The men's 800 metres at the 2006 European Athletics Championships were held at the Ullevi

Ullevi

Ullevi is a stadium in Gothenburg, Sweden. The stadium was built for the 1958 FIFA World Cup, but since then Ullevi has also hosted the 1995 World Championships in Athletics and the 2006 European Championships in Athletics, the UEFA Cup Winners' Cup finals in 1983 and 1990, the UEFA Euro 1992...

 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.

Medalists

Gold	Silver	Bronze
Bram Som Bram Som Bram Som is a Dutch runner who specializes in the 800 metres. His personal best time of 1:43.45 minutes, achieved in August 2006 in Zürich, is also the current Dutch National Record. He missed the 2005 season, but returned in 2006 to win the national Dutch championship for the fifth time since 2000...	David Fiegen David Fiegen David Fiegen is a Luxembourgian middle distance runner who specializes in the 800 metres.He won the silver medal at the 2006 European Athletics Championships in Gothenburg, the first ever medal in the history of the championships for an athlete from Luxembourg...	Sam Ellis Sam Ellis (athlete) Sam Ellis is a British 800 metres runner from Barnsley. He won a bronze medal in the 800m at the 2006 European Athletics Championships...

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
	2	Michael Rimmer Michael Rimmer Michael Alan Rimmer is an English middle-distance runner. He was born in Southport. Originally a member of Southport Waterloo AC, he defected to rivals Liverpool Pembroke Sefton, who he still now races with. He also attended Christ The King catholic high school and broke numerous records in school...		1:47.10	Q
	1	Florent Lacasse Florent Lacasse Florent Lacasse is a French middle distance runner who specializes in the 800 metres.He finished sixth at the 2006 European Athletics Championships and seventh at the 2006 IAAF World Cup. He also competed in the 2004 Olympics....		1:47.22	Q
	2	Bram Som Bram Som Bram Som is a Dutch runner who specializes in the 800 metres. His personal best time of 1:43.45 minutes, achieved in August 2006 in Zürich, is also the current Dutch National Record. He missed the 2005 season, but returned in 2006 to win the national Dutch championship for the fifth time since 2000...		1:47.26	Q
	2	Mirosław Formela		1:47.39	Q
	2	Andrea Longo Andrea Longo Andrea Longo is an Italian middle distance runner.He achieved his personal best just before Sydney Olympics, running 1'43"74 in Rieti in September 2000, reaching the second place in the all-time ranking in Italy, behind former world record holder Marcello Fiasconaro.He was disqualifed from the 800...		1:47.40	q
	1	David Fiegen David Fiegen David Fiegen is a Luxembourgian middle distance runner who specializes in the 800 metres.He won the silver medal at the 2006 European Athletics Championships in Gothenburg, the first ever medal in the history of the championships for an athlete from Luxembourg...		1:47.41	Q
	2	Ramil Aritkulov Ramil Aritkulov Ramil Kamilevich Aritkulov is a Russian middle distance runner who specializes in the 800 metres.He participated at the 2002 European Championships, the 2004 Summer Olympics, the 2006 World Indoor Championships and the 2006 European Championships...		1:47.69	q
	1	Miguel Quesada Miguel Quesada Miguel Quesada Velasco is a Spanish middle distance runner. He specializes in the 800 metres....		1:47.70	Q
	1	Sam Ellis Sam Ellis (athlete) Sam Ellis is a British 800 metres runner from Barnsley. He won a bronze medal in the 800m at the 2006 European Athletics Championships...		1:47.72	q
10	1	Mattias Claesson Mattias Claesson Mattias Claesson is a Swedish middle distance runner who specializes in the 800 metres.He finished fourth in 4 x 400 metres relay at the 2006 IAAF World Indoor Championships, with teammates Joni Jaako, Johan Wissman and Andreas Mokdasi...		1:47.82	q
11	3	Dmitrijs Miļkevičs Dmitrijs Milkevics Dmitrijs Miļkevičs is a Latvian athlete competing in 400 m and 800 m.-Biography:Miļkevičs ran a career-best 46.44 in the 400 meters at the 2003 European U-23 Championships in Bydgoszcz, Poland. He has won one NCAA championships, while competing for the University of Nebraska. In the 2004 Summer...		1:47.84	Q
12	3	Juan de Dios Jurado Juan de Dios Jurado Juan de Dios Jurado is a Spanish middle distance runner who specializes in the 800 metres.He finished third at the 2005 European Indoor Athletics Championships in Madrid and fifth at the 2006 IAAF World Indoor Championships in Moscow, the latter in an indoor personal best time of 1:47.38...		1:47.89	Q
13	3	Grzegorz Krzosek		1:48.08	Q
14	3	Maurizio Bobbato		1:48.21
15	3	Ivan Nesterov		1:48.22
16	3	René Herms René Herms René Herms was a German middle distance runner who specialized in the 800 metres.Herms was born in Dohna, Germany. He won the silver medal in 4 x 400 m relay at the 2000 World Junior Championships, became European junior champion in 2001 and finished seventh at the 2002 European Championships...		1:48.67
17	2	Dave Campbell		1:48.70
18	1	Selahattin Çobanoğlu		1:49.07	SB
19	1	Efthimios Papadopoulos Efthimios Papadopoulos Efthimios Papadopoulos is a Greek middle distance runner who specializes in the 800 metres.He finished ninth at the 2006 IAAF World Cup. He also competed at the 2006 European Championships without reaching the final....		1:49.36
20	4	Manuel Olmedo Manuel Olmedo Manuel Olmedo Villar is a Spanish middle-distance runner. He specialises in the 800 metres. He represented Spain at the Olympic Games at both the 2004 Athens Games and 2008 Beijing Olympics. He also ran at the World Championships in Athletics in 2003, 2007 and 2009.Olmedo has won medals at the...		1:49.54	Q
21	4	Josef Repcík		1:49.63	Q
22	4	Thomas Matthys		1:49.76	Q
23	4	Dmitriy Bogdanov		1:49.85
24	2	Björn Margeirsson		1:49.91	PB
25	4	Thomas Chamney Thomas Chamney Thomas Chamney is an Irish runner who was born in Clonmel and brought up in Dublin. He specializes in the 800 metres event. Chamney runs for the Crusaders AC club whilst in Dublin and has been on an athletics scholarship at the University of Notre Dame, South Bend, Indiana where he studied English...		1:50.12
26	4	Richard Hill Richard Hill (athlete) Richard Hill is an English 800m runner. He has run for Great Britain , Notts AC and UWIC.On 10 June 2006, Richard won the A-race of the BMC Grand Prix event at Watford in a time of 1:45.10. This time made Richard British No 1 for 2006...		1:50.26
27	4	Lee Taylor		1:56.06

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Mehdi Baala

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Semifinals

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

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	2	Miguel Quesada Miguel Quesada Miguel Quesada Velasco is a Spanish middle distance runner. He specializes in the 800 metres....		1:47.12	Q
	2	Andrea Longo Andrea Longo Andrea Longo is an Italian middle distance runner.He achieved his personal best just before Sydney Olympics, running 1'43"74 in Rieti in September 2000, reaching the second place in the all-time ranking in Italy, behind former world record holder Marcello Fiasconaro.He was disqualifed from the 800...		1:47.20	Q
	2	Dmitrijs Miļkevičs Dmitrijs Milkevics Dmitrijs Miļkevičs is a Latvian athlete competing in 400 m and 800 m.-Biography:Miļkevičs ran a career-best 46.44 in the 400 meters at the 2003 European U-23 Championships in Bydgoszcz, Poland. He has won one NCAA championships, while competing for the University of Nebraska. In the 2004 Summer...		1:47.35	Q
	2	David Fiegen David Fiegen David Fiegen is a Luxembourgian middle distance runner who specializes in the 800 metres.He won the silver medal at the 2006 European Athletics Championships in Gothenburg, the first ever medal in the history of the championships for an athlete from Luxembourg...		1:47.50	q
	2	Michael Rimmer Michael Rimmer Michael Alan Rimmer is an English middle-distance runner. He was born in Southport. Originally a member of Southport Waterloo AC, he defected to rivals Liverpool Pembroke Sefton, who he still now races with. He also attended Christ The King catholic high school and broke numerous records in school...		1:47.82	q
	2	Grzegorz Krzosek		1:48.11
	2	Mattias Claesson Mattias Claesson Mattias Claesson is a Swedish middle distance runner who specializes in the 800 metres.He finished fourth in 4 x 400 metres relay at the 2006 IAAF World Indoor Championships, with teammates Joni Jaako, Johan Wissman and Andreas Mokdasi...		1:48.27
	2	Ramil Aritkulov Ramil Aritkulov Ramil Kamilevich Aritkulov is a Russian middle distance runner who specializes in the 800 metres.He participated at the 2002 European Championships, the 2004 Summer Olympics, the 2006 World Indoor Championships and the 2006 European Championships...		1:48.42
	1	Florent Lacasse Florent Lacasse Florent Lacasse is a French middle distance runner who specializes in the 800 metres.He finished sixth at the 2006 European Athletics Championships and seventh at the 2006 IAAF World Cup. He also competed in the 2004 Olympics....		1:49.12	Q
10	1	Bram Som Bram Som Bram Som is a Dutch runner who specializes in the 800 metres. His personal best time of 1:43.45 minutes, achieved in August 2006 in Zürich, is also the current Dutch National Record. He missed the 2005 season, but returned in 2006 to win the national Dutch championship for the fifth time since 2000...		1:49.15	Q
11	1	Sam Ellis Sam Ellis (athlete) Sam Ellis is a British 800 metres runner from Barnsley. He won a bronze medal in the 800m at the 2006 European Athletics Championships...		1:49.23	Q
12	1	Manuel Olmedo Manuel Olmedo Manuel Olmedo Villar is a Spanish middle-distance runner. He specialises in the 800 metres. He represented Spain at the Olympic Games at both the 2004 Athens Games and 2008 Beijing Olympics. He also ran at the World Championships in Athletics in 2003, 2007 and 2009.Olmedo has won medals at the...		1:49.37
13	1	Thomas Matthys		1:49.65
14	1	Mirosław Formela		1:49.70
15	1	Juan de Dios Jurado Juan de Dios Jurado Juan de Dios Jurado is a Spanish middle distance runner who specializes in the 800 metres.He finished third at the 2005 European Indoor Athletics Championships in Madrid and fifth at the 2006 IAAF World Indoor Championships in Moscow, the latter in an indoor personal best time of 1:47.38...		1:50.11
16	1	Josef Repcík		1:50.89

Final

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Bram Som Bram Som Bram Som is a Dutch runner who specializes in the 800 metres. His personal best time of 1:43.45 minutes, achieved in August 2006 in Zürich, is also the current Dutch National Record. He missed the 2005 season, but returned in 2006 to win the national Dutch championship for the fifth time since 2000...		1:46.56
	David Fiegen David Fiegen David Fiegen is a Luxembourgian middle distance runner who specializes in the 800 metres.He won the silver medal at the 2006 European Athletics Championships in Gothenburg, the first ever medal in the history of the championships for an athlete from Luxembourg...		1:46.59
	Sam Ellis Sam Ellis (athlete) Sam Ellis is a British 800 metres runner from Barnsley. He won a bronze medal in the 800m at the 2006 European Athletics Championships...		1:46.64
4	Dmitrijs Miļkevičs Dmitrijs Milkevics Dmitrijs Miļkevičs is a Latvian athlete competing in 400 m and 800 m.-Biography:Miļkevičs ran a career-best 46.44 in the 400 meters at the 2003 European U-23 Championships in Bydgoszcz, Poland. He has won one NCAA championships, while competing for the University of Nebraska. In the 2004 Summer...		1:46.70
5	Miguel Quesada Miguel Quesada Miguel Quesada Velasco is a Spanish middle distance runner. He specializes in the 800 metres....		1:46.91
6	Florent Lacasse Florent Lacasse Florent Lacasse is a French middle distance runner who specializes in the 800 metres.He finished sixth at the 2006 European Athletics Championships and seventh at the 2006 IAAF World Cup. He also competed in the 2004 Olympics....		1:46.95
7	Andrea Longo Andrea Longo Andrea Longo is an Italian middle distance runner.He achieved his personal best just before Sydney Olympics, running 1'43"74 in Rieti in September 2000, reaching the second place in the all-time ranking in Italy, behind former world record holder Marcello Fiasconaro.He was disqualifed from the 800...		1:47.11
8	Michael Rimmer Michael Rimmer Michael Alan Rimmer is an English middle-distance runner. He was born in Southport. Originally a member of Southport Waterloo AC, he defected to rivals Liverpool Pembroke Sefton, who he still now races with. He also attended Christ The King catholic high school and broke numerous records in school...		1:47.66

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