2023 European Athletics U23 Championships – Men's 800 metres explained

Event:	Men's 800 metres
Competition:	2023 European Athletics U23 Championships
Venue:	Leppävaara Stadium, Espoo
Dates:	14 July (round 1) 16 July (final)
Competitors:	19
Nations:	11
Win Value:	1:45.92
Gold:	Yanis Meziane
Goldnoc:	FRA
Silver:	Ethan Hussey
Silvernoc:	GBR
Bronze:	Paul Anselmini
Bronzenoc:	FRA
Prev:	2021
Next:	2025

The Men's 800 metres event at the 2023 European Athletics U23 Championships was held in Espoo, Finland, at Leppävaara Stadium on 14 and 16 July.^[1]

Records

Prior to the competition, the records were as follows:

European U23 record		1:42.47	Brussels, Belgium	24 August 2001
Championship U23 record		1:45.21	Gothenburg, Sweden	1 August 1999

Results

Round 1

Qualification rules: First 3 in each heat (Q) and the next 2 fastest (q) will qualify for the final.^[2]

Rank	Heat	Name	Country	Time	Notes
1	1			1:45.53	Q
2	1			1:45.95	Q,
3	1			1:46.20	Q
4	1			1:46.35	q
5	1			1:46.46	q,
6	1			1:46.75
7	1			1:46.86
8	2			1:47.16	Q
9	2			1:47.18	Q
10	2			1:47.27	Q
11	2			1:47.47
12	2			1:47.50
13	2			1:48.06
14	2			1:48.32
15	2			1:48.67
16	2			1:48.94
17	1			1:49.37
18	2			1:50.32
	1

Final

^[3]

Rank	Name	Country	Time	Notes
			1:45.92
			1:45.95
			1:45.99
4			1:46.24
5			1:47.06
6			1:47.48
7			1:48.04
8			1:51.73

Notes and References

1. Web site: Event Schedule: European Athletics U23 Championships 2023 . Watch Athletics . 6 March 2024 . https://web.archive.org/web/20231128204031/https://www.watchathletics.com/page/4422/event-schedule-european-athletics-u23-championships-2023 . 28 November 2023 . live.
2. Web site: 14 July 2023 . 800m Men Round 1 Results Summary . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20230717180337/https://espoo23results.european-athletics.com/resEAA/pdf/ESP2023/ATH/ESP2023_ATH_C74A_ATHM800M--------------RND1--------.pdf . 17 July 2023 . European Athletics.
3. Web site: 16 July 2023 . 800m Men Final Results . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20230716172948/https://espoo23results.european-athletics.com/resEAA/pdf/ESP2023/ATH/ESP2023_ATH_C73G_ATHM800M--------------FNL-000100--.pdf . 16 July 2023 . European Athletics.