1998 European Athletics Championships – Men's 800 metres

Men's 800 metres
at the European Athletics Championships

The men's 800 metres at the 1998 European Athletics Championships was held at the Népstadion on 21, 22 and 23 August.

Medalists

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Gold Nils Schumann
 Germany
Silver André Bucher
 Switzerland
Bronze Lukáš Vydra
 Czech Republic

Results

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KEY: q Fastest non-qualifiers Q Qualified NR National record PB Personal best SB Seasonal best

Round 1

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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 McIlroy  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

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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 McIlroy  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

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Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) Nils Schumann  Germany 1:44.89 PB
2nd place, silver medalist(s) André Bucher  Switzerland 1:45.04
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Lukáš Vydra  Czech Republic 1:45.23
4 James McIlroy  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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