1998 European Athletics Indoor Championships – Men's 800 metres
# 1998 European Athletics Indoor Championships – Men's 800 metres

The men's 800 metres event at the 1998 European Athletics Indoor Championships was held on 27 February–1 March.

## Medalists

| Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| - | - | - |
| Nils Schumann Germany | Marko Koers Netherlands | Vebjørn Rodal Norway |

## 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 | Gert-Jan Liefers | Netherlands | 1:48.74 | Q |
| 2 | 2 | James Nolan | Ireland | 1:49.04 | Q |
| 3 | 4 | Lukáš Vydra | Czech Republic | 1:49.23 | Q |
| 4 | 4 | Ivan Komar | Belarus | 1:49.26 | Q |
| 5 | 4 | Nils Schumann | Germany | 1:49.33 | q |
| 6 | 2 | Roman Oravec | Czech Republic | 1:49.51 | q |
| 7 | 2 | Pedro Antonio Esteso | Spain | 1:49.63 | q |
| 8 | 3 | Vebjørn Rodal | Norway | 1:49.81 | Q |
| 9 | 3 | David Matthews | Ireland | 1:50.09 | Q |
| 10 | 2 | Davide Cadoni | Italy | 1:50.14 | q |
| 11 | 4 | Tim Rogge | Belgium | 1:50.24 | |
| 12 | 1 | Marko Koers | Netherlands | 1:50.40 | Q |
| 13 | 1 | Einārs Tupurītis | Latvia | 1:50.50 | Q |
| 14 | 4 | Luis Javier González | Spain | 1:50.59 | |
| 15 | 1 | Nathan Kahan | Belgium | 1:50.70 | |
| 16 | 1 | Sergey Kozhevnikov | Russia | 1:50.76 | |
| 17 | 3 | Tom Omey | Belgium | 1:50.89 | |
| 18 | 4 | Michael Wildner | Austria | 1:50.94 | |
| 19 | 2 | Panayiotis Stroubakos | Greece | 1:51.50 | |
| 20 | 1 | Duarte Ponte | Portugal | 1:52.87 | |
| | 3 | Roberto Parra | Spain | DNF | |
| | 3 | Andrea Longo | Italy | DQ | |

### Semifinals

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

| Rank | Heat | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | 1 | Ivan Komar | Belarus | 1:48.20 | Q |
| 2 | 1 | Marko Koers | Netherlands | 1:48.42 | Q |
| 3 | 1 | David Matthews | Ireland | 1:48.54 | Q |
| 4 | 1 | Einārs Tupurītis | Latvia | 1:48.89 | |
| 5 | 2 | Vebjørn Rodal | Norway | 1:49.81 | Q |
| 6 | 1 | Davide Cadoni | Italy | 1:49.83 | |
| 7 | 2 | Nils Schumann | Germany | 1:50.04 | Q |
| 8 | 1 | Roman Oravec | Czech Republic | 1:50.16 | |
| 9 | 2 | James Nolan | Ireland | 1:50.21 | Q |
| 10 | 2 | Lukáš Vydra | Czech Republic | 1:50.23 | |
| 11 | 2 | Gert-Jan Liefers | Netherlands | 1:50.82 | |
| 12 | 2 | Pedro Antonio Esteso | Spain | 1:50.96 | |

### Final

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time |
| - | - | - | - |
| | Nils Schumann | Germany | 1:47.02 |
| | Marko Koers | Netherlands | 1:47.20 |
| | Vebjørn Rodal | Norway | 1:47.40 |
| 4 | James Nolan | Ireland | 1:47.81 |
| 5 | David Matthews | Ireland | 1:48.37 |
| 6 | Ivan Komar | Belarus | 1:50.94 |
