1990 European Athletics Indoor Championships – Men's 800 metres explained

The men's 800 metres event at the 1990 European Athletics Indoor Championships was held in Kelvin Hall on 3 and 4 March.^[1]

Medalists

width=200 bgcolor=gold	Gold	width=200 bgcolor=silver	Silver	width=200 bgcolor=CC9966	Bronze
Tom McKean	Tomás de Teresa	Zbigniew Janus

Results

Heats

First 3 from each heat (Q) and the next 3 fastest (q) qualified for the semifinals.

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	1			1:49.41	Q
2	1			1:49.75	Q
3	3			1:49.94	Q
4	3			1:50.12	Q
5	3			1:50.14	Q
6	3			1:50.14	q
7	3			1:50.54	q
8	3			1:51.89	q
9	2			1:52.09	Q
10	2			1:52.41	Q
11	2			1:52.43	Q
12	2			1:52.51
13	2			1:52.79
14	2			1:53.71
15	1			1:53.78	Q
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Semifinals

First 2 from each semifinal (Q) and the next 2 fastest (q) qualified for the final.

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	2			1:48.43	Q
2	2			1:48.43	Q
3	2			1:49.06	q
4	1			1:49.41	Q
5	2			1:49.45	q
6	1			1:49.82	Q
7	1			1:50.50
8	2			1:52.29
9	1			1:52.86
10	1			1:52.89
11	2			1:55.43
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Final

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
			1:46.22
			1:47.22
			1:47.37	PB
4			1:47.40
5			1:49.52

Notes and References

1. http://www.european-athletics.org/files/eich/EICH2013-statistics.pdf Results
2. News: Down – and out Sharpe's knockout nightmare . 16 November 2022 . . 4 March 1990 . 53.