# 1997 European Athletics U23 Championships – Men's 800 metres

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 Italy |
| Silver | André Bucher Switzerland |
| Bronze | Grzegorz Krzosek Poland |

## Results
### Final

13 July
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time |
| | Andrea Longo | Italy | 1:46.49 |
| | André Bucher | Switzerland | 1:47.13 |
| | Grzegorz Krzosek | Poland | 1:47.45 |
| 4 | Tim Rogge | Belgium | 1:47.77 |
| 5 | James Nolan | Ireland | 1:47.98 |
| 6 | Viktors Lācis | Latvia | 1:48.49 |
| 7 | Artyom Mastrov | Russia | 1:48.74 |
| 8 | Wojciech Kałdowski | Poland | 1:49.48 |

### Semifinals

12 July Qualified: first 4 in each to the Final

#### Semifinal 1

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Grzegorz Krzosek | Poland | 1:49.57 | Q |
| 2 | André Bucher | Switzerland | 1:49.62 | Q |
| 3 | James Nolan | Ireland | 1:49.85 | Q |
| 4 | Artyom Mastrov | Russia | 1:49.91 | Q |
| 5 | Felix Leiter | Germany | 1:50.13 | |
| 6 | Sergey Yakovlev | Belarus | 1:50.70 | |
| 7 | Filip Jedlík | Czech Republic | 1:51.07 | |
| 8 | Mickaël Hotyat | France | 1:52.77 | |

#### Semifinal 2

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Andrea Longo | Italy | 1:48.49 | Q |
| 2 | Viktors Lācis | Latvia | 1:48.80 | Q |
| 3 | Wojciech Kałdowski | Poland | 1:48.82 | Q |
| 4 | Tim Rogge | Belgium | 1:48.87 | Q |
| 5 | Roman Tarasov | Russia | 1:48.91 | |
| 6 | Umet Uusorg | Estonia | 1:49.69 | |
| 7 | Martin Jareš | Czech Republic | 1:49.97 | |
| 8 | Nuno Lopes | Portugal | 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 | Belgium | 1:52.71 | Q |
| 2 | Artyom Mastrov | Russia | 1:52.73 | Q |
| 3 | James Nolan | Ireland | 1:52.77 | Q |
| 4 | Viktors Lācis | Latvia | 1:52.79 | Q |
| 5 | István Nagy | Hungary | 1:52.79 | |
| 6 | Pedro Esteso | Spain | 1:52.89 | |
| 7 | Yoseph Gizatcho | Israel | 1:54.47 | |
| 8 | Dalibor Balgač | Croatia | 1:54.54 | |

#### Heat 2

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | André Bucher | Switzerland | 1:49.36 | Q |
| 2 | Grzegorz Krzosek | Poland | 1:49.36 | Q |
| 3 | Nuno Lopes | Portugal | 1:49.41 | Q |
| 4 | Roman Tarasov | Russia | 1:49.46 | Q |
| 5 | Mickaël Hotyat | France | 1:49.70 | q |
| 6 | Umet Uusorg | Estonia | 1:50.21 | q |
| 7 | Martin Jareš | Czech Republic | 1:50.63 | q |
| 8 | Felix Leiter | Germany | 1:50.76 | q |

#### Heat 3

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Andrea Longo | Italy | 1:50.19 | Q |
| 2 | Wojciech Kałdowski | Poland | 1:50.54 | Q |
| 3 | Sergey Yakovlev | Belarus | 1:50.74 | Q |
| 4 | Filip Jedlík | Czech Republic | 1:50.93 | Q |
| 5 | Jean-Gilles Talin | France | 1:51.12 | |
| 6 | José Antonio Redolat | Spain | 1:52.97 | |
| 7 | Constantinos Hadjimarcou | Cyprus | 1:53.87 | |

## Participation

According to an unofficial count, 23 athletes from 18 countries participated in the event.
* Belarus (1)
* Belgium (1)
* Croatia (1)
* Cyprus (1)
* Czech Republic (2)
* Estonia (1)
* France (2)
* Germany (1)
* Hungary (1)
* Ireland (1)
* Israel (1)
* Italy (1)
* Latvia (1)
* Poland (2)
* Portugal (1)
* Russia (2)
* Spain (2)
* Switzerland (1)