The men's 800 metres at the 1962 European Athletics Championships was held in Belgrade, then Yugoslavia, at JNA Stadium on 13, 14, and 15 September 1962.
Medalists Gold Manfred Matuschewski Silver Valeriy Bulyshev Bronze Paul Schmidt
Results Final 15 September Rank Name Nationality Time Notes Manfred Matuschewski 1:50.5 Valeriy Bulyshev 1:51.2 Paul Schmidt 1:51.2 4 Olavi Salonen 1:51.2 5 Derek McCleane 1:51.3 6 Abram Krivosheyev 1:51.5
Semi-finals 14 September
Semi-final 1 Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Olavi Salonen 1:51.6 Q 2 Manfred Matuschewski 1:51.6 Q 3 Valeriy Bulyshev 1:52.1 Q 4 Norbert Haupert 1:52.2 5 François Châtelet 1:52.2 6 Sid Purkis 1:52.3
Semi-final 2 Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Paul Schmidt 1:50.0 Q 2 Derek McCleane 1:50.1 Q 3 Abram Krivosheyev 1:50.1 Q 4 Tony Harris 1:50.2 5 Josef Odložil 1:51.0 6 Volker Tulzer 1:51.1
Heats 13 September
Heat 1 Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Norbert Haupert 1:53.0 Q 2 Olavi Salonen 1:53.3 Q 3 Noel Carroll 1:53.9 3 Klaus Widera 1:53.9 5 Franz Bucheli 1:54.2
Heat 2 Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Sid Purkis 1:54.5 Q 2 Paul Schmidt 1:55.7 Q 3 Jan Kasal 1:55.7
Heat 3 Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Valeriy Bulyshev 1:51.0 Q 2 Volker Tulzer 1:51.0 Q 3 Francesco Bianchi 1:51.3 4 Gilbert Iundt 1:52.6
Heat 4 Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Josef Odložil 1:51.8 Q 2 Manfred Matuschewski 1:51.8 Q 3 Trevor Schofield 1:51.9 4 Hugo Walser 1:56.8
Heat 5 Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Abram Krivosheyev 1:58.5 Q 2 Tony Harris 1:58.6 Q 3 Jaromír Šlégr 1:58.8 4 Maurice Lurot 1:58.8
Heat 6 Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Derek McCleane 1:50.8 Q 2 François Châtelet 1:51.3 Q 3 Alberto Esteban 1:51.9 Joseph Lambrechts DNF
Participation According to an unofficial count, 24 athletes from 15 countries participated in the event.
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