title: 2002 European Athletics Championships – Men's 800 metres
text: # 2002 European Athletics Championships – Men's 800 metres
  
  The men's 800 metres at the 2002 European Athletics Championships were held at the Olympic Stadium on August 9–11.
  
  ## Medalists
  
  | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
  | - | - | - |
  | Wilson Kipketer Denmark | André Bucher Switzerland | Nils Schumann Germany |
  
  ## Results
  
  ### Heats
  
  Qualification: First 3 of each heat (Q) and the next 4 fastest (q) qualified for the semifinals.
  
  | Rank | Heat | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | 4 | Nils Schumann | Germany | 1:46.90 | Q |
  | 2 | 3 | René Herms | Germany | 1:47.07 | Q |
  | 3 | 4 | Arnoud Okken | Netherlands | 1:47.22 | Q |
  | 4 | 3 | Wilson Kipketer | Denmark | 1:47.29 | Q |
  | 5 | 4 | Rizak Dirshe | Sweden | 1:47.36 | Q |
  | 6 | 3 | André Bucher | Switzerland | 1:47.48 | Q |
  | 7 | 1 | Antonio Manuel Reina | Spain | 1:47.52 | Q |
  | 7 | 2 | Bram Som | Netherlands | 1:47.52 | Q |
  | 9 | 2 | Paweł Czapiewski | Poland | 1:47.53 | Q |
  | 10 | 1 | Stefan Beumer | Netherlands | 1:47.66 | Q |
  | 11 | 3 | James McIlroy | Great Britain | 1:47.67 | q |
  | 12 | 2 | Joeri Jansen | Belgium | 1:47.71 | Q |
  | 13 | 4 | Florent Lacasse | France | 1:47.74 | q |
  | 14 | 2 | Miguel Quesada | Spain | 1:47.85 | q |
  | 15 | 3 | Grzegorz Krzosek | Poland | 1:47.98 | q |
  | 16 | 4 | Panagiotis Stroubakos | Greece | 1:48.00 | |
  | 17 | 1 | Nicolas Aïssat | France | 1:48.07 | Q |
  | 18 | 2 | Ramil Aritkulov | Russia | 1:48.15 | |
  | 18 | 3 | Dmitriy Bogdanov | Russia | 1:48.15 | |
  | 20 | 4 | Wilson Kirwa | Finland | 1:48.23 | |
  | 21 | 1 | Christian Neunhauserer | Italy | 1:48.25 | |
  | 22 | 1 | Tom Omey | Belgium | 1:48.27 | |
  | 23 | 2 | Vanco Stojanov | Macedonia | 1:48.31 | |
  | 24 | 2 | Franck Barré | France | 1:48.68 | |
  | 25 | 1 | Alibey Sukurov | Azerbaijan | 1:49.27 | |
  | 26 | 4 | Anthony Whiteman | Great Britain | 1:50.60 | |
  | 27 | 1 | Fernando Almeida | Portugal | 1:50.81 | |
  | 28 | 1 | Dominic Carroll | Gibraltar | 1:58.22 | |
  | | 3 | Khaled Azerkan | Sweden | DNF | |
  
  ### Semifinals
  
  Qualification: First 3 of each semifinal (Q) and the next 2 fastest (q) qualified for the final.
  
  | Rank | Heat | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | 2 | Wilson Kipketer | Denmark | 1:46.56 | Q |
  | 2 | 2 | René Herms | Germany | 1:46.77 | Q |
  | 3 | 2 | Nicolas Aïssat | France | 1:46.89 | Q |
  | 4 | 2 | André Bucher | Switzerland | 1:47.08 | q |
  | 5 | 2 | Bram Som | Netherlands | 1:47.20 | q |
  | 6 | 2 | Rizak Dirshe | Sweden | 1:47.38 | |
  | 7 | 2 | Antonio Manuel Reina | Spain | 1:47.41 | |
  | 8 | 2 | Grzegorz Krzosek | Poland | 1:47.82 | |
  | 9 | 1 | Nils Schumann | Germany | 1:48.01 | Q |
  | 10 | 1 | Arnoud Okken | Netherlands | 1:48.22 | Q |
  | 11 | 1 | Paweł Czapiewski | Poland | 1:48.37 | Q |
  | 12 | 1 | Joeri Jansen | Belgium | 1:48.62 | |
  | 13 | 1 | James McIlroy | Great Britain | 1:49.15 | |
  | 14 | 1 | Stefan Beumer | Netherlands | 1:49.60 | |
  | 15 | 1 | Miguel Quesada | Spain | 1:49.83 | |
  | 16 | 1 | Florent Lacasse | France | 1:50.82 | |
  
  ### Final
  
  | Rank | Name | Nationality | Time |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | | Wilson Kipketer | Denmark | 1:47.25 |
  | | André Bucher | Switzerland | 1:47.43 |
  | | Nils Schumann | Germany | 1:47.60 |
  | 4 | Paweł Czapiewski | Poland | 1:47.92 |
  | 5 | Arnoud Okken | Netherlands | 1:48.39 |
  | 6 | Bram Som | Netherlands | 1:48.56 |
  | 7 | René Herms | Germany | 1:48.86 |
  | 8 | Nicolas Aïssat | France | 1:49.16 |
  