The men's 800 metres event at the 1998 European Athletics Indoor Championships was held on 27 February–1 March.Results (p. 559)
Medalists GoldSilverBronzeNils SchumannMarko KoersVebjørn Rodal
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 1:48.74 Q 2 2 James Nolan 1:49.04 Q 3 4 Lukáš Vydra 1:49.23 Q 4 4 Ivan Komar 1:49.26 Q 5 4 Nils Schumann 1:49.33 q 6 2 Roman Oravec 1:49.51 q 7 2 Pedro Antonio Esteso 1:49.63 q 8 3 Vebjørn Rodal 1:49.81 Q 9 3 David Matthews 1:50.09 Q 10 2 Davide Cadoni 1:50.14 q 11 4 Tim Rogge 1:50.24 12 1 Marko Koers 1:50.40 Q 13 1 Einārs Tupurītis 1:50.50 Q 14 4 Luis Javier González 1:50.59 15 1 Nathan Kahan 1:50.70 16 1 Sergey Kozhevnikov 1:50.76 17 3 Tom Omey 1:50.89 18 4 Michael Wildner 1:50.94 19 2 Panayiotis Stroubakos 1:51.50 20 1 Duarte Ponte 1:52.87 3 Roberto Parra 3 Andrea Longo
Semifinals First 3 from each semifinal qualified directly (Q) for the final.
Rank Heat Name Nationality Time Notes 1 1 Ivan Komar 1:48.20 Q 2 1 Marko Koers 1:48.42 Q 3 1 David Matthews 1:48.54 Q 4 1 Einārs Tupurītis 1:48.89 5 2 Vebjørn Rodal 1:49.81 Q 6 1 Davide Cadoni 1:49.83 7 2 Nils Schumann 1:50.04 Q 8 1 Roman Oravec 1:50.16 9 2 James Nolan 1:50.21 Q 10 2 Lukáš Vydra 1:50.23 11 2 Gert-Jan Liefers 1:50.82 12 2 Pedro Antonio Esteso 1:50.96
Final Rank Name Nationality Time Notes Nils Schumann 1:47.02 Marko Koers 1:47.20 Vebjørn Rodal 1:47.40 4 James Nolan 1:47.81 5 David Matthews 1:48.37 6 Ivan Komar 1:50.94
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