1983 European Athletics Indoor Championships – Men's 800 metres

The men's 800 metres event at the 1983 European Athletics Indoor Championships was held on 5 and 6 March.

Medalists

Gold	Silver	Bronze
Colomán Trabado Spain	Peter Elliott Great Britain	Thierry Tonnelier France

Results

Heats

First 3 from each heat (Q) and the next 1 fastest (q) qualified for the semifinals.

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	1	Viktor Zemlyanskiy	Soviet Union	1:49.26	Q
2	1	Rob Druppers	Netherlands	1:49.28	Q
3	1	Andres Garcia	France	1:49.45	Q
4	1	Hans Lang	West Germany	1:49.52	q
5	2	Thierry Tonnelier	France	1:49.82	Q
6	3	Peter Elliott	Great Britain	1:50.06	Q
7	1	András Paróczai	Hungary	1:50.07	q
8	3	Andrés Vera	Spain	1:50.09	Q
9	3	Didier Le Guillou	France	1:50.16	Q
10	2	Colomán Trabado	Spain	1:50.20	Q
11	3	Petru Drăgoescu	Romania	1:50.07	q
12	2	Binko Kolev	Bulgaria	1:50.40	Q
13	3	Zsolt Szabó	Hungary	1:50.62
14	2	Reinhold Studer	Switzerland	1:51.18

Semifinals

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

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	2	Colomán Trabado	Spain	1:48.39	Q
2	2	Peter Elliott	Great Britain	1:48.79	Q
3	2	Petru Drăgoescu	Romania	1:48.94	q
4	2	Andres Garcia	France	1:49.62	q
5	1	Thierry Tonnelier	France	1:50.08	Q
6	1	Binko Kolev	Bulgaria	1:50.26	Q
7	1	Andrés Vera	Spain	1:50.42
8	1	Hans Lang	West Germany	1:50.64
9	1	Didier Le Guillou	France	1:50.69
10	1	Viktor Zemlyanskiy	Soviet Union	1:54.44
	2	Rob Druppers	Netherlands	DNF
	2	András Paróczai	Hungary	DNS

Final

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Colomán Trabado	Spain	1:46.91
	Peter Elliott	Great Britain	1:47.58
	Thierry Tonnelier	France	1:47.68
4	Petru Drăgoescu	Romania	1:47.91
5	Binko Kolev	Bulgaria	1:51.94
6	Andres Garcia	France	2:04.91