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)