2012 European Athletics Championships – Men's 800 metres

The men's 800 metres at the 2012 European Athletics Championships was held at the Helsinki Olympic Stadium on 27, 28 and 29 June.

Medalists edit

Gold Yuriy Borzakovskiy
  Russia
Silver Andreas Bube
  Denmark
Bronze Pierre-Ambroise Bosse
  France

Records edit

Standing records prior to the 2012 European Athletics Championships
World record   David Rudisha (KEN) 1.41.01 Rieti, Italy 29 August 2010
European record   Wilson Kipketer (DEN) 1:41.11 Köln, Germany 24 August 1997
Championship record   Olaf Beyer (GDR) 1:43.84 Prague, Czechoslovakia 31 August 1978
World Leading   David Rudisha (KEN) 1.41.74 New York City, United States 9 June 2012
European Leading   Adam Kszczot (POL) 1:43.83 Hengelo, Netherlands 27 May 2012

Schedule edit

Date Time Round
27 June 2012 15:10 Round 1
28 June 2012 18:05 Semifinals
29 June 2012 19:40 Final

Results edit

Round 1 edit

First 4 in each heat (Q) and 4 best performers (q) advance to the Semifinals.

Rank Heat Lane Name Nationality Time Note
1 1 1 Gareth Warburton   Great Britain 1:45.80 Q
2 1 6 Andreas Bube   Denmark 1:46.51 Q
3 1 5 Zan Rudolf   Slovenia 1:46.98 Q
4 3 6 Sören Ludolph   Germany 1:47.10 Q
5 3 4 Mukhtar Mohammed   Great Britain 1:47.13 Q
6 1 2 Ioan Zaizan   Romania 1:47.31 Q, SB
7 3 7 Jozef Repčík   Slovakia 1:47.41 Q
8 3 5 Luis Alberto Marco   Spain 1:47.42 Q
9 4 4 Yuriy Borzakovskiy   Russia 1:47.48 Q
10 1 8 Oleh Kayafa   Ukraine 1:47.56 q
11 4 8 Antonio Manuel Reina   Spain 1:47.61 Q
12 3 8 Jan Kubista   Czech Republic 1:47.66 q
13 1 4 Thijmen Kupers   Netherlands 1:47.69 q
14 4 3 Paul Renaudie   France 1:47.74 Q
15 4 5 Thomas Roth   Norway 1:47.78 Q
16 3 1 Ihor Davydov   Ukraine 1:47.79 q
17 5 2 Robert Lathouwers   Netherlands 1:48.00 Q
18 2 3 Sebastian Keiner   Germany 1:48.09 Q
19 4 6 Johan Svensson   Sweden 1:48.21
20 2 1 Pierre-Ambroise Bosse   France 1:48.23 Q
21 2 4 Amel Tuka   Bosnia and Herzegovina 1:48.31 Q, PB
22 5 7 Jan van den Broeck   Belgium 1:48.35 Q
23 5 3 Hamid Oualich   France 1:48.44 Q
24 5 5 Kevin López   Spain 1:48.46 Q
25 2 5 Jakub Holuša   Czech Republic 1:48.54 Q
26 2 2 Dmitrijs Jurkevičs   Latvia 1:48.59 SB
27 5 8 Vitalij Kozlov   Lithuania 1:48.61
28 5 6 Raphael Pallitsch   Austria 1:48.84
29 3 3 Johan Rogestedt   Sweden 1:48.86
30 4 7 Péter Szemeti   Hungary 1:49.13
31 2 8 Ådne Svahn Dæhlin   Norway 1:49.34
32 5 4 Andréas Dimitrákis   Greece 1:49.88
33 3 2 Tommy Granlund   Finland 1:50.12
34 2 6 Andreas Rapatz   Austria 1:51.79
35 1 7 Charel Grethen   Luxembourg 1:53.22
36 2 7 Dustin Emrani   Israel 1:58.69
1 3 Brice Etes   Monaco DNF
4 2 Szymon Krawczyk   Poland DQ

Semifinals edit

First 2 in each heat (Q) and 2 best performers (q) advance to the Final.

Rank Heat Lane Name Nationality Time Note
1 1 6 Antonio Manuel Reina   Spain 1:46.49 Q
2 1 1 Jozef Repčík   Slovakia 1:46.62 Q, SB
3 1 4 Jakub Holuša   Czech Republic 1:46.63 q
4 2 4 Pierre-Ambroise Bosse   France 1:46.70 Q
5 1 2 Thomas Roth   Norway 1:46.88 q, PB
6 1 7 Sebastian Keiner   Germany 1:46.91
7 2 3 Yuriy Borzakovskiy   Russia 1:46.92 Q
8 1 5 Hamid Oualich   France 1:47.14
9 1 8 Ihor Davydov   Ukraine 1:47.22
10 2 6 Kevin López   Spain 1:47.30
11 1 3 Gareth Warburton   Great Britain 1:47.37
12 2 8 Zan Rudolf   Slovenia 1:47.41
13 2 5 Sören Ludolph   Germany 1:48.06
14 3 5 Andreas Bube   Denmark 1:48.48 Q
15 3 6 Robert Lathouwers   Netherlands 1:48.49 Q
16 3 7 Mukhtar Mohammed   Great Britain 1:48.84
17 2 2 Jan Kubista   Czech Republic 1:48.94
18 3 3 Paul Renaudie   France 1:48.97
19 3 4 Luis Alberto Marco   Spain 1:49.06
20 2 1 Oleh Kayafa   Ukraine 1:49.61
21 3 1 Ioan Zaizan   Romania 1:49.91
22 2 7 Thijmen Kupers   Netherlands 1:50.37
23 3 8 Jan van den Broeck   Belgium 1:50.63
24 3 2 Amel Tuka   Bosnia and Herzegovina 1:51.14

Final edit

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Note
  7 Yuriy Borzakovskiy   Russia 1:48.61
  6 Andreas Bube   Denmark 1:48.69
  4 Pierre-Ambroise Bosse   France 1:48.83
4 5 Antonio Manuel Reina   Spain 1:48.98
5 8 Jakub Holuša   Czech Republic 1:48.99
6 3 Robert Lathouwers   Netherlands 1:49.22
7 1 Jozef Repčík   Slovakia 1:49.42
8 2 Thomas Roth   Norway 1:49.54

References edit