| Event: | Men's 800 metres |
| Competition: | European Athletics Championships |
The men's 800 metres at the 1962 European Athletics Championships was held in Belgrade, then Yugoslavia, at JNA Stadium on 13, 14, and 15 September 1962.
| Gold | Manfred Matuschewski | |
| Silver | Valeriy Bulyshev | |
| Bronze | Paul Schmidt |
15 September
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| align=left | align=left | 1:50.5 | |||||
| align=left | align=left | 1:51.2 | |||||
| align=left | align=left | 1:51.2 | |||||
| 4 | align=left | align=left |  | 1:51.2 | |||
| 5 | align=left | align=left |  | 1:51.3 | |||
| 6 | align=left | align=left | 1:51.5 |
14 September
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | align=left | align=left | | 1:51.6 | Q | ||
| 2 | align=left | align=left | 1:51.6 | Q | |||
| 3 | align=left | align=left | 1:52.1 | Q | |||
| 4 | align=left | align=left |  | 1:52.2 | |||
| 5 | align=left | align=left |  | 1:52.2 | |||
| 6 | align=left | align=left |  | 1:52.3 |
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | align=left | align=left | 1:50.0 | Q | |||
| 2 | align=left | align=left | | 1:50.1 | Q | ||
| 3 | align=left | align=left | 1:50.1 | Q | |||
| 4 | align=left | align=left | | 1:50.2 | |||
| 5 | align=left | align=left | 1:51.0 | ||||
| 6 | align=left | align=left |  | 1:51.1 |
13 September
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | align=left | align=left | | 1:53.0 | Q | ||
| 2 | align=left | align=left | | 1:53.3 | Q | ||
| 3 | align=left | align=left | | 1:53.9 | |||
| 3 | align=left | align=left | 1:53.9 | ||||
| 5 | align=left | align=left | 1:54.2 |
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | align=left | align=left | | 1:54.5 | Q | ||
| 2 | align=left | align=left | 1:55.7 | Q | |||
| 3 | align=left | align=left | 1:55.7 |
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | align=left | align=left | 1:51.0 | Q | |||
| 2 | align=left | align=left | | 1:51.0 | Q | ||
| 3 | align=left | align=left |  | 1:51.3 | |||
| 4 | align=left | align=left | | 1:52.6 |
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | align=left | align=left | 1:51.8 | Q | |||
| 2 | align=left | align=left | 1:51.8 | Q | |||
| 3 | align=left | align=left | | 1:51.9 | |||
| 4 | align=left | align=left |  | 1:56.8 |
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | align=left | align=left | 1:58.5 | Q | |||
| 2 | align=left | align=left | | 1:58.6 | Q | ||
| 3 | align=left | align=left | 1:58.8 | ||||
| 4 | align=left | align=left | | 1:58.8 |
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | align=left | align=left | | 1:50.8 | Q | ||
| 2 | align=left | align=left | | 1:51.3 | Q | ||
| 3 | align=left | align=left |  | 1:51.9 | |||
| align=left | align=left |  | DNF |
According to an unofficial count, 24 athletes from 15 countries participated in the event.
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