2002 European Athletics Championships – Men's 800 metres explained

Event:	Men's 800 metres
Competition:	European Athletics Championships

The men's 800 metres at the 2002 European Athletics Championships were held at the Olympic Stadium on August 9–11.

Medalists

width=200 bgcolor=gold	Gold	width=200 bgcolor=silver	Silver	width=200 bgcolor=CC9966	Bronze
Wilson Kipketer	André Bucher	Nils Schumann

Results

Heats

Qualification: First 3 of each heat (Q) and the next 4 fastest (q) qualified for the semifinals.

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	4			1:46.90	Q
	3			1:47.07	Q
	4			1:47.22	Q
	3			1:47.29	Q
	4			1:47.36	Q
	3			1:47.48	Q
	1			1:47.52	Q
	2			1:47.52	Q
	2			1:47.53	Q
10	1			1:47.66	Q
11	3			1:47.67	q
12	2			1:47.71	Q
13	4			1:47.74	q
14	2			1:47.85	q
15	3			1:47.98	q
16	4			1:48.00
17	1			1:48.07	Q
18	2			1:48.15
18	3			1:48.15
20	4			1:48.23
21	1			1:48.25
22	1			1:48.27
23	2			1:48.31
24	2			1:48.68
25	1			1:49.27
26	4			1:50.60
27	1			1:50.81
28	1			1:58.22
	3

Semifinals

Qualification: First 3 of each semifinal (Q) and the next 2 fastest (q) qualified for the final.

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	2			1:46.56	Q
2	2			1:46.77	Q
3	2			1:46.89	Q
4	2			1:47.08	q
5	2			1:47.20	q
6	2			1:47.38
7	2			1:47.41
8	2			1:47.82
9	1			1:48.01	Q
10	1			1:48.22	Q
11	1			1:48.37	Q
12	1			1:48.62
13	1			1:49.15
14	1			1:49.60
15	1			1:49.83
16	1			1:50.82

Final

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
			1:47.25
			1:47.43
			1:47.60
4			1:47.92
5			1:48.39
6			1:48.56
7			1:48.86
8			1:49.16

External links

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