# 2002 European Athletics Championships – Men's 800 metres

The men's 800 metres at the 2002 European Athletics Championships were held at the Olympic Stadium on August 9–11.

## Medalists

| Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| Wilson Kipketer Denmark | André Bucher Switzerland | Nils Schumann Germany |

## Results
### Heats

Qualification: First 3 of each heat (Q) and the next 4 fastest (q) qualified for the semifinals.
| Rank | Heat | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 4 | Nils Schumann | Germany | 1:46.90 | Q |
| 2 | 3 | René Herms | Germany | 1:47.07 | Q |
| 3 | 4 | Arnoud Okken | Netherlands | 1:47.22 | Q |
| 4 | 3 | Wilson Kipketer | Denmark | 1:47.29 | Q |
| 5 | 4 | Rizak Dirshe | Sweden | 1:47.36 | Q |
| 6 | 3 | André Bucher | Switzerland | 1:47.48 | Q |
| 7 | 1 | Antonio Manuel Reina | Spain | 1:47.52 | Q |
| 7 | 2 | Bram Som | Netherlands | 1:47.52 | Q |
| 9 | 2 | Paweł Czapiewski | Poland | 1:47.53 | Q |
| 10 | 1 | Stefan Beumer | Netherlands | 1:47.66 | Q |
| 11 | 3 | James McIlroy | Great Britain | 1:47.67 | q |
| 12 | 2 | Joeri Jansen | Belgium | 1:47.71 | Q |
| 13 | 4 | Florent Lacasse | France | 1:47.74 | q |
| 14 | 2 | Miguel Quesada | Spain | 1:47.85 | q |
| 15 | 3 | Grzegorz Krzosek | Poland | 1:47.98 | q |
| 16 | 4 | Panagiotis Stroubakos | Greece | 1:48.00 | |
| 17 | 1 | Nicolas Aïssat | France | 1:48.07 | Q |
| 18 | 2 | Ramil Aritkulov | Russia | 1:48.15 | |
| 18 | 3 | Dmitriy Bogdanov | Russia | 1:48.15 | |
| 20 | 4 | Wilson Kirwa | Finland | 1:48.23 | |
| 21 | 1 | Christian Neunhauserer | Italy | 1:48.25 | |
| 22 | 1 | Tom Omey | Belgium | 1:48.27 | |
| 23 | 2 | Vanco Stojanov | Macedonia | 1:48.31 | |
| 24 | 2 | Franck Barré | France | 1:48.68 | |
| 25 | 1 | Alibey Sukurov | Azerbaijan | 1:49.27 | |
| 26 | 4 | Anthony Whiteman | Great Britain | 1:50.60 | |
| 27 | 1 | Fernando Almeida | Portugal | 1:50.81 | |
| 28 | 1 | Dominic Carroll | Gibraltar | 1:58.22 | |
| | 3 | Khaled Azerkan | Sweden | DNF | |

### Semifinals

Qualification: First 3 of each semifinal (Q) and the next 2 fastest (q) qualified for the final.
| Rank | Heat | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 2 | Wilson Kipketer | Denmark | 1:46.56 | Q |
| 2 | 2 | René Herms | Germany | 1:46.77 | Q |
| 3 | 2 | Nicolas Aïssat | France | 1:46.89 | Q |
| 4 | 2 | André Bucher | Switzerland | 1:47.08 | q |
| 5 | 2 | Bram Som | Netherlands | 1:47.20 | q |
| 6 | 2 | Rizak Dirshe | Sweden | 1:47.38 | |
| 7 | 2 | Antonio Manuel Reina | Spain | 1:47.41 | |
| 8 | 2 | Grzegorz Krzosek | Poland | 1:47.82 | |
| 9 | 1 | Nils Schumann | Germany | 1:48.01 | Q |
| 10 | 1 | Arnoud Okken | Netherlands | 1:48.22 | Q |
| 11 | 1 | Paweł Czapiewski | Poland | 1:48.37 | Q |
| 12 | 1 | Joeri Jansen | Belgium | 1:48.62 | |
| 13 | 1 | James McIlroy | Great Britain | 1:49.15 | |
| 14 | 1 | Stefan Beumer | Netherlands | 1:49.60 | |
| 15 | 1 | Miguel Quesada | Spain | 1:49.83 | |
| 16 | 1 | Florent Lacasse | France | 1:50.82 | |

### Final

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time |
| | Wilson Kipketer | Denmark | 1:47.25 |
| | André Bucher | Switzerland | 1:47.43 |
| | Nils Schumann | Germany | 1:47.60 |
| 4 | Paweł Czapiewski | Poland | 1:47.92 |
| 5 | Arnoud Okken | Netherlands | 1:48.39 |
| 6 | Bram Som | Netherlands | 1:48.56 |
| 7 | René Herms | Germany | 1:48.86 |
| 8 | Nicolas Aïssat | France | 1:49.16 |