2016 European Athletics Championships – Men's 800 metres

The men's 800 metres at the 2016 European Athletics Championships took place at the Olympic Stadium on 7, 8, and 10 July.^[1]

Men's 800 metres at the 2016 European Athletics Championships
Venue	Olympic Stadium
Location	Amsterdam
Dates	July 7 (heats) July 8 (semifinals) July 10 (final)
Competitors	30 from 21 nations
Winning time	1:45.18
Medalists
Adam Kszczot    Poland   Marcin Lewandowski    Poland   Elliot Giles    Great Britain
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Records

Standing records prior to the 2016 European Athletics Championships
World record	David Rudisha (KEN)	1:40.91	London, Great Britain	9 August 2012
European record	Wilson Kipketer (DEN)	1:41.11	Cologne, Germany	24 August 1997
Championship record	Olaf Beyer (GDR)	1:43.84	Prague, Czechoslovakia	31 August 1978
World Leading	Nicholas Kiplangat Kipkoech (KEN)	1:43.37	Nairobi, Kenya	29 April 2016
European Leading	Pierre-Ambroise Bosse (FRA)	1:44.51	Rabat, Morocco	22 May 2016

Schedule

Date	Time	Round
7 July 2016	12:05	Round 1
8 July 2016	18:35	Semifinals
10 July 2016	18:30	Final

All times are local times (UTC+2)

Results

Round 1

First 3 (Q) and next 4 fastest (q) qualify for the semifinals.^[2]

Rank	Heat	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Note
1	3	5	Thijmen Kupers	Netherlands	1:46.48	Q
2	3	3	Amel Tuka	Bosnia and Herzegovina	1:46.94	Q
3	3	7	Benedikt Huber	Germany	1:47.16	Q
4	3	4	Jacopo Lahbi	Italy	1:47.27	q, SB
5	3	1	Charles Grethen	Luxembourg	1:47.39	q
6	1	4	Pierre-Ambroise Bosse	France	1:48.35	Q
7	3	8	Aaron Botterman	Belgium	1:48.35	q
8	1	8	Andreas Bube	Denmark	1:48.36	Q
9	1	5	Álvaro de Arriba	Spain	1:48.62	Q
10	1	7	Žan Rudolf	Slovenia	1:48.72	q
11	1	2	Musa Hajdari	Kosovo	1:48.97
12	3	6	Jozef Repčík	Slovakia	1:49.32
13	3	2	Karl Griffin	Ireland	1:49.37	SB
14	4	8	Adam Kszczot	Poland	1:49.38	Q
15	4	2	Daniel Andújar	Spain	1:49.57	Q
16	4	1	Sören Ludolph	Germany	1:49.59	Q
17	1	3	Roman Yarko	Ukraine	1:49.64
18	4	5	Kalle Berglund	Sweden	1:49.65
19	4	4	Pol Moya	Andorra	1:50.03
20	4	3	Declan Murray	Ireland	1:50.10
21	2	5	Elliot Giles	Great Britain	1:50.31	Q
22	2	8	Marcin Lewandowski	Poland	1:50.32	Q
23	4	7	Brice Etès	Monaco	1:50.53	SB
24	2	4	Giordano Benedetti	Italy	1:50.74	Q
25	2	6	Hugo Santacruz	Switzerland	1:51.00
26	1	6	Tigran Mkrtchyan	Armenia	1:51.28
27	2	3	Sofiane Selmouni	France	1:51.32
28	2	7	Jan Petrac	Slovenia	1:52.21
29	4	6	Jamie Webb	Great Britain	1:53.75
	2	2	Kevin López	Spain	DNS

Semifinals

Semifinal 2

First 3 (Q) and next 2 fastest (q) qualify for the final.^[3]

Rank	Heat	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Note
1	1	3	Adam Kszczot	Poland	1:46.32	Q
2	1	4	Pierre-Ambroise Bosse	France	1:46.45	Q
3	1	6	Thijmen Kupers	Netherlands	1:46.61	Q
4	1	8	Giordano Benedetti	Italy	1:46.74	q
5	2	3	Marcin Lewandowski	Poland	1:47.16	Q
5	2	5	Amel Tuka	Bosnia and Herzegovina	1:47.16	Q
7	2	1	Elliot Giles	Great Britain	1:47.31	Q
8	1	5	Alvaro de Arriba	Spain	1:47.40	q
9	2	6	Andreas Bube	Denmark	1:47.55
10	2	7	Benedikt Huber	Germany	1:47.56
11	2	4	Daniel Andújar	Spain	1:47.64
12	2	2	Jacopo Lahbi	Italy	1:48.47
13	2	8	Charles Grethen	Luxembourg	1:49.40
14	1	2	Aaron Botterman	Belgium	1:49.92
15	1	7	Sören Ludolph	Germany	1:51.69
16	1	1	Žan Rudolf	Slovenia	1:54.49

Final

The final

^[4]

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Note
	3	Adam Kszczot	Poland	1:45.18
	6	Marcin Lewandowski	Poland	1:45.54
	1	Elliot Giles	Great Britain	1:45.54	PB
4	4	Amel Tuka	Bosnia and Herzegovina	1:45.74
5	5	Pierre-Ambroise Bosse	France	1:45.79
6	8	Thijmen Kupers	Netherlands	1:46.67
7	7	Alvaro de Arriba	Spain	1:47.58
8	2	Giordano Benedetti	Italy	1:47.64