European Athletics Championships 2016/800 m men
23rd European Athletics Championships | |||||||||
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discipline | 800 meter run | ||||||||
gender | Men | ||||||||
Attendees | 29 athletes from 21 countries | ||||||||
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Competition location | Olympic Stadium Amsterdam | ||||||||
Competition phase | July 7th (preliminary) July 8th (semi-finals) July 10th (final) |
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The men's 800-meter run at the 2016 European Athletics Championships was held from July 7th to 10th, 2016 in the Olympic Stadium in the Dutch capital, Amsterdam .
In this competition, the Polish middle-distance runners achieved a double victory. The defending champion and vice world champion of 2015 Adam Kszczot became European champion . Silver went to the 2010 winner Marcin Lewandowski . The Briton Elliot Giles won the bronze medal.
Existing records
World record | 1: 40.91 min |
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OS London , UK | August 9, 2012 |
European record | 1: 41.11 min |
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Cologne , Germany | August 24, 1997 |
Championship record | 1: 43.84 min |
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EM Prague , Czechoslovakia | August 31, 1978 |
The European Championship record, which has existed since 1978 , was also missed by a long way at 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
July 7, 2016, 11:35 a.m.
space | Surname | nation | Time (min) |
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1 | Pierre-Ambroise Bosse |
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1: 48.35 |
2 | Andreas Bube |
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1: 48.36 |
3 | Álvaro de Arriba |
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1: 48.62 |
4th | Žan Rudolf |
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1: 48.72 |
5 | Musa Hajdari |
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1: 48.94 |
6th | Roman Yarko |
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1: 49.67 |
7th | Tigran Mkrtchyan |
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1: 51.28 |
Forward 2
July 7, 2016, 11:42 am
space | Surname | nation | Time (min) |
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1 | Elliot Giles |
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1: 50.31 |
2 | Marcin Lewandowski |
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1: 50.32 |
3 | Giordano Benedetti |
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1: 50.74 |
4th | Hugo Santacruz |
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1: 51.00 |
5 | Sofiane Selmouni |
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1: 51.32 |
6th | Jan Petrač |
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1: 52.21 |
DNS | Kevin López |
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Forward 3
July 7, 2016, 11:49 am
space | Surname | nation | Time (min) |
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1 | Thijmen Kupers |
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1: 46.48 |
2 | Amel Tuka |
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1: 46.94 |
3 | Benedikt Huber |
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1: 47.16 |
4th | Jacopo Lahbi |
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1: 47.27 |
5 | Charles Grethen |
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1: 47.39 |
6th | Aaron Botterman |
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1: 48.35 |
7th | Jozef Repčík |
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1: 49.32 |
8th | Karl Griffin |
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1: 49.37 |
Forward 4
July 7, 2016, 11:56 am
space | Surname | nation | Time (min) |
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1 | Adam Kszczot |
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1: 49.38 |
2 | Daniel Andújar |
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1: 49.57 |
3 | Sören Ludolph |
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1: 49.59 |
4th | Kalle Berglund |
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1: 49.65 |
5 | Pol Moya |
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1: 50.03 |
6th | Declan Murray |
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1: 50.10 |
7th | Brice Etès |
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1: 50.53 |
8th | Jamie Webb |
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1: 53.75 |
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
July 8, 2016, 6:35 p.m.
space | Surname | nation | Time (min) |
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1 | Adam Kszczot |
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1: 46.32 |
2 | Pierre-Ambroise Bosse |
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1: 46.45 |
3 | Thijmen Kupers |
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1: 46.61 |
4th | Giordano Benedetti |
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1: 46.74 |
5 | Álvaro de Arriba |
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1: 47.40 |
6th | Aaron Botterman |
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1: 49.92 |
7th | Sören Ludolph |
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1: 51.69 |
8th | Žan Rudolf |
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1: 54.49 |
Runners eliminated in the first semi-final:
Run 2
July 8, 2016, 6:43 pm
space | Surname | nation | Time (min) |
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1 | Marcin Lewandowski |
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1: 47.16 |
2 | Amel Tuka |
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1: 47.16 |
3 | Elliot Giles |
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1: 47.31 |
4th | Andreas Bube |
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1: 47.55 |
5 | Benedikt Huber |
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1: 47.56 |
6th | Daniel Andújar |
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1: 47.64 |
7th | Jacopo Lahbi |
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1: 48.47 |
8th | Charles Grethen |
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1: 49.40 |
Runners eliminated in the second semi-final:
Andreas Bube ( European Championship fourth 2014 ) - fourth place
final
July 10, 2016, 6:30 p.m.
space | Surname | nation | Time (min) |
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1 | Adam Kszczot |
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1: 45.18 |
2 | Marcin Lewandowski |
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1: 45.54 |
3 | Elliot Giles |
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1: 45.54 |
4th | Amel Tuka |
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1: 45.74 |
5 | Pierre-Ambroise Bosse |
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1: 45.79 |
6th | Thijmen Kupers |
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1: 46.67 |
7th | Álvaro de Arriba |
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1: 47.58 |
8th | Giordano Benedetti |
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1: 47.64 |
European champion Adam Kszczot - defending champion and vice world champion from 2015
Marcin Lewandowski, winner of 2010 , became vice European champion
Pierre-Ambroise Bosse was fifth - the following year he became world champion
Web links
- European Athletics Championships - Amsterdam 2016 at european-athletics.org, accessed on February 24, 2020
- Men 800m European Championship 2016 Amsterdam on todor66.com, accessed February 24, 2020
- Track and Field Statistics, EM 2016 on trackfield.brinkster.net, accessed on February 24, 2020
- 23rd European Athletics Championships 2016 in Amsterdam, Netherlands from ifosta.de, accessed on February 24, 2020
Video
- 800m Men's Final - European Athletics Championships 2016 FULL HD on youtube.com, accessed February 24, 2020
References and comments
- ↑ IAAF world records. 800m men , accessed February 24, 2020
- ↑ Progression of the European Outdoor Records, 800 m Men , Spanish / English, p. 11 (PDF, 271 kB), accessed on February 24, 2020