European Athletics Championships 1958/800 m men
6th European Athletics Championships | |
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discipline | Men's 800-meter run |
city | Stockholm |
Stadion | Olympic Stadium |
Attendees | 23 athletes from 16 countries |
Competition phase | August 19th (preliminary) August 20th (semi-finals) August 21st (final) |
Medalist | |
gold | Michael Rawson ( GBR ) |
silver | Audun Boysen ( NOR ) |
bronze | Paul Schmidt ( GER ) |
The men's 800-meter run at the 1958 European Athletics Championships was held from August 19 to 21, 1958 in the Stockholm Olympic Stadium.
The British Michael Rawson became European champion . He won Audun Boysen before the Norwegian European Championship third in 1954 . Bronze went to the German runner Paul Schmidt .
Existing records
World record | 1: 45.7 min | Roger Moens | Oslo , Norway | 3rd August 1955 |
European record | ||||
Championship record | 1: 47.1 min | Lajos Szentgáli | EM Bern , Switzerland | August 28, 1954 |
The existing EM record was not set at these European championships and was not improved.
Preliminary round
August 19, 1958, 4:40 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 | Derek Johnson | Great Britain | 1: 49.5 |
2 | Lajos Szentgáli | Hungary | 1: 50.0 |
3 | Svavar Markússon | Iceland | 1: 50.5 PB |
4th | Hendrik house | Netherlands | 1: 51.0 PB |
5 | Cesareo Marín | Spain | 1: 52.8 PB |
DNS | Roger Moens | Belgium |
Forward 2
space | Surname | nation | Time (min) |
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1 | Michael Rawson | Great Britain | 1: 50.4 |
2 | Evangelos Depastas | Greece | 1: 50.7 |
3 | Olavi saloons | Finland | 1: 50.7 PB |
4th | Zbigniew Makomaski | Poland | 1: 51.2 |
5 | Gérard Vervoort | Belgium | 1: 51.6 PB |
6th | Hendrik Heida | Netherlands | 1: 52.3 PB |
Forward 3
space | Surname | nation | Time (min) |
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1 | Herbert Missalla | Germany | 1: 50.0 |
2 | Audun Boysen | Norway | 1: 50.5 |
3 | Christian Wägli | Switzerland | 1: 50.6 |
4th | Tadeusz Kaźmierski | Poland | 1: 50.8 |
5 | Dimitrios Konstantinidis | Greece | 1: 50.9 PB |
6th | Rudolf Klaban | Austria | 1: 51.3 PB |
Forward 4
space | Surname | nation | Time (min) |
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1 | Paul Schmidt | Germany | 1: 51.4 |
2 | Gianfranco Baraldi | Italy | 1: 51.8 |
3 | Lajos Kovács | Hungary | 1: 52.0 |
4th | Rolf Gottfridsson | Sweden | 1: 52.0 SB |
5 | Čeněk Hanka | Czechoslovakia | 1: 52.1 PB |
6th | Robert Misplon | France | 1: 54.3 PB |
Semifinals
August 20, 1958, 5:15 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 | Derek Johnson | Great Britain | 1: 48.8 SB |
2 | Christian Wägli | Switzerland | 1: 49.0 SB |
3 | Zbigniew Makomaski | Poland | 1: 49.1 |
4th | Herbert Missalla | Germany | 1: 49.2 |
5 | Lajos Kovács | Hungary | 1: 49.2 |
6th | Olavi saloons | Finland | 1: 51.8 |
7th | Svavar Markússon | Iceland | 1: 54.6 |
8th | Hendrik house | Netherlands | 1: 59.0 |
Run 2
space | Surname | nation | Time (min) |
---|---|---|---|
1 | Paul Schmidt | Germany | 1: 49.5 |
2 | Lajos Szentgáli | Hungary | 1: 49.8 |
3 | Audun Boysen | Norway | 1: 49.9 |
4th | Michael Rawson | Great Britain | 1: 50.1 |
5 | Evangelos Depastas | Greece | 1: 50.3 PB |
6th | Gianfranco Baraldi | Italy | 1: 51.2 PB |
7th | Rolf Gottfridsson | Sweden | 1: 52.1 |
DSQ | Tadeusz Kaźmierski | Poland |
final
August 21, 1958, 6.45 p.m.
space | Surname | nation | Time (min) |
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1 | Michael Rawson | Great Britain | 1: 47.8 |
2 | Audun Boysen | Norway | 1: 47.9 SB |
3 | Paul Schmidt | Germany | 1: 47.9 SB |
4th | Zbigniew Makomaski | Poland | 1: 48.0 |
5 | Lajos Szentgáli | Hungary | 1: 48.3 SB |
6th | Herbert Missalla | Germany | 1: 48.5 |
7th | Derek Johnson | Great Britain | 1: 49.2 |
8th | Christian Wägli | Switzerland | 1: 52.0 |
Web links
- European Athletics Championships - Stockholm 1958 from european-athletics.org, accessed April 23, 2019
- Men 800m European Championship 1958 Stockholm on todor66.com, accessed April 23, 2019
- Track and Field Statistics, EM 1958 on trackfield.brinkster.net, accessed April 23, 2019
- Results of all European Athletics Championships - 1958, 800 m men on sportschau.de, accessed on April 23, 2019
- 6th European Athletics Championships 1958 in Stockholm, Sweden from ifosta.de, accessed on April 23, 2019
References and comments
- ↑ IAAF world records. 800m men , accessed April 23, 2019