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.[1]

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	Notes
	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	[2]

References

1. Results (p. 551)
2. Jostling, obstruction