1998 European Athletics Championships – Men's 800 metres

Events at the 1998 European
Athletics Championships

Track events
100 m   men   women
200 m men women
400 m men women
800 m men women
1500 m men women
5000 m men women
10,000 m men women
100 m hurdles women
110 m hurdles men
400 m hurdles men women
3000 m
steeplechase
men
4×100 m relay men women
4×400 m relay men women
Road events
Marathon men women
10 km walk women
20 km walk men
50 km walk men
Field events
Long jump men women
Triple jump men women
High jump men women
Pole vault men women
Shot put men women
Discus throw men women
Javelin throw men women
Hammer throw men women
Combined events
Heptathlon women
Decathlon men

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: qFastest non-qualifiers QQualified NRNational record PBPersonal best SBSeasonal 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 McElroy  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 McElroy  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
1st, gold medalist(s) Nils Schumann  Germany 1:44.89 PB
2nd, silver medalist(s) André Bucher   Switzerland 1:45.04 NR
3rd, bronze medalist(s) Lukáš Vydra  Czech Republic 1:45.23
4 James McElroy  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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