The men's 800 metres at the 1971 European Athletics Championships was held in Helsinki, Finland, at Helsinki Olympic Stadium on 10, 11, and 12 August 1971.
Medalists Gold Yevgeniy Arzhanov Silver Dieter Fromm Bronze Andy Carter
Results Final 12 August Rank Name Nationality Time Notes Yevgeniy Arzhanov 1:45.62 CR Dieter Fromm 1:45.96 Andy Carter 1:46.16 NR 4 Hans-Henning Ohlert 1:46.87 5 Peter Browne 1:47.00 6 Jozef Plachý 1:47.33 7 Jože Međimurec 1:48.44 8 Philippe Meyer 1:50.91
Semi-finals 11 August
Semi-final 1 Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Andy Carter 1:48.46 Q 2 Hans-Henning Ohlert 1:48.66 Q 3 Jože Međimurec 1:48.92 Q 4 Philippe Meyer 1:48.94 Q 5 Stanisław Waśkiewicz 1:49.10 6 Stanislav Meshcherskikh 1:49.10 7 Gerd Larsen 1:49.33 8 Markku Aalto 1:50.61
Semi-final 2 Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Dieter Fromm 1:48.60 Q 2 Yevgeniy Arzhanov 1:48.96 Q 3 Peter Browne 1:49.03 Q 4 Jozef Plachý 1:49.07 Q 5 Andrzej Kupczyk 1:49.28 6 Antonio Fernández 1:49.92 7 Sjef Hensgens 1:50.20 8 Jens-Bodo Fried 1:50.54
Heats 10 August
Heat 1 Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Dieter Fromm 1:48.81 Q 2 Jože Međimurec 1:49.15 Q 3 Antonio Fernández 1:49.29 Q 4 Markku Aalto 1:49.33 Q 5 Hans Bertram 1:49.57 6 Krzysztof Linkowski 1:51.67 7 Ragnar Schie 1:54.21
Heat 2 Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Andy Carter 1:46.82 Q 2 Jens-Bodo Fried 1:47.43 Q 3 Stanislav Meshcherskikh 1:47.49 Q 4 Sjef Hensgens 1:47.90 Q 5 Fernando Mamede 1:48.44 NR 6 André Boonen 1:49.61 7 Aurelio Falero 1:59.75
Heat 3 Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Yevgeniy Arzhanov 1:49.27 Q 2 Gerd Larsen 1:49.31 Q 3 Stanisław Waśkiewicz 1:49.35 Q 4 Peter Browne 1:49.41 Q 5 Reiner Föhrenbach 1:49.57 6 Mehmet Tümkan 1:49.80
Heat 4 Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Hans-Henning Ohlert 1:59.23 Q 2 Jozef Plachý 2:00.09 Q 3 Andrzej Kupczyk 2:00.13 Q 4 Philippe Meyer 2:00.60 Q
Participation According to an unofficial count, 24 athletes from 17 countries participated in the event.
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