1962 European Athletics Championships – Men's 800 metres

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.^[1]

Medalists

Gold	Manfred Matuschewski East Germany
Silver	Valeriy Bulyshev Soviet Union
Bronze	Paul Schmidt West Germany

15 September

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time
	Manfred Matuschewski	East Germany	1:50.5
	Valeriy Bulyshev	Soviet Union	1:51.2
	Paul Schmidt	West Germany	1:51.2
4	Olavi Salonen	Finland	1:51.2
5	Derek McCleane	Ireland	1:51.3
6	Abram Krivosheyev	Soviet Union	1:51.5

14 September

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Olavi Salonen	Finland	1:51.6	Q
2	Manfred Matuschewski	East Germany	1:51.6	Q
3	Valeriy Bulyshev	Soviet Union	1:52.1	Q
4	Norbert Haupert	Luxembourg	1:52.2
5	François Châtelet	France	1:52.2
6	Sid Purkis	Great Britain	1:52.3

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Paul Schmidt	West Germany	1:50.0	Q
2	Derek McCleane	Ireland	1:50.1	Q
3	Abram Krivosheyev	Soviet Union	1:50.1	Q
4	Tony Harris	Great Britain	1:50.2
5	Josef Odložil	Czechoslovakia	1:51.0
6	Volker Tulzer	Austria	1:51.1

13 September

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Norbert Haupert	Luxembourg	1:53.0	Q
2	Olavi Salonen	Finland	1:53.3	Q
3	Noel Carroll	Ireland	1:53.9
3	Klaus Widera	East Germany	1:53.9
5	Franz Bucheli	Switzerland	1:54.2

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Sid Purkis	Great Britain	1:54.5	Q
2	Paul Schmidt	West Germany	1:55.7	Q
3	Jan Kasal	Czechoslovakia	1:55.7

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Valeriy Bulyshev	Soviet Union	1:51.0	Q
2	Volker Tulzer	Austria	1:51.0	Q
3	Francesco Bianchi	Italy	1:51.3
4	Gilbert Iundt	France	1:52.6

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Josef Odložil	Czechoslovakia	1:51.8	Q
2	Manfred Matuschewski	East Germany	1:51.8	Q
3	Trevor Schofield	Great Britain	1:51.9
4	Hugo Walser	Liechtenstein	1:56.8

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Abram Krivosheyev	Soviet Union	1:58.5	Q
2	Tony Harris	Great Britain	1:58.6	Q
3	Jaromír Šlégr	Czechoslovakia	1:58.8
4	Maurice Lurot	France	1:58.8

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Derek McCleane	Ireland	1:50.8	Q
2	François Châtelet	France	1:51.3	Q
3	Alberto Esteban	Spain	1:51.9
	Joseph Lambrechts	Belgium	DNF

According to an unofficial count, 24 athletes from 15 countries participated in the event.