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.
Medalists Gold Andrea Longo Silver André Bucher Bronze Grzegorz Krzosek
Results Final 13 July Rank Name Nationality Time Notes Andrea Longo 1:46.49 André Bucher 1:47.13 Grzegorz Krzosek 1:47.45 4 Tim Rogge 1:47.77 5 James Nolan 1:47.98 6 Viktors Lācis 1:48.49 7 Artyom Mastrov 1:48.74 8 Wojciech Kałdowski 1:49.48
Semifinals 12 July Qualified: first 4 in each to the Final
Semifinal 1 Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Grzegorz Krzosek 1:49.57 Q 2 André Bucher 1:49.62 Q 3 James Nolan 1:49.85 Q 4 Artyom Mastrov 1:49.91 Q 5 Felix Leiter 1:50.13 6 Sergey Yakovlev 1:50.70 7 Filip Jedlík 1:51.07 8 Mickaël Hotyat 1:52.77
Semifinal 2 Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Andrea Longo 1:48.49 Q 2 Viktors Lācis 1:48.80 Q 3 Wojciech Kałdowski 1:48.82 Q 4 Tim Rogge 1:48.87 Q 5 Roman Tarasov 1:48.91 6 Umet Uusorg 1:49.69 7 Martin Jareš 1:49.97 8 Nuno Lopes 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 1:52.71 Q 2 Artyom Mastrov 1:52.73 Q 3 James Nolan 1:52.77 Q 4 Viktors Lācis 1:52.79 Q 5 István Nagy 1:52.79 6 Pedro Esteso 1:52.89 7 Yoseph Gizatcho 1:54.47 8 Dalibor Balgač 1:54.54
Heat 2 Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 André Bucher 1:49.36 Q 2 Grzegorz Krzosek 1:49.36 Q 3 Nuno Lopes 1:49.41 Q 4 Roman Tarasov 1:49.46 Q 5 Mickaël Hotyat 1:49.70 q 6 Umet Uusorg 1:50.21 q 7 Martin Jareš 1:50.63 q 8 Felix Leiter 1:50.76 q
Heat 3 Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Andrea Longo 1:50.19 Q 2 Wojciech Kałdowski 1:50.54 Q 3 Sergey Yakovlev 1:50.74 Q 4 Filip Jedlík 1:50.93 Q 5 Jean-Gilles Talin 1:51.12 6 José Antonio Redolat 1:52.97 7 Constantinos Hadjimarcou 1:53.87
Participation According to an unofficial count, 23 athletes from 18 countries participated in the event.
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