Final 16:15 | time | 1. Rudolf Harbig | Germany | 1:50.6 | CR NR | 2. Jacques Lévèque | France | 1:51.8 | | 3. Mario Lanzi | Italy | 1:52.0 | | 4. Sjabbe Bouman | Netherlands | 1:52.3 | NR | 5. Bertil Andersson | Sweden | 1:53.0 | | 6. Tauno Peussa | Finland | 1:55.5 | | 7. Paul Faure | France | No time | | 8. Lennart Nilsson | Sweden | No time | | 9. Paul Minder | Switzerland | No time | | -. Gusztáv Harsányi | Hungary | DNF | |
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History Men 800m | World and European Record: Wooderson (GBR) 1:48.4 | Championship Record: Szabo (HUN) 1:52.0 |
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Heat 1 | time | | 1. Mario Lanzi | Italy | 1:53.6 | Q | 2. Jacques Lévèque | France | 1:54.1 | Q | 3. Lennart Nilsson | Sweden | 1:54.2 | Q | 4. Francis Handley | Great Britain | 1:55.0 | |
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Heat 2 | time | | 1. Rudolf Harbig | Germany | 1:54.3 | Q | 2. Bertil Andersson | Sweden | 1:54.9 | Q | 3. Paul Faure | France | 1:55.2 | Q | 4. Ferenc Temesvári | Hungary | 1:55.4 | | 5. Alfred Baldwin | Great Britain | 1:56.6 | | 6. Emil Goršek | Yugoslavia | 2:01.4 | | 7. Charles Stein | Luxembourg | No time | |
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Heat 3 | time | 1. Sjabbe Bouman | Netherlands | 1:56.8 | Q | 2. Tauno Peussa | Finland | 1:57.7 | Q | 3. Gusztáv Harsányi | Hungary | 1:58.4 | Q | 4. Paul Minder | Switzerland | 1:58.6 | Q | 5. Eraldo Colombo | Italy | 1:58.8 | | 6. Antonio Calado | Portugal | 1:58.8 | | 7. Wacław Gąssowski | Poland | 2:02.0 | |
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Participants | 1. Mario Lanzi | ITA | 3. | 2. Rudolph Harbig | GER | 1. | 3. Gassowski | POL | -?? | 4. Bertil Andersson | SWE | 5. | 5. Sjabbe Bouman | NED | 4. | 6. Eichnerger | GER | -?? | 7. Gorsek | YUG | -?? | 8. Tauno Peussa | FIN | 6. | 9. S. Nilsson | SWE | H 3. | 10.Paul Faure | FRA | H 3. | 11.Handley | GBR | H 4. | 12.Baldwin | GBR | H 5. | 13.Temesvari | HUN | H 4. | 14.G. Harsanki | HUN | H 3. | 15.Jacques Leveque | FRA | 2. | 16.E. Colombo | ITA | H 5. | 17.Krastins | LAT | -?? | 18.Stein | LUX | -?? | 19.Calado | POR | H 6. | 20.Minder | SUI | H 4. | 21.Ragip | ALB | -?? | 22.Lonja | ALB | -?? |
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