1982 European Athletics Indoor Championships – Men's 800 metres
# 1982 European Athletics Indoor Championships – Men's 800 metres

The men's 800 metres event at the 1982 European Athletics Indoor Championships was held on 6–7 March.

## Medalists

| Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| - | - | - |
| Antonio Páez Spain | Klaus-Peter Nabein West Germany | Colomán Trabado Spain |

## Results

### Heats

First 2 of each heat (Q) and the next 6 fastest (q) qualified for the semifinals.

| Rank | Heat | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | 3 | Colomán Trabado | Spain | 1:48.78 | Q |
| 2 | 3 | Hans-Joachim Mogalle | East Germany | 1:48.82 | Q |
| 3 | 3 | Bruno Tabourin | France | 1:48.92 | q |
| 4 | 3 | Hans-Peter Ferner | West Germany | 1:48.98 | q |
| 5 | 3 | Milovan Savić | Yugoslavia | 1:49.04 | q |
| 6 | 2 | Klaus-Peter Nabein | West Germany | 1:49.99 | Q |
| 7 | 2 | Antonio Páez | Spain | 1:49.99 | Q |
| 8 | 2 | Arno Korneling | Netherlands | 1:50.01 | q |
| 9 | 2 | Michel Wijnsberghe | Belgium | 1:50.61 | q |
| 10 | 1 | József Bereczki | Hungary | 1:50.81 | Q |
| 11 | 1 | Thomas Wilking | West Germany | 1:50.93 | Q |
| 12 | 2 | Didier Le Guillou | France | 1:50.95 | q |
| 13 | 1 | Roger Milhau | France | 1:51.00 | |
| 14 | 2 | Sermet Timurlenk | Turkey | 1:51.72 | |
| 15 | 1 | Adorno Corradini | Italy | 1:51.85 | |
| 15 | 1 | Jürg Gerber | Switzerland | 1:51.91 | |

### Semifinals

First 3 from each semifinal qualified directly (Q) for the final.

| Rank | Heat | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | 1 | Colomán Trabado | Spain | 1:48.31 | Q |
| 2 | 1 | Hans-Peter Ferner | West Germany | 1:48.50 | Q |
| 3 | 2 | Antonio Páez | Spain | 1:48.69 | Q |
| 4 | 1 | Klaus-Peter Nabein | West Germany | 1:48.73 | Q |
| 5 | 1 | Didier Le Guillou | France | 1:48.75 | |
| 6 | 2 | Arno Korneling | Netherlands | 1:48.92 | Q |
| 7 | 1 | Milovan Savić | Yugoslavia | 1:49.38 | |
| 8 | 2 | Hans-Joachim Mogalle | East Germany | 1:49.68 | Q |
| 9 | 2 | Bruno Tabourin | France | 1:49.95 | |
| 10 | 2 | József Bereczki | Hungary | 1:49.96 | |
| 11 | 2 | Thomas Wilking | West Germany | 1:50.52 | |
| | 1 | Michel Wijnsberghe | Belgium | DNF | |

### Final

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time |
| - | - | - | - |
| | Antonio Páez | Spain | 1:48.02 |
| | Klaus-Peter Nabein | West Germany | 1:48.31 |
| | Colomán Trabado | Spain | 1:48.35 |
| 4 | Arno Korneling | Netherlands | 1:48.46 |
| 5 | Hans-Joachim Mogalle | East Germany | 1:49.64 |
| 6 | Hans-Peter Ferner | West Germany | 1:50.62 |
