1989 European Athletics Indoor Championships – Men's 800 metres
# 1989 European Athletics Indoor Championships – Men's 800 metres

The men's 800 metres event at the 1989 European Athletics Indoor Championships was held on 18 and 19 February.

## Medalists

| Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| - | - | - |
| Steve Heard Great Britain | Rob Druppers Netherlands | Joachim Heydgen West Germany |

## Results

### Heats

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

| Rank | Heat | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | 3 | Markus Trinkler | Switzerland | 1:50.87 | Q |
| 2 | 3 | Tomás De Teresa | Spain | 1:50.91 | Q |
| 3 | 3 | Steve Heard | Great Britain | 1:50.96 | q |
| 4 | 3 | Denis Badie | France | 1:50.97 | q |
| 5 | 1 | Rob Druppers | Netherlands | 1:51.05 | Q |
| 6 | 1 | Claude Diomar | France | 1:51.16 | Q |
| 7 | 1 | José Arconada | Spain | 1:51.17 | q |
| 8 | 1 | Petr Mareš | Czechoslovakia | 1:51.19 | q |
| 9 | 2 | Alfredo Lahuerta | Spain | 1:51.54 | Q |
| 10 | 2 | Joachim Heydgen | West Germany | 1:51.58 | Q |
| 11 | 1 | Álvaro Silva | Portugal | 1:51.63 | q |
| 12 | 2 | David Sharpe | Great Britain | 1:51.66 | q |
| 13 | 2 | Tonny Baltus | Netherlands | 1:51.98 | |
| 14 | 3 | Tony Ernst | Belgium | 1:52.12 | |
| 15 | 1 | Atle Karlsen | Norway | 1:52.13 | |

### Semifinals

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

| Rank | Heat | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | 2 | Joachim Heydgen | West Germany | 1:50.01 | Q |
| 2 | 2 | Claude Diomar | France | 1:50.08 | Q |
| 3 | 2 | Steve Heard | Great Britain | 1:50.09 | Q |
| 4 | 2 | José Arconada | Spain | 1:50.25 | |
| 5 | 1 | Rob Druppers | Netherlands | 1:50.73 | Q |
| 6 | 1 | David Sharpe | Great Britain | 1:51.06 | Q |
| 7 | 2 | Álvaro Silva | Portugal | 1:51.17 | |
| 8 | 1 | Alfredo Lahuerta | Spain | 1:51.22 | Q |
| 9 | 1 | Denis Badie | France | 1:51.32 | |
| 10 | 1 | Markus Trinkler | Switzerland | 1:51.70 | |
| 11 | 1 | Petr Mareš | Czechoslovakia | 1:51.72 | |
| 12 | 2 | Tomás De Teresa | Spain | 1:52.54 | |

### Final

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| | Steve Heard | Great Britain | 1:48.84 | PB |
| | Rob Druppers | Netherlands | 1:48.96 | |
| | Joachim Heydgen | West Germany | 1:49.75 | |
| 4 | Claude Diomar | France | 1:52.37 | |
| | Alfredo Lahuerta | Spain | DNF | |
| | David Sharpe | Great Britain | DNF | |
