The men's 800 metres at the 2025 European Athletics Indoor Championships was held on the short track of Omnisport in Apeldoorn, Netherlands, on 7, 8 and 9 March 2025. This was the 38th time the event was contested at the European Athletics Indoor Championships. Athletes qualified by achieving the entry standard or by their World Athletics Ranking in the event.
Background The men's 800 metres was contested 37 times before 2025, at every previous edition of the European Athletics Indoor Championships (1970–2023).András Szabó, "Statistics Handbook", pp. 6 and 322–323, European Athletics. Retrieved 21 November 2024."European Athletics Indoor Championships – 800m Women – Final – Results ", European Athletics, 4 March 2023. Retrieved 21 November 2024. The 2025 European Athletics Indoor Championships was held in Omnisport Apeldoorn in Apeldoorn, Netherlands. The removable indoor athletics track was retopped for these championships in September 2024.
Wilson Kipketer is the world and European record holder with a time of 1:42.67, set in 1997. The championship record is 1:44.78, set by Paweł Czapiewski at the 2002 championships. +Records before the 2025 European Athletics Indoor ChampionshipsRecordAthlete (nation) (s)LocationDateWorld record"All time Top lists – Senior – 800 Metres men", World Athletics. Retrieved 13 January 2025.1:42.67Paris, France9 March 1997European recordChampionship record1:44.78Vienna, Austria3 March 2002World leading"Season Top Lists – Senior 2025 – 800 Metres Short Track men", World Athletics, 2025. Retrieved 6 February 2025.1:43.60New York City, United States23 February 2025European leading1:44.65Luxembourg City, Luxembourg19 January 2025
Qualification For the men's 800 metres, the qualification period ran from 25 February 2024 until 23 February 2025."Qualification System and Entry Standards", European Athletics, 29 October 2024. Retrieved 21 November 2024. Athletes qualified by achieving the entry standards of 1:46.40 s indoors or 1:44.50 s outdoor, or by virtue of their World Athletics Ranking for the event. There was a target number of 30 athletes.
Results Round 1 Round 1 was held on 7 March, starting at 11:05 (UTC+1) in the morning."Competition schedule – European Athletics Indoor Championships Apeldoorn 2025", European Athletics, 15 February 2024. Retrieved 21 November 2024. First 2 in each heat () and the next 2 by time () qualified for the semi-finals.
Heat 1 Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes 1 Ryan Clarke 1:48.11 2 Ramon Wipfli 1:48.27 , 3 Thomas Randolph 1:48.47 4 Bartosz Kitliński 1:56.76 5 Cian McPhillips 1:57.35 Pieter Sisk
Heat 2 Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes 1 Eliott Crestan 1:46.57 2 Mariano García 1:46.75 3 Yanis Meziane 1:46.79 4 Giovanni Lazzaro 1:47.72 5 Uku Renek Kronbergs 1:48.24 Daniel Kotyza
Heat 3 Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes 1 Marino Bloudek 1:48.07 2 Catalin Tecuceanu 1:48.10 3 Jakub Dudycha 1:48.29 4 Álvaro de Arriba 1:48.40 5 Tobias Grønstad 1:48.90 6 Ivan Pelizzoli 1:49.22
Heat 4 Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes 1 Josué Canales 1:45.93 2 Maciej Wyderka 1:46.11 3 Samuel Chapple 1:46.15 4 Corentin Le Clezio 1:47.43 5 Jack Higgins 1:48.12
Heat 5 Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes 1 Patryk Sieradzki 1:46.32 , 2 Mark English 1:46.42 3 Justin Davies 1:46.56 4 Louey Ouerrat 1:46.60 5 Tibo De Smet 1:46.79 6 Andreas Kramer 1:50.17
Semi-finals The semi-finals were held on 8 March, starting at 20:29 (UTC+1) in the evening. First 3 in each heat () qualified for the final.
Heat 1 Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes 1 Ryan Clarke 1:45.65 , 2 Josué Canales 1:45.69 3 Catalin Tecuceanu 1:46.12 4 Maciej Wyderka 1:46.17 5 Patryk Sieradzki 1:46.94 6 Justin Davies 1:47.17 7 Cian McPhillips 1:47.40
Heat 2 Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes 1 Eliott Crestan 1:45.84 2 Samuel Chapple 1:45.86 3 Mark English 1:45.89 4 Bartosz Kitliński 1:46.06 5 Mariano García 1:46.33 6 Marino Bloudek 1:46.57 7 Corentin Le Clezio 1:46.91 8 Ramon Wipfli 1:47.30
Final The final is scheduled for 9 March, starting at 17:27 (UTC+1) in the afternoon. Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes Samuel Chapple 1:44.88 Eliott Crestan 1:44.92 Mark English 1:45.46 4 Catalin Tecuceanu 1:45.57 5 Josué Canales 1:45.88 6 Ryan Clarke 1:46.47
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