1983 European Athletics Indoor Championships – Men's 800 metres
# 1983 European Athletics Indoor Championships – Men's 800 metres

The men's 800 metres event at the 1983 European Athletics Indoor Championships was held on 5 and 6 March.

## Medalists

| Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| - | - | - |
| Colomán Trabado Spain | Peter Elliott Great Britain | Thierry Tonnelier France |

## Results

### Heats

First 3 from each heat (Q) and the next 1 fastest (q) qualified for the semifinals.

| Rank | Heat | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | 1 | Viktor Zemlyanskiy | Soviet Union | 1:49.26 | Q |
| 2 | 1 | Rob Druppers | Netherlands | 1:49.28 | Q |
| 3 | 1 | Andres Garcia | France | 1:49.45 | Q |
| 4 | 1 | Hans Lang | West Germany | 1:49.52 | q |
| 5 | 2 | Thierry Tonnelier | France | 1:49.82 | Q |
| 6 | 3 | Peter Elliott | Great Britain | 1:50.06 | Q |
| 7 | 1 | András Paróczai | Hungary | 1:50.07 | q |
| 8 | 3 | Andrés Vera | Spain | 1:50.09 | Q |
| 9 | 3 | Didier Le Guillou | France | 1:50.16 | Q |
| 10 | 2 | Colomán Trabado | Spain | 1:50.20 | Q |
| 11 | 3 | Petru Drăgoescu | Romania | 1:50.07 | q |
| 12 | 2 | Binko Kolev | Bulgaria | 1:50.40 | Q |
| 13 | 3 | Zsolt Szabó | Hungary | 1:50.62 | |
| 14 | 2 | Reinhold Studer | Switzerland | 1:51.18 | |

### Semifinals

First 2 from each semifinal (Q) and next 2 fastest (q) qualified for the final.

| Rank | Heat | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | 2 | Colomán Trabado | Spain | 1:48.39 | Q |
| 2 | 2 | Peter Elliott | Great Britain | 1:48.79 | Q |
| 3 | 2 | Petru Drăgoescu | Romania | 1:48.94 | q |
| 4 | 2 | Andres Garcia | France | 1:49.62 | q |
| 5 | 1 | Thierry Tonnelier | France | 1:50.08 | Q |
| 6 | 1 | Binko Kolev | Bulgaria | 1:50.26 | Q |
| 7 | 1 | Andrés Vera | Spain | 1:50.42 | |
| 8 | 1 | Hans Lang | West Germany | 1:50.64 | |
| 9 | 1 | Didier Le Guillou | France | 1:50.69 | |
| 10 | 1 | Viktor Zemlyanskiy | Soviet Union | 1:54.44 | |
| | 2 | Rob Druppers | Netherlands | DNF | |
| | 2 | András Paróczai | Hungary | DNS | |

### Final

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time |
| - | - | - | - |
| | Colomán Trabado | Spain | 1:46.91 |
| | Peter Elliott | Great Britain | 1:47.58 |
| | Thierry Tonnelier | France | 1:47.68 |
| 4 | Petru Drăgoescu | Romania | 1:47.91 |
| 5 | Binko Kolev | Bulgaria | 1:51.94 |
| 6 | Andres Garcia | France | 2:04.91 |
