1990 European Athletics Championships – Men's 800 metres
# 1990 European Athletics Championships – Men's 800 metres

These are the official results of the Men's 800 metres event at the 1990 European Championships in Split, Yugoslavia, held at Stadion Poljud on 27, 28, and 29 August 1990.

## Medalists

| Gold | Tom McKean United Kingdom |
| - | - |
| Silver | David Sharpe United Kingdom |
| Bronze | Piotr Piekarski Poland |

## Results

### Final

29 August

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time |
| - | - | - | - |
| | Tom McKean | United Kingdom | 1:44.76 |
| | David Sharpe | United Kingdom | 1:45.59 |
| | Piotr Piekarski | Poland | 1:45.76 |
| 4 | Andrey Sudnik | Soviet Union | 1:45.81 |
| 5 | Slobodan Popović | Yugoslavia | 1:45.90 |
| 6 | Tonino Viali | Italy | 1:46.04 |
| 7 | Giuseppe D'Urso | Italy | 1:47.29 |
| 8 | Matthew Yates | United Kingdom | 1:48.42 |

### Semi-finals

28 August

**Semi-final 1**

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Tonino Viali | Italy | 1:45.64 | Q |
| 2 | Slobodan Popović | Yugoslavia | 1:45.79 | Q |
| 3 | David Sharpe | United Kingdom | 1:45.82 | Q |
| 4 | Andrey Sudnik | Soviet Union | 1:45.89 | q |
| 5 | Matthew Yates | United Kingdom | 1:46.61 | q |
| 6 | Atle Douglas | Norway | 1:47.04 | |
| 7 | Ryszard Ostrowski | Poland | 1:48.22 | |
| 8 | Luis Javier González | Spain | 1:50.79 | |

**Semi-final 2**

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Piotr Piekarski | Poland | 1:47.45 | Q |
| 2 | Tom McKean | United Kingdom | 1:47.49 | Q |
| 3 | Giuseppe D'Urso | Italy | 1:47.77 | Q |
| 4 | Slobodan Miolović | Yugoslavia | 1:47.94 | |
| 5 | Alberto Barsotti | Italy | 1:48.13 | |
| 6 | Robin van Helden | Netherlands | 1:48.26 | |
| 7 | Tomás De Teresa | Spain | 1:48.73 | |
| 8 | Frédéric Selle | France | 1:49.98 | |

### Heats

27 August

**Heat 1**

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Andrey Sudnik | Soviet Union | 1:49.71 | Q |
| 2 | Tom McKean | United Kingdom | 1:49.87 | Q |
| 3 | Giuseppe D'Urso | Italy | 1:49.91 | Q |
| 4 | Frédéric Selle | France | 1:49.94 | Q |
| 5 | Ryszard Ostrowski | Poland | 1:50.05 | q |
| 6 | Ari Suhonen | Finland | 1:50.25 | |
| 7 | Markus Trinkler | Switzerland | 1:50.32 | |

**Heat 2**

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Tonino Viali | Italy | 1:46.94 | Q |
| 2 | Slobodan Miolović | Yugoslavia | 1:47.14 | Q |
| 3 | Matthew Yates | United Kingdom | 1:47.43 | Q |
| 4 | Atle Douglas | Norway | 1:47.52 | Q |
| 5 | Tomás De Teresa | Spain | 1:47.83 | q |
| 6 | Miroslav Chochkov | Bulgaria | 1:50.68 | |

**Heat 3**

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Piotr Piekarski | Poland | 1:48.08 | Q |
| 2 | David Sharpe | United Kingdom | 1:48.30 | Q |
| 3 | Robin van Helden | Netherlands | 1:48.40 | Q |
| 4 | Luis Javier González | Spain | 1:48.42 | Q |
| 5 | Slobodan Popović | Yugoslavia | 1:48.43 | q |
| 6 | Alberto Barsotti | Italy | 1:49.22 | q |
| 7 | Jose Arconada | Spain | 1:50.24 | |

## Participation

According to an unofficial count, 20 athletes from 12 countries participated in the event.

* Bulgaria (1)
* Finland (1)
* France (1)
* Italy (3)
* Netherlands (1)
* Norway (1)
* Poland (2)
* Soviet Union (1)
* Spain (3)
* Switzerland (1)
* United Kingdom (3)
* Yugoslavia (2)
