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

The men's 800 metres event at the 1990 European Athletics Indoor Championships was held in Kelvin Hall on 3 and 4 March.

## Medalists

| Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| - | - | - |
| Tom McKean Great Britain | Tomás de Teresa Spain | Zbigniew Janus Poland |

## Results

### Heats

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

| Rank | Heat | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | 1 | Slobodan Popović | Yugoslavia | 1:49.41 | Q |
| 2 | 1 | Zbigniew Janus | Poland | 1:49.75 | Q |
| 3 | 3 | Martin Enholm | Sweden | 1:49.94 | Q |
| 4 | 3 | Giuseppe D'Urso | Italy | 1:50.12 | Q |
| 5 | 3 | Joachim Dehmel | West Germany | 1:50.14 | Q |
| 6 | 3 | Brian Whittle | Great Britain | 1:50.14 | q |
| 7 | 3 | Nicola Bonamici | Italy | 1:50.54 | q |
| 8 | 3 | Tomás de Teresa | Spain | 1:51.89 | q |
| 9 | 2 | Jussi Udelhoven | West Germany | 1:52.09 | Q |
| 10 | 2 | Tom McKean | Great Britain | 1:52.41 | Q |
| 11 | 2 | António Abrantes | Portugal | 1:52.43 | Q |
| 12 | 2 | Andrey Sudnik | Soviet Union | 1:52.51 | |
| 13 | 2 | Mark Eplinius | East Germany | 1:52.79 | |
| 14 | 2 | Luis Javier González | Spain | 1:53.71 | |
| 15 | 1 | José Arconada | Spain | 1:53.78 | Q |
| | 1 | David Sharpe | Great Britain | DNF | |
| | 1 | Esko Parpala | Finland | DNF | |
| | 1 | Simone Modugno | Italy | DQ | |

### Semifinals

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

| Rank | Heat | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | 2 | Zbigniew Janus | Poland | 1:48.43 | Q |
| 2 | 2 | Brian Whittle | Great Britain | 1:48.43 | Q |
| 3 | 2 | Tomás de Teresa | Spain | 1:49.06 | q |
| 4 | 1 | José Arconada | Spain | 1:49.41 | Q |
| 5 | 2 | Giuseppe D'Urso | Italy | 1:49.45 | q |
| 6 | 1 | Tom McKean | Great Britain | 1:49.82 | Q |
| 7 | 1 | Slobodan Popović | Yugoslavia | 1:50.50 | |
| 8 | 2 | António Abrantes | Portugal | 1:52.29 | |
| 9 | 1 | Joachim Dehmel | West Germany | 1:52.86 | |
| 10 | 1 | Nicola Bonamici | Italy | 1:52.89 | |
| 11 | 2 | Jussi Udelhoven | West Germany | 1:55.43 | |
| | 1 | Martin Enholm | Sweden | DQ | |

### Final

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| | Tom McKean | Great Britain | 1:46.22 | |
| | Tomás de Teresa | Spain | 1:47.22 | |
| | Zbigniew Janus | Poland | 1:47.37 | PB |
| 4 | José Arconada | Spain | 1:47.40 | |
| 5 | Giuseppe D'Urso | Italy | 1:49.52 | |
| | Brian Whittle | Great Britain | DNS | |
