# 1998 European Athletics Championships – Men's 800 metres

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

## Medalists

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

## Results

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

### Round 1

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

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

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| | Nils Schumann | Germany | 1:44.89 | PB |
| | André Bucher | Switzerland | 1:45.04 | |
| | 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 | |