1987 European Athletics Indoor Championships – Men's 800 metres
# 1987 European Athletics Indoor Championships – Men's 800 metres

The men's 800 metres event at the 1987 European Athletics Indoor Championships was held on 21 and 22 February.

## Medalists

| Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| - | - | - |
| Rob Druppers Netherlands | Vladimir Graudyn Soviet Union | Ari Suhonen Finland |

## 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 | Ari Suhonen | Finland | 1:48.93 | Q |
| 2 | 1 | Tony Morrell | Great Britain | 1:48.95 | Q |
| 3 | 1 | Rob Druppers | Netherlands | 1:49.25 | Q |
| 4 | 1 | Axel Harries | West Germany | 1:49.80 | q |
| 5 | 3 | Vladimir Graudyn | Soviet Union | 1:50.21 | Q |
| 6 | 3 | Anatoliy Millin | Soviet Union | 1:50.26 | Q |
| 7 | 3 | Marc Corstjens | Belgium | 1:50.42 | Q |
| 8 | 3 | Didier Le Guillou | France | 1:50.43 | q |
| 9 | 3 | Martin Enholm | Sweden | 1:50.67 | q |
| 10 | 1 | Alex Geissbühler | Switzerland | 1:50.83 | |
| 11 | 1 | Gérard Philippe | France | 1:51.17 | |
| 12 | 3 | Stefano Cecchini | Italy | 1:52.15 | |
| 13 | 2 | Jaap van Treijen | Netherlands | 1:52.36 | Q |
| 14 | 2 | Colomán Trabado | Spain | 1:52.43 | Q |
| 15 | 2 | Gert Kilbert | Switzerland | 1:52.44 | Q |
| 16 | 2 | Slobodan Popović | Yugoslavia | 1:52.51 | |
| 17 | 2 | Tonino Viali | Italy | 1:52.72 | |
| 18 | 2 | Ronny Olsson | Sweden | 1:54.16 | |

### Semifinals

First 3 from each semifinal (Q) and the next 2 fastest (q) qualified for the final.

| Rank | Heat | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | 2 | Rob Druppers | Netherlands | 1:49.59 | Q |
| 2 | 1 | Vladimir Graudyn | Soviet Union | 1:49.88 | Q |
| 3 | 2 | Colomán Trabado | Spain | 1:49.89 | Q |
| 4 | 2 | Gert Kilbert | Switzerland | 1:49.97 | Q |
| 5 | 1 | Ari Suhonen | Finland | 1:50.01 | Q |
| 6 | 2 | Tony Morrell | Great Britain | 1:50.02 | q |
| 7 | 1 | Jaap van Treijen | Netherlands | 1:50.17 | Q |
| 8 | 2 | Anatoliy Millin | Soviet Union | 1:50.24 | q |
| 9 | 1 | Didier Le Guillou | France | 1:50.70 | |
| 10 | 2 | Marc Corstjens | Belgium | 1:50.87 | |
| 11 | 1 | Martin Enholm | Sweden | 1:51.03 | |
| 12 | 1 | Axel Harries | West Germany | 1:53.12 | |

### Final

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time |
| - | - | - | - |
| | Rob Druppers | Netherlands | 1:48.12 |
| | Vladimir Graudyn | Soviet Union | 1:49.14 |
| | Ari Suhonen | Finland | 1:49.56 |
| 4 | Anatoliy Millin | Soviet Union | 1:50.24 |
| 5 | Jaap van Treijen | Netherlands | 1:51.03 |
| 6 | Tony Morrell | Great Britain | 1:58.31 |
| 7 | Gert Kilbert | Switzerland | 1:59.08 |
| 8 | Colomán Trabado | Spain | 2:14.16 |
