# 1994 European Athletics Championships – Men's 800 metres

The men's 800 metres event at the 1994 European Athletics Championships was held in Helsinki, Finland, at Helsinki Olympic Stadium on 11, 12, and 14 August 1994.

## Medalists

| Gold | Andrea Benvenuti Italy |
| Silver | Vebjørn Rodal Norway |
| Bronze | Tomás De Teresa Spain |

## Results
### Final

14 August
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time |
| | Andrea Benvenuti | Italy | 1:46.12 |
| | Vebjørn Rodal | Norway | 1:46.53 |
| | Tomás De Teresa | Spain | 1:46.57 |
| 4 | Nico Motchebon | Germany | 1:46.65 |
| 5 | Giuseppe D'Urso | Italy | 1:46.90 |
| 6 | Craig Winrow | Great Britain | 1:47.09 |
| 7 | José Manuel Cerezo | Spain | 1:47.58 |
| 8 | Atle Douglas | Norway | 1:47.90 |

### Semi-finals

12 August

#### Semi-final 1

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Andrea Benvenuti | Italy | 1:47.01 | Q |
| 2 | Atle Douglas | Norway | 1:47.15 | Q |
| 3 | José Manuel Cerezo | Spain | 1:47.24 | Q |
| 4 | Craig Winrow | Great Britain | 1:47.24 | Q |
| 5 | Marko Koers | Netherlands | 1:47.52 | |
| 6 | Mikael Söderman | Finland | 1:48.00 | |
| 7 | Frédéric Cornette | France | 1:48.49 | |
| 8 | Davide Cadoni | Italy | 1:50.23 | |

#### Semi-final 2

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Nico Motchebon | Germany | 1:45.75 | Q |
| 2 | Vebjørn Rodal | Norway | 1:45.80 | Q |
| 3 | Giuseppe D'Urso | Italy | 1:45.88 | Q |
| 4 | Tomás De Teresa | Spain | 1:45.89 | Q |
| 5 | Andrey Loginov | Russia | 1:46.18 | |
| 6 | Torbjörn Johansson | Sweden | 1:46.25 | |
| 7 | Bruno Konczylo | France | 1:46.63 | |
| 8 | Jarmo Kokkola | Finland | 1:47.35 | |

### Heats

11 August

#### Heat 1

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Andrea Benvenuti | Italy | 1:48.88 | Q |
| 2 | José Manuel Cerezo | Spain | 1:48.92 | Q |
| 3 | Mikael Söderman | Finland | 1:48.92 | Q |
| 4 | Ousmane Diarra | France | 1:49.09 | |
| 5 | Joachim Dehmel | Germany | 1:49.36 | |
| 6 | Jussi Udelhoven | Norway | 1:50.15 | |
| 7 | Milan Drahoňovský | Czech Republic | 1:50.27 | |
| 8 | Thomas Ebner | Austria | 1:50.71 | |

#### Heat 2

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Atle Douglas | Norway | 1:47.31 | Q |
| 2 | Andrey Loginov | Russia | 1:47.33 | Q |
| 3 | Davide Cadoni | Italy | 1:47.52 | Q |
| 4 | Frédéric Cornette | France | 1:47.60 | q |
| 5 | António Abrantes | Portugal | 1:47.61 | |
| 6 | Esko Parpala | Finland | 1:47.85 | |
| 7 | Ivan Komar | Belarus | 1:48.78 | |

#### Heat 3

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Bruno Konczylo | France | 1:47.91 | Q |
| 2 | Tomás De Teresa | Spain | 1:47.94 | Q |
| 3 | Vebjørn Rodal | Norway | 1:48.10 | Q |
| 4 | Piotr Piekarski | Poland | 1:48.50 | |
| 5 | David Matthews | Ireland | 1:48.91 | |
| 6 | Tom McKean | Great Britain | 1:49.41 | |
| 7 | Oliver Münzer | Austria | 1:49.59 | |

#### Heat 4

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Giuseppe D'Urso | Italy | 1:46.91 | Q |
| 2 | Craig Winrow | Great Britain | 1:46.93 | Q |
| 3 | Nico Motchebon | Germany | 1:46.97 | Q |
| 4 | Marko Koers | Netherlands | 1:47.18 | q |
| 5 | Jarmo Kokkola | Finland | 1:47.41 | q |
| 6 | Torbjörn Johansson | Sweden | 1:47.41 | q |
| 7 | Slobodan Popović | Independent European Participants (Yugoslavia) | 1:48.85 | |
| 8 | Andrés Manuel Díaz | Spain | 1:48.67 | |

## Participation

According to an unofficial count, 30 athletes from 17 countries participated in the event.
* Austria (2)
* Belarus (1)
* Czech Republic (1)
* Finland (3)
* France (3)
* Germany (2)
* Great Britain (2)
* Independent European Participants (Yugoslavia) (1)
* Ireland (1)
* Italy (3)
* Netherlands (1)
* Norway (3)
* Poland (1)
* Portugal (1)
* Russia (1)
* Spain (3)
* Sweden (1)