2016 European Athletics Championships – Men's 800 metres
# 2016 European Athletics Championships – Men's 800 metres

The men's 800 metres at the 2016 European Athletics Championships took place at the Olympic Stadium on 7, 8, and 10 July.

## Records

Standing records prior to the 2016 European Athletics Championships :

| World record | David Rudisha (KEN) | 1:40.91 | London, Great Britain | 9 August 2012 |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| European record | Wilson Kipketer (DEN) | 1:41.11 | Cologne, Germany | 24 August 1997 |
| Championship record | Olaf Beyer (GDR) | 1:43.84 | Prague, Czechoslovakia | 31 August 1978 |
| World Leading | Nicholas Kiplangat Kipkoech (KEN) | 1:43.37 | Nairobi, Kenya | 29 April 2016 |
| European Leading | Pierre-Ambroise Bosse (FRA) | 1:44.51 | Rabat, Morocco | 22 May 2016 |

## Schedule

| Date | Time | Round |
| - | - | - |
| 7 July 2016 | 12:05 | Round 1 |
| 8 July 2016 | 18:35 | Semifinals |
| 10 July 2016 | 18:30 | Final |

All times are local times (UTC+2)

## Results

### Round 1

First 3 (Q) and next 4 fastest (q) qualify for the semifinals.

| Rank | Heat | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Note |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | 3 | 5 | Thijmen Kupers | Netherlands | 1:46.48 | Q |
| 2 | 3 | 3 | Amel Tuka | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 1:46.94 | Q |
| 3 | 3 | 7 | Benedikt Huber | Germany | 1:47.16 | Q |
| 4 | 3 | 4 | Jacopo Lahbi | Italy | 1:47.27 | q, SB |
| 5 | 3 | 1 | Charles Grethen | Luxembourg | 1:47.39 | q |
| 6 | 1 | 4 | Pierre-Ambroise Bosse | France | 1:48.35 | Q |
| 7 | 3 | 8 | Aaron Botterman | Belgium | 1:48.35 | q |
| 8 | 1 | 8 | Andreas Bube | Denmark | 1:48.36 | Q |
| 9 | 1 | 5 | Álvaro de Arriba | Spain | 1:48.62 | Q |
| 10 | 1 | 7 | Žan Rudolf | Slovenia | 1:48.72 | q |
| 11 | 1 | 2 | Musa Hajdari | Kosovo | 1:48.97 | |
| 12 | 3 | 6 | Jozef Repčík | Slovakia | 1:49.32 | |
| 13 | 3 | 2 | Karl Griffin | Ireland | 1:49.37 | SB |
| 14 | 4 | 8 | Adam Kszczot | Poland | 1:49.38 | Q |
| 15 | 4 | 2 | Daniel Andújar | Spain | 1:49.57 | Q |
| 16 | 4 | 1 | Sören Ludolph | Germany | 1:49.59 | Q |
| 17 | 1 | 3 | Roman Yarko | Ukraine | 1:49.64 | |
| 18 | 4 | 5 | Kalle Berglund | Sweden | 1:49.65 | |
| 19 | 4 | 4 | Pol Moya | Andorra | 1:50.03 | |
| 20 | 4 | 3 | Declan Murray | Ireland | 1:50.10 | |
| 21 | 2 | 5 | Elliot Giles | Great Britain | 1:50.31 | Q |
| 22 | 2 | 8 | Marcin Lewandowski | Poland | 1:50.32 | Q |
| 23 | 4 | 7 | Brice Etès | Monaco | 1:50.53 | SB |
| 24 | 2 | 4 | Giordano Benedetti | Italy | 1:50.74 | Q |
| 25 | 2 | 6 | Hugo Santacruz | Switzerland | 1:51.00 | |
| 26 | 1 | 6 | Tigran Mkrtchyan | Armenia | 1:51.28 | |
| 27 | 2 | 3 | Sofiane Selmouni | France | 1:51.32 | |
| 28 | 2 | 7 | Jan Petrac | Slovenia | 1:52.21 | |
| 29 | 4 | 6 | Jamie Webb | Great Britain | 1:53.75 | |
| | 2 | 2 | Kevin López | Spain | DNS | |

### Semifinals

First 3 (Q) and next 2 fastest (q) qualify for the final.

| Rank | Heat | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Note |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | 1 | 3 | Adam Kszczot | Poland | 1:46.32 | Q |
| 2 | 1 | 4 | Pierre-Ambroise Bosse | France | 1:46.45 | Q |
| 3 | 1 | 6 | Thijmen Kupers | Netherlands | 1:46.61 | Q |
| 4 | 1 | 8 | Giordano Benedetti | Italy | 1:46.74 | q |
| 5 | 2 | 3 | Marcin Lewandowski | Poland | 1:47.16 | Q |
| 5 | 2 | 5 | Amel Tuka | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 1:47.16 | Q |
| 7 | 2 | 1 | Elliot Giles | Great Britain | 1:47.31 | Q |
| 8 | 1 | 5 | Alvaro de Arriba | Spain | 1:47.40 | q |
| 9 | 2 | 6 | Andreas Bube | Denmark | 1:47.55 | |
| 10 | 2 | 7 | Benedikt Huber | Germany | 1:47.56 | |
| 11 | 2 | 4 | Daniel Andújar | Spain | 1:47.64 | |
| 12 | 2 | 2 | Jacopo Lahbi | Italy | 1:48.47 | |
| 13 | 2 | 8 | Charles Grethen | Luxembourg | 1:49.40 | |
| 14 | 1 | 2 | Aaron Botterman | Belgium | 1:49.92 | |
| 15 | 1 | 7 | Sören Ludolph | Germany | 1:51.69 | |
| 16 | 1 | 1 | Žan Rudolf | Slovenia | 1:54.49 | |

### Final

| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Note |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | 3 | Adam Kszczot | Poland | 1:45.18 | |
| | 6 | Marcin Lewandowski | Poland | 1:45.54 | |
| | 1 | Elliot Giles | Great Britain | 1:45.54 | PB |
| 4 | 4 | Amel Tuka | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 1:45.74 | |
| 5 | 5 | Pierre-Ambroise Bosse | France | 1:45.79 | |
| 6 | 8 | Thijmen Kupers | Netherlands | 1:46.67 | |
| 7 | 7 | Alvaro de Arriba | Spain | 1:47.58 | |
| 8 | 2 | Giordano Benedetti | Italy | 1:47.64 | |
