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 LewandowskiPoland (POL)Silver Michael RimmerGreat Britain (GBR)Bronze Adam KszczotPoland (POL)
Records Standing records prior to the 2010 European Athletics ChampionshipsWorld record1:41.11Cologne, Germany24 August 1997European record1:41.11Cologne, Germany24 August 1997Championship record1:43.84Prague, Czechoslovakia31 August 1978World Leading1:41.51Heusden-Zolder, Belgium 10 July 2010European Leading1:44.30Lausanne, Switzerland 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 Marcin Lewandowski 1:49.78 Q 2 2 Hamid Oualich 1:49.92 Q 3 4 David Bustos 1:50.01 Q 4 6 Cristian Vorovenci 1:50.05 q 5 7 Jozef Pelikán 1:51.29 6 1 Jan van den Broeck 1:51.79 7 8 Mattias Claesson 1:52.53 8 3 Christophe Bestgen 1:52.64
Heat 2 Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes 1 8 Jakub Holuša 1:47.94 Q 2 1 Kevin López 1:48.13 Q 3 5 Brice Etes 1:48.54 Q 4 3 Anis Ananenka 1:49.29 q 5 6 David McCarthy 1:49.53 q 6 4 Mario Scapini 1:49.67 q 7 2 Mikko Lahtio 1:51.76 7 Robert Lathouwers
Heat 3 Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes 1 3 Luis Alberto Marco 1:49.96 Q 2 6 Giordano Benedetti 1:50.00 Q 3 4 Adam Kszczot 1:50.08 Q 4 2 Tamás Kazi 1:50.21 5 5 Jozef Repčík 1:50.51 6 7 Andreas Rapatz 1:51.55 7 1 Vitalij Kozlov 1:52.18 8 8 Anton Asplund 1:55.23
Heat 4 Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes 1 8 Michael Rimmer 1:49.99 Q 2 7 Arnoud Okken 1:50.13 Q 3 5 Lukas Rifesser 1:50.40 Q 4 6 Yuriy Koldin 1:50.64 5 3 Joni Jaako 1:50.93 6 2 Dustin Emrani 1:51.51 7 1 Andreas Bube 1:51.91 8 4 Andreas Smout 1:52.04
Summary Rank Heat Lane Name Nationality Time Note 2 8 Jakub Holuša 1:47.94 Q 2 1 Kevin López 1:48.13 Q 2 5 Brice Etes 1:48.54 Q 2 3 Anis Ananenka 1:49.29 q 2 6 David McCarthy 1:49.53 q 2 4 Mario Scapini 1:49.67 q 1 5 Marcin Lewandowski 1:49.78 Q 1 2 Hamid Oualich 1:49.92 Q 3 3 Luis Alberto Marco 1:49.96 Q 10 4 8 Michael Rimmer 1:49.99 Q 11 3 6 Giordano Benedetti 1:50.00 Q 12 1 4 David Bustos 1:50.01 Q 13 1 6 Cristian Vorovenci 1:50.05 q 14 3 4 Adam Kszczot 1:50.08 Q 15 4 7 Arnoud Okken 1:50.13 Q 16 3 2 Tamás Kazi 1:50.21 17 4 5 Lukas Rifesser 1:50.40 Q 18 3 5 Jozef Repčík 1:50.51 19 4 6 Yuriy Koldin 1:50.64 20 4 3 Joni Jaako 1:50.93 21 1 7 Jozef Pelikán 1:51.29 22 4 2 Dustin Emrani 1:51.51 23 3 7 Andreas Rapatz 1:51.55 24 2 2 Mikko Lahtio 1:51.76 25 1 1 Jan van den Broeck 1:51.79 26 4 1 Andreas Bube 1:51.91 27 4 4 Andreas Smout 1:52.04 28 3 1 Vitalij Kozlov 1:52.18 29 1 8 Mattias Claesson 1:52.53 30 1 3 Christophe Bestgen 1:52.64 31 3 8 Anton Asplund 1:55.23 2 7 Robert Lathouwers
Semifinals First 3 in each heat and 2 best performers advance to the Final.
Semifinal 1 Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes 1 4 Kevin López 1:48.11 Q 2 6 Marcin Lewandowski 1:48.15 Q 3 7 Arnoud Okken 1:48.25 Q 4 3 Jakub Holuša 1:48.27 q 5 2 Cristian Vorovenci 1:48.88 6 5 David Bustos 1:49.08 7 1 Mario Scapini 1:49.13 8 8 Lukas Rifesser 1:49.75
Semifinal 2 Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes 1 3 Michael Rimmer 1:47.67 Q 2 5 Luis Alberto Marco 1:47.79 Q 3 4 Adam Kszczot 1:47.84 Q 4 6 Hamid Oualich 1:48.06 q 5 2 Anis Ananenka 1:48.41 6 8 David McCarthy 1:49.14 7 7 Giordano Benedetti 1:49.33 8 1 Brice Etes 1:49.52
Summary Rank Heat Lane Name Nationality Time Notes 1 2 3 Michael Rimmer 1:47.67 Q 2 2 5 Luis Alberto Marco 1:47.79 Q 3 2 4 Adam Kszczot 1:47.84 Q 4 2 6 Hamid Oualich 1:48.06 q 5 1 4 Kevin López 1:48.11 Q 6 1 6 Marcin Lewandowski 1:48.15 Q 7 1 7 Arnoud Okken 1:48.25 Q 8 1 3 Jakub Holuša 1:48.27 q 9 2 2 Anis Ananenka 1:48.41 10 1 2 Cristian Vorovenci 1:48.88 11 1 5 David Bustos 1:49.08 12 1 1 Mario Scapini 1:49.13 13 2 8 David McCarthy 1:49.14 14 2 7 Giordano Benedetti 1:49.33 15 2 1 Brice Etes 1:49.52 16 1 8 Lukas Rifesser 1:49.75
Final
Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes 5 Marcin Lewandowski 1:47.07 6 Michael Rimmer 1:47.17 8 Adam Kszczot 1:47.22 4 2 Arnoud Okken 1:47.31 5 3 Jakub Holuša 1:47.45 6 7 Kevin López 1:47.82 7 4 Luis Alberto Marco 1:48.42 8 1 Hamid Oualich 1:49.77
References Round 1 Results Semifinal Results Final Results Full results