2012 European Athletics Championships – Men's 800 metres

The men's 800 metres at the 2012 European Athletics Championships was held at the Helsinki Olympic Stadium on 27, 28 and 29 June.

Medalists

Gold	Yuriy Borzakovskiy Russia
Silver	Andreas Bube Denmark
Bronze	Pierre-Ambroise Bosse France

Standing records prior to the 2012 European Athletics Championships
World record	David Rudisha (KEN)	1.41.01	Rieti, Italy	29 August 2010
European record	Wilson Kipketer (DEN)	1:41.11	Köln, Germany	24 August 1997
Championship record	Olaf Beyer (GDR)	1:43.84	Prague, Czechoslovakia	31 August 1978
World Leading	David Rudisha (KEN)	1.41.74	New York City, United States	9 June 2012
European Leading	Adam Kszczot (POL)	1:43.83	Hengelo, Netherlands	27 May 2012

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	Gareth Warburton	Great Britain	1:45.80	Q
2	1	6	Andreas Bube	Denmark	1:46.51	Q
3	1	5	Zan Rudolf	Slovenia	1:46.98	Q
4	3	6	Sören Ludolph	Germany	1:47.10	Q
5	3	4	Mukhtar Mohammed	Great Britain	1:47.13	Q
6	1	2	Ioan Zaizan	Romania	1:47.31	Q, SB
7	3	7	Jozef Repčík	Slovakia	1:47.41	Q
8	3	5	Luis Alberto Marco	Spain	1:47.42	Q
9	4	4	Yuriy Borzakovskiy	Russia	1:47.48	Q
10	1	8	Oleh Kayafa	Ukraine	1:47.56	q
11	4	8	Antonio Manuel Reina	Spain	1:47.61	Q
12	3	8	Jan Kubista	Czech Republic	1:47.66	q
13	1	4	Thijmen Kupers	Netherlands	1:47.69	q
14	4	3	Paul Renaudie	France	1:47.74	Q
15	4	5	Thomas Roth	Norway	1:47.78	Q
16	3	1	Ihor Davydov	Ukraine	1:47.79	q
17	5	2	Robert Lathouwers	Netherlands	1:48.00	Q
18	2	3	Sebastian Keiner	Germany	1:48.09	Q
19	4	6	Johan Svensson	Sweden	1:48.21
20	2	1	Pierre-Ambroise Bosse	France	1:48.23	Q
21	2	4	Amel Tuka	Bosnia and Herzegovina	1:48.31	Q, PB
22	5	7	Jan van den Broeck	Belgium	1:48.35	Q
23	5	3	Hamid Oualich	France	1:48.44	Q
24	5	5	Kevin López	Spain	1:48.46	Q
25	2	5	Jakub Holuša	Czech Republic	1:48.54	Q
26	2	2	Dmitrijs Jurkevičs	Latvia	1:48.59	SB
27	5	8	Vitalij Kozlov	Lithuania	1:48.61
28	5	6	Raphael Pallitsch	Austria	1:48.84
29	3	3	Johan Rogestedt	Sweden	1:48.86
30	4	7	Péter Szemeti	Hungary	1:49.13
31	2	8	Ådne Svahn Dæhlin	Norway	1:49.34
32	5	4	Andréas Dimitrákis	Greece	1:49.88
33	3	2	Tommy Granlund	Finland	1:50.12
34	2	6	Andreas Rapatz	Austria	1:51.79
35	1	7	Charel Grethen	Luxembourg	1:53.22
36	2	7	Dustin Emrani	Israel	1:58.69
	1	3	Brice Etes	Monaco	DNF
	4	2	Szymon Krawczyk	Poland	DQ

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	Antonio Manuel Reina	Spain	1:46.49	Q
2	1	1	Jozef Repčík	Slovakia	1:46.62	Q, SB
3	1	4	Jakub Holuša	Czech Republic	1:46.63	q
4	2	4	Pierre-Ambroise Bosse	France	1:46.70	Q
5	1	2	Thomas Roth	Norway	1:46.88	q, PB
6	1	7	Sebastian Keiner	Germany	1:46.91
7	2	3	Yuriy Borzakovskiy	Russia	1:46.92	Q
8	1	5	Hamid Oualich	France	1:47.14
9	1	8	Ihor Davydov	Ukraine	1:47.22
10	2	6	Kevin López	Spain	1:47.30
11	1	3	Gareth Warburton	Great Britain	1:47.37
12	2	8	Zan Rudolf	Slovenia	1:47.41
13	2	5	Sören Ludolph	Germany	1:48.06
14	3	5	Andreas Bube	Denmark	1:48.48	Q
15	3	6	Robert Lathouwers	Netherlands	1:48.49	Q
16	3	7	Mukhtar Mohammed	Great Britain	1:48.84
17	2	2	Jan Kubista	Czech Republic	1:48.94
18	3	3	Paul Renaudie	France	1:48.97
19	3	4	Luis Alberto Marco	Spain	1:49.06
20	2	1	Oleh Kayafa	Ukraine	1:49.61
21	3	1	Ioan Zaizan	Romania	1:49.91
22	2	7	Thijmen Kupers	Netherlands	1:50.37
23	3	8	Jan van den Broeck	Belgium	1:50.63
24	3	2	Amel Tuka	Bosnia and Herzegovina	1:51.14

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time
	7	Yuriy Borzakovskiy	Russia	1:48.61
	6	Andreas Bube	Denmark	1:48.69
	4	Pierre-Ambroise Bosse	France	1:48.83
4	5	Antonio Manuel Reina	Spain	1:48.98
5	8	Jakub Holuša	Czech Republic	1:48.99
6	3	Robert Lathouwers	Netherlands	1:49.22
7	1	Jozef Repčík	Slovakia	1:49.42
8	2	Thomas Roth	Norway	1:49.54