European Athletics Championships 1986/800 m men

14th European Athletics Championships
discipline	Men's 800-meter run
city	Stuttgart
Stadion	Neckar Stadium
Attendees	27 athletes from 19 countries
Competition phase	August 26th (preliminary) August 27th (semi-finals) August 28th (final)
Medalist
gold	Sebastian Coe ( GBR )
silver	Tom McKean ( GBR )
bronze	Steve Cram ( GBR )

The Stuttgart stadium - today the Mercedes-Benz Arena in 2011

The men's 800-meter run at the European Athletics Championships in 1986 was held from August 26th to 28th, 1986 in the Neckar Stadium in Stuttgart .

In this competition there was a triple success for the British runners. European champion, the world record holder was Sebastian Coe , about 800 meters , among others, Vice European Champion in 1982 and two-time Olympic silver medalist from 1980 / 1984 as well as 1500 meters two-time Olympic champion in 1980/1984. Tom McKean took second place . Bronze went to Steve Cram , over 1500 meters European champion from 1982 and world champion 1983 . Cram also became European champion over 1500 meters here three days later.

Existing records

World record	1: 41.73 min	Sebastian Coe	Florence , Italy	June 20, 1981
European record
Championship record	1: 43.84 min	Olaf Beyer	EM Prague , Czechoslovakia	August 31, 1978

The existing EM record was not set at these European championships and was not improved.

Preliminary round

August 26, 1982

The preliminary round was held in four runs. The first three athletes per run - highlighted in light blue - and the four fastest runners - highlighted in light green - qualified for the semifinals.

Forward 1

space	Surname	nation	Time (min)
1	Peter Braun	BR Germany	1: 48.38
2	Ryszard Ostrowski	Poland	1: 48.39
3	Rob Druppers	Netherlands	1: 48.42
4th	Vladimir Graudin	Soviet Union	1: 48.49
5	Slobodan Popović	Yugoslavia	1: 48.68
6th	Gert Kilbert	Switzerland	1: 49.82
7th	Spyros Spyrou	Cyprus	1: 53.36

Forward 2

space	Surname	nation	Time (min)
1	Tom McKean	Great Britain	1: 48.37
2	Valery Starodubtsev	Soviet Union	1: 48.46
3	Matthias Assmann	BR Germany	1: 48.65
4th	Ronny Olsson	Sweden	1: 48.78
5	Robin van Helden	Netherlands	1: 48.88
6th	Colomán Trabado	Spain	1: 49.42
7th	Mucteba Apaydin	Turkey	1: 52.41

Forward 3

space	Surname	nation	Time (min)
1	Steve Cram	Great Britain	1: 46.54
2	Viktor Kalinkin	Soviet Union	1: 46.68
3	Álvaro Silva	Portugal	1: 46.74 NO
4th	Hans-Joachim Mogalle	GDR	1: 46.98
5	Martin Enholm	Sweden	1: 48.40
6th	Bo Breigan	Norway	1: 49.78

Forward 4

space	Surname	nation	Time (min)
1	Sebastian Coe	Great Britain	1: 47.64
2	Ari Suhonen	Finland	1: 47.71
3	Philippe Collard	France	1: 47.72
4th	Thomas Giessing	BR Germany	1: 48.03
5	Alberto Barsotti	Italy	1: 48.53
6th	Marc Corstjens	Belgium	1: 48.55
7th	John Chappory	Gibraltar	1: 57.45

Semifinals

August 27, 1982, 6:55 pm

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	Steve Cram	Great Britain	1: 46.59
2	Peter Braun	BR Germany	1: 46.84
3	Ryszard Ostrowski	Poland	1: 46.89
4th	Philippe Collard	France	1: 46.96
5	Vladimir Graudin	Soviet Union	1: 47.50
6th	Álvaro Silva	Portugal	1: 47.69
7th	Valery Starodubtsev	Soviet Union	1: 48.37
8th	Ari Suhonen	Finland	1: 49.69

Hans-Joachim Mogalle (No. 399) did not reach the final as seventh of his semi-final run

Run 2

space	Surname	nation	Time (min)
1	Rob Druppers	Netherlands	1: 46.54
2	Tom McKean	Great Britain	1: 46.62
3	Sebastian Coe	Great Britain	1: 47.10
4th	Viktor Kalinkin	Soviet Union	1: 47.41
5	Matthias Assmann	BR Germany	1: 47.45
6th	Martin Enholm	Sweden	1: 49.02
7th	Hans-Joachim Mogalle	GDR	1: 49.90
DNF	Thomas Giessing	BR Germany

final

Sebastian Coe (here in 2015) - after two Olympic victories over 1500 meters and numerous other successes, he won his first title as European champion here

August 28, 1982, 7:00 p.m.

space	Surname	nation	Time (min)
1	Sebastian Coe	Great Britain	1: 44.50
2	Tom McKean	Great Britain	1: 44.61
3	Steve Cram	Great Britain	1: 44.88
4th	Rob Druppers	Netherlands	1: 45.53
5	Ryszard Ostrowski	Poland	1: 45.54
6th	Peter Braun	BR Germany	1: 45.83
7th	Philippe Collard	France	1: 45.96
8th	Viktor Kalinkin	Soviet Union	1: 47.36

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  Bronze for the 1500 meter world champion 1983 and European champion 1982 Steve Cram - three days later he won the 1500 meter race again

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  Rob Druppers came in fourth

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  Ryszard Ostrowski (here in 2007) took fifth place

Web links

• European Athletics Championships - Stuttgart 1986 at european-athletics.org, accessed on August 28, 2019
• Men 800m European Championship 1986 Stuttgart on todor66.com, accessed on August 27, 2019
• Track and Field Statistics, EM 1986 on trackfield.brinkster.net, accessed on August 27, 2019
• European Athletics Championships Zurich 2014 - Statistics Handbook , Men 800m European Championship 1986 Stuttgart, p. 444 (PDF, 13.363 kB), Spanish / English at european-athletics.org, accessed on August 27, 2019
• Results of all European Athletics Championships - 1986, 800 m men on sportschau.de, accessed on August 27, 2019
• 14th European Athletics Championships 1986 in Stuttgart, Germany from ifosta.de, accessed on August 27, 2019

Video

• Men's 800m Final European Championships 1986 in Stuttgart , published on July 16, 2015 on youtube.com (English), accessed on August 31, 2019

References and comments

1. ↑ IAAF world records. 800m men , accessed August 28, 2019