| Event: | Men's 800 metres |
| Competition: | European Athletics Championships |
The men's 800 metres at the 2012 European Athletics Championships was held at the Helsinki Olympic Stadium on 27, 28 and 29 June.
| Gold | Yuriy Borzakovskiy | |
| Silver | Andreas Bube | |
| Bronze | Pierre-Ambroise Bosse |
| Standing records prior to the 2012 European Athletics Championships | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| World record | 1.41.01 | Rieti, Italy | 29 August 2010 | ||
| European record | 1:41.11 | Köln, Germany | 24 August 1997 | ||
| Championship record | 1:43.84 | Prague, Czechoslovakia | 31 August 1978 | ||
| World Leading | 1.41.74 | New York City, United States | 9 June 2012 | ||
| European Leading | 1:43.83 | 27 May 2012 | |||
| Date | Time | Round | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 27 June 2012 | 15:10 | Round 1 | |
| 28 June 2012 | 18:05 | Semifinals | |
| 29 June 2012 | 19:40 | Final |
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 | 1:45.80 | Q | |||
| 2 | 1 | 6 | 1:46.51 | Q | |||
| 3 | 1 | 5 | 1:46.98 | Q | |||
| 4 | 3 | 6 | 1:47.10 | Q | |||
| 5 | 3 | 4 | 1:47.13 | Q | |||
| 6 | 1 | 2 | 1:47.31 | Q, SB | |||
| 7 | 3 | 7 | 1:47.41 | Q | |||
| 8 | 3 | 5 | 1:47.42 | Q | |||
| 9 | 4 | 4 | 1:47.48 | Q | |||
| 10 | 1 | 8 | 1:47.56 | q | |||
| 11 | 4 | 8 | 1:47.61 | Q | |||
| 12 | 3 | 8 | 1:47.66 | q | |||
| 13 | 1 | 4 | 1:47.69 | q | |||
| 14 | 4 | 3 | 1:47.74 | Q | |||
| 15 | 4 | 5 | 1:47.78 | Q | |||
| 16 | 3 | 1 | 1:47.79 | q | |||
| 17 | 5 | 2 | 1:48.00 | Q | |||
| 18 | 2 | 3 | 1:48.09 | Q | |||
| 19 | 4 | 6 | 1:48.21 | ||||
| 20 | 2 | 1 | 1:48.23 | Q | |||
| 21 | 2 | 4 | 1:48.31 | Q, PB | |||
| 22 | 5 | 7 | 1:48.35 | Q | |||
| 23 | 5 | 3 | 1:48.44 | Q | |||
| 24 | 5 | 5 | 1:48.46 | Q | |||
| 25 | 2 | 5 | 1:48.54 | Q | |||
| 26 | 2 | 2 | 1:48.59 | SB | |||
| 27 | 5 | 8 | 1:48.61 | ||||
| 28 | 5 | 6 | 1:48.84 | ||||
| 29 | 3 | 3 | 1:48.86 | ||||
| 30 | 4 | 7 | 1:49.13 | ||||
| 31 | 2 | 8 | 1:49.34 | ||||
| 32 | 5 | 4 | 1:49.88 | ||||
| 33 | 3 | 2 | 1:50.12 | ||||
| 34 | 2 | 6 | 1:51.79 | ||||
| 35 | 1 | 7 | 1:53.22 | ||||
| 36 | 2 | 7 | 1:58.69 | ||||
| 1 | 3 | ||||||
| 4 | 2 |
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 | 1:46.49 | Q | |||
| 2 | 1 | 1 | 1:46.62 | Q, SB | |||
| 3 | 1 | 4 | 1:46.63 | q | |||
| 4 | 2 | 4 | 1:46.70 | Q | |||
| 5 | 1 | 2 | 1:46.88 | q, PB | |||
| 6 | 1 | 7 | 1:46.91 | ||||
| 7 | 2 | 3 | 1:46.92 | Q | |||
| 8 | 1 | 5 | 1:47.14 | ||||
| 9 | 1 | 8 | 1:47.22 | ||||
| 10 | 2 | 6 | 1:47.30 | ||||
| 11 | 1 | 3 | 1:47.37 | ||||
| 12 | 2 | 8 | 1:47.41 | ||||
| 13 | 2 | 5 | 1:48.06 | ||||
| 14 | 3 | 5 | 1:48.48 | Q | |||
| 15 | 3 | 6 | 1:48.49 | Q | |||
| 16 | 3 | 7 | 1:48.84 | ||||
| 17 | 2 | 2 | 1:48.94 | ||||
| 18 | 3 | 3 | 1:48.97 | ||||
| 19 | 3 | 4 | 1:49.06 | ||||
| 20 | 2 | 1 | 1:49.61 | ||||
| 21 | 3 | 1 | 1:49.91 | ||||
| 22 | 2 | 7 | 1:50.37 | ||||
| 23 | 3 | 8 | 1:50.63 | ||||
| 24 | 3 | 2 | 1:51.14 |
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Note | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 | 1:48.61 | |||||
| 6 | 1:48.69 | |||||
| 4 | 1:48.83 | |||||
| 4 | 5 | 1:48.98 | ||||
| 5 | 8 | 1:48.99 | ||||
| 6 | 3 | 1:49.22 | ||||
| 7 | 1 | 1:49.42 | ||||
| 8 | 2 | 1:49.54 |