1997 European Athletics U23 Championships – Men's 800 metres

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

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

Results

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Final

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13 July

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
  Andrea Longo   Italy 1:46.49
  André Bucher    Switzerland 1:47.13
  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

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12 July
Qualified: first 4 in each to the Final

Semifinal 1

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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

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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

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

Heat 1

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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

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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

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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

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

References

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  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, archived from the original on 12 November 2007, retrieved 24 October 2014{{citation}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)