1934 European Athletics Championships – Men's 800 metres

Men's 800 metres at the European Athletics Championships
Venue	Stadio Benito Mussolini
Location	Turin
Dates	8 September (heats) 9 September (final)
Competitors	12 from 10 nations
Winning time	1:52.0
Medalists
Miklós Szabó   Hungary   Mario Lanzi   Italy   Wolfgang Dessecker   Germany

The "Benito Mussolini" Municipal Stadium in Turin.

The men's 800 metres at the 1934 European Athletics Championships was held in Turin, Italy, at the Stadio Benito Mussolini on 8 and 9 September 1934.

Results

Final

9 September

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Miklós Szabó	Hungary	1:52.0	NR
	Mario Lanzi	Italy	1:52.0
	Wolfgang Dessecker	Germany	1:52.2
4	Eric Ny	Sweden	1:52.4
5	Erik Wennberg	Sweden	1:53.1
6	Kazimierz Kucharski	Poland	1:53.4	NR
7	Raymond Petit	France	1:54.0
8	Pierre Hemmer	Luxembourg	1:55.8	NR
9	Jean Keller	France	NT

Heats

8 September

Heat 1

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Erik Wennberg	Sweden	1:58.7	Q
2	Miklós Szabó	Hungary	1:58.9	Q
3	Pierre Hemmer	Luxembourg	1:59.1	Q
4	Ademar Jürlau	Estonia	1:59.2

Heat 2

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Wolfgang Dessecker	Germany	1:57.0	Q
2	Kazimierz Kucharski	Poland	1:57.5	Q
3	Jean Keller	France	1:57.6	Q
4	Evzen Rosický	Czechoslovakia	1:57.8

Heat 3

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Mario Lanzi	Italy	1:51.8	Q
2	Eric Ny	Sweden	1:53.0	Q
3	Raymond Petit	France	1:55.3	Q
4	Georg Puchberger	Austria	1:57.0

Participation

According to an unofficial count, 12 athletes from 10 countries participated in the event.

• Austria (1)
• Czechoslovakia (1)
• Estonia (1)
• France (2)
• Germany (1)
• Hungary (1)
• Italy (1)
• Luxembourg (1)
• Poland (1)
• Sweden (2)