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1950 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 1950 European Athletics Championships was held in Brussels, Belgium, at Heysel Stadium on 23 and 26 August 1950.[1]

Medalists

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Gold John Parlett
 Great Britain
Silver Marcel Hansenne
 France
Bronze Roger Bannister
 Great Britain

Results

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Final

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26 August

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) John Parlett  Great Britain 1:50.5 CR
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Marcel Hansenne  France 1:50.7
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Roger Bannister  Great Britain 1:50.7
4 Ingvar Bengtsson  Sweden 1:51.2
5 Audun Boysen  Norway 1:51.4
6 Michel Clare  France 1:51.6
7 Olle Lindén  Sweden 1:52.3
8 Joseph Brys  Belgium 1:54.0
9 Joseph Barthel  Luxembourg 1:58.8

Heats

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23 August

Heat 1

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Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Audun Boysen  Norway 1:51.2 Q
2 Ingvar Bengtsson  Sweden 1:51.5 Q
3 Joseph Barthel  Luxembourg 1:51.7 Q
4 Václav Aim  Czechoslovakia 1:53.0
5 Gennadiy Modoy  Soviet Union 1:53.1
6 Magnús Jónsson  Iceland 1:56.2
7 Telemachos Kanellidis  Greece 1:59.1

Heat 2

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Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Marcel Hansenne  France 1:50.8 Q
2 Olle Lindén  Sweden 1:50.9 Q
3 John Parlett  Great Britain 1:51.9 Q
4 Alfred Langenus  Belgium 1:55.3
5 Aldo Fracassi  Italy 1:55.3
6 Pétur Einarsson  Iceland 1:56.7

Heat 3

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Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Roger Bannister  Great Britain 1:53.8 Q
2 Michel Clare  France 1:53.8 Q
3 Joseph Brys  Belgium 1:54.1 Q
4 Matija Hanc  Yugoslavia 1:55.3
5 Loukas Adamopoulos  Greece 1:57.5

Participation

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According to an unofficial count, 18 athletes from 12 countries participated in the event.

References

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  1. ^ European Athletics Championships Zürich 2014 - STATISTICS HANDBOOK (PDF), European Athletics Association, pp. 372–377, retrieved 13 August 2014