2011 European Athletics Indoor Championships – Men's 800 metres explained

The Men's 800 metres event at the 2011 European Athletics Indoor Championships was held at March 4–6 with the final being held on March 6 at 15:45 local time.^[1]

Records

Standing records prior to the 2011 European Athletics Indoor Championships
World record		1:42.67	Paris, France	9 March 1997
European record		1:42.67	Paris, France	9 March 1997
Championship record		1:44.78	Vienna, Austria	3 March 2002
World Leading		1:45.02	Stuttgart, Germany	5 February 2011
European Leading		1:46.06	Sevilla, Spain	11 February 2011

Results

Heats

First 2 in each heat and 2 best performers advanced to the Semifinals. The heats were held at 16:55.^[2]

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	1			1:48.81	Q
2	1			1:48.92	Q
3	1			1:49.04	q, SB
4	1			1:49.74	q
5	1			1:49.96
6	5			1:50.15	Q
7	5			1:50.29	Q
8	2			1:50.54	Q
9	5			1:50.59
10	2			1:50.71	Q
11	2			1:50.85
12	4			1:50.99	Q
13	3			1:51.02	Q
14	4			1:51.09	Q
15	4			1:51.10
16	4			1:51.11
17	3			1:51.13	Q
18	3			1:51.26
19	3			1:51.75
20	3			1:51.83
21	2			1:51.91
22	2			1:52.19
23	5			1:53.18
24	4			1:53.33
25	3			2:02.41
	5

Semifinals

First 3 in each heat advanced to the Final. The heats were held at 15:40.^[3]

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	1			1:49.02	Q
2	1			1:49.38	Q
3	1			1:49.53	Q
4	1			1:49.57
5	1			1:49.78
6	1			1:50.46
7	2			1:50.60	Q
8	2			1:50.75	Q
9	2			1:50.78	Q
10	2			1:50.86
11	2			1:51.00
12	2			1:51.44

Final

The final was held at 15:45.^[4]

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	2			1:47.87
	3			1:48.23
	5			1:48.35
4	6			1:48.50
5	1			2:00.58
	4

Notes and References

1. Web site: Men's 800 m start list . 2011-03-03 . 2012-07-22 . https://web.archive.org/web/20120722091301/http://www.sportresult.com/sports/la/ajax/user_files/2011/paris/pdf/st2110061.pdf . dead .
2. Web site: Round 1 Results . 2011-03-04 . 2011-07-16 . https://web.archive.org/web/20110716122601/http://www.sportresult.com/sports/la/ajax/user_files/2011/paris/pdf/re2110061.pdf . dead .
3. Web site: Semifinal Results . 2011-03-06 . 2012-07-29 . https://web.archive.org/web/20120729205721/http://www.sportresult.com/sports/la/ajax/user_files/2011/paris/pdf/re2110063.pdf . dead .
4. Web site: Final Results . 2011-03-06 . 2012-08-06 . https://web.archive.org/web/20120806205428/http://www.sportresult.com/sports/la/ajax/user_files/2011/paris/pdf/re2110040.pdf . dead .