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.

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