1977 European Athletics Indoor Championships – Men's 800 metres explained

The men's 800 metres event at the 1977 European Athletics Indoor Championships was held on 12 and 13 March in San Sebastián.^{[1] [2]}

Medalists

width=200 bgcolor=gold	Gold	width=200 bgcolor=silver	Silver	width=200 bgcolor=CC9966	Bronze
Sebastian Coe	Erwin Gohlke	Rolf Gysin

Results

Heats

First 2 from each heat (Q) and the next 4 fastest (q) qualified for the semifinals.

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	1			1:48.8	Q
2	2			1:49.5	Q
3	2			1:49.6	Q
4	1			1:49.7	Q
4	2			1:49.7	q
6	1			1:49.9	q
7	1			1:50.4	q
8	1			1:50.4	q
9	2			1:50.4
10	4			1:50.5	Q
11	3			1:50.7	Q
12	3			1:50.7	Q
13	4			1:50.8	Q
14	3			1:50.9
14	4			1:50.9
14	4			1:50.9
16	4			1:52.0
17	2			1:52.5
18	3			1:52.9
19	4			1:54.8
20	3			2:02.2
21	3			2:31.6

Semifinals

First 2 from each heat (Q) and the next 2 fastest (q) qualified for the final.

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	2			1:48.2	Q
2	2			1:48.3	Q
3	2			1:48.4	q
4	2			1:48.7	q
5	2			1:49.5
6	1			1:49.6	Q
7	1			1:49.6	Q
8	1			1:49.6
9	1			1:49.7
10	1			1:50.0
11	1			1:53.1
	2

Final

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
			1:46.54
			1:47.2
			1:47.6
4			1:47.7
5			1:48.0
6			1:48.3

Notes and References

1. Web site: Competitions - European Athletics Indoor Championships - History. European Athletics. 2018-06-28.
2. http://www.european-athletics.org/mm/Document/EventsMeetings/General/01/28/07/76/StatisticsHandbookEICH2017_FINAL_Neutral.pdf Results