# 1969 European Athletics Championships – Men's 800 metres

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 East Germany |
| Silver | Jozef Plachý Czechoslovakia |
| Bronze | Manfred Matuschewski East Germany |

## Results
### Final

19 September
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| | Dieter Fromm | East Germany | 1:45.98 | CR |
| | Jozef Plachý | Czechoslovakia | 1:46.26 | |
| | Manfred Matuschewski | East Germany | 1:46.83 | |
| 4 | Yevgeniy Arzhanov | Soviet Union | 1:47.1 | |
| 5 | Hansueli Mumenthaler | Switzerland | 1:47.2 | |
| 6 | Andrzej Kupczyk | Poland | 1:47.5 | |
| 7 | Noel Carroll | Ireland | 1:49.1 | |
| 8 | Erhard Schulze | East Germany | 1:55.4 | |

### Semi-finals

18 September

#### Semi-final 1

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Yevgeniy Arzhanov | Soviet Union | 1:49.2 | Q |
| 2 | Erhard Schulze | East Germany | 1:49.4 | Q |
| 3 | Manfred Matuschewski | East Germany | 1:49.4 | Q |
| 4 | Noel Carroll | Ireland | 1:49.5 | Q |
| 5 | Andy Carter | Great Britain | 1:49.6 | |
| 6 | Jože Međimurec | Yugoslavia | 1:49.6 | |
| 7 | Stanisław Waśkiewicz | Poland | 1:49.6 | |
| 8 | Tomáš Jungwirth | Czechoslovakia | 1:50.0 | |

#### Semi-final 2

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Jozef Plachý | Czechoslovakia | 1:48.9 | Q |
| 2 | Dieter Fromm | East Germany | 1:49.0 | Q |
| 3 | Hansueli Mumenthaler | Switzerland | 1:49.1 | Q |
| 4 | Andrzej Kupczyk | Poland | 1:49.2 | Q |
| 5 | Dave Cropper | Great Britain | 1:50.0 | |
| 6 | Bob Adams | Great Britain | 1:50.9 | |
| 7 | Sergey Kryuchok | Soviet Union | 1:53.3 | |
| 8 | Kazimierz Wardak | Poland | 1:57.1 | |

### Heats

17 September

#### Heat 1

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Erhard Schulze | East Germany | 1:48.7 | Q |
| 2 | Bob Adams | Great Britain | 1:49.2 | Q |
| 3 | Jozef Plachý | Czechoslovakia | 1:49.8 | Q |
| 4 | Stanisław Waśkiewicz | Poland | 1:50.4 | Q |
| 5 | Jože Međimurec | Yugoslavia | 1:50.5 | Q |
| 6 | Zlatko Valchev | Bulgaria | 1:50.6 | |

#### Heat 2

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Andrzej Kupczyk | Poland | 1:50.5 | Q |
| 2 | Dave Cropper | Great Britain | 1:50.8 | Q |
| 3 | Manfred Matuschewski | East Germany | 1:50.9 | Q |
| 4 | Yevgeniy Arzhanov | Soviet Union | 1:51.0 | Q |
| 5 | Tomáš Jungwirth | Czechoslovakia | 1:51.0 | Q |
| 6 | Knut Brustad | Norway | 1:51.1 | |
| 7 | Rudi Simon | Belgium | 1:51.1 | |
| 8 | Ali Erte | Turkey | 1:53.5 | |

#### Heat 3

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Dieter Fromm | East Germany | 1:50.1 | Q |
| 2 | Hansueli Mumenthaler | Switzerland | 1:50.1 | Q |
| 3 | Noel Carroll | Ireland | 1:50.2 | Q |
| 4 | Andy Carter | Great Britain | 1:50.3 | Q |
| 5 | Kazimierz Wardak | Poland | 1:50.3 | Q |
| 6 | Sergey Kryuchok | Soviet Union | 1:50.3 | Q |
| 7 | Michel Medinger | Luxembourg | 1:50.8 | |

## Participation

According to an unofficial count, 21 athletes from 13 countries participated in the event.
* Belgium (1)
* Bulgaria (1)
* Czechoslovakia (2)
* East Germany (3)
* Ireland (1)
* Luxembourg (1)
* Norway (1)
* Poland (3)
* Soviet Union (2)
* Switzerland (1)
* Turkey (1)
* Great Britain (3)
* Yugoslavia (1)