European Athletics Championships 2018/800 m men

discipline	Men's 800-meter run
city	Berlin
place	Olympiastadion Berlin
Attendees	33 athletes from 20 countries
Competition phase	August 9, 2018 (preliminary) August 10, 2018 (semi-finals) August 11, 2018 (final)
Medalist
gold	Adam Kszczot ( POL )
silver	Andreas Kramer ( SWE )
bronze	Pierre-Ambroise Bosse ( FRA )

Crossing the finish line of the 800 m final

The men's 800-meter run at the 2018 European Athletics Championships took place between August 9 and 11 in the Olympic Stadium in the German capital Berlin .

The Polish Adam Kszczot won the world title . The Swede Andreas Kramer came in second. Pierre-Ambroise Bosse from France won the bronze medal.

Records

WR	David Lekuta Rudisha	1: 40.91 min	OS in London , UK	August 9, 2012
HE	Wilson Kipketer	1: 41.11 min	Cologne , Germany	August 24, 1997
CR	Olaf Beyer	1: 43.84 min	EM in Prague , Czechoslovakia (now Czech Republic )	August 31, 1978

Prelims

The German Marc Reuther was disqualified in his preliminary run due to a disability

As eighth of his preliminary run, the German Christoph Kessler did not reach the next round

Benedikt Huber retired as the best German after fourth place in his preliminary run

The Slovenian Žan Rudolf did not reach the semi-finals as seventh in his preliminary run

From the four preliminary races, the first three of each run - highlighted in light blue - and the four fastest times - highlighted in light green - qualified for the semifinals.

Run 1

August 9, 2018, 11:30 a.m. CEST

space	train	Surname	country	Time (min)
1	3	Saúl Ordóñez	Spain	1: 47.95
2	5	Michał Rozmys	Poland	1: 48.01
3	1	Elliot Giles	Great Britain	1: 48.05
4th	8th	Tamás Kazi	Hungary	1: 48.37
5	4th	Cosmin Trofin	Romania	1: 48.85
6th	7th	Mark English	Ireland	1: 48.98
7th	2	Christos Demetriou	Cyprus	1: 50.62
DSQ	6th	Abedin Mujezinović	Bosnia and Herzegovina	IAAF Rule 163.2b - Disability
	8th	Marc Reuther	Germany

Run 2

August 9, 2018, 11:37 a.m. CEST

space	train	Surname	country	Time (min)
1	2	Mateusz Borkowski	Poland	1: 46.41
2	8th	Álvaro de Arriba	Spain	1: 46.48
3	3	Lukáš Hodboď	Czech Republic	1: 46.50 PB
4th	4th	Thomas Roth	Norway	1: 46.70
5	6th	Guy Learmonth	Great Britain	1: 46.75
6th	5	Yevhen Huzol	Ukraine	1: 46.97
7th	1	Sven Cepuš	Croatia	1: 47.56
8th	7th	Christoph Kessler	Germany	1: 48.13

Run 3

August 9, 2018, 11:44 am CEST

space	train	Surname	country	Time (min)
1	3	Andreas Kramer	Sweden	1: 47.87
2	1	Andreas Bube	Denmark	1: 47.94
3	7th	Pierre-Ambroise Bosse	France	1: 48.14
4th	4th	Benedikt Huber	Germany	1: 48.33
5	8th	Simone Barontini	Italy	1: 48.53
6th	5	Filip Šnejdr	Czech Republic	1: 48.70
7th	2	Zak Curran	Ireland	1: 49.31
8th	6th	Musa Hajdari	Kosovo	1: 49.47

Run 4

August 9, 2018, 11:51 a.m. CEST

space	train	Surname	country	Time (min)
1	1	Adam Kszczot	Poland	1: 46.31
2	7th	Amel Tuka	Bosnia and Herzegovina	1: 46.47
3	4th	Daniel Rowden	Great Britain	1: 46.59
4th	8th	Daniel Andújar	Spain	1: 46.99
5	2	Gabriel Tual	France	1: 47.26
6th	6th	Elliott Crestan	Belgium	1: 47.35
7th	5	Žan Rudolf	Slovenia	1: 48.24
8th	3	Markus Einan	Norway	1: 48.55

Semifinals

The Spaniard Saúl Ordóñez finished fourth in his semi-final run and was eliminated

The Briton Elliot Giles missed the finals by just under a second as seventh in his semi-final race

From the two semi-finals, the first three of each run - highlighted in light blue - and the two fastest times - highlighted in light green - qualified for the final.

Run 1

August 10, 2018, 7:32 p.m. local time

space	train	Surname	country	Time (min)
1	5	Andreas Kramer	Sweden	1: 46.14
2	1	Andreas Bube	Denmark	1: 46.40
3	8th	Mateusz Borkowski	Poland	1: 46.54
4th	4th	Saúl Ordóñez	Spain	1: 46.82
5	3	Guy Learmont	Great Britain	1: 46.83
6th	6th	Daniel Rowden	Great Britain	1: 46.98
7th	7th	Amel Tuka	Bosnia and Herzegovina	1: 47.24
8th	2	Yevhen Huzol	Ukraine	1: 47.29

Run 2

August 10, 2018, 7:39 p.m. local time

space	train	Surname	country	Time (min)
1	4th	Adam Kszczot	Poland	1: 46.11
2	8th	Michał Rozmys	Poland	1: 46.17 SB
3	6th	Pierre-Ambroise Bosse	France	1: 46.21
4th	3	Álvaro de Arriba	Spain	1: 46.43
5	2	Lukáš Hodboď	Czech Republic	1: 46.57
6th	7th	Thomas Roth	Norway	1: 46.60
7th	5	Elliot Giles	Great Britain	1: 47.40
8th	1	Daniel Andújar	Spain	1: 48.10

final

August 11, 2018, 8:30 p.m. CEST

There were mainly two title contenders in this competition. The Frenchman Pierre-Ambroise Bosse was third at the European Championships in 2012 and competed here as the reigning world champion . The Pole Adam Kszczot won the European championship in 2014 and 2016 and was the runner-up world champion in 2017. The Briton Elliot Giles and Amel Tuka from Bosnia / Herzegovina, who had finished third and fourth at the last European championships, were already eliminated in the semi-finals . With Kszczot, Michał Rozmys and Mateusz Borkowski, three Poles had reached this final.

First, the Swede Andreas Kramer took the lead and was then replaced by Bosse. The 400-meter split of 53.14 s indicated a pure lane separation. Bosse stayed at the top and increased the pace significantly on the second lap. Before reaching the target bend, Kramer was in second place at the very front, Kszczot had now moved from sixth after four hundred meters to third position in a wait position. The field was still close together here. The Dane Andreas Bube followed in fourth ahead of Rozmys and Borkowski. In the final section Adam Kszczot once again showed his great sprint qualities and became European Champion for the third time in a row. Andreas Kramer was surprisingly able to defend his second place to the finish and thus won the silver medal in front of world champion Pierre-Ambroise Bosse. The two Poles Michał Rozmys and Mateusz Borkowski took fourth and fifth place. Andreas Bube was sixth ahead of the Spaniard Álvaro de Arriba and the Czech Lukáš Hodboď.

In view of the lost first lap, the winning time of 1: 44.59 seconds was surprisingly fast. Second-placed Andreas Kramer even set a new Swedish national record with a time of 1: 45.03 seconds.

space	train	athlete	country	Time (min)
	3	Adam Kszczot	Poland	1: 44.59 SB
	6th	Andreas Kramer	Sweden	1: 45.03 NO
	4th	Pierre-Ambroise Bosse	France	1: 45.30
4th	7th	Michał Rozmys	Poland	1: 45.32 PB
5	8th	Mateusz Borkowski	Poland	1: 45.42 PB
6th	1	Andreas Bube	Denmark	1: 45.92 SB
7th	5	Álvaro de Arriba	Spain	1: 46.41
8th	2	Lukáš Hodboď	Czech Republic	1: 46.60

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  European Champion Adam Kszczot, Poland

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  Vice European Champion Andreas Kramer, Sweden

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  Bronze medalist Pierre-Ambroise Bosse, France

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  Michał Rozmys from Poland came in fourth

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  Mateusz Borkowski, third Pole in this final, was fifth

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  Sixth place for the Dane Andreas Bube

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  The Spaniard Álvaro de Arriba finished seventh

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  The Czech Lukáš Hodboď reached the final and was eighth there

Web links and sources

• Official Results European Athletics Championships 2018 on the EAA website , English (PDF, 49.183 KB), accessed on December 31, 2018
• Results of the European Athletics Championships 2018 at Leichtathletik.de, accessed on December 31, 2018
• Reports on the European Championships 2018 on Leichtathletik.de, accessed on December 31, 2018

Individual evidence

1. ↑ IAAF competition rules, page 73 (PDF), accessed on December 31, 2018