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1982 European Athletics Championships – Men's 800 metres

Men's 800 metres
at the European Athletics Championships

These are the official results of the Men's 800 metres event at the 1982 European Championships in Athens, Greece, held at Olympic Stadium "Spiros Louis" on 6, 7, and 8 September 1982.[1]

Medalists

Gold Hans-Peter Ferner
 West Germany
Silver Sebastian Coe
 United Kingdom
Bronze Jorma Härkönen
 Finland

Results

Final

8 September

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) Hans-Peter Ferner  West Germany 1:46.33
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Sebastian Coe  United Kingdom 1:46.68
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Jorma Härkönen  Finland 1:46.90
4 Garry Cook  United Kingdom 1:46.94
5 Rob Druppers  Netherlands 1:47.06
6 Detlef Wagenknecht  East Germany 1:47.06
7 Olaf Beyer  East Germany 1:47.36
8 Willi Wülbeck  West Germany 1:48.90

Semi-finals

7 September

Semi-final 1

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Hans-Peter Ferner  West Germany 1:48.71 Q
2 Rob Druppers  Netherlands 1:48.92 Q
3 Garry Cook  United Kingdom 1:49.03 Q
4 Detlef Wagenknecht  East Germany 1:49.11 Q
5 Matthias Assmann  West Germany 1:49.19
6 Colomán Trabado  Spain 1:49.38
7 Hans-Joachim Mogalle  East Germany 1:49.58
8 Didier Le Guillou  France 1:51.74

Semi-final 2

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Sebastian Coe  United Kingdom 1:47.98 Q
2 Olaf Beyer  East Germany 1:48.05 Q
3 Willi Wülbeck  West Germany 1:48.16 Q
4 Jorma Härkönen  Finland 1:48.22 Q
5 Aleksey Litvinov  Soviet Union 1:48.38
6 José Marajo  France 1:48.49
7 Arno Körmeling  Netherlands 1:49.20
8 Andrés Vera  Spain 1:49.35

Heats

6 September

Heat 1

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Sebastian Coe  United Kingdom 1:48.66 Q
2 Hans-Peter Ferner  West Germany 1:48.67 Q
3 José Marajo  France 1:49.12 Q
4 Anatoliy Reshetnyak  Soviet Union 1:49.23
5 Julien Michiels  Belgium 1:49.69
6 Carlos Cabral  Portugal 1:49.84
7 Donato Sabia  Italy 1:50.27

Heat 2

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Olaf Beyer  East Germany 1:47.97 Q
2 Rob Druppers  Netherlands 1:48.24 Q
3 Willi Wülbeck  West Germany 1:48.40 Q
4 Philippe Dupont  France 1:48.61
5 Spyros Spyrou  Cyprus 1:49.11
6 José Antonio Pacheco  Spain 1:50.03

Heat 3

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Hans-Joachim Mogalle  East Germany 1:48.02 Q
2 Matthias Assmann  West Germany 1:48.14 Q
3 Andrés Vera  Spain 1:48.24 Q
4 Aleksey Litvinov  Soviet Union 1:48.36 q
5 Didier Le Guillou  France 1:48.36 q
6 Klas-Göran Nissén  Sweden 1:50.46
7 John Chappory  Gibraltar 1:53.02

Heat 4

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Detlef Wagenknecht  East Germany 1:47.67 Q
2 Colomán Trabado  Spain 1:47.69 Q
3 Jorma Härkönen  Finland 1:47.92 Q
4 Garry Cook  United Kingdom 1:48.14 q
5 Arno Körmeling  Netherlands 1:48.48 q
6 Jón Diðriksson  Iceland 1:50.30

Participation

According to an unofficial count, 26 athletes from 15 countries participated in the event.

See also

References