2010 European Athletics Championships – Men's 800 metres explained

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

The men's 800 metres at the 2010 European Athletics Championships was held at the Estadi Olímpic Lluís Companys on 28, 29 and 31 July.

Medalists

Gold	Marcin Lewandowski Poland (POL)
Silver	Michael Rimmer Great Britain (GBR)
Bronze	Adam Kszczot Poland (POL)

Records

Standing records prior to the 2010 European Athletics Championships
World record		1:41.11	Cologne, Germany	24 August 1997
European record		1:41.11	Cologne, Germany	24 August 1997
Championship record		1:43.84	Prague, Czechoslovakia	31 August 1978
World Leading		1:41.51		10 July 2010
European Leading		1:44.30		8 July 2010

Schedule

Date	Time	Round
28 July 2010	12:10	Round 1
29 July 2010	20:50	Semifinals
31 July 2010	19:35	Final

Results

Round 1

First 3 in each heat (Q) and 4 best performers (q) advance to the Semifinals.

Heat 1

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	5			1:49.78	Q
2	2			1:49.92	Q
3	4			1:50.01	Q
4	6			1:50.05	q
5	7			1:51.29
6	1			1:51.79
7	8			1:52.53
8	3			1:52.64

Heat 2

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	8			1:47.94	Q
2	1			1:48.13	Q
3	5			1:48.54	Q
4	3			1:49.29	q
5	6			1:49.53	q
6	4			1:49.67	q
7	2			1:51.76
	7

Heat 3

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	3			1:49.96	Q
2	6			1:50.00	Q
3	4			1:50.08	Q
4	2			1:50.21
5	5			1:50.51
6	7			1:51.55
7	1			1:52.18
8	8			1:55.23

Heat 4

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	8			1:49.99	Q
2	7			1:50.13	Q
3	5			1:50.40	Q
4	6			1:50.64
5	3			1:50.93
6	2			1:51.51
7	1			1:51.91
8	4			1:52.04

Summary

Rank	Heat	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Note
	2	8			1:47.94	Q
	2	1			1:48.13	Q
	2	5			1:48.54	Q
	2	3			1:49.29	q
	2	6			1:49.53	q
	2	4			1:49.67	q
	1	5			1:49.78	Q
	1	2			1:49.92	Q
	3	3			1:49.96	Q
10	4	8			1:49.99	Q
11	3	6			1:50.00	Q
12	1	4			1:50.01	Q
13	1	6			1:50.05	q
14	3	4			1:50.08	Q
15	4	7			1:50.13	Q
16	3	2			1:50.21
17	4	5			1:50.40	Q
18	3	5			1:50.51
19	4	6			1:50.64
20	4	3			1:50.93
21	1	7			1:51.29
22	4	2			1:51.51
23	3	7			1:51.55
24	2	2			1:51.76
25	1	1			1:51.79
26	4	1			1:51.91
27	4	4			1:52.04
28	3	1			1:52.18
29	1	8			1:52.53
30	1	3			1:52.64
31	3	8			1:55.23
	2	7

Semifinals

First 3 in each heat and 2 best performers advance to the Final.

Semifinal 1

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	4			1:48.11	Q
2	6			1:48.15	Q
3	7			1:48.25	Q
4	3			1:48.27	q
5	2			1:48.88
6	5			1:49.08
7	1			1:49.13
8	8			1:49.75

Semifinal 2

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	3			1:47.67	Q
2	5			1:47.79	Q
3	4			1:47.84	Q
4	6			1:48.06	q
5	2			1:48.41
6	8			1:49.14
7	7			1:49.33
8	1			1:49.52

Summary

Rank	Heat	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	2	3			1:47.67	Q
2	2	5			1:47.79	Q
3	2	4			1:47.84	Q
4	2	6			1:48.06	q
5	1	4			1:48.11	Q
6	1	6			1:48.15	Q
7	1	7			1:48.25	Q
8	1	3			1:48.27	q
9	2	2			1:48.41
10	1	2			1:48.88
11	1	5			1:49.08
12	1	1			1:49.13
13	2	8			1:49.14
14	2	7			1:49.33
15	2	1			1:49.52
16	1	8			1:49.75

Final

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	5			1:47.07
	6			1:47.17
	8			1:47.22
4	2			1:47.31
5	3			1:47.45
6	7			1:47.82
7	4			1:48.42
8	1			1:49.77

References

• Round 1 Results
• Semifinal Results
• Final Results
• Full results