The men's 800 metres event at the 1988 European Athletics Indoor Championships was held on 5 and 6 March.Results (p. 517)
Medalists GoldSilverBronzeDavid SharpeRob DruppersGert Kilbert
Results Heats First 2 from each heat (Q) and the next 4 fastest (q) qualified for the semifinals.
Rank Heat Name Nationality Time Notes 1 3 Gert Kilbert 1:49.65 Q 2 3 Tony Morrell 1:49.68 Q 3 3 Colomán Trabado 1:49.72 q 4 3 Zoltán Sári 1:50.37 q 5 4 David Sharpe 1:50.83 Q 6 4 Slobodan Popović 1:51.02 Q 7 4 Andrey Sudnik 1:51.13 q 8 4 Joachim Heydgen 1:51.14 q 9 4 Ari Suhonen 1:51.19 10 1 Rob Druppers 1:53.12 Q 11 1 Ikem Billy 1:53.20 Q 12 1 István Szalai 1:53.36 13 1 José Arconada 1:53.49 14 1 Álvaro Silva 1:54.66 15 2 Petru Drăgoescu 2:00.16 Q 16 2 Tony Ernst 2:00.61 Q 17 2 Tomás de Teresa 2:00.65 18 2 Predrag Melnjak 2:01.22 1 Herwig Tavernaro
Semifinals First 3 from each semifinal qualified directly (Q) for the final.
Rank Heat Name Nationality Time Notes 1 2 Tony Morrell 1:48.23 Q 2 1 Rob Druppers 1:48.28 Q 3 2 Slobodan Popović 1:48.52 Q 4 1 Gert Kilbert 1:48.65 Q 5 1 David Sharpe 1:48.66 Q 6 2 Ikem Billy 1:48.70 Q 7 2 Andrey Sudnik 1:48.72 8 1 Joachim Heydgen 1:48.76 9 2 Colomán Trabado 1:49.08 10 2 Petru Drăgoescu 1:49.24 11 1 Zoltán Sári 1:51.66 12 1 Tony Ernst 1:51.82
Final Rank Name Nationality Time Notes David Sharpe 1:49.17 Rob Druppers 1:49.45 Gert Kilbert 1:49.46 4 Tony Morrell 1:49.89 5 Slobodan Popović 1:50.02 6 Ikem Billy 1:50.36
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