2022 European Athletics Championships – Men's 800 metres explained

Event:	Men's 800 metres
Competition:	2022 European Athletics Championships
Venue:	Olympiastadion
Location:	Munich
Competitors:	31
Nations:	16
Win Value:	1:44.85
Gold:	Mariano García
Silver:	Jake Wightman
Bronze:	Mark English
Gold Nation:	ESP
Silver Nation:	GBR
Bronze Nation:	IRL
Previous:	2018
Next:	2024

The men's 800 metres at the 2022 European Athletics Championships took place at the Olympiastadion on 18, 19 and 21 August.^[1]

Records

Standing records prior to the 2022 European Athletics Championships
World record		1:40.91 ^[2]	London, Great Britain	9 August 2012
European record		1:41.11^[3]	Köln, Germany	24 August 1997
Championship record		1:43.84	Prague, Czechoslovakia	31 August 1978
World Leading		1:43.52^[4]	Turku, Finland	14 June 2022
Europe Leading

Schedule

Date	Time	Round
18 August 2022	10:10	Round 1
19 August 2022	20:27	Semifinals
21 August 2022	19:40	Final

Results

Round 1

First 3 in each heat (Q) and the next 4 fastest (q) advance to the Semifinals.^[5]

Rank	Heat	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Note
1	1	1			1:45.94	Q,
2	1	8			1:45.98	Q
3	1	5			1:46.08	Q
4	1	2			1:46.48	q
5	1	7			1:46.50	q
6	1	3			1:47.19	q
7	1	6			1:47.29	q
8	4	4			1:47.41	Q
9	3	4			1:47.49	Q
10	2	3			1:47.54	Q
11	4	7			1:47.64	Q
12	3	8			1:47.64	Q
13	3	1			1:47.66	Q
14	2	4			1:47.66	Q
15	2	7			1:47.67	Q
16	4	3			1:47.67	Q
17	1	4			1:47.72
18	2	6			1:47.73
19	4	8			1:47.74
20	4	6			1:47.82
21	4	2			1:47.94
22	2	5			1:47.94
23	3	6			1:48.00
24	3	3			1:48.03
25	3	2			1:48.16
26	3	5			1:48.22
27	4	5			1:48.28
28	2	8			1:48.33
29	2	1			1:48.43
30	3	7			1:48.46
31	2	2			1:48.88

Semifinals

First 3 in each semifinal (Q) and the next 2 fastest (q) advance to the final.^[6]

Rank	Heat	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Note
1	2	8			1:46.52	Q
2	2	1			1:46.61	Q
3	2	6			1:46.66	Q
4	2	3			1:46.95	q
5	2	2			1:47.13	q
6	2	5			1:47.64
7	2	4			1:47.70
8	2	7			1:48.03
9	1	4			1:48.37	Q
10	1	2			1:48.51	Q
11	1	3			1:48.51	Q
12	1	5			1:48.63
13	1	8			1:48.80
14	1	6			1:49.10
15	1	7			1:49.26
16	1	1			1:50.20

Final

^[7]

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Note
	7			1:44.85
	2			1:44.91
	3			1:45.19
4	5			1:45.38
5	6			1:45.42
6	4			1:45.63
7	8			1:45.66
8	1			1:45.68

Notes and References

1. Web site: ATHLETICS TIMETABLE . european-athletics.org . 14 August 2022 . 14 August 2022.
2. Web site: All Time Best . 18 August 2022 . World Athletics.
3. Web site: All Time European Best . 18 August 2022 . World Athletics.
4. Web site: 2022 Top List . 18 August 2022 . World Athletics.
5. Web site: Round 1 SUMMARY . 18 August 2022 . 16 October 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20221016095158/https://munich22results.european-athletics.com/resECM2022/pdf/ECM2022/ATH/ECM2022_ATH_C74A_ATHM800M--------------RND1--------.pdf . dead .
6. Web site: Semifinals SUMMARY . 19 August 2022 . 16 October 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20221016095156/https://munich22results.european-athletics.com/resECM2022/pdf/ECM2022/ATH/ECM2022_ATH_C74A_ATHM800M--------------SFNL--------.pdf . dead .
7. Web site: Final results . 2022-10-16 . 2022-08-22 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220822054903/https://munich22results.european-athletics.com/resECM2022/pdf/ECM2022/ATH/ECM2022_ATH_C73G_ATHM800M--------------FNL-000100--.pdf . dead .