2021 European Athletics U23 Championships – Men's 800 metres explained

Event:	Men's 800 metres
Competition:	2021 European Athletics U23 Championships
Venue:	Kadriorg Stadium, Tallinn
Dates:	9, 11 July
Competitors:	26
Nations:	15
Win Value:	1:46.20
Gold:	Simone Barontini
Goldnoc:	ITA
Silver:	Eliott Crestan
Silvernoc:	BEL
Bronze:	Thomas Randolph
Bronzenoc:	GBR
Prev:	2019
Next:	2023

The men's 800 metres event at the 2021 European Athletics U23 Championships was held in Tallinn, Estonia, at Kadriorg Stadium on 9 and 11 July.^[1]

Records

Prior to the competition, the records were as follows:

European U23 record		1:42.47	Brussels, Belgium	4 July 2012
Championship U23 record		1:45.21	Gothenburg, Sweden	1 August 1999

Qualification rule: First 2 in each heat (Q) and the next 2 fastest (q) advance to the Final. ^[2] ^[3]

Rank	Heat	Name	Time
1	3	align=left	align=left	1:46.73	Q
2	3	align=left	align=left	1:46.81	Q
3	3	align=left	align=left	1:46.88	q
4	3	align=left	align=left	1:47.01	q, PB
5	1	align=left	align=left	1:47.43	Q
6	2	align=left	align=left	1:47.52	Q
7	1	align=left	align=left	1:48.04	Q
8	2	align=left	align=left	1:48.16	Q
9	3	align=left	align=left	1:48.68
10	2	align=left	align=left	1:48.70
11	1	align=left	align=left	1:48.70
12	1	align=left	align=left	1:49.01
13	2	align=left	align=left	1:49.43
14	1	align=left	align=left	1:49.68
15	1	align=left	align=left	1:49.94
16	3	align=left	align=left	1:50.03
17	2	align=left	align=left	1:50.20
18	1	align=left	align=left	1:50.34
19	1	align=left	align=left	1:50.50
20	3	align=left	align=left	1:50.86
21	2	align=left	align=left	1:51.62
22	1	align=left	align=left	1:52.69
23	3	align=left	align=left	1:52.96
24	2	align=left	align=left	1:53.87
25	2	align=left	align=left	2:28.09
26	2	align=left	align=left	2:28.11