title: 1990 European Athletics Indoor Championships – Men's 800 metres
text: # 1990 European Athletics Indoor Championships – Men's 800 metres
  
  The men's 800 metres event at the 1990 European Athletics Indoor Championships was held in Kelvin Hall on 3 and 4 March.
  
  ## Medalists
  
  | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
  | - | - | - |
  | Tom McKean Great Britain | Tomás de Teresa Spain | Zbigniew Janus Poland |
  
  ## Results
  
  ### Heats
  
  First 3 from each heat (Q) and the next 3 fastest (q) qualified for the semifinals.
  
  | Rank | Heat | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | 1 | Slobodan Popović | Yugoslavia | 1:49.41 | Q |
  | 2 | 1 | Zbigniew Janus | Poland | 1:49.75 | Q |
  | 3 | 3 | Martin Enholm | Sweden | 1:49.94 | Q |
  | 4 | 3 | Giuseppe D'Urso | Italy | 1:50.12 | Q |
  | 5 | 3 | Joachim Dehmel | West Germany | 1:50.14 | Q |
  | 6 | 3 | Brian Whittle | Great Britain | 1:50.14 | q |
  | 7 | 3 | Nicola Bonamici | Italy | 1:50.54 | q |
  | 8 | 3 | Tomás de Teresa | Spain | 1:51.89 | q |
  | 9 | 2 | Jussi Udelhoven | West Germany | 1:52.09 | Q |
  | 10 | 2 | Tom McKean | Great Britain | 1:52.41 | Q |
  | 11 | 2 | António Abrantes | Portugal | 1:52.43 | Q |
  | 12 | 2 | Andrey Sudnik | Soviet Union | 1:52.51 | |
  | 13 | 2 | Mark Eplinius | East Germany | 1:52.79 | |
  | 14 | 2 | Luis Javier González | Spain | 1:53.71 | |
  | 15 | 1 | José Arconada | Spain | 1:53.78 | Q |
  | | 1 | David Sharpe | Great Britain | DNF | |
  | | 1 | Esko Parpala | Finland | DNF | |
  | | 1 | Simone Modugno | Italy | DQ | |
  
  ### 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 | Zbigniew Janus | Poland | 1:48.43 | Q |
  | 2 | 2 | Brian Whittle | Great Britain | 1:48.43 | Q |
  | 3 | 2 | Tomás de Teresa | Spain | 1:49.06 | q |
  | 4 | 1 | José Arconada | Spain | 1:49.41 | Q |
  | 5 | 2 | Giuseppe D'Urso | Italy | 1:49.45 | q |
  | 6 | 1 | Tom McKean | Great Britain | 1:49.82 | Q |
  | 7 | 1 | Slobodan Popović | Yugoslavia | 1:50.50 | |
  | 8 | 2 | António Abrantes | Portugal | 1:52.29 | |
  | 9 | 1 | Joachim Dehmel | West Germany | 1:52.86 | |
  | 10 | 1 | Nicola Bonamici | Italy | 1:52.89 | |
  | 11 | 2 | Jussi Udelhoven | West Germany | 1:55.43 | |
  | | 1 | Martin Enholm | Sweden | DQ | |
  
  ### Final
  
  | Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Tom McKean | Great Britain | 1:46.22 | |
  | | Tomás de Teresa | Spain | 1:47.22 | |
  | | Zbigniew Janus | Poland | 1:47.37 | PB |
  | 4 | José Arconada | Spain | 1:47.40 | |
  | 5 | Giuseppe D'Urso | Italy | 1:49.52 | |
  | | Brian Whittle | Great Britain | DNS | |
  