1946 European Athletics Championships – Men's 800 metres

Medalists

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

Results

Final

24 August

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	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.