1989 European Athletics Indoor Championships – Men's 800 metres

The men's 800 metres event at the 1989 European Athletics Indoor Championships was held on 18 and 19 February.

Medalists

Gold	Silver	Bronze
Steve Heard Great Britain	Rob Druppers Netherlands	Joachim Heydgen West Germany

Results

Heats

First 2 from each heat (Q) and the next 6 fastest (q) qualified for the semifinals.

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	3	Markus Trinkler	Switzerland	1:50.87	Q
2	3	Tomás De Teresa	Spain	1:50.91	Q
3	3	Steve Heard	Great Britain	1:50.96	q
4	3	Denis Badie	France	1:50.97	q
5	1	Rob Druppers	Netherlands	1:51.05	Q
6	1	Claude Diomar	France	1:51.16	Q
7	1	José Arconada	Spain	1:51.17	q
8	1	Petr Mareš	Czechoslovakia	1:51.19	q
9	2	Alfredo Lahuerta	Spain	1:51.54	Q
10	2	Joachim Heydgen	West Germany	1:51.58	Q
11	1	Álvaro Silva	Portugal	1:51.63	q
12	2	David Sharpe	Great Britain	1:51.66	q
13	2	Tonny Baltus	Netherlands	1:51.98
14	3	Tony Ernst	Belgium	1:52.12
15	1	Atle Karlsen	Norway	1:52.13

Semifinals

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

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	2	Joachim Heydgen	West Germany	1:50.01	Q
2	2	Claude Diomar	France	1:50.08	Q
3	2	Steve Heard	Great Britain	1:50.09	Q
4	2	José Arconada	Spain	1:50.25
5	1	Rob Druppers	Netherlands	1:50.73	Q
6	1	David Sharpe	Great Britain	1:51.06	Q
7	2	Álvaro Silva	Portugal	1:51.17
8	1	Alfredo Lahuerta	Spain	1:51.22	Q
9	1	Denis Badie	France	1:51.32
10	1	Markus Trinkler	Switzerland	1:51.70
11	1	Petr Mareš	Czechoslovakia	1:51.72
12	2	Tomás De Teresa	Spain	1:52.54

Final

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Steve Heard	Great Britain	1:48.84	PB
	Rob Druppers	Netherlands	1:48.96
	Joachim Heydgen	West Germany	1:49.75
4	Claude Diomar	France	1:52.37
	Alfredo Lahuerta	Spain	DNF
	David Sharpe	Great Britain	DNF