2018 European Championships Statistics – Men’s 800m by K Ken Nakamura Summary All time performance list at the European Championships Performance Performer Time Name Nat Pos Venue Year 1 1 1:43.84 Olaf Beyer GDR 1 Praha 1978 2 2 1:4 4.07 Luciano Susanj YUG 1 Roma 1974 3 3 1:44.09 Steve Ovett GBR 2 Praha 1978 4 4 1:44.15 Adam Kszczot POL 1 Zürich 2014 5 5 1:44.50 Sebastian Coe GBR 1 Stuttgart 1986 6 6 1:44.61 Tom McKean GBR 2 Stuttgart 1986 7 1:44.76 Sebastian Coe 3 Praha 1978 7 1:44.76 Tom McKean 1 Split 1990 9 7 1:44.88 Steve Cram GBR 3 Stuttgart 1986 Margin of Victory Difference Winning time Name Nat Venue Year Max 1.69 1:44.07 Luciano Susanj YUG Roma 1974 Min 0.03 1:46.56 Bram Som NED Göteborg 2006 Best Marks for Places in the European Championships Pos Time Name Nat Venue Year 1 1:43.84 Olaf Beyer GDR Praha 1978 2 1:44.09 Steve Ovett GBR Praha 1978 3 1:44.76 Sebastian Coe GBR Praha 1978 4 1:45.21 Andreas Bube DEN Zürich 2014 Fastest non-qualifier for the final Time Position Name Nat Venue Year 1:46.18 5sf2 Andrey Loginov RUS Helsinki 1994 Multiple Gold Medalists: Adam Kszczot (POL) 2014, 2016 Manfred Matuschewski (GDR): 1962; 1966 Multiple Medals by athletes from a single nation Nation Year Gold Silver Bronze POL 2016 Adam Kszczot Marcin Lewandowski POL 2014 Adam Kszczot Artur Kuciapski POL 2010 Marcin Lewandowski Adam Kszczot GBR 1990 Tom McKean David Sharp GBR 1986 Sebastia Coe Tom McKean Steve Cram GBR 1978 Steve Ovett Sebastian Coe GDR 1969 Dieter Fromm Manfred Matuschewski FRG 1966 Franz-Jozef Kemper Bod Tümler GBR 1950 John Parlett Roger Banister Man & Woman from the same team winning the corresponding event: Never happened All time performance list at the European Championships Performance Performer Time Name Nat Pos Venue Year 1 1 1:43.84 Olaf Beyer GDR 1 Praha 1978 2 2 1:44.07 Luciano Susanj YUG 1 Roma 1974 3 3 1:44.09 Steve Ovett GBR 2 Praha 1978 4 4 1:44.15 Adam Kszczot POL 1 Zürich 2014 5 5 1:44. 50 Sebastian Coe GBR 1 Stuttgart 1986 6 6 1:44.61 Tom McKean GBR 2 Stuttgart 1986 7 1:44.76 Sebastian Coe 3 Praha 1978 7 1:44.76 Tom McKean 1 Split 1990 9 7 1:44.88 Steve Cram GBR 3 Stuttgart 1986 10 8 1:44.89 Nils Schumann GER 1 Budapest 1998 10 8 1:44.89 Artur Kuciapski POL 2 Zürich 2014 12 10 1:45.03 Mark English IRL 3 Zürich 2014 13 11 1:45.04 Andre Bucher SUI 2 Budapest 1998 14 1:45.18 Adam Kszczot 1 Amsterdam 2016 15 12 1:45.21 Andreas Bube DEN 4 Zürich 2014 16 13 1:45.23 Lukas Vydra CZE 3 Budapest 1998 17 14 1:45.46 James Mcllroy IRL 4 Budapest 1998 18 15 1:45.53 Rob Druppers NED 4 Stuttgart 1986 19 16 1:45.54 Ryszard Ostrowski POL 5 Stuttgart 1986 19 16 1:45.54 Marcin Lewandowski POL 2 Amsterdam 2016 19 16 1:45.54 Elliot Giles GBR 3 Amsterdam 2016 22 19 1:45.59 David Sharpe GBR 2 Split 1990 23 20 1:45.62 Yevgeniy Arzhanov URS 1 Helsinki 1971 24 21 1:45.64 Tonino Viali ITA 1sf1 Split 1990 25 22 1:45.74 Amel Tuka BIH 4 Amsterdam 2016 26 23 1:45.75 Nico Motch ebon GER 1sf2 Helsinki 1994 27 1:45.76 Steve Ovett 2 Roma 1974 27 24 1:45.76 Piotr Piekarski POL 3 Split 1990 29 25 1:45.78 Balazs Koranyi HUN 5 Budapest 1998 29 1:45.78 Marcin Lewandowski POL 5 Zürich 2014 31 26 1:45.79 Anatoliy Reshetnyak URS 4 Praha 1978 31 26 1:45.79 Slobodan Popovic YUG 2sf1 Split 1990 31 26 1:45.79 Pierre -Ambroise Bosse FRA 5 Amsterdam 2016 34 29 1:45.80 Vebjørn Rodal NOR 2sf2 Helsinki 1994 34 29 1:45.80 Gareth Warburton GBR 1h1 Helsinki 2012 36 31 1:45.81 Andrey Sud nik URS 4 Split 1990 37 1:45.82 David Sharpe 3sf1 Split 1990 38 32 1:45.83 Peter Braun FRG 6 Stuttgart 1986 39 33 1:45.88 Giuseppe D’Urso ITA 3sf2 Helsinki 1994 40 34 1:45.89 Markku Taskinen FIN 3 Roma 1974 40 1:45.89 Andrey Sudnik 4sf1 Split 1990 40 35 1:45.89 Tomas De Teresa ESP 4sf2 Helsinki 1994 43 1:45.90 Slobodan Popovic 5 Split 1990 44 36 1:45.9h Manfred Matuschewski GDR 1 Budapest 1966 45 37 1:45.96 Dieter Fromm GDR 2 Helsinki 1971 45 37 1:45.96 Philippe Collard FRA 7 Stuttgart 198 6 47 1:45.98 Dieter Fromm 1 Athinai 1969 48 39 1:46.0h Franz -Josef Kemper FRG 2 Budapest 1966 49 40 1:46.02 Vladimir Ponomaryev URS 4 Roma 1974 50 1:46.04 Tonino Viali 6 Split 1990 51 1:46.05 Pierre -Ambroise Bosse 1sf1 Zürich 2014 51 1:46. 05 Artur Kuciapski 2sf1 Zürich 2014 53 1:46.09 Andreas Bube 3sf1 Zürich 2014 54 41 1:46.12 Andrea Benvenuti ITA 1 Helsinki 1994 54 1:46.12 Nils Schumann 1h4 Budapest 1998 54 1:46.12 Amel Tuka 6 Zürich 2014 Slowest winning (auto) time: 1:47.25 by Wilson Kipketer (DEN) in 2002 Margin of Victory Difference Winning time Name Nat Venue Year Max 1.69 1:44.07 Luciano Susanj YUG Roma 1974 Min 0.03 1:46.56 Bram Som NED Göteborg 2006 Difference between first and third Diff Winning time 3rd place time Winner’s Name Nat Venue Year Max 1.82 1:44.07 1:45.89 Luciano Susanj YUG Roma 1974 Min 0.15 1:47.07 1:47.22 Marcin Lewandowski POL Barcelona 2010 Difference between 3 rd and 4 th place (medal versus no medal) Difference 3rd place time Name Nat Venue Year Max 1.03 1:44.76 Sebastian Coe GBR Praha 1978 Min 0.04 1:46.94 Jorma Harkonen FIN Athinai 1982 Best Marks for Places in the European Championships Pos Time Name Nat Venue Year 1 1:43.84 Olaf Beyer GDR Praha 1978 2 1:44.09 Steve Ovett GBR Praha 1978 3 1:44.76 Sebastian Coe GBR Praha 1978 4 1:45.21 Andreas Bube DEN Zürich 2014 1:45.46 James Mcllroy IRL Budapest 1998 5 1:45.54 Ryszard Ostrowski POL Stuttgart 1986 6 1:45.83 Peter Braun FRG Stuttgart 1986 7 1:45.96 Philippe Collard FRA Stuttgart 1986 8 1:46.31 Willi Wülbeck FRG Roma 1974 Best Marks for Places – all competitions Pos Time Name Nat Venue Day Month Year 1 1:40.91 David Rudisha KEN London - OG 9 Aug 2012 1:41.01 David Rudisha KEN Rieti 29 Aug 2010 2 1:41.73 Nijel Amos BOT London – OG 9 Aug 2012 1:42.23 Abubaker Kaki SUD Oslo 4 June 2010 1:42.28 Sammy Koskei KEN Köln 26 Aug 1984 3 1:42.53 Timothy Kitum KEN London – OG 9 Aug 2012 1:42.69 Japheth Kimutai KEN Bruxelles 3 Sept 1999 4 1:42.82 Duane Solomon USA London – OG 9 Aug 2012 1:42.84 Ferguson Rotich Cheruiyot KEN Monaco 18 July 2014 1:42.85 Norberto Tellez CUB Atlanta 31 July 1996 5 1:42.95 Nick Symmonds USA London – OG 9 Aug 2012 1:42.98 David Rudisha KEN Monaco 18 July 2014 1:43.09 Djabir Said-Guerni ALG Bruxelles 3 Sept 1999 6 1:43.20 Mohamed Aman ETH London - OG 9 Aug 2012 1:43.30 Yuriy Borzakovskiy RUS Zürich 17 Aug 2001 7 1:43.32 Abubaker Kaki SUD London – OG 9 Aug 2012 1:43.73 Marcin Lewandowski POL Saint Denis 27 Aug 2016 1:43.89 Alfred Kirwa Yego KEN Rieti 27 Aug 2006 8 1:43.76 Adam Kszczot POL Saint Denis 27 Aug 2016 1:43.77 Andrew Osagie GBR London – OG 9 Aug 2012 1:44.09 Mohammed Aman ETH Monaco 17 July 2015 1:44.20 Yuriy Borzakovskiy RUS Bruxelles 30 Aug 2002 Fastest time in each round (Only two rounds were contested until 1950) Round Time Name Nat Venue Year Final 1:43.84 Olaf Beyer GDR Praha 1978 Semi-final 1:45.64 Tonino Viali ITA Split 1990 First round 1:45.80 Gareth Warburton GBR Helsinki 2012 1:46.12 Nils Schumann GER Budapest 1998 Fastest non-qualifier for the final Time Position Name Nat Venue Year 1:46.18 5sf2 Andrey Loginov RUS Helsinki 1994 Fastest non-qualifier for the semi-final Time Position Name Nat Venue Year 1:47.57 3h4 Gert-Jan Liefers NED Budapest 1998 Multiple Gold Medalists: Adam Kszczot (POL) 2014, 2016 Manfred Matuschewski (GDR): 1962, 1966 Multiple Medalists: Adam Kszczot (POL) 2010 Bronze; 2014 Gold, 2016 Gold Nils Schumann (GER): 1998 Gold; 2002 Bronze Andre Bucher (SUI): 1998 Silver; 2002 Silver Tom McKean (GBR): 1986 Silver; 1990 Gold; Sebastian Coe (GBR): 1978 Bronze; 1982 Silver; 1986 Gold; Steve Ovett (GBR): 1974 Silver; 1978 Silver Dieter Fromm (GDR): 1969 Gold; 1971 Silver Manfred Matuschewski (GDR): 1962 Gold; 1966 Gold; 1969 Bronze Paul Schmidt (FRG): 1958 Bronze; 1962 Bronze Audun Boysen (NOR): 1954 Bronze; 1958 Silver Marcel Hansenne (FRA): 1946 Bronze; 1950 Silver Mario Lanzi (ITA): 1934 Silver; 1938 Bronze Number of Medals by Countries: Nation Gold Silver Bronze GBR 4 6 6 GDR 4 1 1 POL 3 2 2 GER 2 2 HUN 2 DEN 1 2 FRG 1 1 3 ITA 1 1 1 URS 1 1 YUG 1 SWE 1 NED 1 RUS 1 FRA 2 2 NOR 2 1 SUI 2 BEL 1 TCH 1 LUX 1 FIN 2 ESP 1 CZE 1 IRL 1 Multiple Medals by athletes from a single nation Nation Year Gold Silver Bronze POL 2016 Adam Kszczot Marcin Lewandowski POL 2014 Adam Kszczot Artur Kuciapski POL 2010 Marcin Lewandowski Adam Kszczot GBR 1990 Tom McKean David Sharp GBR 1986 Sebastia Coe Tom McKean Steve Cram GBR 1978 Steve Ovett Sebastian Coe GDR 1969 Dieter Fromm Manfred Matuschewski FRG 1966 Franz-Jozef Kemper Bod Tümler GBR 1950 John Parlett Roger Banister 400m – 800m double medalist in the same championships Name Nation 400m 800m Venue Year Niels Holst Sorensen DEN Gold Silver Oslo 1946 Average from last eight European Championships Average 2016 2014 2012 2010 2006 2002 1998 1994 Winning Time 1:46.23 1:45.18 1:44.