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 | |||
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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 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 | .svg.png){kind=small} 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 | Nils Schumann | Germany | 1:44.89 | PB |
 | André Bucher | Switzerland | 1:45.04 | NR |
 | 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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