2023 European Athletics U23 Championships – Men's 800 metres

Men's 800 metres at the 2023 European Athletics U23 Championships
Venue	Leppävaara Stadium
Location	Espoo, Finland
Dates	14 July (heats) 16 July (final)
Competitors	19 from 11 nations
Winning time	1:45.92
Medalists
Yanis Meziane   France   Ethan Hussey   Great Britain   Paul Anselmini   France

The Men's 800 metres event at the 2023 European Athletics U23 Championships was held in Espoo, Finland, at Leppävaara Stadium on 14 and 16 July.

Records

Prior to the competition, the records were as follows:

European U23 record	Yuriy Borzakovskiy (RUS)	1:42.47	Brussels, Belgium	24 August 2001
Championship U23 record	Nils Schumann (GER)	1:45.21	Gothenburg, Sweden	1 August 1999

Results

Heats

First 3 in each heat (Q) and the next 2 fastest (q) will qualify for the final.

Heat 1

Place	Athlete	Nation	Time	Notes
1	Francesco Pernici	Italy	1:45.53	Q
2	Samuel Reardon	Great Britain	1:45.95	Q, PB
3	Yanis Meziane	France	1:46.20	Q
4	Cian McPhillips	Ireland	1:46.35	q
5	Dániel Huller	Hungary	1:46.46	q, SB
6	Reece Sharman-Newell	Great Britain	1:46.75
7	Eric Guzman	Spain	1:46.86
8	Jakub Augustyniak	Poland	1:49.37
—	Tobias Grønstad	Norway	DNF

Heat 2

Place	Athlete	Nation	Time	Notes
1	Ethan Hussey	Great Britain	1:47.16	Q
2	Paul Anselmini	France	1:47.18	Q
3	Ole Jakob Solbu	Norway	1:47.27	Q
4	Kacper Lewalski	Poland	1:47.47
5	José Ignacio Pérez	Spain	1:47.50
6	Mehmet Çelik	Turkey	1:48.06
7	Corentin Magnou	France	1:48.32
8	David Carranza	Spain	1:48.67
9	Cristian Voicu	Romania	1:48.94
10	Oskars Bambals	Latvia	1:50.32

Final

Place	Athlete	Nation	Time	Notes
	Yanis Meziane	France	1:45.92
	Ethan Hussey	Great Britain	1:45.95
	Paul Anselmini	France	1:45.99
4	Francesco Pernici	Italy	1:46.24
5	Samuel Reardon	Great Britain	1:47.06
6	Dániel Huller	Hungary	1:47.48
7	Cian McPhillips	Ireland	1:48.04
8	Ole Jakob Solbu	Norway	1:51.73