European Athletics Championships 1958/800 m men
| 6th European Athletics Championships | |
|---|---|
 |
|
| discipline | Men's 800-meter run |
| city |
 Stockholm
|
| Stadion | Olympic Stadium |
| Attendees | 23 athletes from 16 countries |
| Competition phase | August 19th (preliminary) August 20th (semi-finals) August 21st (final) |
| Medalist | |
 gold |
Michael Rawson ( GBR )
 |
 silver |
Audun Boysen ( NOR )
 |
 bronze |
Paul Schmidt ( GER )
 |
Official postcard of the Stockholm Olympic Stadium from 1912
The men's 800-meter run at the 1958 European Athletics Championships was held from August 19 to 21, 1958 in the Stockholm Olympic Stadium.
The British Michael Rawson became European champion . He won Audun Boysen before the Norwegian European Championship third in 1954 . Bronze went to the German runner Paul Schmidt .
Existing records
| World record | 1: 45.7 min |
 Roger Moens
|
Oslo , Norway | 3rd August 1955 |
| European record | ||||
| Championship record | 1: 47.1 min |
.svg){kind=small} Lajos Szentgáli
|
EM Bern , Switzerland | August 28, 1954 |
The existing EM record was not set at these European championships and was not improved.
Preliminary round
August 19, 1958, 4:40 p.m.
The preliminary round was held in four runs. The first four athletes per run - highlighted in light blue - qualified for the semi-finals.
Forward 1
| space | Surname | nation | Time (min) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Derek Johnson |
Great Britain
|
1: 49.5 |
| 2 | Lajos Szentgáli |
 Hungary
|
1: 50.0 |
| 3 | Svavar Markússon |
 Iceland
|
1: 50.5 PB |
| 4th | Hendrik house |
 Netherlands
|
1: 51.0 PB |
| 5 | Cesareo Marín |
.svg){kind=small} Spain
|
1: 52.8 PB |
| DNS | Roger Moens |
Belgium
|
Forward 2
| space | Surname | nation | Time (min) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Michael Rawson |
Great Britain
|
1: 50.4 |
| 2 | Evangelos Depastas |
.svg){kind=small} Greece
|
1: 50.7 |
| 3 | Olavi saloons |
 Finland
|
1: 50.7 PB |
| 4th | Zbigniew Makomaski |
.svg){kind=small} Poland
|
1: 51.2 |
| 5 | Gérard Vervoort |
Belgium
|
1: 51.6 PB |
| 6th | Hendrik Heida |
Netherlands
|
1: 52.3 PB |
Forward 3
| space | Surname | nation | Time (min) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Herbert Missalla |
Germany
|
1: 50.0 |
| 2 | Audun Boysen |
Norway
|
1: 50.5 |
| 3 | Christian Wägli |
 Switzerland
|
1: 50.6 |
| 4th | Tadeusz Kaźmierski |
Poland
|
1: 50.8 |
| 5 | Dimitrios Konstantinidis |
Greece
|
1: 50.9 PB |
| 6th | Rudolf Klaban |
 Austria
|
1: 51.3 PB |
Forward 4
| space | Surname | nation | Time (min) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Paul Schmidt |
Germany
|
1: 51.4 |
| 2 | Gianfranco Baraldi |
 Italy
|
1: 51.8 |
| 3 | Lajos Kovács |
Hungary
|
1: 52.0 |
| 4th | Rolf Gottfridsson |
Sweden
|
1: 52.0 SB |
| 5 | Čeněk Hanka |
 Czechoslovakia
|
1: 52.1 PB |
| 6th | Robert Misplon |
 France
|
1: 54.3 PB |
Semifinals
August 20, 1958, 5:15 p.m.
In each of the two semi-finals, the first four athletes - highlighted in light blue - qualified for the final.
Run 1
Olavi Salonen ( left ) - in his world record run over 1500 meters - was eliminated in sixth place in the first semi-final run
| space | Surname | nation | Time (min) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Derek Johnson |
Great Britain
|
1: 48.8 SB |
| 2 | Christian Wägli |
Switzerland
|
1: 49.0 SB |
| 3 | Zbigniew Makomaski |
Poland
|
1: 49.1 |
| 4th | Herbert Missalla |
Germany
|
1: 49.2 |
| 5 | Lajos Kovács |
Hungary
|
1: 49.2 |
| 6th | Olavi saloons |
Finland
|
1: 51.8 |
| 7th | Svavar Markússon |
Iceland
|
1: 54.6 |
| 8th | Hendrik house |
Netherlands
|
1: 59.0 |
Run 2
| space | Surname | nation | Time (min) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Paul Schmidt |
Germany
|
1: 49.5 |
| 2 | Lajos Szentgáli |
Hungary
|
1: 49.8 |
| 3 | Audun Boysen |
Norway
|
1: 49.9 |
| 4th | Michael Rawson |
Great Britain
|
1: 50.1 |
| 5 | Evangelos Depastas |
Greece
|
1: 50.3 PB |
| 6th | Gianfranco Baraldi |
Italy
|
1: 51.2 PB |
| 7th | Rolf Gottfridsson |
Sweden
|
1: 52.1 |
| DSQ | Tadeusz Kaźmierski |
Poland
|
final
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Audun Boysen - after the EM bronze in 1954, now Vice European Champion
August 21, 1958, 6.45 p.m.
| space | Surname | nation | Time (min) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Michael Rawson |
Great Britain
|
1: 47.8 |
| 2 | Audun Boysen |
Norway
|
1: 47.9 SB |
| 3 | Paul Schmidt |
Germany
|
1: 47.9 SB |
| 4th | Zbigniew Makomaski |
Poland
|
1: 48.0 |
| 5 | Lajos Szentgáli |
Hungary
|
1: 48.3 SB |
| 6th | Herbert Missalla |
Germany
|
1: 48.5 |
| 7th | Derek Johnson |
Great Britain
|
1: 49.2 |
| 8th | Christian Wägli |
Switzerland
|
1: 52.0 |
Web links
- European Athletics Championships - Stockholm 1958 from european-athletics.org, accessed April 23, 2019
- Men 800m European Championship 1958 Stockholm on todor66.com, accessed April 23, 2019
- Track and Field Statistics, EM 1958 on trackfield.brinkster.net, accessed April 23, 2019
- Results of all European Athletics Championships - 1958, 800 m men on sportschau.de, accessed on April 23, 2019
- 6th European Athletics Championships 1958 in Stockholm, Sweden from ifosta.de, accessed on April 23, 2019
References and comments
- ↑ IAAF world records. 800m men , accessed April 23, 2019