2023 European Athletics Indoor Championships – Men's 800 metres explained

Event:	Men's 800 metres
Competition:	2023 European Athletics Indoor Championships
Venue:	Ataköy Athletics Arena^[1]
Location:	Istanbul, Turkey
Dates:	2 March 2023 (round 1) 4 March 2023 (semi-finals) 5 March 2023 (final)
Competitors:	28
Nations:	20
Win Value:	1:47.34
Gold:	Adrián Ben
Silver:	Benjamin Robert
Bronze:	Eliott Crestan
Gold Nation:	ESP
Silver Nation:	FRA
Bronze Nation:	BEL
Previous:	2021
Next:	2025

The men's 800 metres event at the 2023 European Athletics Indoor Championships were held on 2 March 2023 at 19:00 (heats), on 4 March at 19:35 (semi-finals), and on 5 March at 20:22 (final) local time.

Records

Standing records prior to the 2023 European Athletics Indoor Championships
World record		1:42.67	Paris, France	9 March 1997
European record		1:42.67	Paris, France	9 March 1997
Championship record		1:44.78	Vienna, Austria	3 March 2002
World Leading		1:44.98	New York City, United States	11 February 2023
European Leading		1:45.04	Kirchberg, Luxembourg	22 January 2023

Results

Heats

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

Rank	Heat	Athlete	Nationality	Time	Note
1	4			1:47.22	Q
2	1			1:47.24	Q
3	1			1:47.32	Q
4	4			1:47.38	Q
5	4			1:47.51	q
6	3			1:47.76	Q
7	4			1:47.82	q,
8	3			1:47.86	Q
9	5			1:47.92	Q
10	5			1:47.94	Q
11	1			1:47.95
12	1			1:48.35
13	5			1:48.43
14	3			1:48.50
15	1			1:48.77
16	3			1:49.36
17	5			1:49.41
18	4			1:49.48
19	2			1:49.88	Q
19	4			1:49.88
21	3			1:49.90
22	2			1:50.13	Q
23	1			1:50.40
24	2			1:50.57
25	3			1:50.82
26	2			1:51.72
27	5			1:54.10
	2

Semifinals

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

Rank	Heat	Athlete	Nationality	Time	Note
1	2			1:46.82	Q
2	2			1:46.84	Q,
3	1			1:47.11	Q
4	2			1:47.11	Q
5	2			1:47.13	q
6	2			1:47.50	q
7	1			1:47.53	Q
8	1			1:47.53	Q
9	1			1:47.55
10	1			1:47.89
11	2			1:47.96
12	1			1:48.16

Final

^[4]

Rank	Athlete	Nationality	Time	Note
			1:47.34
			1:47.34
			1:47.65
4			1:47.90
5			1:48.15
6			1:48.46
7			1:48.54
8			1:48.63

Notes and References

1. "Istanbul awarded 2023 European Athletics Indoor Championships", European Athletics, 11 November 2020. Retrieved 3 November 2024.
2. Web site: 2023 European Athletics Indoor Championships - Men's 800 metres heats results . 2023-03-03 . 2023-03-02 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230302170411/https://istanbul23results.european-athletics.com/resIST2023/pdf/IST2023/ATH/IST2023_ATH_C74A_ATHM800M--------------RND1--------.pdf . dead .
3. Web site: 2023 European Athletics Indoor Championships - Men's 800 metres semifinals results . 2023-03-04 . 2023-03-04 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230304165420/https://istanbul23results.european-athletics.com/resIST2023/pdf/IST2023/ATH/IST2023_ATH_C74A_ATHM800M--------------SFNL--------.pdf . dead .
4. Web site: 2023 European Athletics Indoor Championships - Men's 800 metres final results. 5 March 2023. 28 March 2023. 5 March 2023. https://web.archive.org/web/20230305183132/https://istanbul23results.european-athletics.com/resIST2023/pdf/IST2023/ATH/IST2023_ATH_C73G_ATHM800M--------------FNL-000100--.pdf. dead.