The men's 800 metres event at the 2003 European Athletics U23 Championships was held in Bydgoszcz, Poland, at Zawisza Stadion on 17 and 19 July.
Medalists Gold René Herms Silver Florent Lacasse Bronze Manuel Olmedo
Results Final 19 July Rank Name Nationality Time Notes René Herms 1:46.26 Florent Lacasse 1:46.47 Manuel Olmedo 1:46.83 4 Fernando Almeida 1:47.15 5 Ricky Soos 1:47.73 6 José Manuel Cortés 1:48.50 7 Juan de Dios Jurado 1:48.70 8 Tomasz Marks 1:48.78
Heats 17 July Qualified: first 2 in each heat and 2 best to the Final
Heat 1 Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Florent Lacasse 1:48.67 Q 2 Juan de Dios Jurado 1:48.98 Q 3 Ioan Zaizan 1:50.05 4 Renato Silva 1:50.33 5 Christoph Moormann 1:50.92 6 Sotirios Papadeas 1:52.46 Tom Vanchaze DNF
Heat 2 Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 René Herms 1:47.64 Q 2 Fernando Almeida 1:47.77 Q 3 Tomasz Marks 1:48.58 q 4 José Manuel Cortés 1:48.71 q 5 Jamel Ahrass 1:49.15 6 Yuriy Koldin 1:50.22 7 Avetik Arakelyan 1:52.13
Heat 3 Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Manuel Olmedo 1:48.57 Q 2 Ricky Soos 1:48.81 Q 3 Alexandre Padovani 1:49.06 4 István Kerékjártó 1:49.63 5 Jan Pernica 1:49.68 6 Nick Brunet 2:04.04
Participation According to an unofficial count, 20 athletes from 13 countries participated in the event.
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