European Athletics Championships 1994/800 m men

16th European Athletics Championships
discipline	800 meter run
gender	Men
Attendees	32 athletes from 17 countries
venue	Helsinki
Competition location	Olympic Stadium
Competition phase	August 11th (preliminary) August 12th (semi-finals) August 14th (final)
Medalist Andrea Benvenuti ( ITA )   Vebjørn Rodal ( NOR )   Tomás De Teresa ( ESP )

Olympic Stadium in Helsinki

The men's 800-meter run at the European Athletics Championships in 1994 was held from August 11 to 14, 1994 in the Olympic Stadium in the Finnish capital Helsinki .

European champion was the Italian Andrea Benvenuti . The Norwegian Vebjørn Rodal won the silver medal. Third place went to the Spaniard Tomás De Teresa .

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 European Championship record that has existed since 1978 was not set and not improved at these European championships.

Preliminary round

August 11, 1994

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

Jussi Udelhoven was eliminated in sixth place in his preliminary run

space	Surname	nation	Time (min)
1	Andrea Benvenuti	Italy	1: 48.88
2	José Manuel Cerezo	Spain	1: 48.92
3	Mikael Söderman	Finland	1: 48.92
4th	Ousmane Diarra	France	1: 49.09
5	Joachim Dehmel	Germany	1: 49.36
6th	Jussi Udelhoven	Norway	1: 50.15
7th	Milan Drahonovský	Czech Republic	1: 50.27
8th	Thomas Ebner	Austria	1: 50.71

Forward 2

space	Surname	nation	Time (min)
1	Atle Douglas	Norway	1: 47.31
2	Andrei Loginow	Russia	1: 47.33
3	Davide Cadoni	Italy	1: 47.52
4th	Frédéric Cornette	France	1: 47.60
5	Antonio Abrantes	Portugal	1: 47.61
6th	Esko Parpala	Finland	1: 47.85
7th	Ivan Komar	Belarus	1: 48.78

Forward 3

space	Surname	nation	Time (min)
1	Bruno Konczylo	France	1: 47.91
2	Tomás De Teresa	Spain	1: 47.94
3	Vebjørn Rodal	Norway	1: 48.10
4th	Piotr Piekarski	Poland	1: 48.50
5	David Matthews	Ireland	1: 48.91
6th	Tom McKean	Great Britain	1: 49.41
7th	Oliver Münzer	Austria	1: 49.59

Andrés Manuel Díaz had no chance in his lead

Forward 4

space	Surname	nation	Time (min)
1	Giuseppe D'Urso	Italy	1: 46.91
2	Craig Winrow	Great Britain	1: 46.93
3	Nico Motchebon	Germany	1: 46.97
4th	Marko Koers	Netherlands	1: 47.18
5	Jarmo Kokkola	Finland	1: 47.41
6th	Torbjörn Johansson	Sweden	1: 47.41
7th	Slobodan Popović	Yugoslavia	1: 48.85
8th	Andrés Manuel Díaz	Spain	1: 48.67

Semifinals

August 12, 1994

From the two semi-finals, the first four athletes - highlighted in light blue - qualified for the final.

Run 1

Marko Koers missed the final by one place

space	Surname	nation	Time (min)
1	Andrea Benvenuti	Italy	1: 47.01
2	Atle Douglas	Norway	1: 47.15
3	José Manuel Cerezo	Spain	1: 47.24
4th	Craig Winrow	Great Britain	1: 47.24
5	Marko Koers	Netherlands	1: 47.52
6th	Mikael Söderman	Finland	1: 48.00
7th	Frédéric Cornette	France	1: 48.49
8th	Davide Cadoni	Italy	1: 50.23

Run 2

space	Surname	nation	Time (min)
1	Nico Motchebon	Germany	1: 45.75
2	Vebjørn Rodal	Norway	1: 45.80
3	Giuseppe D'Urso	Italy	1: 45.88
4th	Tomás De Teresa	Spain	1: 45.89
5	Andrei Loginow	Russia	1: 46.18
6th	Torbjörn Johansson	Sweden	1: 46.25
7th	Bruno Konczylo	France	1: 46.63
8th	Jarmo Kokkola	Finland	1: 47.35

Vice European champion Vebjørn Rodal - two years later he became Olympic champion

final

August 14, 1994

space	Surname	nation	Time (min)
1	Andrea Benvenuti	Italy	1: 46.12
2	Vebjørn Rodal	Norway	1: 46.53
3	Tomás De Teresa	Spain	1: 46.57
4th	Nico Motchebon	Germany	1: 46.65
5	Giuseppe D'Urso	Italy	1: 46.90
6th	Craig Winrow	Great Britain	1: 47.09
7th	José Manuel Cerezo	Spain	1: 47.58
8th	Atle Douglas	Norway	1: 47.90

Web links

• European Athletics Championships - Helsinki 1994 at european-athletics.org, accessed on 23 September 2019
• Men 800m European Championship 1994 Helsinki on todor66.com, accessed September 23, 2019
• Track and Field Statistics, EM 1994 on trackfield.brinkster.net, accessed on September 23, 2019
• European Athletics Championships Zurich 2014 - Statistics Handbook , Men 800m European Championship 1994 Helsinki, p. 461 (PDF, 13.363 kB), in English at european-athletics.org, accessed on September 23, 2019
• Results of all European Athletics Championships - 1994, 1500 m men on sportschau.de, accessed on September 23, 2019
• 16th European Athletics Championships 1994 in Helsinki, Finland from ifosta.de, accessed on September 23, 2019

Video

• 5032 European Track & Field 800m Men on youtube.com (English), accessed on September 23, 2019

References and comments

1. ↑ IAAF world records. 800m men , accessed September 23, 2019