2003 European Athletics U23 Championships – Men's 800 metres

Events at the
2003 European
Athletics U23 Championships

Track events
100 m   men   women
200 m men women
400 m men women
800 m men women
1500 m men women
5000 m men women
10,000 m men women
100 m hurdles women
110 m hurdles men
400 m hurdles men women
3000 m
steeplechase
men women
4×100 m relay men women
4×400 m relay men women
Road events
20 km walk men women
Field events
High jump men women
Pole vault men women
Long jump men women
Triple jump men women
Shot put men women
Discus throw men women
Hammer throw men women
Javelin throw men women
Combined events
Heptathlon women
Decathlon men

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.[1][2][3][4]

Medalists

Gold René Herms
 Germany
Silver Florent Lacasse
 France
Bronze Manuel Olmedo
 Spain

Results

Final

19 July

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1st, gold medalist(s) René Herms  Germany 1:46.26
2nd, silver medalist(s) Florent Lacasse  France 1:46.47
3rd, bronze medalist(s) Manuel Olmedo  Spain 1:46.83
4 Fernando Almeida  Portugal 1:47.15
5 Ricky Soos  United Kingdom 1:47.73
6 José Manuel Cortés  Spain 1:48.50
7 Juan de Dios Jurado  Spain 1:48.70
8 Tomasz Marks  Poland 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  France 1:48.67 Q
2 Juan de Dios Jurado  Spain 1:48.98 Q
3 Ioan Zaizan  Romania 1:50.05
4 Renato Silva  Portugal 1:50.33
5 Christoph Moormann  Germany 1:50.92
6 Sotirios Papadeas  Greece 1:52.46
7 Tom Vanchaze  Belgium DNF

Heat 2

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 René Herms  Germany 1:47.64 Q
2 Fernando Almeida  Portugal 1:47.77 Q
3 Tomasz Marks  Poland 1:48.58 q
4 José Manuel Cortés  Spain 1:48.71 q
5 Jamel Ahrass  France 1:49.15
6 Yuriy Koldin  Russia 1:50.22
7 Avetik Arakelyan  Armenia 1:52.13

Heat 3

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Manuel Olmedo  Spain 1:48.57 Q
2 Ricky Soos  United Kingdom 1:48.81 Q
3 Alexandre Padovani  France 1:49.06
4 István Kerékjártó  Hungary 1:49.63
5 Jan Pernica  Czech Republic 1:49.68
6 Nick Brunet  Belgium 2:04.04

Participation

According to an unofficial count, 20 athletes from 13 countries participated in the event.

References

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