# 2012 European Athletics Championships – Men's 800 metres

The men's 800 metres at the 2012 European Athletics Championships was held at the Helsinki Olympic Stadium on 27, 28 and 29 June.

## Medalists

| Gold | Yuriy Borzakovskiy Russia |
| Silver | Andreas Bube Denmark |
| Bronze | Pierre-Ambroise Bosse France |

## Records

Standing records prior to the 2012 European Athletics Championships :
| World record | David Rudisha (KEN) | 1.41.01 | Rieti, Italy | 29 August 2010 |
| European record | Wilson Kipketer (DEN) | 1:41.11 | Köln, Germany | 24 August 1997 |
| Championship record | Olaf Beyer (GDR) | 1:43.84 | Prague, Czechoslovakia | 31 August 1978 |
| World Leading | David Rudisha (KEN) | 1.41.74 | New York City, United States | 9 June 2012 |
| European Leading | Adam Kszczot (POL) | 1:43.83 | Hengelo, Netherlands | 27 May 2012 |

## Schedule

| Date | Time | Round |
| 27 June 2012 | 15:10 | Round 1 |
| 28 June 2012 | 18:05 | Semifinals |
| 29 June 2012 | 19:40 | Final |

## Results
### Round 1

First 4 in each heat (Q) and 4 best performers (q) advance to the Semifinals.
| Rank | Heat | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Note |
| 1 | 1 | 1 | Gareth Warburton | Great Britain | 1:45.80 | Q |
| 2 | 1 | 6 | Andreas Bube | Denmark | 1:46.51 | Q |
| 3 | 1 | 5 | Zan Rudolf | Slovenia | 1:46.98 | Q |
| 4 | 3 | 6 | Sören Ludolph | Germany | 1:47.10 | Q |
| 5 | 3 | 4 | Mukhtar Mohammed | Great Britain | 1:47.13 | Q |
| 6 | 1 | 2 | Ioan Zaizan | Romania | 1:47.31 | Q, SB |
| 7 | 3 | 7 | Jozef Repčík | Slovakia | 1:47.41 | Q |
| 8 | 3 | 5 | Luis Alberto Marco | Spain | 1:47.42 | Q |
| 9 | 4 | 4 | Yuriy Borzakovskiy | Russia | 1:47.48 | Q |
| 10 | 1 | 8 | Oleh Kayafa | Ukraine | 1:47.56 | q |
| 11 | 4 | 8 | Antonio Manuel Reina | Spain | 1:47.61 | Q |
| 12 | 3 | 8 | Jan Kubista | Czech Republic | 1:47.66 | q |
| 13 | 1 | 4 | Thijmen Kupers | Netherlands | 1:47.69 | q |
| 14 | 4 | 3 | Paul Renaudie | France | 1:47.74 | Q |
| 15 | 4 | 5 | Thomas Roth | Norway | 1:47.78 | Q |
| 16 | 3 | 1 | Ihor Davydov | Ukraine | 1:47.79 | q |
| 17 | 5 | 2 | Robert Lathouwers | Netherlands | 1:48.00 | Q |
| 18 | 2 | 3 | Sebastian Keiner | Germany | 1:48.09 | Q |
| 19 | 4 | 6 | Johan Svensson | Sweden | 1:48.21 | |
| 20 | 2 | 1 | Pierre-Ambroise Bosse | France | 1:48.23 | Q |
| 21 | 2 | 4 | Amel Tuka | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 1:48.31 | Q, PB |
| 22 | 5 | 7 | Jan van den Broeck | Belgium | 1:48.35 | Q |
| 23 | 5 | 3 | Hamid Oualich | France | 1:48.44 | Q |
| 24 | 5 | 5 | Kevin López | Spain | 1:48.46 | Q |
| 25 | 2 | 5 | Jakub Holuša | Czech Republic | 1:48.54 | Q |
| 26 | 2 | 2 | Dmitrijs Jurkevičs | Latvia | 1:48.59 | SB |
| 27 | 5 | 8 | Vitalij Kozlov | Lithuania | 1:48.61 | |
| 28 | 5 | 6 | Raphael Pallitsch | Austria | 1:48.84 | |
| 29 | 3 | 3 | Johan Rogestedt | Sweden | 1:48.86 | |
| 30 | 4 | 7 | Péter Szemeti | Hungary | 1:49.13 | |
| 31 | 2 | 8 | Ådne Svahn Dæhlin | Norway | 1:49.34 | |
| 32 | 5 | 4 | Andréas Dimitrákis | Greece | 1:49.88 | |
| 33 | 3 | 2 | Tommy Granlund | Finland | 1:50.12 | |
| 34 | 2 | 6 | Andreas Rapatz | Austria | 1:51.79 | |
| 35 | 1 | 7 | Charel Grethen | Luxembourg | 1:53.22 | |
| 36 | 2 | 7 | Dustin Emrani | Israel | 1:58.69 | |
| | 1 | 3 | Brice Etes | Monaco | DNF | |
| | 4 | 2 | Szymon Krawczyk | Poland | DQ | |

### Semifinals

First 2 in each heat (Q) and 2 best performers (q) advance to the Final.
| Rank | Heat | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Note |
| 1 | 1 | 6 | Antonio Manuel Reina | Spain | 1:46.49 | Q |
| 2 | 1 | 1 | Jozef Repčík | Slovakia | 1:46.62 | Q, SB |
| 3 | 1 | 4 | Jakub Holuša | Czech Republic | 1:46.63 | q |
| 4 | 2 | 4 | Pierre-Ambroise Bosse | France | 1:46.70 | Q |
| 5 | 1 | 2 | Thomas Roth | Norway | 1:46.88 | q, PB |
| 6 | 1 | 7 | Sebastian Keiner | Germany | 1:46.91 | |
| 7 | 2 | 3 | Yuriy Borzakovskiy | Russia | 1:46.92 | Q |
| 8 | 1 | 5 | Hamid Oualich | France | 1:47.14 | |
| 9 | 1 | 8 | Ihor Davydov | Ukraine | 1:47.22 | |
| 10 | 2 | 6 | Kevin López | Spain | 1:47.30 | |
| 11 | 1 | 3 | Gareth Warburton | Great Britain | 1:47.37 | |
| 12 | 2 | 8 | Zan Rudolf | Slovenia | 1:47.41 | |
| 13 | 2 | 5 | Sören Ludolph | Germany | 1:48.06 | |
| 14 | 3 | 5 | Andreas Bube | Denmark | 1:48.48 | Q |
| 15 | 3 | 6 | Robert Lathouwers | Netherlands | 1:48.49 | Q |
| 16 | 3 | 7 | Mukhtar Mohammed | Great Britain | 1:48.84 | |
| 17 | 2 | 2 | Jan Kubista | Czech Republic | 1:48.94 | |
| 18 | 3 | 3 | Paul Renaudie | France | 1:48.97 | |
| 19 | 3 | 4 | Luis Alberto Marco | Spain | 1:49.06 | |
| 20 | 2 | 1 | Oleh Kayafa | Ukraine | 1:49.61 | |
| 21 | 3 | 1 | Ioan Zaizan | Romania | 1:49.91 | |
| 22 | 2 | 7 | Thijmen Kupers | Netherlands | 1:50.37 | |
| 23 | 3 | 8 | Jan van den Broeck | Belgium | 1:50.63 | |
| 24 | 3 | 2 | Amel Tuka | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 1:51.14 | |

### Final

| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time |
| | 7 | Yuriy Borzakovskiy | Russia | 1:48.61 |
| | 6 | Andreas Bube | Denmark | 1:48.69 |
| | 4 | Pierre-Ambroise Bosse | France | 1:48.83 |
| 4 | 5 | Antonio Manuel Reina | Spain | 1:48.98 |
| 5 | 8 | Jakub Holuša | Czech Republic | 1:48.99 |
| 6 | 3 | Robert Lathouwers | Netherlands | 1:49.22 |
| 7 | 1 | Jozef Repčík | Slovakia | 1:49.42 |
| 8 | 2 | Thomas Roth | Norway | 1:49.54 |