# 2018 European Athletics Championships – Men's 800 metres

The men's 800 metres at the 2018 European Athletics Championships took place at the Olympic Stadium on 9, 10, and 11 August.

## Records

Standing records prior to the 2018 European Athletics Championships :
| World record | David Rudisha (KEN) | 1:40.91 | London, Great Britain | 9 August 2012 |
| 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 | Emmanuel Korir (KEN) | 1:42.05 | London, Great Britain | 22 July 2018 |
| European Leading | Saúl Ordóñez (ESP) | 1:43.65 | Monaco | 20 July 2018 |

## Schedule

| Date | Time | Round |
| 9 August 2018 | 11:30 | Round 1 |
| 10 August 2018 | 19:32 | Semifinals |
| 11 August 2018 | 20:30 | Final |
All times are local times (UTC+2)

## Results
### Round 1

First 3 in each heat (Q) and the next fastest 4 (q) advanced to the Semifinals.
| Rank | Heat | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Note |
| 1 | 4 | 1 | Adam Kszczot | Poland | 1:46.31 | Q |
| 2 | 2 | 2 | Mateusz Borkowski | Poland | 1:46.41 | Q |
| 3 | 4 | 7 | Amel Tuka | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 1:46.47 | Q |
| 4 | 2 | 8 | Álvaro de Arriba | Spain | 1:46.48 | Q |
| 5 | 2 | 3 | Lukáš Hodboď | Czech Republic | 1:46.50 | Q, PB |
| 6 | 4 | 4 | Daniel Rowden | Great Britain | 1:46.59 | Q |
| 7 | 2 | 4 | Thomas Roth | Norway | 1:46.70 | q |
| 8 | 2 | 6 | Guy Learmonth | Great Britain | 1:46.75 | q |
| 9 | 2 | 5 | Yevhen Hutsol | Ukraine | 1:46.97 | q |
| 10 | 4 | 8 | Daniel Andújar | Spain | 1:46.99 | q |
| 11 | 4 | 2 | Gabriel Tual | France | 1:47.26 | |
| 12 | 4 | 6 | Elliott Crestan | Belgium | 1:47.35 | |
| 13 | 2 | 1 | Sven Cepuš | Croatia | 1:47.56 | |
| 14 | 3 | 3 | Andreas Kramer | Sweden | 1:47.87 | Q |
| 15 | 3 | 1 | Andreas Bube | Denmark | 1:47.94 | Q |
| 16 | 1 | 3 | Saúl Ordóñez | Spain | 1:47.95 | Q |
| 17 | 1 | 5 | Michał Rozmys | Poland | 1:48.01 | Q |
| 18 | 1 | 1 | Elliot Giles | Great Britain | 1:48.05 | Q |
| 19 | 2 | 7 | Christoph Kessler | Germany | 1:48.13 | |
| 20 | 3 | 7 | Pierre-Ambroise Bosse | France | 1:48.14 | Q |
| 21 | 4 | 5 | Žan Rudolf | Slovenia | 1:48.24 | |
| 22 | 3 | 4 | Benedikt Huber | Germany | 1:48.33 | |
| 23 | 1 | 8 | Tamás Kazi | Hungary | 1:48.37 | |
| 24 | 3 | 8 | Simone Barontini | Italy | 1:48.53 | |
| 25 | 4 | 3 | Markus Einan | Norway | 1:48.55 | |
| 26 | 3 | 5 | Filip Šnejdr | Czech Republic | 1:48.70 | |
| 27 | 1 | 4 | Cosmin Trofin | Romania | 1:48.85 | |
| 28 | 1 | 7 | Mark English | Ireland | 1:48.98 | SB |
| 29 | 3 | 2 | Zak Curran | Ireland | 1:49.31 | |
| 30 | 3 | 6 | Musa Hajdari | Kosovo | 1:49.47 | |
| 31 | 1 | 2 | Christos Demetriou | Cyprus | 1:50.62 | |
| | 1 | 6 | Abedin Mujezinović | Bosnia and Herzegovina | DQ | 163.2 (b) |
| | 1 | 8 | Marc Reuther | Germany | DQ | 163.2 (b) |

### Semifinals

First 3 (Q) and next 2 fastest (q) qualify for the final.
| Rank | Heat | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Note |
| 1 | 2 | 4 | Adam Kszczot | Poland | 1:46.11 | Q |
| 2 | 1 | 5 | Andreas Kramer | Sweden | 1:46.14 | Q |
| 3 | 2 | 8 | Michał Rozmys | Poland | 1:46.17 | Q, SB |
| 4 | 2 | 6 | Pierre-Ambroise Bosse | France | 1:46.21 | Q |
| 5 | 1 | 1 | Andreas Bube | Denmark | 1:46.40 | Q |
| 6 | 2 | 3 | Álvaro de Arriba | Spain | 1:46.43 | q |
| 7 | 1 | 8 | Mateusz Borkowski | Poland | 1:46.54 | Q |
| 8 | 2 | 2 | Lukáš Hodboď | Czech Republic | 1:46.57 | q |
| 9 | 2 | 7 | Thomas Roth | Norway | 1:46.60 | |
| 10 | 1 | 4 | Saúl Ordóñez | Spain | 1:46.82 | |
| 11 | 1 | 3 | Guy Learmonth | Great Britain | 1:46.83 | |
| 12 | 1 | 6 | Daniel Rowden | Great Britain | 1:46.98 | |
| 13 | 1 | 7 | Amel Tuka | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 1:47.24 | |
| 14 | 1 | 2 | Yevhen Hutsol | Ukraine | 1:47.29 | |
| 15 | 2 | 5 | Elliot Giles | Great Britain | 1:47.40 | |
| 16 | 2 | 1 | Daniel Andújar | Spain | 1:48.10 | |

### Final

| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Note |
| | 3 | Adam Kszczot | Poland | 1:44.59 | SB |
| | 6 | Andreas Kramer | Sweden | 1:45.03 | |
| | 4 | Pierre-Ambroise Bosse | France | 1:45.30 | |
| 4 | 7 | Michał Rozmys | Poland | 1:45.32 | PB |
| 5 | 8 | Mateusz Borkowski | Poland | 1:45.42 | PB |
| 6 | 1 | Andreas Bube | Denmark | 1:45.92 | SB |
| 7 | 5 | Álvaro de Arriba | Spain | 1:46.41 | |
| 8 | 2 | Lukáš Hodboď | Czech Republic | 1:46.60 | |