1986 European Athletics Indoor Championships – Men's 800 metres

The men's 800 metres event at the 1986 European Athletics Indoor Championships was held on 22 and 23 February.

Medalists

Gold	Silver	Bronze
Peter Braun West Germany	Colomán Trabado Spain	Thierry Tonnelier France

Results

Heats

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

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	2	Axel Harries	West Germany	1:51.99	Q
2	3	Thierry Tonnelier	France	1:52.08	Q
3	2	André Lavie	France	1:52.12	Q
4	2	Sergey Kutsebo	Soviet Union	1:52.23	q
5	3	Jussi Udelhoven	West Germany	1:52.34	Q
6	2	Ari Suhonen	Finland	1:52.40	q
7	3	Martin Enholm	Sweden	1:52.76	q
8	4	Colomán Trabado	Spain	1:52.78	Q
9	3	Herwig Tavernaro	Austria	1:52.91	q
10	3	Mário Silva	Portugal	1:52.91
11	4	Philippe Collard	France	1:53.25	Q
12	1	Peter Braun	West Germany	1:53.58	Q
13	4	Ronny Olsson	Sweden	1:53.59
14	1	Sotirios Moutsanas	Greece	1:53.68	Q
15	1	Javier Nieto	Spain	1:53.79
16	1	David Sharpe	Great Britain	1:53.93
17	4	Peter Svaricek	Austria	1:53.98
18	4	Serafim Pallikaris	Greece	1:55.29
19	2	Avelino Baldachino	Gibraltar	2:00.28	NR

Semifinals

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

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	1	Jussi Udelhoven	West Germany	1:50.03	Q
2	2	Peter Braun	West Germany	1:50.34	Q
3	1	Colomán Trabado	Spain	1:50.54	Q
4	2	Philippe Collard	France	1:50.58	Q
5	2	Axel Harries	West Germany	1:50.81	Q
6	1	Thierry Tonnelier	France	1:50.95	Q
7	1	Sergey Kutsebo	Soviet Union	1:51.21
8	1	Sotirios Moutsanas	Greece	1:51.26
9	2	Martin Enholm	Sweden	1:51.76
10	2	André Lavie	France	1:54.16
11	2	Ari Suhonen	Finland	1:54.23
12	1	Herwig Tavernaro	Austria	1:54.88

Final

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Peter Braun	West Germany	1:48.96
	Colomán Trabado	Spain	1:49.12
	Thierry Tonnelier	France	1:49.51
4	Philippe Collard	France	1:49.79
5	Axel Harries	West Germany	1:50.04
6	Jussi Udelhoven	West Germany	1:53.78