1974 European Athletics Championships – Men's 800 metres

The men's 800 metres at the 1974 European Athletics Championships was held in Rome, Italy, at Stadio Olimpico on 2, 3, and 4 September 1974.

Medalists

Gold	Luciano Sušanj Yugoslavia
Silver	Steve Ovett Great Britain
Bronze	Markku Taskinen Finland

Results

Final

4 September

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Luciano Sušanj	Yugoslavia	1:44.07	NR CR
	Steve Ovett	Great Britain	1:45.76
	Markku Taskinen	Finland	1:45.89
4	Vladimir Ponomaryov	Soviet Union	1:46.02
5	Gerhard Stolle	East Germany	1:46.19
6	Marcello Fiasconaro	Italy	1:46.28
7	Dieter Fromm	East Germany	1:46.29
8	Willi Wülbeck	West Germany	1:46.31

Semi-finals

3 September

Semi-final 1

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Steve Ovett	Great Britain	1:47.1	Q
2	Luciano Sušanj	Yugoslavia	1:47.2	Q
3	Gerhard Stolle	East Germany	1:47.4	Q
4	Willi Wülbeck	West Germany	1:47.4	Q
5	Marcel Philippe	France	1:47.5
6	Åke Svenson	Sweden	1:47.7
7	Jozef Plachý	Czechoslovakia	1:47.9
8	Hans-Henning Ohlert	East Germany	1:48.6

Semi-final 2

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Vladimir Ponomaryov	Soviet Union	1:47.6	Q
2	Marcello Fiasconaro	Italy	1:47.7	Q
3	Dieter Fromm	East Germany	1:47.7	Q
4	Markku Taskinen	Finland	1:47.7	Q
5	Gheorghe Ghipu	Romania	1:47.8
6	Johan Van Wezer	Belgium	1:48.0
7	Fernando Mamede	Portugal	1:48.5
8	Josef Schmid	West Germany	1:48.6

Heats

2 September

Heat 1

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Johan Van Wezer	Belgium	1:47.7	Q
2	Gerhard Stolle	East Germany	1:47.7	Q
3	Marcello Fiasconaro	Italy	1:47.8	Q
4	Heinz Langenbach	West Germany	1:47.9
5	David McMeekin	Great Britain	1:48.1
6	Andrés Ballbé	Spain	1:48.2
7	Günther Hasler	Liechtenstein	1:50.2

Heat 2

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Gheorghe Ghipu	Romania	1:46.9	Q
2	Steve Ovett	Great Britain	1:47.0	Q
3	Jozef Plachý	Czechoslovakia	1:47.1	Q
4	Vladimir Ponomaryov	Soviet Union	1:47.1	q
5	Fernando Mamede	Portugal	1:47.5	NR q
6	Åke Svenson	Sweden	1:47.5	q
7	Willi Wülbeck	West Germany	1:47.6	q

Heat 3

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Luciano Sušanj	Yugoslavia	1:48.4	Q
2	Dieter Fromm	East Germany	1:48.6	Q
3	Markku Taskinen	Finland	1:48.7	Q
4	Sven-Erik Nielsen	Denmark	1:48.9
5	Ján Šišovský	Czechoslovakia	1:48.9
6	Stavros Mermingis	Greece	1:49.8
7	Sven-Johan Svendsen	Norway	1:50.9

Heat 4

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Hans-Henning Ohlert	East Germany	1:49.7	Q
2	Marcel Philippe	France	1:49.8	Q
3	Josef Schmid	West Germany	1:49.9	Q
4	Pavel Litovchenko	Soviet Union	1:50.0
5	Nicolae Onescu	Romania	1:50.1
6	Jean Kaiser	Luxembourg	1:54.2

Participation

According to an unofficial count, 27 athletes from 19 countries participated in the event.

• Belgium (1)
• Czechoslovakia (2)
• Denmark (1)
• East Germany (3)
• Finland (1)
• France (1)
• Greece (1)
• Italy (1)
• Liechtenstein (1)
• Luxembourg (1)
• Norway (1)
• Portugal (1)
• Romania (2)
• Soviet Union (2)
• Spain (1)
• Sweden (1)
• Great Britain (2)
• West Germany (3)
• Yugoslavia (1)