1998 European Athletics Indoor Championships – Men's 800 metres

The men's 800 metres event at the 1998 European Athletics Indoor Championships was held on 27 February–1 March.

Medalists

Gold	Silver	Bronze
Nils Schumann Germany	Marko Koers Netherlands	Vebjørn Rodal Norway

Results

Heats

First 2 from each heat (Q) and the next 4 fastest (q) qualified for the semifinals.

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	2	Gert-Jan Liefers	Netherlands	1:48.74	Q
2	2	James Nolan	Ireland	1:49.04	Q
3	4	Lukáš Vydra	Czech Republic	1:49.23	Q
4	4	Ivan Komar	Belarus	1:49.26	Q
5	4	Nils Schumann	Germany	1:49.33	q
6	2	Roman Oravec	Czech Republic	1:49.51	q
7	2	Pedro Antonio Esteso	Spain	1:49.63	q
8	3	Vebjørn Rodal	Norway	1:49.81	Q
9	3	David Matthews	Ireland	1:50.09	Q
10	2	Davide Cadoni	Italy	1:50.14	q
11	4	Tim Rogge	Belgium	1:50.24
12	1	Marko Koers	Netherlands	1:50.40	Q
13	1	Einārs Tupurītis	Latvia	1:50.50	Q
14	4	Luis Javier González	Spain	1:50.59
15	1	Nathan Kahan	Belgium	1:50.70
16	1	Sergey Kozhevnikov	Russia	1:50.76
17	3	Tom Omey	Belgium	1:50.89
18	4	Michael Wildner	Austria	1:50.94
19	2	Panayiotis Stroubakos	Greece	1:51.50
20	1	Duarte Ponte	Portugal	1:52.87
	3	Roberto Parra	Spain	DNF
	3	Andrea Longo	Italy	DQ

Semifinals

First 3 from each semifinal qualified directly (Q) for the final.

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	1	Ivan Komar	Belarus	1:48.20	Q
2	1	Marko Koers	Netherlands	1:48.42	Q
3	1	David Matthews	Ireland	1:48.54	Q
4	1	Einārs Tupurītis	Latvia	1:48.89
5	2	Vebjørn Rodal	Norway	1:49.81	Q
6	1	Davide Cadoni	Italy	1:49.83
7	2	Nils Schumann	Germany	1:50.04	Q
8	1	Roman Oravec	Czech Republic	1:50.16
9	2	James Nolan	Ireland	1:50.21	Q
10	2	Lukáš Vydra	Czech Republic	1:50.23
11	2	Gert-Jan Liefers	Netherlands	1:50.82
12	2	Pedro Antonio Esteso	Spain	1:50.96

Final

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Nils Schumann	Germany	1:47.02
	Marko Koers	Netherlands	1:47.20
	Vebjørn Rodal	Norway	1:47.40
4	James Nolan	Ireland	1:47.81
5	David Matthews	Ireland	1:48.37
6	Ivan Komar	Belarus	1:50.94