2003 European Athletics U23 Championships – Men's 800 metres

The men's 800 metres event at the 2003 European Athletics U23 Championships was held in Bydgoszcz, Poland, at Zawisza Stadion on 17 and 19 July. ^{[1] [2] [3] [4]}

Medalists

Gold	René Herms   Germany
Silver	Florent Lacasse   France
Bronze	Manuel Olmedo   Spain

Results

Final

19 July

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	René Herms	Germany	1:46.26
	Florent Lacasse	France	1:46.47
	Manuel Olmedo	Spain	1:46.83
4	Fernando Almeida	Portugal	1:47.15
5	Ricky Soos	United Kingdom	1:47.73
6	José Manuel Cortés	Spain	1:48.50
7	Juan de Dios Jurado	Spain	1:48.70
8	Tomasz Marks	Poland	1:48.78

Heats

17 July
Qualified: first 2 in each heat and 2 best to the Final

Heat 1

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Florent Lacasse	France	1:48.67	Q
2	Juan de Dios Jurado	Spain	1:48.98	Q
3	Ioan Zaizan	Romania	1:50.05
4	Renato Silva	Portugal	1:50.33
5	Christoph Moormann	Germany	1:50.92
6	Sotirios Papadeas	Greece	1:52.46
	Tom Vanchaze	Belgium	DNF

Heat 2

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	René Herms	Germany	1:47.64	Q
2	Fernando Almeida	Portugal	1:47.77	Q
3	Tomasz Marks	Poland	1:48.58	q
4	José Manuel Cortés	Spain	1:48.71	q
5	Jamel Ahrass	France	1:49.15
6	Yuriy Koldin	Russia	1:50.22
7	Avetik Arakelyan	Armenia	1:52.13

Heat 3

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Manuel Olmedo	Spain	1:48.57	Q
2	Ricky Soos	United Kingdom	1:48.81	Q
3	Alexandre Padovani	France	1:49.06
4	István Kerékjártó	Hungary	1:49.63
5	Jan Pernica	Czech Republic	1:49.68
6	Nick Brunet	Belgium	2:04.04

Participation

According to an unofficial count, 20 athletes from 13 countries participated in the event.

•   Armenia (1)
•   Belgium (2)
•   Czech Republic (1)
•   France (3)
•   Germany (2)
•   Greece (1)
•   Hungary (1)
•   Poland (1)
•   Portugal (2)
•   Romania (1)
•   Russia (1)
•   Spain (3)
•   United Kingdom (1)

References

1. European Athletics U23 Championships Ostrava 2011 - STATISTICS HANDBOOK - 4th European Athletics U23 Championships - Bydgoszcz, Poland 17.-20. 7. 2003 (PDF), European Athletics Association, pp. 43–55, retrieved 24 October 2014
2. European Championships U23 - Bydgoszcz/POL - 17.-20.07.03 (PDF), sportfieber.pytalhost.com, archived from the original (PDF) on 2014-11-05, retrieved 4 November 2014
3. European Championships U'23 Bydgoszcz 2003 - Zawisza Stadion - 17 - 20 July 2003 - Result lists - As of 17/07/2003 (PDF), European Athletics Association, 17 July 2003, archived from the original on 7 December 2003, retrieved 4 November 2014
4. European Championships U'23 Bydgoszcz 2003 - Zawisza Stadion - 17 - 20 July 2003 - Result lists - As of 19/07/2003 (PDF), European Athletics Association, 19 July 2003, archived from the original on 7 December 2003, retrieved 4 November 2014