1958 European Athletics Championships – Men's 800 metres explained

Event:	Men's 800 metres
Competition:	European Athletics Championships

The men's 800 metres at the 1958 European Athletics Championships was held in Stockholm, Sweden, at Stockholms Olympiastadion on 19, 20, and 21 August 1958.

Medalists

Gold	Mike Rawson
Silver	Audun Boysen
Bronze	Paul Schmidt

Results

Final

21 August

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	align=left		align=left		1:47.8
	align=left		align=left		1:47.9
	align=left		align=left		1:47.9
4	align=left		align=left		1:48.0
5	align=left		align=left		1:48.3
6	align=left		align=left		1:48.5
7	align=left		align=left		1:49.2
8	align=left		align=left		1:52.0

Semi-finals

20 August

Semi-final 1

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	align=left		align=left		1:48.8	Q
2	align=left		align=left		1:49.0	Q
3	align=left		align=left		1:49.1	Q
4	align=left		align=left		1:49.2	Q
5	align=left		align=left		1:49.2
6	align=left		align=left		1:51.8
7	align=left		align=left		1:54.6
8	align=left		align=left		1:59.0

Semi-final 2

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	align=left		align=left		1:49.5	Q
2	align=left		align=left		1:49.8	Q
3	align=left		align=left		1:49.9	Q
4	align=left		align=left		1:50.1	Q
5	align=left		align=left		1:50.3
6	align=left		align=left		1:51.2
7	align=left		align=left		1:52.1
	align=left		align=left		DQ

Heats

19 August

Heat 1

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	align=left		align=left		1:49.5	Q
2	align=left		align=left		1:50.0	Q
3	align=left		align=left		1:50.5	NR Q
4	align=left		align=left		1:51.0	Q
5	align=left		align=left		1:52.8

Heat 2

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	align=left		align=left		1:50.4	Q
2	align=left		align=left		1:50.7	Q
3	align=left		align=left		1:50.7	Q
4	align=left		align=left		1:51.2	Q
5	align=left		align=left		1:51.6
6	align=left		align=left		1:52.3

Heat 3

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	align=left		align=left		1:50.0	Q
2	align=left		align=left		1:50.5	Q
3	align=left		align=left		1:50.6	Q
4	align=left		align=left		1:50.8	Q
5	align=left		align=left		1:50.9
6	align=left		align=left		1:51.3

Heat 4

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	align=left		align=left		1:51.4	Q
2	align=left		align=left		1:51.8	Q
3	align=left		align=left		1:52.0	Q
4	align=left		align=left		1:52.0	Q
5	align=left		align=left		1:52.1
6	align=left		align=left		1:54.3

Participation

According to an unofficial count, 23 athletes from 16 countries participated in the event.

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