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.^[1]

Medalists

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

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

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

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