# 2010 European Athletics Championships – Men's 800 metres

The men's 800 metres at the 2010 European Athletics Championships was held at the Estadi Olímpic Lluís Companys on 28, 29 and 31 July.

## Medalists

| Gold | Marcin Lewandowski Poland (POL) |
| Silver | Michael Rimmer Great Britain (GBR) |
| Bronze | Adam Kszczot Poland (POL) |

## Records

Standing records prior to the 2010 European Athletics Championships :
| World record | Wilson Kipketer (DEN) | 1:41.11 | Cologne, Germany | 24 August 1997 |
| European record | Wilson Kipketer (DEN) | 1:41.11 | Cologne, Germany | 24 August 1997 |
| Championship record | Olaf Beyer (GDR) | 1:43.84 | Prague, Czechoslovakia | 31 August 1978 |
| World Leading | David Rudisha (KEN) | 1:41.51 | Heusden-Zolder, Belgium | 10 July 2010 |
| European Leading | Marcin Lewandowski (POL) | 1:44.30 | Lausanne, Switzerland | 8 July 2010 |

## Schedule

| Date | Time | Round |
| 28 July 2010 | 12:10 | Round 1 |
| 29 July 2010 | 20:50 | Semifinals |
| 31 July 2010 | 19:35 | Final |

## Results
### Round 1

First 3 in each heat (Q) and 4 best performers (q) advance to the Semifinals.

#### Heat 1

| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 5 | Marcin Lewandowski | Poland (POL) | 1:49.78 | Q |
| 2 | 2 | Hamid Oualich | France (FRA) | 1:49.92 | Q |
| 3 | 4 | David Bustos | Spain (ESP) | 1:50.01 | Q |
| 4 | 6 | Cristian Vorovenci | Romania (ROM) | 1:50.05 | q |
| 5 | 7 | Jozef Pelikán | Slovakia (SVK) | 1:51.29 | |
| 6 | 1 | Jan van den Broeck | Belgium (BEL) | 1:51.79 | |
| 7 | 8 | Mattias Claesson | Sweden (SWE) | 1:52.53 | |
| 8 | 3 | Christophe Bestgen | Luxembourg (LUX) | 1:52.64 | |

#### Heat 2

| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 8 | Jakub Holuša | Czech Republic (CZE) | 1:47.94 | Q |
| 2 | 1 | Kevin López | Spain (ESP) | 1:48.13 | Q |
| 3 | 5 | Brice Etes | Monaco (MON) | 1:48.54 | Q |
| 4 | 3 | Anis Ananenka | Belarus (BLR) | 1:49.29 | q |
| 5 | 6 | David McCarthy | Ireland (IRL) | 1:49.53 | q |
| 6 | 4 | Mario Scapini | Italy (ITA) | 1:49.67 | q |
| 7 | 2 | Mikko Lahtio | Finland (FIN) | 1:51.76 | |
| | 7 | Robert Lathouwers | Netherlands (NED) | DQ | |

#### Heat 3

| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 3 | Luis Alberto Marco | Spain (ESP) | 1:49.96 | Q |
| 2 | 6 | Giordano Benedetti | Italy (ITA) | 1:50.00 | Q |
| 3 | 4 | Adam Kszczot | Poland (POL) | 1:50.08 | Q |
| 4 | 2 | Tamás Kazi | Hungary (HUN) | 1:50.21 | |
| 5 | 5 | Jozef Repčík | Slovakia (SVK) | 1:50.51 | |
| 6 | 7 | Andreas Rapatz | Austria (AUT) | 1:51.55 | |
| 7 | 1 | Vitalij Kozlov | Lithuania (LTU) | 1:52.18 | |
| 8 | 8 | Anton Asplund | Sweden (SWE) | 1:55.23 | |

#### Heat 4

| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 8 | Michael Rimmer | Great Britain & N.I. (GBR) | 1:49.99 | Q |
| 2 | 7 | Arnoud Okken | Netherlands (NED) | 1:50.13 | Q |
| 3 | 5 | Lukas Rifesser | Italy (ITA) | 1:50.40 | Q |
| 4 | 6 | Yuriy Koldin | Russia (RUS) | 1:50.64 | |
| 5 | 3 | Joni Jaako | Sweden (SWE) | 1:50.93 | |
| 6 | 2 | Dustin Emrani | Israel (ISR) | 1:51.51 | |
| 7 | 1 | Andreas Bube | Denmark (DEN) | 1:51.91 | |
| 8 | 4 | Andreas Smout | Belgium (BEL) | 1:52.04 | |

#### Summary

| Rank | Heat | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Note |
| 1 | 2 | 8 | Jakub Holuša | Czech Republic (CZE) | 1:47.94 | Q |
| 2 | 2 | 1 | Kevin López | Spain (ESP) | 1:48.13 | Q |
| 3 | 2 | 5 | Brice Etes | Monaco (MON) | 1:48.54 | Q |
| 4 | 2 | 3 | Anis Ananenka | Belarus (BLR) | 1:49.29 | q |
| 5 | 2 | 6 | David McCarthy | Ireland (IRL) | 1:49.53 | q |
| 6 | 2 | 4 | Mario Scapini | Italy (ITA) | 1:49.67 | q |
| 7 | 1 | 5 | Marcin Lewandowski | Poland (POL) | 1:49.78 | Q |
| 8 | 1 | 2 | Hamid Oualich | France (FRA) | 1:49.92 | Q |
| 9 | 3 | 3 | Luis Alberto Marco | Spain (ESP) | 1:49.96 | Q |
| 10 | 4 | 8 | Michael Rimmer | Great Britain & N.I. (GBR) | 1:49.99 | Q |
| 11 | 3 | 6 | Giordano Benedetti | Italy (ITA) | 1:50.00 | Q |
| 12 | 1 | 4 | David Bustos | Spain (ESP) | 1:50.01 | Q |
| 13 | 1 | 6 | Cristian Vorovenci | Romania (ROM) | 1:50.05 | q |
| 14 | 3 | 4 | Adam Kszczot | Poland (POL) | 1:50.08 | Q |
| 15 | 4 | 7 | Arnoud Okken | Netherlands (NED) | 1:50.13 | Q |
| 16 | 3 | 2 | Tamás Kazi | Hungary (HUN) | 1:50.21 | |
| 17 | 4 | 5 | Lukas Rifesser | Italy (ITA) | 1:50.40 | Q |
| 18 | 3 | 5 | Jozef Repčík | Slovakia (SVK) | 1:50.51 | |
| 19 | 4 | 6 | Yuriy Koldin | Russia (RUS) | 1:50.64 | |
| 20 | 4 | 3 | Joni Jaako | Sweden (SWE) | 1:50.93 | |
| 21 | 1 | 7 | Jozef Pelikán | Slovakia (SVK) | 1:51.29 | |
| 22 | 4 | 2 | Dustin Emrani | Israel (ISR) | 1:51.51 | |
| 23 | 3 | 7 | Andreas Rapatz | Austria (AUT) | 1:51.55 | |
| 24 | 2 | 2 | Mikko Lahtio | Finland (FIN) | 1:51.76 | |
| 25 | 1 | 1 | Jan van den Broeck | Belgium (BEL) | 1:51.79 | |
| 26 | 4 | 1 | Andreas Bube | Denmark (DEN) | 1:51.91 | |
| 27 | 4 | 4 | Andreas Smout | Belgium (BEL) | 1:52.04 | |
| 28 | 3 | 1 | Vitalij Kozlov | Lithuania (LTU) | 1:52.18 | |
| 29 | 1 | 8 | Mattias Claesson | Sweden (SWE) | 1:52.53 | |
| 30 | 1 | 3 | Christophe Bestgen | Luxembourg (LUX) | 1:52.64 | |
| 31 | 3 | 8 | Anton Asplund | Sweden (SWE) | 1:55.23 | |
| | 2 | 7 | Robert Lathouwers | Netherlands (NED) | DQ | |

### Semifinals

First 3 in each heat and 2 best performers advance to the Final.

#### Semifinal 1

| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 4 | Kevin López | Spain (ESP) | 1:48.11 | Q |
| 2 | 6 | Marcin Lewandowski | Poland (POL) | 1:48.15 | Q |
| 3 | 7 | Arnoud Okken | Netherlands (NED) | 1:48.25 | Q |
| 4 | 3 | Jakub Holuša | Czech Republic (CZE) | 1:48.27 | q |
| 5 | 2 | Cristian Vorovenci | Romania (ROM) | 1:48.88 | |
| 6 | 5 | David Bustos | Spain (ESP) | 1:49.08 | |
| 7 | 1 | Mario Scapini | Italy (ITA) | 1:49.13 | |
| 8 | 8 | Lukas Rifesser | Italy (ITA) | 1:49.75 | |

#### Semifinal 2

| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 3 | Michael Rimmer | Great Britain & N.I. (GBR) | 1:47.67 | Q |
| 2 | 5 | Luis Alberto Marco | Spain (ESP) | 1:47.79 | Q |
| 3 | 4 | Adam Kszczot | Poland (POL) | 1:47.84 | Q |
| 4 | 6 | Hamid Oualich | France (FRA) | 1:48.06 | q |
| 5 | 2 | Anis Ananenka | Belarus (BLR) | 1:48.41 | |
| 6 | 8 | David McCarthy | Ireland (IRL) | 1:49.14 | |
| 7 | 7 | Giordano Benedetti | Italy (ITA) | 1:49.33 | |
| 8 | 1 | Brice Etes | Monaco (MON) | 1:49.52 | |

#### Summary

| Rank | Heat | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 2 | 3 | Michael Rimmer | Great Britain & N.I. (GBR) | 1:47.67 | Q |
| 2 | 2 | 5 | Luis Alberto Marco | Spain (ESP) | 1:47.79 | Q |
| 3 | 2 | 4 | Adam Kszczot | Poland (POL) | 1:47.84 | Q |
| 4 | 2 | 6 | Hamid Oualich | France (FRA) | 1:48.06 | q |
| 5 | 1 | 4 | Kevin López | Spain (ESP) | 1:48.11 | Q |
| 6 | 1 | 6 | Marcin Lewandowski | Poland (POL) | 1:48.15 | Q |
| 7 | 1 | 7 | Arnoud Okken | Netherlands (NED) | 1:48.25 | Q |
| 8 | 1 | 3 | Jakub Holuša | Czech Republic (CZE) | 1:48.27 | q |
| 9 | 2 | 2 | Anis Ananenka | Belarus (BLR) | 1:48.41 | |
| 10 | 1 | 2 | Cristian Vorovenci | Romania (ROM) | 1:48.88 | |
| 11 | 1 | 5 | David Bustos | Spain (ESP) | 1:49.08 | |
| 12 | 1 | 1 | Mario Scapini | Italy (ITA) | 1:49.13 | |
| 13 | 2 | 8 | David McCarthy | Ireland (IRL) | 1:49.14 | |
| 14 | 2 | 7 | Giordano Benedetti | Italy (ITA) | 1:49.33 | |
| 15 | 2 | 1 | Brice Etes | Monaco (MON) | 1:49.52 | |
| 16 | 1 | 8 | Lukas Rifesser | Italy (ITA) | 1:49.75 | |

### Final

| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time |
| | 5 | Marcin Lewandowski | Poland (POL) | 1:47.07 |
| | 6 | Michael Rimmer | Great Britain & N.I. (GBR) | 1:47.17 |
| | 8 | Adam Kszczot | Poland (POL) | 1:47.22 |
| 4 | 2 | Arnoud Okken | Netherlands (NED) | 1:47.31 |
| 5 | 3 | Jakub Holuša | Czech Republic (CZE) | 1:47.45 |
| 6 | 7 | Kevin López | Spain (ESP) | 1:47.82 |
| 7 | 4 | Luis Alberto Marco | Spain (ESP) | 1:48.42 |
| 8 | 1 | Hamid Oualich | France (FRA) | 1:49.77 |