European Athletics Championships 1969/800 m men
9th European Athletics Championships | |
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discipline | Men's 800-meter run |
city | Athens |
Stadion | Karaiskakis Stadium |
Attendees | 21 athletes from 13 countries |
Competition phase | September 17th (preliminary) September 18th (semi-finals) September 19th (final) |
Medalist | |
gold | Dieter Fromm ( GDR ) |
silver | Jozef Plachý ( TCH ) |
bronze | Manfred Matuschewski ( GDR ) |
The men's 800-meter run at the European Athletics Championships in 1969 was held from September 17 to 19, 1969 in the Karaiskakis Stadium in Athens .
With gold and bronze, the runners from the GDR won two medals in this competition. European champion was Dieter Fromm . He won before the Czechoslovak Jozef Plachý . Defending champion Manfred Matuschewski won bronze.
Records
Existing records
World record | 1: 44.3 min | Peter Snell | Christchurch , New Zealand | 3rd February 1962 |
European record | 1: 44.9 min | Franz-Josef Kemper | Hanover , then BR Germany (now Germany ) | 7th August 1966 |
EM record | 1: 45.9 min | Manfred Matuschewski | EM Budapest , Hungary | 4th September 1966 |
Record equalization
European champion Dieter Fromm equalized the existing championship record of 1: 45.9 minutes in the final on September 19th.
Preliminary round
September 17, 1969, 5:00 p.m.
The preliminary round was carried out in three runs. The first five athletes per run - highlighted in light blue - as well as the fastest runner below - highlighted in light green - qualified for the semifinals.
Forward 1
space | Surname | nation | Time (min) |
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1 | Erhard Schulze | GDR | 1: 48.7 |
2 | Bob Adams | Great Britain | 1: 49.2 PB |
3 | Jozef Plachý | Czechoslovakia | 1: 49.8 |
4th | Stanisław Waśkiewicz | Poland | 1: 50.4 |
5 | Jože Međimurec | Yugoslavia | 1: 50.5 |
6th | Zlatko Waltschew | Bulgaria | 1: 50.6 PB |
Forward 2
space | Surname | nation | Time (min) |
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1 | Andrzej Kupczyk | Poland | 1: 50.5 |
2 | Dave Cropper | Great Britain | 1: 50.8 |
3 | Manfred Matuschewski | GDR | 1: 50.9 |
4th | Yevgeny Arshanov | Soviet Union | 1: 51.0 |
5 | Tomás Jungwirth | Czechoslovakia | 1: 51.0 |
6th | Knut Brustad | Norway | 1: 51.1 PB |
7th | Rudi Simon | Belgium | 1: 51.1 SB |
8th | Ali Erte | Turkey | 1: 53.5 PB |
Forward 3
space | Surname | nation | Time (min) |
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1 | Dieter Fromm | GDR | 1: 50.1 |
2 | Hansueli Mumenthaler | Switzerland | 1: 50.1 |
3 | Noel Carroll | Ireland | 1: 50.2 |
4th | Andy Carter | Great Britain | 1: 50.3 |
5 | Kazimierz Wardak | Poland | 1: 50.3 SB |
6th | Sergei Kryuchok | Soviet Union | 1: 50.3 |
7th | Michel Medinger | Luxembourg | 1: 50.8 PB |
Semifinals
September 18, 1969, 7:50 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 | Yevgeny Arshanov | Soviet Union | 1: 49.2 |
2 | Erhard Schulze | GDR | 1: 49.4 |
3 | Manfred Matuschewski | GDR | 1: 49.4 |
4th | Noel Carroll | Ireland | 1: 49.5 |
5 | Andy Carter | Great Britain | 1: 49.6 SB |
6th | Jože Međimurec | Yugoslavia | 1: 49.6 SB |
7th | Stanisław Waśkiewicz | Poland | 1: 49.6 SB |
8th | Tomás Jungwirth | Czechoslovakia | 1: 50.0 SB |
Run 2
space | Surname | nation | Time (min) |
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1 | Jozef Plachý | Czechoslovakia | 1: 48.9 |
2 | Dieter Fromm | GDR | 1: 49.0 |
3 | Hansueli Mumenthaler | Switzerland | 1: 49.1 |
4th | Andrzej Kupczyk | Poland | 1: 49.2 |
5 | Dave Cropper | Great Britain | 1: 50.0 SB |
6th | Bob Adams | Great Britain | 1: 50.9 |
7th | Sergei Kryuchok | Soviet Union | 1: 53.3 |
8th | Kazimierz Wardak | Poland | 1: 57.1 |
final
19th September 1969
space | Surname | nation |
Official time (min) hand-stopped |
Unofficial time (min) electronically |
1 | Dieter Fromm | GDR | 1: 45.9 CR | 1: 45.98 |
2 | Jozef Plachý | Czechoslovakia | 1: 46.2 | 1: 46.26 |
3 | Manfred Matuschewski | GDR | 1: 46.8 | 1: 46.83 |
4th | Yevgeny Arshanov | Soviet Union | 1: 47.1 | k. A. |
5 | Hansueli Mumenthaler | Switzerland | 1: 47.2 PBe | |
6th | Andrzej Kupczyk | Poland | 1: 47.5 SB | |
7th | Noel Carroll | Ireland | 1: 49.1 SB | |
8th | Erhard Schulze | GDR | 1: 55.4 |
Web links
- European Athletics Championships - Athens 1969 from european-athletics.org, accessed June 6, 2019
- Men 800m European Championship 1969 Athens on todor66.com, accessed June 6, 2019
- Track and Field Statistics, EM 1969 at trackfield.brinkster.net, accessed June 6, 2019
- European Athletics Championships Zurich 2014 - Statistics Handbook , Men 800m European Championship 1969 Athens, p. 405 (PDF, 13.363 kB), in English at european-athletics.org, accessed on June 6, 2019
- Results of all European Athletics Championships - 1969, 800 m men on sportschau.de, accessed on June 6, 2019
- 9th European Athletics Championships 1969 in Athens, Greece from ifosta.de, accessed on June 6, 2019
References and comments
- ↑ IAAF world records. 800m men , accessed June 6, 2019
- ↑ Progression of the European Outdoor Records, 800 m Men , p. 11 (PDF, 271 kB), accessed on June 6, 2019