European Athletics Championships 1954/800 m men
5th European Athletics Championships | |
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discipline | Men's 800-meter run |
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Stadion | Neufeld Stadium |
Attendees | 33 athletes from 21 countries |
Competition phase | August 25th (preliminary) August 27th (semi-finals) August 28th (final) |
Medalist | |
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Lajos Szentgáli ( HUN )
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Lucien De Muynck ( BEL )
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Audun Boysen ( NOR )
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The men's 800-meter run at the 1954 European Athletics Championships was held from August 25 to 28, 1954 in the Neufeld stadium in Bern .
The Hungarian Lajos Szentgáli became European champion . He won ahead of the Belgian Lucien De Muynck. Bronze went to the Norwegian Audun Boysen .
Records
Existing records
World record | 1: 46.6 min |
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Milan , Italy | July 15, 1939 |
European record | ||||
Championship record | 1: 50.5 min |
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EM in Brussels , Belgium | August 26, 1950 |
Record improvement
The existing EM record has been improved three times:
- 1: 50.2 min - Brian Hewson , lead-in on August 25th
- 1: 50.0 min - Lajos Szentgáli , semi-finals on August 27th
- 1: 47.1 min - Lajos Szentgáli , final on August 28th
Preliminary round
August 25, 1954, 6:10 p.m.
The preliminary round was held in four runs. The first four athletes per run - highlighted in light blue - qualified for the semi-finals.
Forward 1
space | Surname | nation | Time (min) |
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1 | Olaf Lawrenz |
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1: 52.0 |
2 | Lucien De Muynck |
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1: 52.2 |
3 | István Bárkányi |
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1: 52.4 PB |
4th | Days Ekfeldt |
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1: 52.4 |
5 | Tauno Kontio |
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1: 52.8 SB |
6th | Ludvík Liška |
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1: 53.2 PB |
7th | Alfred Lasch |
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1: 55.4 PB |
8th | Manuel Macías |
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1: 56.7 PB |
Forward 2
space | Surname | nation | Time (min) |
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1 | Lajos Szentgáli |
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1: 51.8 |
2 | Derek Johnson |
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1: 51.8 |
3 | Edmund Potrzebowski |
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1: 52.3 |
4th | René Djian |
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1: 52.8 |
5 | Josef Steger |
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1: 53.5 PB |
6th | Ekrem Koçak |
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1: 56.2 PB |
7th | De Kroon |
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NT |
DNF | Gunnar Nielsen |
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Forward 3
space | Surname | nation | Time (min) |
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1 | Brian Hewson |
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1: 50.2 CR |
2 | Audun Boysen |
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1: 50.3 |
3 | Gérard Rasquin |
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1: 51.6 |
4th | Oleg Ageev |
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1: 51.7 PB |
5 | Evangelos Depastas |
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1: 52.7 SB |
6th | Hugo Wallkamm |
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1: 55.1 PB |
7th | Patrick El Mabrouk |
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1: 56.0 PB |
8th | Ernst Suppan |
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1: 58.4 PB |
9 | Somuncuoğlu Ünal |
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2: 02.6 PB |
Forward 4
space | Surname | nation | Time (min) |
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1 | Roger Moens |
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1: 51.5 |
2 | Ron Delany |
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1: 51.8 |
3 | Friedel Stracke |
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1: 52.1 PB |
4th | Urpo Vähäranta |
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1: 52.2 |
5 | Hans Ring |
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1: 52.7 PB |
6th | Georgi Iwakin |
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1: 53.9 PB |
7th | Dušan Čikel |
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1: 54.2 PB |
8th | Miloje Grujić |
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1: 55.7 PB |
Semifinals
August 27, 1954, 3:05 p.m.
In each of the two semi-finals, the first four athletes - highlighted in light blue - qualified for the final.
Run 1
space | Surname | nation | Time (min) |
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1 | Lajos Szentgáli |
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1: 50.0 CR |
2 | Ron Delany |
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1: 50.2 NO |
3 | Lucien De Muynck |
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1: 50.3 |
4th | Days Ekfeldt |
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1: 50.3 PB |
5 | Edmund Potrzebowski |
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1: 51.2 PB |
6th | Brian Hewson |
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1: 51.2 |
7th | Olaf Lawrenz |
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1: 51.4 PB |
8th | Urpo Vähäranta |
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1: 51.4 PB |
Run 2
space | Surname | nation | Time (min) |
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1 | Audun Boysen |
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1: 50.6 |
2 | Roger Moens |
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1: 50.7 |
3 | Derek Johnson |
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1: 51.0 |
4th | Gérard Rasquin |
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1: 51.5 |
5 | René Djian |
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1: 51.8 PB |
6th | Friedel Stracke |
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1: 52.3 |
7th | Oleg Ageev |
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1: 52.5 |
8th | István Bárkányi |
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1: 52.8 |
final
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August 28, 1954, 4:50 p.m.
space | Surname | nation | Time (min) |
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1 | Lajos Szentgáli |
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1: 47.1 CR / NR |
2 | Lucien De Muynck |
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1: 47.3 |
3 | Audun Boysen |
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1: 47.4 |
4th | Derek Johnson |
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1: 47.4 |
5 | Roger Moens |
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1: 47.8 PB |
6th | Gérard Rasquin |
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1: 51.4 |
7th | Days Ekfeldt |
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1: 53.8 |
8th | Ron Delany |
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2: 03.5 |
Roger Moens, who was supposed to replace Rudolf Harbig as world record holder in 1955 , reached fifth place
Ron Delany - two years later Olympic champion over 1500 meters
Web links
- European Athletics Championships - Bern 1954 at european-athletics.org, accessed on April 5, 2019
- Men 800m European Championship 1954 Bern on todor66.com, accessed on April 5, 2019
- V European Championship, Bern 1954 from trackfield.brinkster.net, accessed on April 5, 2019
- Results of all European Athletics Championships - 1954, 800 m men on sportschau.de, accessed on April 5, 2019
- 5th European Athletics Championships 1954 in Bern, Switzerland from ifosta.de, accessed on April 5, 2019
References and comments
- ↑ IAAF world records. 800m men , accessed April 5, 2019