# 1982 European Athletics Championships – Men's 800 metres

These are the official results of the Men's 800 metres event at the 1982 European Championships in Athens, Greece, held at Olympic Stadium "Spiros Louis" on 6, 7, and 8 September 1982.

## Medalists

| Gold | Hans-Peter Ferner West Germany |
| Silver | Sebastian Coe United Kingdom |
| Bronze | Jorma Härkönen Finland |

## Results
### Final

8 September
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time |
| | Hans-Peter Ferner | West Germany | 1:46.33 |
| | Sebastian Coe | United Kingdom | 1:46.68 |
| | Jorma Härkönen | Finland | 1:46.90 |
| 4 | Garry Cook | United Kingdom | 1:46.94 |
| 5 | Rob Druppers | Netherlands | 1:47.06 |
| 6 | Detlef Wagenknecht | East Germany | 1:47.06 |
| 7 | Olaf Beyer | East Germany | 1:47.36 |
| 8 | Willi Wülbeck | West Germany | 1:48.90 |

### Semi-finals

7 September

#### Semi-final 1

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Hans-Peter Ferner | West Germany | 1:48.71 | Q |
| 2 | Rob Druppers | Netherlands | 1:48.92 | Q |
| 3 | Garry Cook | United Kingdom | 1:49.03 | Q |
| 4 | Detlef Wagenknecht | East Germany | 1:49.11 | Q |
| 5 | Matthias Assmann | West Germany | 1:49.19 | |
| 6 | Colomán Trabado | Spain | 1:49.38 | |
| 7 | Hans-Joachim Mogalle | East Germany | 1:49.58 | |
| 8 | Didier Le Guillou | France | 1:51.74 | |

#### Semi-final 2

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Sebastian Coe | United Kingdom | 1:47.98 | Q |
| 2 | Olaf Beyer | East Germany | 1:48.05 | Q |
| 3 | Willi Wülbeck | West Germany | 1:48.16 | Q |
| 4 | Jorma Härkönen | Finland | 1:48.22 | Q |
| 5 | Aleksey Litvinov | Soviet Union | 1:48.38 | |
| 6 | José Marajo | France | 1:48.49 | |
| 7 | Arno Körmeling | Netherlands | 1:49.20 | |
| 8 | Andrés Vera | Spain | 1:49.35 | |

### Heats

6 September

#### Heat 1

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Sebastian Coe | United Kingdom | 1:48.66 | Q |
| 2 | Hans-Peter Ferner | West Germany | 1:48.67 | Q |
| 3 | José Marajo | France | 1:49.12 | Q |
| 4 | Anatoliy Reshetnyak | Soviet Union | 1:49.23 | |
| 5 | Julien Michiels | Belgium | 1:49.69 | |
| 6 | Carlos Cabral | Portugal | 1:49.84 | |
| 7 | Donato Sabia | Italy | 1:50.27 | |

#### Heat 2

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Olaf Beyer | East Germany | 1:47.97 | Q |
| 2 | Rob Druppers | Netherlands | 1:48.24 | Q |
| 3 | Willi Wülbeck | West Germany | 1:48.40 | Q |
| 4 | Philippe Dupont | France | 1:48.61 | |
| 5 | Spyros Spyrou | Cyprus | 1:49.11 | |
| 6 | José Antonio Pacheco | Spain | 1:50.03 | |

#### Heat 3

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Hans-Joachim Mogalle | East Germany | 1:48.02 | Q |
| 2 | Matthias Assmann | West Germany | 1:48.14 | Q |
| 3 | Andrés Vera | Spain | 1:48.24 | Q |
| 4 | Aleksey Litvinov | Soviet Union | 1:48.36 | q |
| 5 | Didier Le Guillou | France | 1:48.36 | q |
| 6 | Klas-Göran Nissén | Sweden | 1:50.46 | |
| 7 | John Chappory | Gibraltar | 1:53.02 | |

#### Heat 4

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Detlef Wagenknecht | East Germany | 1:47.67 | Q |
| 2 | Colomán Trabado | Spain | 1:47.69 | Q |
| 3 | Jorma Härkönen | Finland | 1:47.92 | Q |
| 4 | Garry Cook | United Kingdom | 1:48.14 | q |
| 5 | Arno Körmeling | Netherlands | 1:48.48 | q |
| 6 | Jón Diðriksson | Iceland | 1:50.30 | |

## Participation

According to an unofficial count, 26 athletes from 15 countries participated in the event.
* Belgium (1)
* Cyprus (1)
* East Germany (3)
* Finland (1)
* France (3)
* Gibraltar (1)
* Iceland (1)
* Italy (1)
* Netherlands (2)
* Portugal (1)
* Soviet Union (2)
* Spain (3)
* Sweden (1)
* United Kingdom (2)
* West Germany (3)