2011 European Athletics Indoor Championships – Men's 800 metres
The Men's 800 metres event at the 2011 European Athletics Indoor Championships was held at March 4–6 with the final being held on March 6 at 15:45 local time.[1]
Records
| Standing records prior to the 2011 European Athletics Indoor Championships | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| World record |  Wilson Kipketer (DEN) |
1:42.67 | Paris, France | 9 March 1997 |
| European record | Wilson Kipketer (DEN) |
1:42.67 | Paris, France | 9 March 1997 |
| Championship record |  Paweł Czapiewski (POL) |
1:44.78 | Vienna, Austria | 3 March 2002 |
| World Leading |  Abubaker Kaki (SUD) |
1:45.02 | Stuttgart, Germany | 5 February 2011 |
| European Leading |  Kevin López (ESP) |
1:46.06 | Sevilla, Spain | 11 February 2011 |
Results
Heats
First 2 in each heat and 2 best performers advanced to the Semifinals. The heats were held at 16:55.[2]
| Rank | Heat | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | Marcin Lewandowski | Poland | 1:48.81 | Q |
| 2 | 1 | Mario Scapini |  Italy | 1:48.92 | Q |
| 3 | 1 | David Bustos | Spain | 1:49.04 | q, SB |
| 4 | 1 | Darren McBrearty |  Ireland | 1:49.74 | q |
| 5 | 1 | Andreas Rapatz |  Austria | 1:49.96 | |
| 6 | 5 | Kevin López | Spain | 1:50.15 | Q |
| 7 | 5 | Joe Thomas |  Great Britain | 1:50.29 | Q |
| 8 | 2 | Robin Schembera |  Germany | 1:50.54 | Q |
| 9 | 5 | Stepan Poistogov |  Russia | 1:50.59 | |
| 10 | 2 | Luis Alberto Marco | Spain | 1:50.71 | Q |
| 11 | 2 | Tamás Kazi |  Hungary | 1:50.85 | |
| 12 | 4 | Oleksandr Osmolovych |  Ukraine | 1:50.99 | Q |
| 13 | 3 | Adam Kszczot | Poland | 1:51.02 | Q |
| 14 | 4 | Andrew Osagie | Great Britain | 1:51.09 | Q |
| 15 | 4 | Anis Ananenka |  Belarus | 1:51.10 | |
| 16 | 4 | Ivan Tukhtachev | Russia | 1:51.11 | |
| 17 | 3 | Hamid Oualich |  France | 1:51.13 | Q |
| 18 | 3 | Sebastian Keiner | Germany | 1:51.26 | |
| 19 | 3 | Brice Etès |  Monaco | 1:51.75 | |
| 20 | 3 | Cristian Vorovenci |  Romania | 1:51.83 | |
| 21 | 2 | Thomas Roth |  Norway | 1:51.91 | |
| 22 | 2 | Raphael Pallitsch | Austria | 1:52.19 | |
| 23 | 5 | Andreas Bube | Denmark | 1:53.18 | |
| 24 | 4 | Halit Kiliç |  Turkey | 1:53.33 | |
| 25 | 3 | Daryl Vassallo |  Gibraltar | 2:02.41 | |
| 5 | Vitalij Kozlov |  Lithuania | DNF |
Semifinals
First 3 in each heat advanced to the Final. The heats were held at 15:40.[3]
| Rank | Heat | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | Andrew Osagie | Great Britain | 1:49.02 | Q |
| 2 | 1 | Adam Kszczot | Poland | 1:49.38 | Q |
| 3 | 1 | Kevin López | Spain | 1:49.53 | Q |
| 4 | 1 | Mario Scapini | Italy | 1:49.57 | |
| 5 | 1 | Darren McBrearty | Ireland | 1:49.78 | |
| 6 | 1 | David Bustos | Spain | 1:50.46 | |
| 7 | 2 | Luis Alberto Marco | Spain | 1:50.60 | Q |
| 8 | 2 | Marcin Lewandowski | Poland | 1:50.75 | Q |
| 9 | 2 | Robin Schembera | Germany | 1:50.78 | Q |
| 10 | 2 | Hamid Oualich | France | 1:50.86 | |
| 11 | 2 | Oleksandr Osmolovych | Ukraine | 1:51.00 | |
| 12 | 2 | Joe Thomas | Great Britain | 1:51.44 |
Final
Lewandowski and Kszczot of Poland.
The final was held at 15:45.[4]
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | 2 | Adam Kszczot | Poland | 1:47.87 | |
 | 3 | Marcin Lewandowski | Poland | 1:48.23 | |
 | 5 | Kevin López | Spain | 1:48.35 | |
| 4 | 6 | Andrew Osagie | Great Britain | 1:48.50 | |
| 5 | 1 | Luis Alberto Marco | Spain | 2:00.58 | |
| 4 | Robin Schembera | Germany | DNF |
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