1996 European Athletics Indoor Championships – Men's 800 metres explained

The men's 800 metres event at the 1996 European Athletics Indoor Championships was held in Stockholm Globe Arena on 8–10 March.^[1]

Medalists

width=200 bgcolor=gold	Gold	width=200 bgcolor=silver	Silver	width=200 bgcolor=CC9966	Bronze
Roberto Parra	Giuseppe D'Urso	Wojciech Kałdowski

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			1:48.60	Q
2	2			1:48.99	Q
3	3			1:49.62	Q
4	3			1:49.62	Q
5	3			1:49.80	q
6	2			1:49.99	q
7	2			1:49.99	q
8	3			1:50.55	q
9	1			1:51.48	Q
10	1			1:51.68	Q
11	1			1:51.68
12	3			1:51.69
13	1			1:51.83
14	1			1:52.52
15	3			1:56.06
16	2			1:57.57

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			1:48.69	Q
2	2			1:48.86	Q
3	2			1:49.26	q
4	1			1:49.82	Q
4	2			1:49.82	q
6	1			1:49.86	Q
7	1			1:50.17
8	1			1:50.46
9	1			1:50.88
10	2			1:51.86

Final

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
			1:47.74
			1:48.04
			1:48.40
4			1:48.64
5			1:49.19
				^[2]

Notes and References

1. http://www.european-athletics.org/files/eich/EICH2013-statistics.pdf Results
2. Jostling, obstruction