1998 European Athletics Championships – Men's 800 metres

The men's 800 metres at the 1998 European Athletics Championships was held at the Népstadion on 21, 22 and 23 August.

Medalists

Gold	Nils Schumann Germany
Silver	André Bucher Switzerland
Bronze	Lukáš Vydra Czech Republic

Results

KEY:

q

Fastest non-qualifiers

Q

Qualified

NR

National record

PB

Personal best

SB

Seasonal best

Round 1

Qualification: First 2 in each heat (Q) and the next 6 fastest (q) advance to the Semifinals.

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	4	Nils Schumann	Germany	1:46.12	Q
2	4	Wilson Kipketer	Denmark	1:46.19	Q
3	2	James McIlroy	Ireland	1:46.81	Q
4	2	Giuseppe D'Urso	Italy	1:46.82	Q
5	2	Roberto Parra	Spain	1:46.91	q, SB
6	3	Nathan Kahan	Belgium	1:47.02	Q
7	3	André Bucher	Switzerland	1:47.05	Q
8	3	Wilson Kirwa	Finland	1:47.10	q
9	3	Ivan Komar	Belarus	1:47.14	q
10	3	Wojciech Kałdowski	Poland	1:47.17	q
11	1	Balázs Korányi	Hungary	1:47.32	Q
11	1	Andrea Longo	Italy	1:47.32	Q
13	3	David Matthews	Ireland	1:47.39	q
14	1	Nico Motchebon	Germany	1:47.40	q
15	4	Gert-Jan Liefers	Netherlands	1:47.57
16	2	Viktors Lacis	Latvia	1:47.58
17	4	Panagiotis Stroubakos	Greece	1:47.70
18	2	Sergey Kozhevnikov	Russia	1:47.71
19	1	Andrew Hart	Great Britain	1:47.90
20	4	Aleksander Trutko	Belarus	1:48.19
21	5	Lukáš Vydra	Czech Republic	1:48.20	Q
22	2	Balázs Tölgyesi	Hungary	1:48.29
23	5	James Nolan	Ireland	1:48.36	Q
24	1	Duarte Ponte	Portugal	1:48.65
25	5	Giacomo Mazzoni	Italy	1:48.74
26	2	Vanco Stojanov	Macedonia	1:49.00	NR
27	4	Paweł Czapiewski	Poland	1:49.24
28	5	Miklos Arpasi	Hungary	1:49.41
29	1	Urmet Uusorg	Estonia	1:49.42
30	5	Tarik Bourrouag	Germany	1:49.56
31	4	Rizak Dirshe	Sweden	1:49.76
32	5	José Antonio Redolat	Spain	1:49.86
33	1	Víctor Martínez	Andorra	1:50.54
34	5	David Divad	France	1:50.87

Semifinals

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

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	1	Nils Schumann	Germany	1:47.28	Q
2	1	Lukáš Vydra	Czech Republic	1:47.62	Q
3	1	James McIlroy	Ireland	1:47.66	Q
4	1	Andrea Longo	Italy	1:47.67	q
5	2	André Bucher	Switzerland	1:47.68	Q
6	2	Balázs Korányi	Hungary	1:47.70	Q
7	2	Wilson Kipketer	Denmark	1:47.79	Q
8	1	Wojciech Kałdowski	Poland	1:48.10	q
9	2	Ivan Komar	Belarus	1:48.14
10	1	Wilson Kirwa	Finland	1:48.19
10	2	Nico Motchebon	Germany	1:48.19
12	1	Nathan Kahan	Belgium	1:48.39
13	2	James Nolan	Ireland	1:48.50
14	2	Giuseppe D'Urso	Italy	1:48.95
15	2	Roberto Parra	Spain	1:49.26
16	1	David Matthews	Ireland	1:49.65

Final

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Nils Schumann	Germany	1:44.89	PB
	André Bucher	Switzerland	1:45.04
	Lukáš Vydra	Czech Republic	1:45.23
4	James McIlroy	Ireland	1:45.46
5	Balázs Korányi	Hungary	1:45.78	NR
6	Wojciech Kałdowski	Poland	1:46.60	PB
7	Andrea Longo	Italy	1:46.66
8	Wilson Kipketer	Denmark	1:50.13

References

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