1990 European Athletics Indoor Championships – Men's 800 metres

The men's 800 metres event at the 1990 European Athletics Indoor Championships was held in Kelvin Hall on 3 and 4 March.^[1]

Medalists

Gold	Silver	Bronze
Tom McKean Great Britain	Tomás de Teresa Spain	Zbigniew Janus Poland

First 3 from each heat (Q) and the next 3 fastest (q) qualified for the semifinals.

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	1	Slobodan Popović	Yugoslavia	1:49.41	Q
2	1	Zbigniew Janus	Poland	1:49.75	Q
3	3	Martin Enholm	Sweden	1:49.94	Q
4	3	Giuseppe D'Urso	Italy	1:50.12	Q
5	3	Joachim Dehmel	West Germany	1:50.14	Q
6	3	Brian Whittle	Great Britain	1:50.14	q
7	3	Nicola Bonamici	Italy	1:50.54	q
8	3	Tomás de Teresa	Spain	1:51.89	q
9	2	Jussi Udelhoven	West Germany	1:52.09	Q
10	2	Tom McKean	Great Britain	1:52.41	Q
11	2	António Abrantes	Portugal	1:52.43	Q
12	2	Andrey Sudnik	Soviet Union	1:52.51
13	2	Mark Eplinius	East Germany	1:52.79
14	2	Luis Javier González	Spain	1:53.71
15	1	José Arconada	Spain	1:53.78	Q
	1	David Sharpe	Great Britain	DNF	^[2]
	1	Esko Parpala	Finland	DNF	^[2]
	1	Simone Modugno	Italy	DQ

First 2 from each semifinal (Q) and the next 2 fastest (q) qualified for the final.

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	2	Zbigniew Janus	Poland	1:48.43	Q
2	2	Brian Whittle	Great Britain	1:48.43	Q
3	2	Tomás de Teresa	Spain	1:49.06	q
4	1	José Arconada	Spain	1:49.41	Q
5	2	Giuseppe D'Urso	Italy	1:49.45	q
6	1	Tom McKean	Great Britain	1:49.82	Q
7	1	Slobodan Popović	Yugoslavia	1:50.50
8	2	António Abrantes	Portugal	1:52.29
9	1	Joachim Dehmel	West Germany	1:52.86
10	1	Nicola Bonamici	Italy	1:52.89
11	2	Jussi Udelhoven	West Germany	1:55.43
	1	Martin Enholm	Sweden	DQ

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Tom McKean	Great Britain	1:46.22
	Tomás de Teresa	Spain	1:47.22
	Zbigniew Janus	Poland	1:47.37	PB
4	José Arconada	Spain	1:47.40
5	Giuseppe D'Urso	Italy	1:49.52
	Brian Whittle	Great Britain	DNS

^ Results (p. 528–529)
^ ^a ^b "Down – and out Sharpe's knockout nightmare". Sunday Sun. 4 March 1990. p. 53. Retrieved 16 November 2022.