European Athletics Championships 2010/800 m men

20th European Athletics Championships
discipline	800 meter run
gender	Men
Attendees	32 athletes from 22 countries
venue	Barcelona
Competition location	Estadi Olímpic Lluís Companys
Competition phase	July 28th (preliminary) ; July 29th (semi-finals) ; July 30th (final)
	Medalist
	Marcin Lewandowski ( POL )
	Michael Rimmer ( GBR )
	Adam Kszczot ( POL )

The Estadi Olímpic Lluís Companys in Barcelona in 2007

The men's 800-meter run at the 2010 European Athletics Championships was held from July 28th to 30th, 2010 at the Estadi Olímpic Lluís Companys in the city of Barcelona .

With gold and bronze, the middle distance athletes from Poland won two medals. Marcin Lewandowski became European champion . He won ahead of the British Michael Rimmer . Bronze went to Adam Kszczot .

Existing records

World record	1: 41.11 min	Denmark Wilson Kipketer	Cologne , Germany	August 24, 1997
European record
Championship record	1: 43.84 min	Germany Democratic Republic 1949 Olaf Beyer	EM Prague , Czechoslovakia	August 31, 1978

These European Championships outlasted the already since 1978 existing EM -record unscathed.

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

Jan Van Den Broeck was eliminated in sixth place in his heat

July 28, 2010, 12:10 p.m.

space	Surname	nation	Time (min)
1	Marcin Lewandowski	Poland Poland	1: 49.78
2	Hamid Oualich	France France	1: 49.92
3	David Bustos	Spain Spain	1: 50.01
4th	Cristian Vorovenci	Romania Romania	1: 50.05
5	Jozef Pelikán	Slovakia Slovakia	1: 50.29
6th	Jan Van Den Broeck	Belgium Belgium	1: 51.79
7th	Mattias Claesson	Sweden Sweden	1: 52.53
8th	Christophe Bestgen	Luxembourg Luxembourg	1: 52.64

Forward 2

Robert Lathouwers was disqualified

July 28, 2010, 12:17 p.m.

space	Surname	nation	Time (min)
1	Jakub Holuša	Czech Republic Czech Republic	1: 47.94
2	Kevin López	Spain Spain	1: 48.13
3	Brice Etès	Monaco Monaco	1: 48.54
4th	Anise ananenka	Belarus Belarus	1: 49.29
5	David McCarthy	Ireland Ireland	1: 49.53
6th	Mario Scapini	Italy Italy	1: 49.67
7th	Mikko Lahtio	Finland Finland	1: 52.76
DSQ	Robert Lathouwers	Netherlands Netherlands

Forward 3

His sixth place in the third heat was not enough for Andreas Rapatz to reach the semi-finals

July 28, 2010, 12:24 p.m.

space	Surname	nation	Time (min)
1	Luis Alberto Marco	Spain Spain	1: 49.96
2	Giordano Benedetti	Italy Italy	1: 50.00
3	Adam Kszczot	Poland Poland	1: 50.08
4th	Tamás Kazi	Hungary Hungary	1: 50.21
5	Jozef Repčík	Slovakia Slovakia	1: 50.51
6th	Andreas Rapatz	Austria Austria	1: 51.55
7th	Vitaly Kozlov	Lithuania Lithuania	1: 52.18
8th	Anton Asplund	Sweden Sweden	1: 55.23

Forward 4

Andreas Bube was seventh in his preliminary run and was eliminated
For Andreas Smout, he finished eighth in the preliminary round

July 28, 2010, 12:31 p.m.

space	Surname	nation	Time (min)
1	Michael Rimmer	United Kingdom Great Britain	1: 49.99
2	Arnoud Okken	Netherlands Netherlands	1: 50.13
3	Lukas Rifesser	Italy Italy	1: 50.40
4th	Yuri Koldin	Russia Russia	1: 50.64
5	Joni Jaako	Sweden Sweden	1: 50.93
6th	Dustin Emrani	Israel Israel	1: 51.51
7th	Andreas Bube	Denmark Denmark	1: 51.91
8th	Andreas Smout	Belgium Belgium	1: 52.04

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

David Bustos reached the semifinals, where he failed in sixth place in his race
Mario Scapini did not reach the final after finishing seventh in the first semi-final

July 29, 2010, 8:50 p.m.

space	Surname	nation	Time (min)
1	Kevin López	Spain Spain	1: 48.11
2	Marcin Lewandowski	Poland Poland	1: 48.15
3	Arnoud Okken	Netherlands Netherlands	1: 48.25
4th	Jakub Holuša	Czech Republic Czech Republic	1: 48.27
5	Cristian Vorovenci	Romania Romania	1: 48.88
6th	David Bustos	Spain Spain	1: 49.08
7th	Mario Scapini	Italy Italy	1: 49.13
8th	Lukas Rifesser	Italy Italy	1: 49.75

Run 2

Seventh place was not enough for Giordano Benedetti (right) to survive the semi-finals

July 29, 2010, 8:58 pm

space	Surname	nation	Time (min)
1	Michael Rimmer	United Kingdom Great Britain	1: 47.67
2	Luis Alberto Marco	Spain Spain	1: 47.79
3	Adam Kszczot	Poland Poland	1: 47.84
4th	Hamid Oualich	France France	1: 48.06
5	Anise ananenka	Belarus Belarus	1: 48.41
6th	David McCarthy	Ireland Ireland	1: 49.14
7th	Giordano Benedetti	Italy Italy	1: 49.33
8th	Brice Etès	Monaco Monaco	1: 49.52

final

The 800 meter final in Barcelona

July 31, 2010, 7:35 p.m.

space	Surname	nation	Time (min)
1	Marcin Lewandowski	Poland Poland	1: 47.07
2	Michael Rimmer	United Kingdom Great Britain	1: 47.17
3	Adam Kszczot	Poland Poland	1: 47.22
4th	Arnoud Okken	Netherlands Netherlands	1: 47.31
5	Jakub Holuša	Czech Republic Czech Republic	1: 47.45
6th	Kevin López	Spain Spain	1: 47.82
7th	Luis Alberto Marco	Spain Spain	1: 48.42
8th	Hamid Oualich	France France	1: 49.77

European champion Marcin Lewandowski
Vice European Champion Michael Rimmer
Bronze medalist Adam Kszczot
Arnoud Okken finished fourth in this final
Jakub Holuša reached number five
Kevin López (here in a leading position in an indoor race) came in sixth place
Luis Alberto Marco (left in an indoor race) finished seventh
The eighth placed Hamid Oualich