1934 European Athletics Championships – Men's 800 metres
# 1934 European Athletics Championships – Men's 800 metres

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.

## Medalists

| Gold | Miklós Szabó Hungary |
| - | - |
| Silver | Mario Lanzi Italy |
| Bronze | Wolfgang Dessecker Germany |

## 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)
