einarsson |
Iceland
|
1: 56.7 PB |
Forward 3
| space | Surname | nation | Time (min) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Roger Bannister |
Great Britain
|
1: 53.8 |
| 2 | Michel Clare |
France
|
1: 53.8 |
| 3 | Joseph Brys |
Belgium
|
1: 54.1 |
| 4th | Matija Hanc |
.svg){kind=small} Yugoslavia
|
1: 55.3 PB |
| 5 | Loukas Adamopoulos |
Greece
|
1: 57.5 PB |
final
August 26, 1950
| space | Surname | nation | Time (min) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | John Parlett |
Great Britain
|
1: 50.5 CR |
| 2 | Marcel Hansenne |
France
|
1: 50.7 SB |
| 3 | Roger Bannister |
Great Britain
|
1: 50.7 PB |
| 4th | Ingvar Bengtsson |
Sweden
|
1: 51.2 SB |
| 5 | Audun Boysen |
Norway
|
1: 51.4 |
| 6th | Michel Clare |
France
|
1: 51.6 PB |
| 7th | Olle Lindén |
Sweden
|
1: 52.3 |
| 8th | Joseph Brys |
Belgium
|
1: 54.0 PB |
| 9 | Josy Barthel |
Luxembourg
|
1: 58.8 |
Bronze medalist Roger Bannister became best known after being the first runner to break the four-minute mark on the English mile (1609 m) in 1954
Ingvar Bengtsson came in fourth
Audun Boysen came in fifth
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Web links
- European Athletics Championships - Brussels 1950 from the European Athletics homepage , accessed on March 27, 2019
- Men 800m European Championship 1950 Brussels on todor66.com, accessed on March 27, 2019
- IV European Championship, Brussels 1950 from trackfield.brinkster.net, accessed on March 27, 2019
- Results of all European Athletics Championships - 1950, 800 m men on sportschau.de, accessed on March 27, 2019
- 4th European Athletics Championships 1950 in Brussels, Belgium from ifosta.de, accessed on March 27, 2019
References and comments
- ↑ IAAF world records. 800m men , accessed March 27, 2019