2012 European Athletics Championships – Men's 800 metres

Events at the
2012 European
Athletics Championships

Track events
100 m   men   women
200 m men women
400 m men women
800 m men women
1500 m men women
5000 m men women
10,000 m men women
100 m hurdles women
110 m hurdles men
400 m hurdles men women
3000 m
steeplechase
men women
4×100 m relay men women
4×400 m relay men women
Field events
Long jump men women
Triple jump men women
High jump men women
Pole vault men women
Shot put men women
Discus throw men women
Javelin throw men women
Hammer throw men women
Combined events
Heptathlon women
Decathlon men
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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

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

Records

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

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

Results

Round 1

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
37 1 3 Brice Etes  Monaco DNF
37 4 2 Szymon Krawczyk  Poland DQ

Semifinals

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 1:46.62Q, SB
3 1 4 Jakub Holuša  Czech Republic 1:46.63q
4 2 4 Pierre-Ambroise Bosse  France 1:46.70Q
5 1 2 Thomas Roth  Norway 1:46.88q, PB
6 1 7 Sebastian Keiner  Germany 1:46.91
7 2 3 Yuriy Borzakovskiy  Russia 1:46.92Q
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 1:48.48Q
15 3 6 Robert Lathouwers  Netherlands 1:48.49Q
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

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Note
1st 7 Yuriy Borzakovskiy  Russia 1:48.61
2nd 6 Andreas Bube  Denmark 1:48.69
3rd 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