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 Silver André Bucher Bronze Lukáš Vydra

Results KEY:qFastest non-qualifiersQQualifiedNRNational recordPBPersonal bestSBSeasonal 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 1:46.12 Q 2 4 Wilson Kipketer 1:46.19 Q 3 2 James McIlroy 1:46.81 Q 4 2 Giuseppe D'Urso 1:46.82 Q 5 2 Roberto Parra 1:46.91 q, SB 6 3 Nathan Kahan 1:47.02 Q 7 3 André Bucher 1:47.05 Q 8 3 Wilson Kirwa 1:47.10 q 9 3 Ivan Komar 1:47.14 q 10 3 Wojciech Kałdowski 1:47.17 q 11 1 Balázs Korányi 1:47.32 Q 11 1 Andrea Longo 1:47.32 Q 13 3 David Matthews 1:47.39 q 14 1 Nico Motchebon 1:47.40 q 15 4 Gert-Jan Liefers 1:47.57 16 2 Viktors Lacis 1:47.58 17 4 Panagiotis Stroubakos 1:47.70 18 2 Sergey Kozhevnikov 1:47.71 19 1 Andrew Hart 1:47.90 20 4 Aleksander Trutko 1:48.19 21 5 Lukáš Vydra 1:48.20 Q 22 2 Balázs Tölgyesi 1:48.29 23 5 James Nolan 1:48.36 Q 24 1 Duarte Ponte 1:48.65 25 5 Giacomo Mazzoni 1:48.74 26 2 Vanco Stojanov 1:49.00 NR 27 4 Paweł Czapiewski 1:49.24 28 5 Miklos Arpasi 1:49.41 29 1 Urmet Uusorg 1:49.42 30 5 Tarik Bourrouag 1:49.56 31 4 Rizak Dirshe 1:49.76 32 5 José Antonio Redolat 1:49.86 33 1 Víctor Martínez 1:50.54 34 5 David Divad 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 1:47.28 Q 2 1 Lukáš Vydra 1:47.62 Q 3 1 James McIlroy 1:47.66 Q 4 1 Andrea Longo 1:47.67 q 5 2 André Bucher 1:47.68 Q 6 2 Balázs Korányi 1:47.70 Q 7 2 Wilson Kipketer 1:47.79 Q 8 1 Wojciech Kałdowski 1:48.10 q 9 2 Ivan Komar 1:48.14 10 1 Wilson Kirwa 1:48.19 10 2 Nico Motchebon 1:48.19 12 1 Nathan Kahan 1:48.39 13 2 James Nolan 1:48.50 14 2 Giuseppe D'Urso 1:48.95 15 2 Roberto Parra 1:49.26 16 1 David Matthews 1:49.65

Final Rank Name Nationality Time Notes Nils Schumann 1:44.89 PB André Bucher 1:45.04 Lukáš Vydra 1:45.23 4 James McIlroy 1:45.46 5 Balázs Korányi 1:45.78 NR 6 Wojciech Kałdowski 1:46.60 PB 7 Andrea Longo 1:46.66 8 Wilson Kipketer 1:50.13

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