2015 European Athletics Indoor Championships – Men's 800 metres explained

The men's 800 metres event at the 2015 European Athletics Indoor Championships was held on 6 March at 12:41 (heats), on 7 March at 18:25 (semifinals) and on 8 March at 15:30 (final) local time. Marcin Lewandowski won the race.^{[1] [2]}

Medalists

width=200 bgcolor=gold	Gold	width=200 bgcolor=silver	Silver	width=200 bgcolor=CC9966	Bronze
Marcin Lewandowski	Mark English	Thijmen Kupers

Results

Heats

Qualification: First 2 of each heat (Q) and the next 4 fastest (q) qualified for the semifinals.^[3]

Rank	Heat	Athlete	Nationality	Time	Note
1	1			1:48.10	Q
2	1			1:48.19	Q
3	1			1:48.33	q
4	2			1:48.56	Q
5	2			1:48.70	Q
6	1			1:49.09	q
6	2			1:49.09	q
8	3			1:49.38	Q
8	5			1:49.38	Q
10	2			1:49.43	q
11	4			1:49.55	Q
12	5			1:49.57	Q
13	4			1:49.61	Q
14	3			1:49.64	Q, PB
15	6			1:49.65	Q
16	6			1:49.69	Q
17	4			1:49.73
18	3			1:49.75
19	6			1:49.78
20	1			1:49.89
21	3			1:49.92
22	5			1:50.01
23	5			1:50.08
23	6			1:50.08	PB
25	7			1:50.24	Q
26	1			1:50.34
27	7			1:50.61	Q
28	4			1:50.62
29	3			1:50.68
30	7			1:50.76
31	5			1:50.94
32	4			1:51.08
33	5			1:51.11
34	3			1:51.20
35	6			1:51.35
36	7			1:51.45
37	7			1:51.48
38	4			1:51.57	SB
39	2			1:51.82
40	6			2:19.36

Semifinals

Qualification: First 2 of each semifinal (Q) qualified directly for the final.^[4]

Rank	Heat	Athlete	Nationality	Time	Note
1	2			1:47.24	Q
2	2			1:47.34	Q, SB
3	2			1:47.78
4	2			1:47.84	SB
5	2			1:48.09	SB
6	3			1:50.10	Q
7	1			1:50.50	Q
8	1			1:50.54	Q
9	1			1:50.72
10	1			1:50.76
11	1			1:50.96
12	3			1:51.07	Q
13	3			1:51.09
14	3			1:52.21
15	3			1:53.14
16	1			1:53.18
17	2			1:54.04
18	3			1:57.56

Final

^[5]

Rank	Athlete	Nationality	Time	Note
			1:46.67
			1:47.20
			1:47.25	SB
4			1:47.78
5			1:47.83
6			1:47.84

Notes and References

1. Web site: Mark English wins 800m European Indoor silver for Ireland. 8 March 2015. BBC Sport . 10 March 2015.
2. Web site: 'I had to bide my time' - Mark English claims silver for Ireland in European 800m final. 8 March 2015. Irish Independent . 10 March 2015.
3. Web site: Heats results . 2015-03-06 . https://web.archive.org/web/20150401170620/http://www.european-athletics.org/externalmodules/AT/pdf/ATM008900_C73H.pdf . 2015-04-01 . dead .
4. Web site: Semifinals results . 2015-03-07 . https://web.archive.org/web/20150401170707/http://www.european-athletics.org/externalmodules/AT/pdf/ATM008200_C73H.pdf . 2015-04-01 . dead .
5. Web site: Final results . 2015-03-08 . https://web.archive.org/web/20180921095808/http://www.european-athletics.org/externalmodules/AT/pdf/ATM008101_C73G.pdf . 2018-09-21 . dead .