2005 European Athletics U23 Championships – Men's 800 metres

The men's 800 metres event at the 2005 European Athletics U23 Championships was held in Erfurt, Germany, at Steigerwaldstadion on 14 and 16 July.^[1][2][3]

Medalists

Gold	Kévin Hautcœur  France
Silver	Manuel Olmedo  Spain
Bronze	René Bauschinger  Germany

Results

Final

16 July

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Kévin Hautcœur	France	1:51.29
	Manuel Olmedo	Spain	1:51.47
	René Bauschinger	Germany	1:51.49
4	Jaroslav Růža	Czech Republic	1:51.61
5	Thomas Chamney	Ireland	1:51.82
6	Antoine Martiak	France	1:52.05
7	Andreas Freimann	Germany	1:52.21
8	Vitaliy Voloshyn	Ukraine	1:53.33

Heats

14 July
Qualified: first 2 in each heat and 2 best to the Final

Heat 1

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	René Bauschinger	Germany	1:50.66	Q
2	Manuel Olmedo	Spain	1:50.85	Q
3	Yared Shegumo	Poland	1:51.09
4	Maurizio Angius	Italy	1:51.33
5	Adrian Wüest	Switzerland	1:51.96
6	Jiří Doupovec	Czech Republic	1:52.06
7	Jozef Pelikán	Slovakia	1:52.38
8	Mark Herrera	Malta	1:55.47

Heat 2

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Antoine Martiak	France	1:49.54	Q
2	Vitaliy Voloshyn	Ukraine	1:49.57	Q
3	Thomas Matthys	Belgium	1:49.57
4	Salvador Crespo	Spain	1:49.68
5	Ciaran O'Connell	Ireland	1:50.04
6	Simon Huckestein	Germany	1:50.42
7	Gareth Balch	United Kingdom	1:50.51
8	Andreas Félix	Switzerland	1:51.01

Heat 3

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Kévin Hautcœur	France	1:48.87	Q
2	Andreas Freimann	Germany	1:49.08	Q
3	Jaroslav Růža	Czech Republic	1:49.21	q
4	Thomas Chamney	Ireland	1:49.27	q
5	Salahattin Çobanoğlu	Turkey	1:49.81
6	José Manuel Cortés	Spain	1:49.92
7	Łukasz Jóźwiak	Poland	1:50.45
8	Yury Pelepiahin	Belarus	1:51.98

Participation

According to an unofficial count, 24 athletes from 15 countries participated in the event.

References