2009 European Athletics Indoor Championships – Men's 800 metres

The Men's 800 metres event at the 2009 European Athletics Indoor Championships was held on March 6–8.

Medalists

Gold	Silver	Bronze
Yuriy Borzakovskiy Yuriy Borzakovskiy Yuriy Mikhailovich Borzakovskiy is a Russian middle distance athlete specializing in the 800 metres.-Athletic career:Borzakovskiy's first major international success was a victory at the 2000 European Indoor Championships when he was only 18 years old. At the 2000 Summer Olympics he reached the...	Luis Alberto Marco Luis Alberto Marco Luis Alberto Marco Contreras is a Spanish middle distance runner. He specializes in the 800 metres.Marco was born in Seville. He finished eleventh in the 1500 metres at the 2003 World Youth Championships...	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...

Heats

First 2 of each heat (Q) and the next 4 fastest (q) qualified for the semifinals.

Rank	Heat	Name	Time	Notes
1.	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...	1:47.83	Q, SB
2.	4	Yuriy Borzakovskiy Yuriy Borzakovskiy Yuriy Mikhailovich Borzakovskiy is a Russian middle distance athlete specializing in the 800 metres.-Athletic career:Borzakovskiy's first major international success was a victory at the 2000 European Indoor Championships when he was only 18 years old. At the 2000 Summer Olympics he reached the...	1:48.10	Q
3.	2	Luis Alberto Marco Luis Alberto Marco Luis Alberto Marco Contreras is a Spanish middle distance runner. He specializes in the 800 metres.Marco was born in Seville. He finished eleventh in the 1500 metres at the 2003 World Youth Championships...	1:48.14	Q
4.	2	Vitaliy Voloshyn	1:48.26	q, PB
5.	4	Miguel Quesada Miguel Quesada Miguel Quesada Velasco is a Spanish middle distance runner. He specializes in the 800 metres....	1:48.37	Q
6.	2	Yuriy Koldin	1:48.42	q, SB
7.	4	Lukas Rifesser	1:48.49	q
8.	4	David McCarthy	1:49.59	q
9.	4	Wouter de Boer	1:50.15
10.	2	Paweł Czapiewski	1:51.39
11.	1	Adam Kszczot Adam Kszczot Adam Kszczot is a Polish middle distance runner who specializes in the 800 metres.He won the bronze medal at 2007 European Junior Championships, finished fourth at the 2008 World Junior Championships, and won the 2009 European U23 Championships...	1:52.07	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...	1:52.24	Q
13.	1	Robert Rotkirch	1:52.32
14.	1	René Bauschinger	1:52.50
15.	3	Marcin Lewandowski Marcin Lewandowski Marcin Lewandowski is a Polish middle distance runner who specializes in the 800 metres.His personal best is 1:43.84 minutes, achieved in July 2009 in Monaco.He was born in Szczecin...	1:54.19	Q
16.	3	Oleksandr Osmolovych	1:54.29	Q
17.	3	Dávid Takács	1:54.45
18.	3	Andreas Rapatz Andreas Rapatz Andreas Rapatz is an Austrian runner who specializes in the 800 metres.He was born in Klagenfurt. He competed at the 2007 European Indoor Championships, the 2009 European Indoor Championships and the 2010 World Indoor Championships without reaching the final.His personal best time is 1:47.93...	1:54.67

Semifinals

First 3 of each semifinals qualified directly (Q) for the final.

Rank	Heat	Name	Time	Notes
1.	1	Yuriy Borzakovskiy Yuriy Borzakovskiy Yuriy Mikhailovich Borzakovskiy is a Russian middle distance athlete specializing in the 800 metres.-Athletic career:Borzakovskiy's first major international success was a victory at the 2000 European Indoor Championships when he was only 18 years old. At the 2000 Summer Olympics he reached the...	1:49.00	Q
2.	1	Adam Kszczot Adam Kszczot Adam Kszczot is a Polish middle distance runner who specializes in the 800 metres.He won the bronze medal at 2007 European Junior Championships, finished fourth at the 2008 World Junior Championships, and won the 2009 European U23 Championships...	1:49.39	Q
3.	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...	1:49.52	Q
4.	1	Oleksandr Osmolovych	1:49.60
5.	1	Lukas Rifesser	1:49.80
6.	1	Yuriy Koldin	1:49.91
7.	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...	1:51.55	Q
8.	2	Luis Alberto Marco Luis Alberto Marco Luis Alberto Marco Contreras is a Spanish middle distance runner. He specializes in the 800 metres.Marco was born in Seville. He finished eleventh in the 1500 metres at the 2003 World Youth Championships...	1:51.88	Q
9.	2	Marcin Lewandowski Marcin Lewandowski Marcin Lewandowski is a Polish middle distance runner who specializes in the 800 metres.His personal best is 1:43.84 minutes, achieved in July 2009 in Monaco.He was born in Szczecin...	1:52.02	Q
10.	2	Miguel Quesada Miguel Quesada Miguel Quesada Velasco is a Spanish middle distance runner. He specializes in the 800 metres....	1:52.12
11.	2	Vitaliy Voloshyn	1:52.23
12.	2	David McCarthy	1:53.53

Final

Rank	Name	Time
	Yuriy Borzakovskiy Yuriy Borzakovskiy Yuriy Mikhailovich Borzakovskiy is a Russian middle distance athlete specializing in the 800 metres.-Athletic career:Borzakovskiy's first major international success was a victory at the 2000 European Indoor Championships when he was only 18 years old. At the 2000 Summer Olympics he reached the...	1:48.55
	Luis Alberto Marco Luis Alberto Marco Luis Alberto Marco Contreras is a Spanish middle distance runner. He specializes in the 800 metres.Marco was born in Seville. He finished eleventh in the 1500 metres at the 2003 World Youth Championships...	1:49.15
	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...	1:49.32
4	Adam Kszczot Adam Kszczot Adam Kszczot is a Polish middle distance runner who specializes in the 800 metres.He won the bronze medal at 2007 European Junior Championships, finished fourth at the 2008 World Junior Championships, and won the 2009 European U23 Championships...	1:49.52
5	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...	1:49.77
6	Marcin Lewandowski Marcin Lewandowski Marcin Lewandowski is a Polish middle distance runner who specializes in the 800 metres.His personal best is 1:43.84 minutes, achieved in July 2009 in Monaco.He was born in Szczecin...	1:49.86

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