1998 European Athletics Indoor Championships – Men's 800 metres explained

The men's 800 metres event at the 1998 European Athletics Indoor Championships was held on 27 February–1 March.^[1]

Medalists

width=200 bgcolor=gold	Gold	width=200 bgcolor=silver	Silver	width=200 bgcolor=CC9966	Bronze
Nils Schumann	Marko Koers	Vebjørn 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			1:48.74	Q
2	2			1:49.04	Q
3	4			1:49.23	Q
4	4			1:49.26	Q
5	4			1:49.33	q
6	2			1:49.51	q
7	2			1:49.63	q
8	3			1:49.81	Q
9	3			1:50.09	Q
10	2			1:50.14	q
11	4			1:50.24
12	1			1:50.40	Q
13	1			1:50.50	Q
14	4			1:50.59
15	1			1:50.70
16	1			1:50.76
17	3			1:50.89
18	4			1:50.94
19	2			1:51.50
20	1			1:52.87
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Semifinals

First 3 from each semifinal qualified directly (Q) for the final.

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	1			1:48.20	Q
2	1			1:48.42	Q
3	1			1:48.54	Q
4	1			1:48.89
5	2			1:49.81	Q
6	1			1:49.83
7	2			1:50.04	Q
8	1			1:50.16
9	2			1:50.21	Q
10	2			1:50.23
11	2			1:50.82
12	2			1:50.96

Final

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
			1:47.02
			1:47.20
			1:47.40
4			1:47.81
5			1:48.37
6			1:50.94

Notes and References

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