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

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

Results

Final

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

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.

•   Belarus (1)
•   Belgium (1)
•   Croatia (1)
•   Cyprus (1)
•   Czech Republic (2)
•   Estonia (1)
•   France (2)
•   Germany (1)
•   Hungary (1)
•   Ireland (1)
•   Israel (1)
•   Italy (1)
•   Latvia (1)
•   Poland (2)
•   Portugal (1)
•   Russia (2)
•   Spain (2)
•    Switzerland (1)

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, archived from the original on 12 November 2007, retrieved 24 October 2014