These are the official results of the Men's 800 metres event at the 1986 European Championships in Stuttgart, West Germany, held at Neckarstadion on 26, 27, and 28 August 1986.

Medalists Gold Sebastian Coe Silver Tom McKean Bronze Steve Cram

Results Final 28 August Rank Name Nationality Time Notes Sebastian Coe 1:44.50 Tom McKean 1:44.61 Steve Cram 1:44.88 4 Rob Druppers 1:45.53 5 Ryszard Ostrowski 1:45.54 6 Peter Braun 1:45.83 7 Philippe Collard 1:45.96 8 Viktor Kalinkin 1:47.36

Semi-finals 27 August

Semi-final 1 Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Steve Cram 1:46.59 Q 2 Peter Braun 1:46.84 Q 3 Ryszard Ostrowski 1:46.89 Q 4 Philippe Collard 1:46.96 Q 5 Vladimir Graudyn 1:47.50 6 Álvaro Silva 1:47.69 7 Valeriy Starodubtsev 1:48.37 8 Ari Suhonen 1:49.67

Semi-final 2 Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Rob Druppers 1:46.54 Q 2 Tom McKean 1:46.62 Q 3 Sebastian Coe 1:47.10 Q 4 Viktor Kalinkin 1:47.41 Q 5 Matthias Assmann 1:47.45 6 Martin Enholm 1:49.02 7 Hans-Joachim Mogalle 1:49.90 Thomas Giessing DNF

Heats 26 August

Heat 1 Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Peter Braun 1:48.38 Q 2 Ryszard Ostrowski 1:48.39 Q 3 Rob Druppers 1:48.42 Q 4 Vladimir Graudyn 1:48.49 q 5 Slobodan Popović 1:48.68 6 Gert Kilbert 1:49.82 7 Spyros Spyrou 1:53.36

Heat 2 Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Tom McKean 1:48.37 Q 2 Valeriy Starodubtsev 1:48.46 Q 3 Matthias Assmann 1:48.65 Q 4 Ronny Olsson 1:48.78 5 Robin van Helden 1:48.88 6 Colomán Trabado 1:49.42 7 Mücteba Apaydın 1:52.41

Heat 3 Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Steve Cram 1:46.54 Q 2 Viktor Kalinkin 1:46.68 Q 3 Álvaro Silva 1:46.74 NR Q 4 Hans-Joachim Mogalle 1:46.98 q 5 Martin Enholm 1:48.40 q 6 Bo Breigan 1:49.78

Heat 4 Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Sebastian Coe 1:47.64 Q 2 Ari Suhonen 1:47.71 Q 3 Philippe Collard 1:47.72 Q 4 Thomas Giessing 1:48.03 q 5 Alberto Barsotti 1:48.53 6 Marc Corstjens 1:48.55 7 John Chappory 1:57.45

Participation According to an unofficial count, 27 athletes from 19 countries participated in the event.

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See also 1984 Men's Olympic 800 metres (Los Angeles) 1987 Men's World Championships 800 metres (Rome) 1988 Men's Olympic 800 metres (Seoul)

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