| Gabriel Tual | |
| Birth Date: | 9 April 1998 |
| Birth Place: | Villeneuve-sur-Lot, France |
| Height: | 1.82 m[1] |
| Sport: | Athletics |
| Event: | 800 metres |
| Club: | Us Talence |
Gabriel Tual (born 9 April 1998) is a French middle-distance runner specialising in the 800 metres.
At the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan, after making it through the 800m preliminaries running 1:45.63, Tual ran 1:44.28 in the semifinals on 1 August 2021. This qualified him to compete in the 800 metres final at the 2020 Summer Olympics, where he finished 7th in 1:46.03.[2] [3]
During the 2024 European Athletics Championships, on 9 June 2024, he became the European Champion in the 800 metres, becoming the first Frenchman to achieve this feat.[4]
Tual's personal best is 1:41.61, which he achieved at the 2024 Meeting de Paris on 7 July, which places him as the sixthfastest man and the secondfastest European in the two lap race. Ahead of Tual in this race was Kenya's Emmanuel Wanyonyi, who ran 1:41.58, and Algeria's Djamel Sedjati, who ran 1:41.56.[5]
At the 2024 Olympic Games, Tual finished sixth in the 800 metres final, with a time of 1:42.14.[6]
Outdoor
Indoor
As of 29 September 2024, Tual holds the 800 metres track record for Angers where on 30 June 2024 he set a mark of 1:43.99.