European Athletics Championships 2016/800 m men

23rd European Athletics Championships
discipline	800 meter run
gender	Men
Attendees	29 athletes from 21 countries
venue	Amsterdam
Competition location	Olympic Stadium Amsterdam
Competition phase	July 7th (preliminary) July 8th (semi-finals) July 10th (final)
Medalist Adam Kszczot ( POL )   Marcin Lewandowski ( POL )   Elliot Giles ( GBR )

The Olympic Stadium in Amsterdam

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	David Lekuta Rudisha	OS London , UK	August 9, 2012
European record	1: 41.11 min	Wilson Kipketer	Cologne , Germany	August 24, 1997
Championship record	1: 43.84 min	Olaf Beyer	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)
1	Pierre-Ambroise Bosse	France	1: 48.35
2	Andreas Bube	Denmark	1: 48.36
3	Álvaro de Arriba	Spain	1: 48.62
4th	Žan Rudolf	Slovenia	1: 48.72
5	Musa Hajdari	Kosovo	1: 48.94
6th	Roman Yarko	Ukraine	1: 49.67
7th	Tigran Mkrtchyan	Armenia	1: 51.28

As fourth of his heat, Hugo Santacruz (right) missed the semi-finals by one place

Forward 2

July 7, 2016, 11:42 am

space	Surname	nation	Time (min)
1	Elliot Giles	Great Britain	1: 50.31
2	Marcin Lewandowski	Poland	1: 50.32
3	Giordano Benedetti	Italy	1: 50.74
4th	Hugo Santacruz	Switzerland	1: 51.00
5	Sofiane Selmouni	France	1: 51.32
6th	Jan Petrač	Slovenia	1: 52.21
DNS	Kevin López	Spain

Jozef Repčík (third from right) did not reach the next round with seventh place in his prelude

Forward 3

July 7, 2016, 11:49 am

space	Surname	nation	Time (min)
1	Thijmen Kupers	Netherlands	1: 46.48
2	Amel Tuka	Bosnia and Herzegovina	1: 46.94
3	Benedikt Huber	Germany	1: 47.16
4th	Jacopo Lahbi	Italy	1: 47.27
5	Charles Grethen	Luxembourg	1: 47.39
6th	Aaron Botterman	Belgium	1: 48.35
7th	Jozef Repčík	Slovakia	1: 49.32
8th	Karl Griffin	Ireland	1: 49.37

Forward 4

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  His fourth place in the fourth heat was not enough for Kalle Berglund to advance

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  Pol Moya was eliminated as fifth in his preliminary run

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  Jamie Webb failed as the last of his race in the preliminary round

July 7, 2016, 11:56 am

space	Surname	nation	Time (min)
1	Adam Kszczot	Poland	1: 49.38
2	Daniel Andújar	Spain	1: 49.57
3	Sören Ludolph	Germany	1: 49.59
4th	Kalle Berglund	Sweden	1: 49.65
5	Pol Moya	Andorra	1: 50.03
6th	Declan Murray	Ireland	1: 50.10
7th	Brice Etès	Monaco	1: 50.53
8th	Jamie Webb	Great Britain	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

Finish of the first Smifinal

July 8, 2016, 6:35 p.m.

space	Surname	nation	Time (min)
1	Adam Kszczot	Poland	1: 46.32
2	Pierre-Ambroise Bosse	France	1: 46.45
3	Thijmen Kupers	Netherlands	1: 46.61
4th	Giordano Benedetti	Italy	1: 46.74
5	Álvaro de Arriba	Spain	1: 47.40
6th	Aaron Botterman	Belgium	1: 49.92
7th	Sören Ludolph	Germany	1: 51.69
8th	Žan Rudolf	Slovenia	1: 54.49

Runners eliminated in the first semi-final:

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  Aaron Botterman - sixth

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  Sören Ludolph - seventh place

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  Žan Rudolf - eighth place

Run 2

July 8, 2016, 6:43 pm

Target curve of the second semi-final

space	Surname	nation	Time (min)
1	Marcin Lewandowski	Poland	1: 47.16
2	Amel Tuka	Bosnia and Herzegovina	1: 47.16
3	Elliot Giles	Great Britain	1: 47.31
4th	Andreas Bube	Denmark	1: 47.55
5	Benedikt Huber	Germany	1: 47.56
6th	Daniel Andújar	Spain	1: 47.64
7th	Jacopo Lahbi	Italy	1: 48.47
8th	Charles Grethen	Luxembourg	1: 49.40

Runners eliminated in the second semi-final:

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  Andreas Bube ( European Championship fourth 2014 ) - fourth place

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  Benedikt Huber - fifth place

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  Daniel Andújar - sixth place

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  Charles Grethen - eighth place

final

800 m final

July 10, 2016, 6:30 p.m.

space	Surname	nation	Time (min)
1	Adam Kszczot	Poland	1: 45.18
2	Marcin Lewandowski	Poland	1: 45.54
3	Elliot Giles	Great Britain	1: 45.54
4th	Amel Tuka	Bosnia and Herzegovina	1: 45.74
5	Pierre-Ambroise Bosse	France	1: 45.79
6th	Thijmen Kupers	Netherlands	1: 46.67
7th	Álvaro de Arriba	Spain	1: 47.58
8th	Giordano Benedetti	Italy	1: 47.64

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  European champion Adam Kszczot - defending champion and vice world champion from  2015

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  Marcin Lewandowski, winner of 2010 , became vice European champion

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  Bronze medalist Elliot Giles

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  The fourth-placed Amel Tuka

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  Pierre-Ambroise Bosse was fifth - the following year he became  world champion

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  Thijmen Kupers came in sixth

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  Álvaro de Arriba reached seventh place

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  Eighth place for Giordano Benedett  (right)

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

1. ↑ IAAF world records. 800m men , accessed February 24, 2020
2. ↑ Progression of the European Outdoor Records, 800 m Men , Spanish / English, p. 11 (PDF, 271 kB), accessed on February 24, 2020