The men's 800 metres at the 1958 European Athletics Championships was held in Stockholm, Sweden, at Stockholms Olympiastadion on 19, 20, and 21 August 1958.
Medalists Gold Mike Rawson Silver Audun Boysen Bronze Paul Schmidt
Results Final 21 August Rank Name Nationality Time Notes Mike Rawson 1:47.8 Audun Boysen 1:47.9 Paul Schmidt 1:47.9 4 Zbigniew Makomaski 1:48.0 5 Lajos Szentgáli 1:48.3 6 Herbert Missalla 1:48.5 7 Derek Johnson 1:49.2 8 Christian Wägli 1:52.0
Semi-finals 20 August
Semi-final 1 Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Derek Johnson 1:48.8 Q 2 Christian Wägli 1:49.0 Q 3 Zbigniew Makomaski 1:49.1 Q 4 Herbert Missalla 1:49.2 Q 5 Lajos Kovács 1:49.2 6 Olavi Salonen 1:51.8 7 Svavar Markússon 1:54.6 8 Hendrik Haus 1:59.0
Semi-final 2 Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Paul Schmidt 1:49.5 Q 2 Lajos Szentgáli 1:49.8 Q 3 Audun Boysen 1:49.9 Q 4 Mike Rawson 1:50.1 Q 5 Evangelos Depastas 1:50.3 6 Gianfranco Baraldi 1:51.2 7 Rolf Gottfridsson 1:52.1 Tadeusz Kaźmierski DQ
Heats 19 August
Heat 1 Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Derek Johnson 1:49.5 Q 2 Lajos Szentgáli 1:50.0 Q 3 Svavar Markússon 1:50.5 NR Q 4 Hendrik Haus 1:51.0 Q 5 Cesáreo Marín 1:52.8
Heat 2 Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Mike Rawson 1:50.4 Q 2 Evangelos Depastas 1:50.7 Q 3 Olavi Salonen 1:50.7 Q 4 Zbigniew Makomaski 1:51.2 Q 5 Gérard Vervoort 1:51.6 6 Hendrik Heida 1:52.3
Heat 3 Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Herbert Missalla 1:50.0 Q 2 Audun Boysen 1:50.5 Q 3 Christian Wägli 1:50.6 Q 4 Tadeusz Kaźmierski 1:50.8 Q 5 Dimitrios Konstantinidis 1:50.9 6 Rudolf Klaban 1:51.3
Heat 4 Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Paul Schmidt 1:51.4 Q 2 Gianfranco Baraldi 1:51.8 Q 3 Lajos Kovács 1:52.0 Q 4 Rolf Gottfridsson 1:52.0 Q 5 Čeněk Hanka 1:52.1 6 Robert Misplon 1:54.3
Participation According to an unofficial count, 23 athletes from 16 countries participated in the event.
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