European Athletics Championships 2014/800 m men

22nd European Athletics Championships
discipline	800 meter run
gender	Men
Attendees	34 athletes from 21 countries
venue	Zurich
Competition location	Letzigrund Stadium
Competition phase	August 12th (preliminary) ; August 13th (semi-finals) ; August 15th (final)
	Medalist
	Adam Kszczot ( POL )
	Artur Kuciapski ( POL )
	Mark English ( IRL )

The Letzigrund stadium in Zurich

The 800-meter race of the men at the 2014 European Athletics Championships was from 12 to 15 August 2014 at the Letzigrund Stadium in Zurich held.

The middle distance athletes from Poland achieved a double victory in this competition. European champion was Adam Kszczot , who won the race ahead of Artur Kuciapski . Bronze went to Mark English from Ireland .

Existing records

World record	1: 41.01 min	Kenya David Lekuta Rudisha	Rieti , Italy	August 29, 2010
European record	1: 41.11 min	Denmark Wilson Kipketer	Cologne , Germany	August 24, 1997
Championship record	1: 43.84 min	Germany Democratic Republic 1949 Olaf Beyer	EM Prague , Czechoslovakia	August 31, 1978

The EM record that had existed since 1978 continued to exist after these European championships.

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

Andreas Rapatz - his fifth place in the first run was not enough for the semi-finals
Thijmen Kupers was eliminated in sixth place in his run
A ninth place was not enough for Jan Van Den Broeck to make it to the semi-finals

August 12, 2014, 7:05 p.m.

space	Surname	nation	Time (min)
1	Marcin Lewandowski	Poland Poland	1: 47.83
2	Kevin López	Spain Spain	1: 47.93
3	Sofiane Selmouni	France France	1: 48.46
4th	Roald Hagbart Frøskeland	Norway Norway	1: 48.62
5	Andreas Rapatz	Austria Austria	1: 48.65
6th	Thijmen Kupers	Netherlands Netherlands	1: 49.69
7th	Dmitrijs Jurkevičs	Latvia Latvia	1: 50.12
8th	Rickard Gunnarsson	Sweden Sweden	1: 50.58
9	Jan Van Den Broeck	Belgium Belgium	1: 52.09

Forward 2

Andrew Osagie (third from left) failed as fifth in his race in the preliminary round
Nikolaus Franzmair (far right) - sixth place in the second heat and therefore eliminated
Charles Grethen did not reach the next round as eighth of his preroll

August 12, 2014, 7:13 pm

space	Surname	nation	Time (min)
1	Mark English	Ireland Ireland	1: 47.38
2	Artur Kuciapski	Poland Poland	1: 47.45
3	Paul Renaudie	France France	1: 47.88
4th	Tamás Kazi	Hungary Hungary	1: 48.05
5	Andrew Osagie	United Kingdom Great Britain	1: 48.31
6th	Nikolaus Franzmair	Austria Austria	1: 49.18
7th	Sandy Martins	Portugal Portugal	1: 49.51
8th	Charles Grethen	Luxembourg Luxembourg	1: 50.36

Forward 3

Hugo Santacruz (right) was eliminated in sixth place in his heat

August 12, 2014, 7:21 pm

space	Surname	nation	Time (min)
1	Adam Kszczot	Poland Poland	1: 47.92
2	Amel Tuka	Bosnia and Herzegovina Bosnia and Herzegovina	1: 48.07
3	Andreas Almgren	Sweden Sweden	1: 48.22
4th	Giordano Benedetti	Italy Italy	1: 48.29
5	Thomas Roth	Norway Norway	1: 49.86
6th	Hugo Santacruz	Switzerland Switzerland	1: 49.16
7th	Declan Murray	Ireland Ireland	1: 50.01
8th	David Fiegen	Luxembourg Luxembourg	1: 51.00

Forward 4

For Michael Rimmer (in the foreground) the competition was over after his sixth place in the fourth heat
Žan Rudolf was eighth in his lead and was eliminated
With a time of over 1:50 minutes, Luis Alberto Marco did not make it to the next round

August 12, 2014, 7:28 pm

space	Surname	nation	Time (min)
1	Andreas Bube	Denmark Denmark	1: 47.50
2	Pierre-Ambroise Bosse	France France	1: 47.54
3	Jozef Repčík	Slovakia Slovakia	1: 47.90
4th	Dennis Kruger	Germany Germany	1: 48.06
5	Johan Rogestedt	Sweden Sweden	1: 48.19
6th	Michael Rimmer	United Kingdom Great Britain	1: 48.51
7th	Andreas Roth	Norway Norway	1: 48.61
8th	Žan Rudolf	Slovenia Slovenia	1: 48.75
9	Luis Alberto Marco	Spain Spain	1: 50.07

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

Andreas Almgren did not reach the finals with his sixth place in the first semi-final
Giordano Benedetti (right) was eliminated in seventh place in his semifinal run

August 13, 2014, 9:08 pm

space	Surname	nation	Time (min)
1	Pierre-Ambroise Bosse	France France	1: 45.94
2	Artur Kuciapski	Poland Poland	1: 46.05
3	Andreas Bube	Denmark Denmark	1: 46.09
4th	Mark English	Ireland Ireland	1: 46.23
5	Jozef Repčík	Slovakia Slovakia	1: 46.94
6th	Andreas Almgren	Sweden Sweden	1: 47.55
7th	Giordano Benedetti	Italy Italy	1: 48.58
8th	Kevin López	Spain Spain	1: 48.90

Run 2

Despite a fourth place in his semifinal run, Paul Renaudie did not reach the final
Dennis Krüger failed in sixth place in his race in the semifinals

August 13, 2014, 9:16 pm

space	Surname	nation	Time (min)
1	Adam Kszczot	Poland Poland	1: 47.12
2	Marcin Lewandowski	Poland Poland	1: 47.14
3	Amel Tuka	Bosnia and Herzegovina Bosnia and Herzegovina	1: 47.18
4th	Paul Renaudie	France France	1: 47.54
5	Tamás Kazi	Hungary Hungary	1: 48.04
6th	Dennis Kruger	Germany Germany	1: 48.33
7th	Sofiane Selmouni	France France	1: 51.01
8th	Johan Rogestedt	Sweden Sweden	1: 53.70

final

The 800 meter final: Pierre-Ambroise Bosse leads ahead of Marcin Lewandowski and Jozef Repčík

August 15, 2014, 7:55 pm

space	Surname	nation	Time (min)
1	Adam Kszczot	Poland Poland	1: 44.15
2	Artur Kuciapski	Poland Poland	1: 44.89
3	Mark English	Ireland Ireland	1: 45.03
4th	Andreas Bube	Denmark Denmark	1: 45.21
5	Marcin Lewandowski	Poland Poland	1: 45.78
6th	Amel Tuka	Bosnia and Herzegovina Bosnia and Herzegovina	1: 46.12 NO
7th	Jozef Repčík	Slovakia Slovakia	1: 46.29
8th	Pierre-Ambroise Bosse	France France	1: 46.55