2023 European Athletics Indoor Championships – Men's 800 metres

The men's 800 metres event at the 2023 European Athletics Indoor Championships was held on 2 March 2023 at 19:00 (heats), on 4 March at 19:35 (semi-finals), and on 5 March at 20:22 (final) local time.

Men's 800 metres at the 2023 European Athletics Indoor Championships
The medalists.
Venue	Ataköy Athletics Arena[1]
Location	Istanbul, Turkey
Dates	2 March 2023 (round 1) 4 March 2023 (semi-finals) 5 March 2023 (final)
Competitors	28 from 20 nations
Winning time	1:47.34
Medalists
Adrián Ben    Spain   Benjamin Robert    France   Eliott Crestan    Belgium
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Records

Standing records prior to the 2023 European Athletics Indoor Championships
World record	Wilson Kipketer (DEN)	1:42.67	Paris, France	9 March 1997
European record
Championship record	Paweł Czapiewski (POL)	1:44.78	Vienna, Austria	3 March 2002
World Leading	Noah Kibet (KEN)	1:44.98	New York City, United States	11 February 2023
European Leading	Tibo De Smet (BEL)	1:45.04	Kirchberg, Luxembourg	22 January 2023

Results

Heats

Qualification: First 2 in each heat (Q) and the next 2 fastest (q) advance to the Semifinals.^[2]

Rank	Heat	Athlete	Nationality	Time	Note
1	4	Amel Tuka	Bosnia and Herzegovina	1:47.22	Q
2	1	Catalin Tecuceanu	Italy	1:47.24	Q
3	1	Adrián Ben	Spain	1:47.32	Q
4	4	Javier Mirón	Spain	1:47.38	Q
5	4	Guy Learmonth	Great Britain	1:47.51	q
6	3	Eliott Crestan	Belgium	1:47.76	Q
7	4	Balázs Vindics	Hungary	1:47.82	q, SB
8	3	Andreas Kramer	Sweden	1:47.86	Q
9	5	Benjamin Robert	France	1:47.92	Q
10	5	Simone Barontini	Italy	1:47.94	Q
11	1	Bram Buigel	Netherlands	1:47.95
12	1	Filip Šnejdr	Czech Republic	1:48.35
13	5	Tibo De Smet	Belgium	1:48.43
14	3	Tony van Diepen	Netherlands	1:48.50
15	1	Abedin Mujezinović	Bosnia and Herzegovina	1:48.77	SB
16	3	John Fitzsimons	Ireland	1:49.36
17	5	Marino Bloudek	Croatia	1:49.41
18	4	Aurèle Vandeputte	Belgium	1:49.48	SB
19	2	Mateusz Borkowski	Poland	1:49.88	Q
19	4	Cristian Gabriel Voicu	Romania	1:49.88
21	3	Jan Vuković	Slovenia	1:49.90
22	2	Joonas Rinne	Finland	1:50.13	Q
23	1	Robin Oester	Switzerland	1:50.40
24	2	José Carlos Pinto	Portugal	1:50.57
25	3	Christos Kotitsas	Greece	1:50.82
26	2	Saúl Ordóñez	Spain	1:51.72
27	5	Ole Jakob Solbu	Norway	1:54.10
	2	Mark English	Ireland	DNS

Semifinals

Qualification: First 2 in each heat (Q) and the next 2 fastest (q) advance to the Final.^[3]

Rank	Heat	Athlete	Nationality	Time	Note
1	2	Adrián Ben	Spain	1:46.82	Q
2	2	Eliott Crestan	Belgium	1:46.84	Q, SB
3	1	Benjamin Robert	France	1:47.11	Q
4	2	Andreas Kramer	Sweden	1:47.11	Q
5	2	Simone Barontini	Italy	1:47.13	q
6	2	Guy Learmonth	Great Britain	1:47.50	q
7	1	Amel Tuka	Bosnia and Herzegovina	1:47.53	Q
8	1	Catalin Tecuceanu	Italy	1:47.53	Q
9	1	Mateusz Borkowski	Poland	1:47.55
10	1	Javier Mirón	Spain	1:47.89
11	2	Joonas Rinne	Finland	1:47.96	PB
12	1	Balázs Vindics	Hungary	1:48.16

Final

^[4]

Rank	Athlete	Nationality	Time	Note
	Adrián Ben	Spain	1:47.34
	Benjamin Robert	France	1:47.34
	Eliott Crestan	Belgium	1:47.65
4	Amel Tuka	Bosnia and Herzegovina	1:47.90
5	Andreas Kramer	Sweden	1:48.15
6	Guy Learmonth	Great Britain	1:48.46
7	Catalin Tecuceanu	Italy	1:48.54
8	Simone Barontini	Italy	1:48.63