European Athletics Championships 1969/800 m men

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9th European Athletics Championships
Athletics pictogram.svg
discipline Men's 800-meter run
city Kingdom of GreeceKingdom of Greece Athens
Stadion Karaiskakis Stadium
Attendees 21 athletes from 13 countries
Competition phase September 17th (preliminary)
September 18th (semi-finals)
September 19th (final)
Medalist
gold gold Dieter Fromm ( GDR ) Germany Democratic Republic 1949GDR 
Silver medals silver Jozef Plachý ( TCH ) CzechoslovakiaCzechoslovakia 
Bronze medals bronze Manfred Matuschewski ( GDR ) Germany Democratic Republic 1949GDR 

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 New ZealandNew Zealand Peter Snell Christchurch , New Zealand 3rd February 1962
European record 1: 44.9 min Germany BRBR Germany Franz-Josef Kemper Hanover , then BR Germany (now Germany ) 7th August 1966
EM record 1: 45.9 min Germany Democratic Republic 1949GDR 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. Germany Democratic Republic 1949GDR 

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)
1 Erhard Schulze Germany Democratic Republic 1949GDR GDR 1: 48.7
2 Bob Adams United KingdomUnited Kingdom Great Britain 1: 49.2 PB
3 Jozef Plachý CzechoslovakiaCzechoslovakia Czechoslovakia 1: 49.8
4th Stanisław Waśkiewicz Poland 1944Poland Poland 1: 50.4
5 Jože Međimurec YugoslaviaYugoslavia Yugoslavia 1: 50.5
6th Zlatko Waltschew Bulgaria 1967Bulgaria Bulgaria 1: 50.6 PB

Forward 2

space Surname nation Time (min)
1 Andrzej Kupczyk Poland 1944Poland Poland 1: 50.5
2 Dave Cropper United KingdomUnited Kingdom Great Britain 1: 50.8
3 Manfred Matuschewski Germany Democratic Republic 1949GDR GDR 1: 50.9
4th Yevgeny Arshanov Soviet Union 1955Soviet Union Soviet Union 1: 51.0
5 Tomás Jungwirth CzechoslovakiaCzechoslovakia Czechoslovakia 1: 51.0
6th Knut Brustad NorwayNorway Norway 1: 51.1 PB
7th Rudi Simon BelgiumBelgium Belgium 1: 51.1 SB
8th Ali Erte TurkeyTurkey Turkey 1: 53.5 PB

Forward 3

space Surname nation Time (min)
1 Dieter Fromm Germany Democratic Republic 1949GDR GDR 1: 50.1
2 Hansueli Mumenthaler SwitzerlandSwitzerland Switzerland 1: 50.1
3 Noel Carroll IrelandIreland Ireland 1: 50.2
4th Andy Carter United KingdomUnited Kingdom Great Britain 1: 50.3
5 Kazimierz Wardak Poland 1944Poland Poland 1: 50.3 SB
6th Sergei Kryuchok Soviet Union 1955Soviet Union Soviet Union 1: 50.3
7th Michel Medinger LuxembourgLuxembourg 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)
1 Yevgeny Arshanov Soviet Union 1955Soviet Union Soviet Union 1: 49.2
2 Erhard Schulze Germany Democratic Republic 1949GDR GDR 1: 49.4
3 Manfred Matuschewski Germany Democratic Republic 1949GDR GDR 1: 49.4
4th Noel Carroll IrelandIreland Ireland 1: 49.5
5 Andy Carter United KingdomUnited Kingdom Great Britain 1: 49.6 SB
6th Jože Međimurec YugoslaviaYugoslavia Yugoslavia 1: 49.6 SB
7th Stanisław Waśkiewicz Poland 1944Poland Poland 1: 49.6 SB
8th Tomás Jungwirth CzechoslovakiaCzechoslovakia Czechoslovakia 1: 50.0 SB

Run 2

space Surname nation Time (min)
1 Jozef Plachý CzechoslovakiaCzechoslovakia Czechoslovakia 1: 48.9
2 Dieter Fromm Germany Democratic Republic 1949GDR GDR 1: 49.0
3 Hansueli Mumenthaler SwitzerlandSwitzerland Switzerland 1: 49.1
4th Andrzej Kupczyk Poland 1944Poland Poland 1: 49.2
5 Dave Cropper United KingdomUnited Kingdom Great Britain 1: 50.0 SB
6th Bob Adams United KingdomUnited Kingdom Great Britain 1: 50.9
7th Sergei Kryuchok Soviet Union 1955Soviet Union Soviet Union 1: 53.3
8th Kazimierz Wardak Poland 1944Poland Poland 1: 57.1

final

The two-time European champion in 1962 and 1966 Manfred Matuschewski (center) won the bronze medal

19th September 1969

space Surname nation Official time (min)
hand-stopped
Unofficial time (min)
electronically
1 Dieter Fromm Germany Democratic Republic 1949GDR GDR 1: 45.9 CR 1: 45.98
2 Jozef Plachý CzechoslovakiaCzechoslovakia Czechoslovakia 1: 46.2 1: 46.26
3 Manfred Matuschewski Germany Democratic Republic 1949GDR GDR 1: 46.8 1: 46.83
4th Yevgeny Arshanov Soviet Union 1955Soviet Union Soviet Union 1: 47.1 k. A.
5 Hansueli Mumenthaler SwitzerlandSwitzerland Switzerland 1: 47.2 PBe
6th Andrzej Kupczyk Poland 1944Poland Poland 1: 47.5 SB
7th Noel Carroll IrelandIreland Ireland 1: 49.1 SB
8th Erhard Schulze Germany Democratic Republic 1949GDR GDR 1: 55.4

Web links

References and comments

  1. IAAF world records. 800m men , accessed June 6, 2019
  2. Progression of the European Outdoor Records, 800 m Men , p. 11 (PDF, 271 kB), accessed on June 6, 2019