The men's 800 metres event at the 1971 European Athletics Indoor Championships was held on 13 and 14 March in Sofia.
Medalists
| Gold | Silver | Bronze |
Yevgeniy Arzhanov Soviet Union
|
Phil Lewis Great Britain
|
Andrzej Kupczyk Poland
|
Results
Heats
Held on 13 March
First 2 from each heat (Q) qualified directly for the final.
| Rank | Heat | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | John Davies | Great Britain |
1:51.8 | Q |
| 2 | 1 | Petar Kyatovski |  Bulgaria |
1:51.9 | Q |
| 3 | 1 | Slavko Koprivica |  Yugoslavia |
1:52.5 | |
| 1 | 2 | Antonio Fernández |  Spain |
1:54.0 | Q |
| 2 | 2 | Phil Lewis | Great Britain |
1:54.3 | Q |
| 3 | 2 | Atanas Atanasov | Bulgaria |
1:54.4 | |
| 4 | 2 | Stavros Mermingis |  Greece |
1:57.8 | |
| 5 | 2 | Ali Erte |  Turkey |
1:58.0 | |
| 1 | 3 | Yevgeniy Arzhanov | Soviet Union |
1:54.1 | Q |
| 2 | 3 | Andrzej Kupczyk | Poland |
1:54.3 | Q |
| 3 | 3 | Ján Šišovský |  Czechoslovakia |
1:54.7 | |
| 4 | 3 | Eric Reygaert |  Belgium |
1:56.5 |
Final
Held on 14 March
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 |
Yevgeniy Arzhanov | Soviet Union |
1:48.7 | |
 |
Phil Lewis | Great Britain |
1:50.5 | |
 |
Andrzej Kupczyk | Poland |
1:50.5 | |
| 4 | John Davies | Great Britain |
1:51.1 | |
| 5 | Petar Kyatovski | Bulgaria |
1:52.0 | |
| 6 | Antonio Fernández | Spain |
1:52.7 |
References
- "Competitions - European Athletics Indoor Championships - History". European Athletics. Retrieved 2019-01-26.
- Results (p. 438)
| 800 metres at the European Athletics Indoor Championships | |
|---|---|
| Men | |
| Women | |
