# 2014 European Athletics Championships – men's 800 metres

The men's 800 metres at the 2014 European Athletics Championships took place at the Letzigrund on 12, 13, and 15 August.

## Medalists

| Gold | Adam Kszczot Poland |
| Silver | Artur Kuciapski Poland |
| Bronze | Mark English Ireland |

## Records

Standing records prior to the 2014 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 | Nijel Amos (BOT) | 1:42.45 | Fontvieille, Monaco | 18 July 2014 |
| European Leading | Pierre-Ambroise Bosse (FRA) | 1:42.53 | Fontvieille, Monaco | 18 July 2014 |

## Schedule

| Date | Time | Round |
| 12 August 2014 | 19:05 | Round 1 |
| 13 August 2014 | 21:08 | Semifinals |
| 15 August 2014 | 19:55 | Final |
All times are local times (UTC+2)

## Results
### Round 1

First 3 in each heat (Q) and 4 best performers (q) advance to the Semifinals.
| Rank | Heat | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Note |
| 1 | 2 | 1 | Mark English | Ireland | 1:47.38 | Q |
| 2 | 2 | 3 | Artur Kuciapski | Poland | 1:47.45 | Q |
| 3 | 4 | 5 | Andreas Bube | Denmark | 1:47.50 | Q |
| 4 | 4 | 2 | Pierre-Ambroise Bosse | France | 1:47.54 | Q |
| 5 | 1 | 6 | Marcin Lewandowski | Poland | 1:47.83 | Q |
| 6 | 2 | 6 | Paul Renaudie | France | 1:47.88 | Q |
| 7 | 4 | 7 | Jozef Repčík | Slovakia | 1:47.90 | Q |
| 8 | 3 | 4 | Adam Kszczot | Poland | 1:47.92 | Q |
| 9 | 1 | 3 | Kevin López | Spain | 1:47.93 | Q |
| 10 | 2 | 4 | Tamás Kazi | Hungary | 1:48.05 | q |
| 11 | 4 | 4 | Dennis Krüger | Germany | 1:48.06 | q |
| 12 | 3 | 1 | Amel Tuka | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 1:48.07 | Q |
| 13 | 4 | 1 | Johan Rogestedt | Sweden | 1:48.19 | q |
| 14 | 3 | 7 | Andreas Almgren | Sweden | 1:48.22 | Q |
| 15 | 3 | 2 | Giordano Benedetti | Italy | 1:48.29 | q |
| 16 | 2 | 7 | Andrew Osagie | Great Britain | 1:48.31 | |
| 17 | 1 | 4 | Sofiane Selmouni | France | 1:48.46 | Q |
| 18 | 4 | 3 | Michael Rimmer | Great Britain | 1:48.51 | |
| 19 | 4 | 6 | Andreas Roth | Norway | 1:48.61 | |
| 20 | 1 | 5 | Roald Hagbart Frøskeland | Norway | 1:48.62 | |
| 21 | 1 | 8 | Andreas Rapatz | Austria | 1:48.65 | |
| 22 | 4 | 8 | Žan Rudolf | Slovenia | 1:48.75 | |
| 23 | 3 | 8 | Thomas Roth | Norway | 1:48.86 | |
| 24 | 3 | 5 | Hugo Santacruz | Switzerland | 1:49.16 | |
| 25 | 2 | 8 | Nikolaus Franzmair | Austria | 1:49.18 | |
| 26 | 2 | 5 | Sandy Martins | Portugal | 1:49.51 | |
| 27 | 1 | 1 | Thijmen Kupers | Netherlands | 1:49.69 | |
| 28 | 3 | 6 | Declan Murray | Ireland | 1:50.01 | |
| 29 | 4 | 8 | Luis Alberto Marco | Spain | 1:50.07 | |
| 30 | 1 | 8 | Dmitrijs Jurkevičs | Latvia | 1:50.12 | |
| 31 | 2 | 2 | Charel Grethen | Luxembourg | 1:50.36 | |
| 32 | 1 | 7 | Rickard Gunnarsson | Sweden | 1:50.58 | |
| 33 | 3 | 3 | David Fiegen | Luxembourg | 1:51.00 | |
| 34 | 1 | 2 | Jan van den Broeck | Belgium | 1:52.09 | |

### Semifinals

First 3 in each heat (Q) and 2 best performers (q) advance to the Final.
| Rank | Heat | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Note |
| 1 | 1 | 5 | Pierre-Ambroise Bosse | France | 1:45.94 | Q |
| 2 | 1 | 8 | Artur Kuciapski | Poland | 1:46.05 | Q |
| 3 | 1 | 7 | Andreas Bube | Denmark | 1:46.09 | Q, SB |
| 4 | 1 | 6 | Mark English | Ireland | 1:46.23 | q |
| 5 | 1 | 2 | Jozef Repčík | Slovakia | 1:46.94 | q, SB |
| 6 | 2 | 6 | Adam Kszczot | Poland | 1:47.12 | Q |
| 7 | 2 | 5 | Marcin Lewandowski | Poland | 1:47.14 | Q |
| 8 | 2 | 2 | Amel Tuka | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 1:47.18 | Q |
| 9 | 2 | 8 | Paul Renaudie | France | 1:47.54 | |
| 10 | 1 | 4 | Andreas Almgren | Sweden | 1:47.55 | |
| 11 | 2 | 1 | Tamás Kazi | Hungary | 1:48.04 | |
| 12 | 2 | 3 | Dennis Krüger | Germany | 1:48.33 | |
| 13 | 1 | 3 | Giordano Benedetti | Italy | 1:48.58 | |
| 14 | 1 | 1 | Kevin López | Spain | 1:48.90 | |
| 15 | 2 | 4 | Sofiane Selmouni | France | 1:51.01 | |
| 16 | 2 | 7 | Johan Rogestedt | Sweden | 1:53.70 | |

### Final

| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Note |
| | 4 | Adam Kszczot | Poland | 1:44.15 | SB |
| | 8 | Artur Kuciapski | Poland | 1:44.89 | PB |
| | 5 | Mark English | Ireland | 1:45.03 | =SB |
| 4 | 7 | Andreas Bube | Denmark | 1:45.21 | SB |
| 5 | 3 | Marcin Lewandowski | Poland | 1:45.78 | |
| 6 | 2 | Amel Tuka | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 1:46.12 | NR |
| 7 | 1 | Jozef Repčík | Slovakia | 1:46.29 | SB |
| 8 | 6 | Pierre-Ambroise Bosse | France | 1:46.55 | |