1997 European Athletics U23 Championships – Men's 800 metres

None The men's 800 metres event at the 1997 European Athletics U23 Championships was held in Turku, Finland, on 11, 12, and 13 July 1997. European Athletics U23 Championships Ostrava 2011 - STATISTICS HANDBOOK - 1st European Athletics U23 Championships - Turku, Finland 10.7. - 13.7.1997 http://www.european-athletics.org/mm/Document/EventsMeetings/General/01/26/77/85/Ostrava_StaGuide_English.pdf 5–16 European Athletics Association 24 October 2014Gordon Ed European Championships for Under 23 (Turku, Finland) http://www.athletix.org/Results/97European-23.htm athletix.org 24 October 2014 usurped https://web.archive.org/web/20071112060028/http://www.athletix.org/Results/97European-23.htm 12 November 2007 Medalists Gold Andrea Longo ITASilver André Bucher SUIBronze Grzegorz Krzosek POL Results Final 13 July Rank Name Nationality Time Notes Andrea Longo ITA 1:46.49 André Bucher SUI 1:47.13 Grzegorz Krzosek POL 1:47.45 4 Tim Rogge BEL 1:47.77 5 James Nolan IRL 1:47.98 6 Viktors Lācis LAT 1:48.49 7 Artyom Mastrov RUS 1:48.74 8 Wojciech Kałdowski POL 1:49.48 Semifinals 12 July Qualified: first 4 in each to the Final Semifinal 1 Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Grzegorz Krzosek POL 1:49.57 Q 2 André Bucher SUI 1:49.62 Q 3 James Nolan IRL 1:49.85 Q 4 Artyom Mastrov RUS 1:49.91 Q 5 Felix Leiter GER 1:50.13 6 Sergey Yakovlev BLR 1995 1:50.70 7 Filip Jedlík CZE 1:51.07 8 Mickaël Hotyat FRA 1:52.77 Semifinal 2 Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Andrea Longo ITA 1:48.49 Q 2 Viktors Lācis LAT 1:48.80 Q 3 Wojciech Kałdowski POL 1:48.82 Q 4 Tim Rogge BEL 1:48.87 Q 5 Roman Tarasov RUS 1:48.91 6 Umet Uusorg EST 1:49.69 7 Martin Jareš CZE 1:49.97 8 Nuno Lopes POR 1:50.82 Heats 11 July Qualified: first 4 in each heat and 4 best to the Semifinal Heat 1 Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Tim Rogge BEL 1:52.71 Q 2 Artyom Mastrov RUS 1:52.73 Q 3 James Nolan IRL 1:52.77 Q 4 Viktors Lācis LAT 1:52.79 Q 5 István Nagy HUN 1:52.79 6 Pedro Esteso ESP 1:52.89 7 Yoseph Gizatcho ISR 1:54.47 8 Dalibor Balgač CRO 1:54.54 Heat 2 Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 André Bucher SUI 1:49.36 Q 2 Grzegorz Krzosek POL 1:49.36 Q 3 Nuno Lopes POR 1:49.41 Q 4 Roman Tarasov RUS 1:49.46 Q 5 Mickaël Hotyat FRA 1:49.70 q 6 Umet Uusorg EST 1:50.21 q 7 Martin Jareš CZE 1:50.63 q 8 Felix Leiter GER 1:50.76 q Heat 3 Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Andrea Longo ITA 1:50.19 Q 2 Wojciech Kałdowski POL 1:50.54 Q 3 Sergey Yakovlev BLR 1995 1:50.74 Q 4 Filip Jedlík CZE 1:50.93 Q 5 Jean-Gilles Talin FRA 1:51.12 6 José Antonio Redolat ESP 1:52.97 7 Constantinos Hadjimarcou CYP 1:53.87 Participation According to an unofficial count, 23 athletes from 18 countries participated in the event. 22em BLR 1995 (1) BEL (1) CRO (1) CYP (1) CZE (2) EST (1) FRA (2) GER (1) HUN (1) IRL (1) ISR (1) ITA (1) LAT (1) POL (2) POR (1) RUS (2) ESP (2) SUI (1) References 800 metres Category:800 metres at the European Athletics U23 Championships