1997 European Athletics U23 Championships – Men's 800 metres

Events at the
1997 European
Athletics U23 Championships
Track events
100 m   men   women
200 m men women
400 m men women
800 m men women
1500 m men women
5000 m men women
10,000 m men women
100 m hurdles women
110 m hurdles men
400 m hurdles men women
3000 m
steeplechase		 men
4×100 m relay men women
4×400 m relay men women
Road events
10 km walk women
20 km walk men
Field events
High jump men women
Pole vault men women
Long jump men women
Triple jump men women
Shot put men women
Discus throw men women
Hammer throw men women
Javelin throw men women
Combined events
Heptathlon women
Decathlon men

The men's 800 metres event at the 1997 European Athletics U23 Championships was held in Turku, Finland, on 11, 12, and 13 July 1997.[1][2]

Medalists

Gold Andrea Longo
 Italy
Silver André Bucher
  Switzerland
Bronze Grzegorz Krzosek
 Poland

Results

Final

13 July

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1st Andrea Longo  Italy 1:46.49
2nd André Bucher   Switzerland 1:47.13
3rd Grzegorz Krzosek  Poland 1:47.45
4 Tim Rogge  Belgium 1:47.77
5 James Nolan  Ireland 1:47.98
6 Viktors Lācis  Latvia 1:48.49
7 Artyom Mastrov  Russia 1:48.74
8 Wojciech Kałdowski  Poland 1:49.48

Semifinals

12 July
Qualified: first 4 in each to the Final

Semifinal 1

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Grzegorz Krzosek  Poland 1:49.57 Q
2 André Bucher   Switzerland 1:49.62 Q
3 James Nolan  Ireland 1:49.85 Q
4 Artyom Mastrov  Russia 1:49.91 Q
5 Felix Leiter  Germany 1:50.13
6 Sergey Yakovlev  Belarus 1:50.70
7 Filip Jedlík  Czech Republic 1:51.07
8 Mickaël Hotyat  France 1:52.77

Semifinal 2

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Andrea Longo  Italy 1:48.49 Q
2 Viktors Lācis  Latvia 1:48.80 Q
3 Wojciech Kałdowski  Poland 1:48.82 Q
4 Tim Rogge  Belgium 1:48.87 Q
5 Roman Tarasov  Russia 1:48.91
6 Umet Uusorg  Estonia 1:49.69
7 Martin Jareš  Czech Republic 1:49.97
8 Nuno Lopes  Portugal 1:50.82

Heats

11 July
Qualified: first 4 in each heat and 4 best to the Semifinal

Heat 1

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Tim Rogge  Belgium 1:52.71 Q
2 Artyom Mastrov  Russia 1:52.73 Q
3 James Nolan  Ireland 1:52.77 Q
4 Viktors Lācis  Latvia 1:52.79 Q
5 István Nagy  Hungary 1:52.79
6 Pedro Esteso  Spain 1:52.89
7 Yoseph Gizatcho  Israel 1:54.47
8 Dalibor Balgač  Croatia 1:54.54

Heat 2

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 André Bucher   Switzerland 1:49.36 Q
2 Grzegorz Krzosek  Poland 1:49.36 Q
3 Nuno Lopes  Portugal 1:49.41 Q
4 Roman Tarasov  Russia 1:49.46 Q
5 Mickaël Hotyat  France 1:49.70 q
6 Umet Uusorg  Estonia 1:50.21 q
7 Martin Jareš  Czech Republic 1:50.63 q
8 Felix Leiter  Germany 1:50.76 q

Heat 3

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Andrea Longo  Italy 1:50.19 Q
2 Wojciech Kałdowski  Poland 1:50.54 Q
3 Sergey Yakovlev  Belarus 1:50.74 Q
4 Filip Jedlík  Czech Republic 1:50.93 Q
5 Jean-Gilles Talin  France 1:51.12
6 José Antonio Redolat  Spain 1:52.97
7 Constantinos Hadjimarcou  Cyprus 1:53.87

Participation

According to an unofficial count, 23 athletes from 18 countries participated in the event.

References

  1. ↑ European Athletics U23 Championships Ostrava 2011 - STATISTICS HANDBOOK - 1st European Athletics U23 Championships - Turku, Finland 10.7. - 13.7.1997 (PDF), European Athletics Association, pp. 5–16, retrieved 24 October 2014
  2. ↑ Gordon, Ed, European Championships for Under 23 (Turku, Finland), athletix.org, retrieved 24 October 2014
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