European Athletics Championships 2006/800 m men
19th European Athletics Championships | |||||||||
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discipline | 800 meter run | ||||||||
gender | Men | ||||||||
Attendees | 27 athletes from 18 countries | ||||||||
venue | Gothenburg | ||||||||
Competition location | Ullevi Stadium | ||||||||
Competition phase | August 10th (preliminary) August 11th (semi-finals) August 13th (final) |
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The 800-meter race of the men at the 2006 European Athletics Championships was from 10 to 13 August 2006 at the Ullevi stadium of the city of Gothenburg held.
European champion was the Dutchman Bram Som . David Fiegen from Luxembourg won the silver medal. Bronze went to the Briton Sam Ellis .
Existing records
World record | 1: 41.11 min | Wilson Kipketer | Cologne , Germany | August 24, 1997 |
European record | ||||
Championship record | 1: 43.84 min | Olaf Beyer | EM Prague , Czechoslovakia | August 31, 1978 |
These European Championships survived the since 1978 existing EM -record one more time.
Preliminary round
The preliminary round was held in four runs. The first three athletes per run - highlighted in light blue - and the four fastest runners - highlighted in light green - qualified for the semifinals.
Forward 1
August 10, 2006, 11:55 a.m.
space | Surname | nation | Time (min) |
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1 | Florent Lacasse | France | 1: 47.22 |
2 | David Fiegen | Luxembourg | 1: 47.41 |
3 | Miguel Quesada | Spain | 1: 47.70 |
4th | Sam Ellis | Great Britain | 1: 47.72 |
5 | Mattias Claesson | Sweden | 1: 47.82 |
6th | Selahattin Çobanoğlu | Turkey | 1: 49.07 |
7th | Efthímios Papadópoulos | Greece | 1: 49.36 |
Forward 2
August 10, 2006, 12:03 p.m.
space | Surname | nation | Time (min) |
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1 | Michael Rimmer | Great Britain | 1: 47.10 |
2 | Bram Som | Netherlands | 1: 47.26 |
3 | Mirosław Formela | Poland | 1: 47.39 |
4th | Andrea Longo | Italy | 1: 47.40 |
5 | Ramil Aritkulov | Russia | 1: 47.69 |
6th | Dave Campbell | Ireland | 1: 47.70 |
7th | Bjorn Margeirsson | Iceland | 1: 47.91 |
Forward 3
August 10, 2006, 12:11 p.m.
space | Surname | nation | Time (min) |
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1 | Dmitrijs Miļkevičs | Latvia | 1: 47.84 |
2 | Juan de Dios Jurado | Spain | 1: 47.89 |
3 | Grzegorz Krzosek | Poland | 1: 48.08 |
4th | Maurizio Bobbato | Italy | 1: 48.21 |
5 | Ivan Nesterov | Russia | 1: 48.22 |
6th | René Herms | Germany | 1: 48.67 |
DNS | Mehdi Baala | France |
Forward 4
August 10, 2006, 12:22 p.m.
space | Surname | nation | Time (min) |
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1 | Manuel Olmedo | Spain | 1: 49.54 |
2 | Jozef Repčík | Slovakia | 1: 49.63 |
3 | Thomas Matthys | Belgium | 1: 49.76 |
4th | Dmitry Bogdanov | Russia | 1: 49.85 |
5 | Thomas Chamney | Ireland | 1: 50.12 |
6th | Richard Hill | Great Britain | 1: 50.26 |
7th | Lee Taylor | Gibraltar | 1: 56.06 |
Semifinals
In each of the two semi-finals, the first three athletes - highlighted in light blue - and the two fastest runners - highlighted in light green - qualified for the final.
Run 1
August 11, 2006, 7:05 pm
space | Surname | nation | Time (min) |
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1 | Florent Lacasse | France | 1: 49.12 |
2 | Bram Som | Netherlands | 1: 49.15 |
3 | Sam Ellis | Great Britain | 1: 49.23 |
4th | Manuel Olmedo | Spain | 1: 49.37 |
5 | Thomas Matthys | Belgium | 1: 49.65 |
6th | Mirosław Formela | Poland | 1: 49.70 |
7th | Juan de Dios Jurado | Spain | 1: 50.11 |
8th | Jozef Repčík | Slovakia | 1: 50.89 |
Run 2
August 11, 2006, 7:14 pm
space | Surname | nation | Time (min) |
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1 | Miguel Quesada | Spain | 1: 47.12 |
2 | Andrea Longo | Italy | 1: 47.20 |
3 | Dmitrijs Miļkevičs | Latvia | 1: 47.35 |
4th | David Fiegen | Luxembourg | 1: 47.50 |
5 | Michael Rimmer | Great Britain | 1: 47.82 |
6th | Grzegorz Krzosek | Poland | 1: 48.11 |
7th | Mattias Claesson | Sweden | 1: 48.27 |
8th | Ramil Aritkulov | Russia | 1: 48.42 |
final
August 13, 2006, 3:10 p.m.
In the final spurt there had been jostling. After a protest, it was checked whether Bram Som should be disqualified for disability. Therefore the announcement of the result was delayed. But after the protest was rejected, Bram Som had won the first runner's gold for a Dutchman since 1982 . David Fiegen won the first ever European Championship medal for Luxembourg.
space | Surname | nation | Time (min) |
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1 | Bram Som | Netherlands | 1: 46.56 |
2 | David Fiegen | Luxembourg | 1: 46.59 |
3 | Sam Ellis | Great Britain | 1: 46.64 |
4th | Dmitrijs Miļkevičs | Latvia | 1: 46.70 |
5 | Miguel Quesada | Spain | 1: 46.91 |
6th | Florent Lacasse | France | 1: 46.95 |
7th | Andrea Longo | Italy | 1: 47.11 |
8th | Michael Rimmer | Great Britain | 1: 47.66 |
Web links
- European Athletics Championships - Göteborg 2006 on european-athletics.org, accessed on November 15, 2019
- Men 800m European Championship 2006 Göteborg on todor66.com, accessed November 15, 2019
- Track and Field Statistics, EM 2006 on trackfield.brinkster.net, accessed on November 15, 2019
- European Athletics Championships Zurich 2014 - Statistics Handbook , Men 800m European Championship 2006 Göteborg, p. 490 (PDF, 13,363 kB), in English at european-athletics.org, accessed on November 15, 2019
- Results of all European Athletics Championships - 2006, 800 m men on sportschau.de, accessed on November 15, 2019
- 19th European Athletics Championships 2006 in Gothenburg, Sweden from ifosta.de, accessed on November 15, 2019
Video
- 2006 European Championship 800m men Final Goteborg 06 on youtube.com (Spanish), accessed on November 15, 2019
References and comments
- ↑ IAAF world records. 800m men , accessed November 16, 2019