The men's 800 metres at the 1969 European Athletics Championships was held in Athens, Greece, at Georgios Karaiskakis Stadium on 17, 18, and 19 September 1969.
Medalists Gold Dieter Fromm Silver Jozef Plachý Bronze Manfred Matuschewski
Results Final 19 September Rank Name Nationality Time Notes Dieter Fromm 1:45.98 CR Jozef Plachý 1:46.26 Manfred Matuschewski 1:46.83 4 Yevgeniy Arzhanov 1:47.1 5 Hansueli Mumenthaler 1:47.2 6 Andrzej Kupczyk 1:47.5 7 Noel Carroll 1:49.1 8 Erhard Schulze 1:55.4
Semi-finals 18 September
Semi-final 1 Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Yevgeniy Arzhanov 1:49.2 Q 2 Erhard Schulze 1:49.4 Q 3 Manfred Matuschewski 1:49.4 Q 4 Noel Carroll 1:49.5 Q 5 Andy Carter 1:49.6 6 Jože Međimurec 1:49.6 7 Stanisław Waśkiewicz 1:49.6 8 Tomáš Jungwirth 1:50.0
Semi-final 2 Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Jozef Plachý 1:48.9 Q 2 Dieter Fromm 1:49.0 Q 3 Hansueli Mumenthaler 1:49.1 Q 4 Andrzej Kupczyk 1:49.2 Q 5 Dave Cropper 1:50.0 6 Bob Adams 1:50.9 7 Sergey Kryuchok 1:53.3 8 Kazimierz Wardak 1:57.1
Heats 17 September
Heat 1 Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Erhard Schulze 1:48.7 Q 2 Bob Adams 1:49.2 Q 3 Jozef Plachý 1:49.8 Q 4 Stanisław Waśkiewicz 1:50.4 Q 5 Jože Međimurec 1:50.5 Q 6 Zlatko Valchev 1:50.6
Heat 2 Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Andrzej Kupczyk 1:50.5 Q 2 Dave Cropper 1:50.8 Q 3 Manfred Matuschewski 1:50.9 Q 4 Yevgeniy Arzhanov 1:51.0 Q 5 Tomáš Jungwirth 1:51.0 Q 6 Knut Brustad 1:51.1 7 Rudi Simon 1:51.1 8 Ali Erte 1:53.5
Heat 3 Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Dieter Fromm 1:50.1 Q 2 Hansueli Mumenthaler 1:50.1 Q 3 Noel Carroll 1:50.2 Q 4 Andy Carter 1:50.3 Q 5 Kazimierz Wardak 1:50.3 Q 6 Sergey Kryuchok 1:50.3 Q 7 Michel Medinger 1:50.8
Participation According to an unofficial count, 21 athletes from 13 countries participated in the event.
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