1990 European Athletics Indoor Championships – Men's 800 metres

None The men's 800 metres event at the 1990 European Athletics Indoor Championships was held in Kelvin Hall on 3 and 4 March.Results (p. 528–529) Tom McKean, who lived close to the event venue, won the 800m title in his home city of Glasgow, in front of a home crowd at Kelvin Hall.Flashback: McKean gets it right at the 1990 European Indoor Championships https://www.european-athletics.com/home/news/flashback-mckean-gets-right-the-1990-european-indoor-championships 2026-09-24 www.european-athletics.com en McKean arrived in Glasgow off the back of a disappointing result, having finished only seventh in the 800m final at the Commonwealth Games in Auckland a couple of months earlier.Flashback: McKean gets it right at the 1990 European Indoor Championships https://www.european-athletics.com/home/news/flashback-mckean-gets-right-the-1990-european-indoor-championships 2026-09-24 www.european-athletics.com en Medalists GoldSilverBronzeTom McKeanTomás de TeresaZbigniew Janus 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 1:49.41 Q 2 1 Zbigniew Janus 1:49.75 Q 3 3 Martin Enholm 1:49.94 Q 4 3 Giuseppe D'Urso 1:50.12 Q 5 3 Joachim Dehmel 1:50.14 Q 6 3 Brian Whittle 1:50.14 q 7 3 Nicola Bonamici 1:50.54 q 8 3 Tomás de Teresa 1:51.89 q 9 2 Jussi Udelhoven 1:52.09 Q 10 2 Tom McKean 1:52.41 Q 11 2 António Abrantes 1:52.43 Q 12 2 Andrey Sudnik 1:52.51 13 2 Mark Eplinius 1:52.79 14 2 Luis Javier González 1:53.71 15 1 José Arconada 1:53.78 Q 99 1 David Sharpe 9:99.99 DNF Down – and out Sharpe's knockout nightmare https://www.newspapers.com/clip/113144741/sunday-sun/ 16 November 2022 Sunday Sun 4 March 1990 53 99 1 Esko Parpala 9:99.99 DNF 99 1 Simone Modugno 9:99.99 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 1:48.43 Q 2 2 Brian Whittle 1:48.43 Q 3 2 Tomás de Teresa 1:49.06 q 4 1 José Arconada 1:49.41 Q 5 2 Giuseppe D'Urso 1:49.45 q 6 1 Tom McKean 1:49.82 Q 7 1 Slobodan Popović 1:50.50 8 2 António Abrantes 1:52.29 9 1 Joachim Dehmel 1:52.86 10 1 Nicola Bonamici 1:52.89 11 2 Jussi Udelhoven 1:55.43 12 1 Martin Enholm 9:99.99 DQ Final Rank Name Nationality Time Notes Tom McKean 1:46.22 Tomás de Teresa 1:47.22 Zbigniew Janus 1:47.37 PB 4 José Arconada 1:47.40 5 Giuseppe D'Urso 1:49.52 6 Brian Whittle 9:99.99 DNS References Category:800 metres at the European Athletics Indoor Championships Category:Men's events at the 1990 European Athletics Indoor Championships