1996 European Athletics Indoor Championships – Men's 800 metres
# 1996 European Athletics Indoor Championships – Men's 800 metres

The men's 800 metres event at the 1996 European Athletics Indoor Championships was held in Stockholm Globe Arena on 8–10 March.

## Medalists

| Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| - | - | - |
| Roberto Parra Spain | Giuseppe D'Urso Italy | Wojciech Kałdowski Poland |

## Results

### Heats

First 2 from each heat (Q) and the next 4 fastest (q) qualified for the semifinals.

| Rank | Heat | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | 2 | Andrea Longo | Italy | 1:48.60 | Q |
| 2 | 2 | Andrés Manuel Díaz | Spain | 1:48.99 | Q |
| 3 | 3 | Roberto Parra | Spain | 1:49.62 | Q |
| 4 | 3 | Giuseppe D'Urso | Italy | 1:49.62 | Q |
| 5 | 3 | Wojciech Kałdowski | Poland | 1:49.80 | q |
| 6 | 2 | Michael Wildner | Austria | 1:49.99 | q |
| 7 | 2 | Jean-Christophe Vialettes | France | 1:49.99 | q |
| 8 | 3 | Felix-Imram Sillah | Germany | 1:50.55 | q |
| 9 | 1 | Andrea Giocondi | Italy | 1:51.48 | Q |
| 10 | 1 | Dian Petkov | Bulgaria | 1:51.68 | Q |
| 11 | 1 | James Nolan | Ireland | 1:51.68 | |
| 12 | 3 | Tim Rogge | Belgium | 1:51.69 | |
| 13 | 1 | Luis Javier González | Spain | 1:51.83 | |
| 14 | 1 | Torbjörn Johansson | Sweden | 1:52.52 | |
| 15 | 3 | Vanco Stojanov | Macedonia | 1:56.06 | |
| 16 | 2 | José Azevedo | Portugal | 1:57.57 | |

### 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 | Andrés Manuel Díaz | Spain | 1:48.69 | Q |
| 2 | 2 | Giuseppe D'Urso | Italy | 1:48.86 | Q |
| 3 | 2 | Michael Wildner | Austria | 1:49.26 | q |
| 4 | 1 | Roberto Parra | Spain | 1:49.82 | Q |
| 4 | 2 | Andrea Longo | Italy | 1:49.82 | q |
| 6 | 1 | Wojciech Kałdowski | Poland | 1:49.86 | Q |
| 7 | 1 | Dian Petkov | Bulgaria | 1:50.17 | |
| 8 | 1 | Andrea Giocondi | Italy | 1:50.46 | |
| 9 | 1 | Felix-Imram Sillah | Germany | 1:50.88 | |
| 10 | 2 | Jean-Christophe Vialettes | France | 1:51.86 | |

### Final

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time |
| - | - | - | - |
| | Roberto Parra | Spain | 1:47.74 |
| | Giuseppe D'Urso | Italy | 1:48.04 |
| | Wojciech Kałdowski | Poland | 1:48.40 |
| 4 | Michael Wildner | Austria | 1:48.64 |
| 5 | Andrea Longo | Italy | 1:49.19 |
| | Andrés Manuel Díaz | Spain | DQ |
