# 2006 European Athletics Championships – Men's 800 metres

The men's 800 metres at the 2006 European Athletics Championships were held at the Ullevi on August 10, 11 and August 13.
Originally, the Latvian delegation, representing Dmitrijs Milkevics (4th), issued a complaint because Bram Som stepped out of the track twice. Som and Ellis both also complained that Milkevics had blocked their way and pushed them. However, after long considerations by the jury, the result stood.
The winning margin was 0.03 seconds which with the conclusion of the 2024 championships remains the narrowest winning margin in the men's 800 metres at these championships since the introduction of fully automatic timing.

## Medalists

| Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| Bram Som Netherlands | David Fiegen Luxembourg | Sam Ellis United Kingdom |

## Schedule

| Date | Time | Round |
| August 10, 2006 | 11:55 | Round 1 |
| August 11, 2006 | 19:05 | Semifinals |
| August 13, 2006 | 15:10 | Final |

## Results

| KEY: | q | Fastest non-qualifiers | Q | Qualified | NR | National record | PB | Personal best | SB | Seasonal best |

### Round 1

Qualification: First 3 in each heat (Q) and the next 4 fastest (q) advance to the semifinals.
| Rank | Heat | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 2 | Michael Rimmer | United Kingdom | 1:47.10 | Q |
| 2 | 1 | Florent Lacasse | France | 1:47.22 | Q |
| 3 | 2 | Bram Som | Netherlands | 1:47.26 | Q |
| 4 | 2 | Mirosław Formela | Poland | 1:47.39 | Q |
| 5 | 2 | Andrea Longo | Italy | 1:47.40 | q |
| 6 | 1 | David Fiegen | Luxembourg | 1:47.41 | Q |
| 7 | 2 | Ramil Aritkulov | Russia | 1:47.69 | q |
| 8 | 1 | Miguel Quesada | Spain | 1:47.70 | Q |
| 9 | 1 | Sam Ellis | United Kingdom | 1:47.72 | q |
| 10 | 1 | Mattias Claesson | Sweden | 1:47.82 | q |
| 11 | 3 | Dmitrijs Miļkevičs | Latvia | 1:47.84 | Q |
| 12 | 3 | Juan de Dios Jurado | Spain | 1:47.89 | Q |
| 13 | 3 | Grzegorz Krzosek | Poland | 1:48.08 | Q |
| 14 | 3 | Maurizio Bobbato | Italy | 1:48.21 | |
| 15 | 3 | Ivan Nesterov | Russia | 1:48.22 | |
| 16 | 3 | René Herms | Germany | 1:48.67 | |
| 17 | 2 | Dave Campbell | Ireland | 1:48.70 | |
| 18 | 1 | Selahattin Çobanoğlu | Turkey | 1:49.07 | SB |
| 19 | 1 | Efthimios Papadopoulos | Greece | 1:49.36 | |
| 20 | 4 | Manuel Olmedo | Spain | 1:49.54 | Q |
| 21 | 4 | Josef Repcík | Slovakia | 1:49.63 | Q |
| 22 | 4 | Thomas Matthys | Belgium | 1:49.76 | Q |
| 23 | 4 | Dmitriy Bogdanov | Russia | 1:49.85 | |
| 24 | 2 | Björn Margeirsson | Iceland | 1:49.91 | PB |
| 25 | 4 | Thomas Chamney | Ireland | 1:50.12 | |
| 26 | 4 | Richard Hill | United Kingdom | 1:50.26 | |
| 27 | 4 | Lee Taylor | Gibraltar | 1:56.06 | |
| | 3 | Mehdi Baala | France | | DNS |

### Semifinals

First 3 in each heat (Q) and the next 2 fastest (q) advance to the Final.
| Rank | Heat | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 2 | Miguel Quesada | Spain | 1:47.12 | Q |
| 2 | 2 | Andrea Longo | Italy | 1:47.20 | Q |
| 3 | 2 | Dmitrijs Miļkevičs | Latvia | 1:47.35 | Q |
| 4 | 2 | David Fiegen | Luxembourg | 1:47.50 | q |
| 5 | 2 | Michael Rimmer | United Kingdom | 1:47.82 | q |
| 6 | 2 | Grzegorz Krzosek | Poland | 1:48.11 | |
| 7 | 2 | Mattias Claesson | Sweden | 1:48.27 | |
| 8 | 2 | Ramil Aritkulov | Russia | 1:48.42 | |
| 9 | 1 | Florent Lacasse | France | 1:49.12 | Q |
| 10 | 1 | Bram Som | Netherlands | 1:49.15 | Q |
| 11 | 1 | Sam Ellis | United Kingdom | 1:49.23 | Q |
| 12 | 1 | Manuel Olmedo | Spain | 1:49.37 | |
| 13 | 1 | Thomas Matthys | Belgium | 1:49.65 | |
| 14 | 1 | Mirosław Formela | Poland | 1:49.70 | |
| 15 | 1 | Juan de Dios Jurado | Spain | 1:50.11 | |
| 16 | 1 | Josef Repcík | Slovakia | 1:50.89 | |

### Final

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time |
| | Bram Som | Netherlands | 1:46.56 |
| | David Fiegen | Luxembourg | 1:46.59 |
| | Sam Ellis | United Kingdom | 1:46.64 |
| 4 | Dmitrijs Miļkevičs | Latvia | 1:46.70 |
| 5 | Miguel Quesada | Spain | 1:46.91 |
| 6 | Florent Lacasse | France | 1:46.95 |
| 7 | Andrea Longo | Italy | 1:47.11 |
| 8 | Michael Rimmer | United Kingdom | 1:47.66 |