# 1954 European Athletics Championships – Men's 800 metres

The men's 800 metres at the 1954 European Athletics Championships was held in Bern, Switzerland, at Stadion Neufeld on 25, 27, and 28 August 1954.

## Medalists

| Gold | Lajos Szentgáli Hungary |
| Silver | Lucien De Muynck Belgium |
| Bronze | Audun Boysen Norway |

## Results
### Final

28 August
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| | Lajos Szentgáli | Hungary | 1:47.1 | CR NR |
| | Lucien De Muynck | Belgium | 1:47.3 | NR |
| | Audun Boysen | Norway | 1:47.4 | NR |
| 4 | Derek Johnson | Great Britain | 1:47.4 | |
| 5 | Roger Moens | Belgium | 1:47.8 | |
| 6 | Gérard Rasquin | Luxembourg | 1:51.4 | |
| 7 | Tage Ekfeldt | Sweden | 1:53.8 | |
| 8 | Ron Delany | Ireland | 2:03.5 | |

### Semi-finals

27 August

#### Semi-final 1

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Lajos Szentgáli | Hungary | 1:50.0 | CR Q |
| 2 | Ron Delany | Ireland | 1:50.2 | NR Q |
| 3 | Lucien De Muynck | Belgium | 1:50.3 | Q |
| 4 | Tage Ekfeldt | Sweden | 1:50.3 | Q |
| 5 | Edmund Potrzebowski | Poland | 1:51.2 | |
| 6 | Brian Hewson | Great Britain | 1:51.2 | |
| 7 | Olaf Lawrenz | West Germany | 1:51.4 | |
| 8 | Urpo Vähäranta | Finland | 1:51.4 | |

#### Semi-final 2

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Audun Boysen | Norway | 1:50.6 | Q |
| 2 | Roger Moens | Belgium | 1:50.7 | Q |
| 3 | Derek Johnson | Great Britain | 1:51.0 | Q |
| 4 | Gérard Rasquin | Luxembourg | 1:51.5 | Q |
| 5 | René Djian | France | 1:51.8 | |
| 6 | Friedel Stracke | West Germany | 1:52.3 | |
| 7 | Oleg Ageyev | Soviet Union | 1:52.5 | |
| 8 | István Bárkányi | Hungary | 1:52.8 | |

### Heats

25 August

#### Heat 1

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Olaf Lawrenz | West Germany | 1:52.0 | Q |
| 2 | Lucien De Muynck | Belgium | 1:52.2 | Q |
| 3 | István Bárkányi | Hungary | 1:52.4 | Q |
| 4 | Tage Ekfeldt | Sweden | 1:52.4 | Q |
| 5 | Tauno Kontio | Finland | 1:52.8 | |
| 6 | Ludvík Liška | Czechoslovakia | 1:53.2 | |
| 7 | Alfred Lasch | Austria | 1:55.4 | |
| 8 | Manuel Macías | Spain | 1:56.7 | |

#### Heat 2

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Lajos Szentgáli | Hungary | 1:51.8 | Q |
| 2 | Derek Johnson | Great Britain | 1:51.8 | Q |
| 3 | Edmund Potrzebowski | Poland | 1:52.3 | Q |
| 4 | René Djian | France | 1:52.8 | Q |
| 5 | Josef Steger | Switzerland | 1:53.5 | |
| 6 | Ekrem Koçak | Turkey | 1:56.2 | |

#### Heat 3

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Brian Hewson | Great Britain | 1:50.2 | CR Q |
| 2 | Audun Boysen | Norway | 1:50.3 | Q |
| 3 | Gérard Rasquin | Luxembourg | 1:51.6 | Q |
| 4 | Oleg Ageyev | Soviet Union | 1:51.7 | Q |
| 5 | Evangelos Depastas | Greece | 1:52.7 | |
| 6 | Hugo Wallkamm | Switzerland | 1:55.1 | |
| 7 | Patrick El Mabrouk | France | 1:56.0 | |
| 8 | Ernst Suppan | Austria | 1:58.4 | |
| 9 | Ünal Somuncuoğlu | Turkey | 2:02.6 | |

#### Heat 4

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Roger Moens | Belgium | 1:51.5 | Q |
| 2 | Ron Delany | Ireland | 1:51.8 | Q |
| 3 | Friedel Stracke | West Germany | 1:52.1 | Q |
| 4 | Urpo Vähäranta | Finland | 1:52.2 | Q |
| 5 | Hans Ring | Sweden | 1:52.7 | |
| 6 | Georgiy Ivakin | Soviet Union | 1:53.9 | |
| 7 | Dušan Čikel | Czechoslovakia | 1:54.2 | |
| 8 | Miloje Grujić | Yugoslavia | 1:55.7 | |

## Participation

According to an unofficial count, 31 athletes from 19 countries participated in the event.
* Austria (2)
* Belgium (2)
* Czechoslovakia (2)
* Finland (2)
* France (2)
* Greece (1)
* Hungary (2)
* Ireland (1)
* Luxembourg (1)
* Norway (1)
* Poland (1)
* Soviet Union (2)
* Spain (1)
* Sweden (2)
* Switzerland (2)
* Turkey (2)
* Great Britain (2)
* West Germany (2)
* Yugoslavia (1)