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1971 European Athletics Championships – Men's 800 metres

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Men's 800 metres
at the European Athletics Championships

The men's 800 metres at the 1971 European Athletics Championships was held in Helsinki, Finland, at Helsinki Olympic Stadium on 10, 11, and 12 August 1971.[1]

Medalists

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Gold Yevgeniy Arzhanov
 Soviet Union
Silver Dieter Fromm
 East Germany
Bronze Andy Carter
 Great Britain

Results

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Final

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12 August

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) Yevgeniy Arzhanov  Soviet Union 1:45.62 CR
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Dieter Fromm  East Germany 1:45.96
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Andy Carter  Great Britain 1:46.16 NR
4 Hans-Henning Ohlert  East Germany 1:46.87
5 Peter Browne  Great Britain 1:47.00
6 Jozef Plachý  Czechoslovakia 1:47.33
7 Jože Međimurec  Yugoslavia 1:48.44
8 Philippe Meyer  France 1:50.91

Semi-finals

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11 August

Semi-final 1

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Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Andy Carter  Great Britain 1:48.46 Q
2 Hans-Henning Ohlert  East Germany 1:48.66 Q
3 Jože Međimurec  Yugoslavia 1:48.92 Q
4 Philippe Meyer  France 1:48.94 Q
5 Stanisław Waśkiewicz  Poland 1:49.10
6 Stanislav Meshcherskikh  Soviet Union 1:49.10
7 Gerd Larsen  Denmark 1:49.33
8 Markku Aalto  Finland 1:50.61

Semi-final 2

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Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Dieter Fromm  East Germany 1:48.60 Q
2 Yevgeniy Arzhanov  Soviet Union 1:48.96 Q
3 Peter Browne  Great Britain 1:49.03 Q
4 Jozef Plachý  Czechoslovakia 1:49.07 Q
5 Andrzej Kupczyk  Poland 1:49.28
6 Antonio Fernández  Spain 1:49.92
7 Sjef Hensgens  Netherlands 1:50.20
8 Jens-Bodo Fried  West Germany 1:50.54

Heats

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10 August

Heat 1

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Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Dieter Fromm  East Germany 1:48.81 Q
2 Jože Međimurec  Yugoslavia 1:49.15 Q
3 Antonio Fernández  Spain 1:49.29 Q
4 Markku Aalto  Finland 1:49.33 Q
5 Hans Bertram  West Germany 1:49.57
6 Krzysztof Linkowski  Poland 1:51.67
7 Ragnar Schie  Norway 1:54.21

Heat 2

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Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Andy Carter  Great Britain 1:46.82 Q
2 Jens-Bodo Fried  West Germany 1:47.43 Q
3 Stanislav Meshcherskikh  Soviet Union 1:47.49 Q
4 Sjef Hensgens  Netherlands 1:47.90 Q
5 Fernando Mamede  Portugal 1:48.44 NR
6 André Boonen  Belgium 1:49.61
7 Aurelio Falero  Gibraltar 1:59.75

Heat 3

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Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Yevgeniy Arzhanov  Soviet Union 1:49.27 Q
2 Gerd Larsen  Denmark 1:49.31 Q
3 Stanisław Waśkiewicz  Poland 1:49.35 Q
4 Peter Browne  Great Britain 1:49.41 Q
5 Reiner Föhrenbach  West Germany 1:49.57
6 Mehmet Tümkan  Turkey 1:49.80

Heat 4

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Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Hans-Henning Ohlert  East Germany 1:59.23 Q
2 Jozef Plachý  Czechoslovakia 2:00.09 Q
3 Andrzej Kupczyk  Poland 2:00.13 Q
4 Philippe Meyer  France 2:00.60 Q

Participation

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According to an unofficial count, 24 athletes from 17 countries participated in the event.

References

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  1. ^ European Athletics Championships Zürich 2014 - STATISTICS HANDBOOK (PDF), European Athletics Association, pp. 412–420, retrieved 13 August 2014