1946 European Athletics Championships – Men's 800 metres
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{{1946 European Athletics Championships}}
The men's 800 metres at the 1946 European Athletics Championships was held in Oslo, Norway, at Bislett Stadion on 22 and 24 August 1946.
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| title = European Athletics Championships Zürich 2014 - STATISTICS HANDBOOK
| url = http://www.european-athletics.org/mm/Document/EventsMeetings/General/01/27/31/44/StatisticsHandbookZ%C3%BCrich2014_Neutral.pdf
| pages = 367–372
| publisher = European Athletics Association
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| accessdate = 13 August 2014
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Medalists
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| bgcolor="gold"|Gold | Rune Gustafsson {{flagcountry|SWE}} |
| bgcolor="silver"|Silver | Niels Holst-Sørensen {{flagcountry|DEN}} |
| bgcolor="CC9966"|Bronze | Marcel Hansenne {{flagcountry|FRA}} |
Results
=Final=
24 August
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| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
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| {{Gold1}} | align=left | Rune Gustafsson | align=left | {{flagcountry|SWE}} | 1:51.0 | |
| {{Silver2}} | align=left | Niels Holst-Sørensen | align=left | {{flagcountry|DEN}} | 1:51.1 | |
| {{Bronze3}} | align=left | Marcel Hansenne | align=left | {{flagcountry|FRA}} | 1:51.2 | |
| 4 | align=left | Olle Ljunggren | align=left | {{flagcountry|SWE}} | 1:51.4 | |
| 5 | align=left | Thomas White | align=left | {{flagcountry|GBR}} | 1:51.5 | |
| 6 | align=left | Robert Chef d’Hôtel | align=left | {{flagcountry|FRA}} | 1:53.0 | |
| 7 | align=left | Jørgen Heller Andersen | align=left | {{flagcountry|DEN}} | 1:53.7 | |
| 8 | align=left | Richard Brancart | align=left | {{flagcountry|BEL}} | 2:02.2 |
=Heats=
22 August
==Heat 1==
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| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
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| 1 | align=left | Rune Gustafsson | align=left | {{flagcountry|SWE}} | 1:51.1 | {{AthAbbr|Q}} |
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| 2 | align=left | Marcel Hansenne | align=left | {{flagcountry|FRA}} | 1:52.2 | {{AthAbbr|Q}} |
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| 3 | align=left | Jørgen Heller Andersen | align=left | {{flagcountry|DEN}} | 1:52.2 | {{AthAbbr|Q}} |
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| 4 | align=left | Richard Brancart | align=left | {{flagcountry|BEL}} | 1:53.5 | {{AthAbbr|Q}} |
| 5 | align=left | Joseph Barthel | align=left | {{flagcountry|LUX}} | 1:56.1 | |
| 6 | align=left | Óskar Jónsson | align=left | {{flagcountry|ISL}} | 1:56.1 | {{AthAbbr|NR|Icelandic}} |
| 7 | align=left | Dagfinn Fløisand | align=left | {{flagcountry|NOR}} | 1:58.4 | |
| 8 | align=left | Jan Staniszewski | align=left | {{flagcountry|POL}} | 2:00.7 |
==Heat 2==
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| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
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| 1 | align=left | Niels Holst-Sørensen | align=left | {{flagcountry|DEN}} | 1:54.2 | {{AthAbbr|Q}} |
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| 2 | align=left | Olle Ljunggren | align=left | {{flagcountry|SWE}} | 1:54.7 | {{AthAbbr|Q}} |
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| 3 | align=left | Robert Chef d'Hôtel | align=left | {{flagcountry|FRA}} | 1:54.8 | {{AthAbbr|Q}} |
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| 4 | align=left | Thomas White | align=left | {{flagcountry|GBR}} | 1:54.8 | {{AthAbbr|Q}} |
| 5 | align=left | Karl Volkmer | align=left | {{flagcountry|SUI}} | 1:55.0 | |
| 6 | align=left | Runar Björklöf | align=left | {{flagcountry|FIN}} | 1:55.8 | |
| 7 | align=left | Tomas Sale | align=left | {{flagcountry|TCH}} | 1:56.7 | |
| 8 | align=left | Kjartan Jóhannsson | align=left | {{flagcountry|ISL}} | 1:56.7 | |
| 9 | align=left | Kaare Vefling | align=left | {{flagcountry|NOR}} | 1:57.3 |
Participation
According to an unofficial count, 17 athletes from 12 countries participated in the event.
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- {{flagcountry|BEL}} (1)
- {{flagcountry|TCH}} (1)
- {{flagcountry|DEN}} (2)
- {{flagcountry|FIN}} (1)
- {{flagcountry|FRA}} (2)
- {{flagcountry|ISL}} (2)
- {{flagcountry|LUX}} (1)
- {{flagcountry|NOR}} (2)
- {{flagcountry|POL}} (1)
- {{flagcountry|SWE}} (2)
- {{flagcountry|SUI}} (1)
- {{flagcountry|GBR}} (1)
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References
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{{EC800metres}}
{{Footer European Champions 800 m Men}}
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