2006 European Athletics Championships – Men's 800 metres

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Men's 800 metres
at the European Athletics Championships

The men's 800 metres at the 2006 European Athletics Championships were held at the Ullevi on August 10, 11 and August 13.

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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

GoldSilverBronze
Bram Som
Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands
David Fiegen
Flag of Luxembourg.svg  Luxembourg
Sam Ellis
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom

Schedule

DateTimeRound
August 10, 200611:55 Round 1
August 11, 200619:05 Semifinals
August 13, 200615:10 Final

Results

KEY:qFastest non-qualifiersQQualifiedNRNational recordPBPersonal bestSBSeasonal best

Round 1

Qualification: First 3 in each heat (Q) and the next 4 fastest (q) advance to the semifinals.

RankHeatNameNationalityTimeNotes
12 Michael Rimmer Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom 1:47.10Q
21 Florent Lacasse Flag of France.svg  France 1:47.22Q
32 Bram Som Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 1:47.26Q
42 Mirosław Formela Flag of Poland.svg  Poland 1:47.39Q
52 Andrea Longo Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 1:47.40q
61 David Fiegen Flag of Luxembourg.svg  Luxembourg 1:47.41Q
72 Ramil Aritkulov Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 1:47.69q
81 Miguel Quesada Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 1:47.70Q
91 Sam Ellis Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom 1:47.72q
101 Mattias Claesson Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 1:47.82q
113 Dmitrijs Miļkevičs Flag of Latvia.svg  Latvia 1:47.84Q
123 Juan de Dios Jurado Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 1:47.89Q
133 Grzegorz Krzosek Flag of Poland.svg  Poland 1:48.08Q
143 Maurizio Bobbato Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 1:48.21
153 Ivan Nesterov Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 1:48.22
163 René Herms Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 1:48.67
172 Dave Campbell Flag of Ireland.svg  Ireland 1:48.70
181 Selahattin Çobanoğlu Flag of Turkey.svg  Turkey 1:49.07SB
191 Efthimios Papadopoulos Flag of Greece.svg  Greece 1:49.36
204 Manuel Olmedo Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 1:49.54Q
214 Josef Repcík Flag of Slovakia.svg  Slovakia 1:49.63Q
224 Thomas Matthys Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium 1:49.76Q
234 Dmitriy Bogdanov Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 1:49.85
242 Björn Margeirsson Flag of Iceland.svg  Iceland 1:49.91PB
254 Thomas Chamney Flag of Ireland.svg  Ireland 1:50.12
264 Richard Hill Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom 1:50.26
274 Lee Taylor Flag of Gibraltar.svg  Gibraltar 1:56.06
3 Mehdi Baala Flag of France.svg  France DNS

Semifinals

First 3 in each heat (Q) and the next 2 fastest (q) advance to the Final.

RankHeatNameNationalityTimeNotes
12 Miguel Quesada Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 1:47.12Q
22 Andrea Longo Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 1:47.20Q
32 Dmitrijs Miļkevičs Flag of Latvia.svg  Latvia 1:47.35Q
42 David Fiegen Flag of Luxembourg.svg  Luxembourg 1:47.50q
52 Michael Rimmer Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom 1:47.82q
62 Grzegorz Krzosek Flag of Poland.svg  Poland 1:48.11
72 Mattias Claesson Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 1:48.27
82 Ramil Aritkulov Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 1:48.42
91 Florent Lacasse Flag of France.svg  France 1:49.12Q
101 Bram Som Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 1:49.15Q
111 Sam Ellis Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom 1:49.23Q
121 Manuel Olmedo Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 1:49.37
131 Thomas Matthys Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium 1:49.65
141 Mirosław Formela Flag of Poland.svg  Poland 1:49.70
151 Juan de Dios Jurado Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 1:50.11
161 Josef Repcík Flag of Slovakia.svg  Slovakia 1:50.89

Final

RankNameNationalityTimeNotes
Gold medal icon.svg Bram Som Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 1:46.56
Silver medal icon.svg David Fiegen Flag of Luxembourg.svg  Luxembourg 1:46.59
Bronze medal icon.svg Sam Ellis Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom 1:46.64
4 Dmitrijs Miļkevičs Flag of Latvia.svg  Latvia 1:46.70
5 Miguel Quesada Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 1:46.91
6 Florent Lacasse Flag of France.svg  France 1:46.95
7 Andrea Longo Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 1:47.11
8 Michael Rimmer Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom 1:47.66

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