1946 European Athletics Championships – Men's 800 metres
# 1946 European Athletics Championships – Men's 800 metres

The men's 800 metres at the 1946 European Athletics Championships was held in Oslo, Norway, at Bislett Stadion on 22 and 24 August 1946.

## Medalists

| Gold | Rune Gustafsson Sweden |
| - | - |
| Silver | Niels Holst-Sørensen Denmark |
| Bronze | Marcel Hansenne France |

## Results

### Final

24 August

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time |
| - | - | - | - |
| | Rune Gustafsson | Sweden | 1:51.0 |
| | Niels Holst-Sørensen | Denmark | 1:51.1 |
| | Marcel Hansenne | France | 1:51.2 |
| 4 | Olle Ljunggren | Sweden | 1:51.4 |
| 5 | Thomas White | Great Britain | 1:51.5 |
| 6 | Robert Chef d’Hôtel | France | 1:53.0 |
| 7 | Jørgen Heller Andersen | Denmark | 1:53.7 |
| 8 | Richard Brancart | Belgium | 2:02.2 |

### Heats

22 August

**Heat 1**

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Rune Gustafsson | Sweden | 1:51.1 | Q |
| 2 | Marcel Hansenne | France | 1:52.2 | Q |
| 3 | Jørgen Heller Andersen | Denmark | 1:52.2 | Q |
| 4 | Richard Brancart | Belgium | 1:53.5 | Q |
| 5 | Joseph Barthel | Luxembourg | 1:56.1 | |
| 6 | Óskar Jónsson | Iceland | 1:56.1 | NR |
| 7 | Dagfinn Fløisand | Norway | 1:58.4 | |
| 8 | Jan Staniszewski | Poland | 2:00.7 | |

**Heat 2**

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Niels Holst-Sørensen | Denmark | 1:54.2 | Q |
| 2 | Olle Ljunggren | Sweden | 1:54.7 | Q |
| 3 | Robert Chef d'Hôtel | France | 1:54.8 | Q |
| 4 | Thomas White | Great Britain | 1:54.8 | Q |
| 5 | Karl Volkmer | Switzerland | 1:55.0 | |
| 6 | Runar Björklöf | Finland | 1:55.8 | |
| 7 | Tomas Sale | Czechoslovakia | 1:56.7 | |
| 8 | Kjartan Jóhannsson | Iceland | 1:56.7 | |
| 9 | Kaare Vefling | Norway | 1:57.3 | |

## Participation

According to an unofficial count, 17 athletes from 12 countries participated in the event.

* Belgium (1)
* Czechoslovakia (1)
* Denmark (2)
* Finland (1)
* France (2)
* Iceland (2)
* Luxembourg (1)
* Norway (2)
* Poland (1)
* Sweden (2)
* Switzerland (1)
* Great Britain (1)
