2006 European Athletics Championships – Men's 800 metres
The men's 800 metres at the 2006 European Athletics Championships were held at the Ullevi on August 10, 11 and August 13.
Originally, the Latvian delegation, representing Dmitrijs Milkevics, 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
Schedule
Results
Round 1
Qualification: First 3 in each heat and the next 4 fastest advance to the [|semifinals].
Rank | Heat | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 2 | Michael Rimmer | | 1:47.10 | Q |
| 1 | Florent Lacasse | | 1:47.22 | Q |
| 2 | Bram Som | | 1:47.26 | Q |
| 2 | Mirosław Formela | | 1:47.39 | Q |
| 2 | Andrea Longo | | 1:47.40 | q |
| 1 | David Fiegen | | 1:47.41 | Q |
| 2 | Ramil Aritkulov | | 1:47.69 | q |
| 1 | Miguel Quesada | | 1:47.70 | Q |
| 1 | Sam Ellis | | 1:47.72 | q |
10 | 1 | Mattias Claesson | | 1:47.82 | q |
11 | 3 | Dmitrijs Miļkevičs | | 1:47.84 | Q |
12 | 3 | Juan de Dios Jurado | | 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 | | 1:48.67 | |
17 | 2 | Dave Campbell | | 1:48.70 | |
18 | 1 | Selahattin Çobanoğlu | | 1:49.07 | SB |
19 | 1 | Efthimios Papadopoulos | | 1:49.36 | |
20 | 4 | Manuel Olmedo | | 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 | | 1:50.12 | |
26 | 4 | Richard Hill | | 1:50.26 | |
27 | 4 | Lee Taylor | | 1:56.06 | |
| 3 | Mehdi Baala | | | DNS |
Semifinals
First 3 in each heat and the next 2 fastest advance to the [|Final].
Rank | Heat | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 2 | Miguel Quesada | | 1:47.12 | Q |
| 2 | Andrea Longo | | 1:47.20 | Q |
| 2 | Dmitrijs Miļkevičs | | 1:47.35 | Q |
| 2 | David Fiegen | | 1:47.50 | q |
| 2 | Michael Rimmer | | 1:47.82 | q |
| 2 | Grzegorz Krzosek | | 1:48.11 | |
| 2 | Mattias Claesson | | 1:48.27 | |
| 2 | Ramil Aritkulov | | 1:48.42 | |
| 1 | Florent Lacasse | | 1:49.12 | Q |
10 | 1 | Bram Som | | 1:49.15 | Q |
11 | 1 | Sam Ellis | | 1:49.23 | Q |
12 | 1 | Manuel Olmedo | | 1:49.37 | |
13 | 1 | Thomas Matthys | | 1:49.65 | |
14 | 1 | Mirosław Formela | | 1:49.70 | |
15 | 1 | Juan de Dios Jurado | | 1:50.11 | |
16 | 1 | Josef Repcík | | 1:50.89 | |
Final