1986 European Athletics Indoor Championships – Men's 800 metres

First 2 of each heat (Q) and the next 4 fastest (q) qualified for the semifinals.

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	2	Axel Harries	West Germany	1:51.99	Q
2	3	Thierry Tonnelier	France	1:52.08	Q
3	2	André Lavie	France	1:52.12	Q
4	2	Sergey Kutsebo	Soviet Union	1:52.23	q
5	3	Jussi Udelhoven	West Germany	1:52.34	Q
6	2	Ari Suhonen	Finland	1:52.40	q
7	3	Martin Enholm	Sweden	1:52.76	q
8	4	Colomán Trabado	Spain	1:52.78	Q
9	3	Herwig Tavernaro	Austria	1:52.91	q
10	3	Mário Silva	Portugal	1:52.91
11	4	Philippe Collard	France	1:53.25	Q
12	1	Peter Braun	West Germany	1:53.58	Q
13	4	Ronny Olsson	Sweden	1:53.59
14	1	Sotirios Moutsanas	Greece	1:53.68	Q
15	1	Javier Nieto	Spain	1:53.79
16	1	David Sharpe	Great Britain	1:53.93
17	4	Peter Svaricek	Austria	1:53.98
18	4	Serafim Pallikaris	Greece	1:55.29
19	2	Avelino Baldachino	Gibraltar	2:00.28	NR

First 3 from each semifinal qualified directly (Q) for the final.

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	1	Jussi Udelhoven	West Germany	1:50.03	Q
2	2	Peter Braun	West Germany	1:50.34	Q
3	1	Colomán Trabado	Spain	1:50.54	Q
4	2	Philippe Collard	France	1:50.58	Q
5	2	Axel Harries	West Germany	1:50.81	Q
6	1	Thierry Tonnelier	France	1:50.95	Q
7	1	Sergey Kutsebo	Soviet Union	1:51.21
8	1	Sotirios Moutsanas	Greece	1:51.26
9	2	Martin Enholm	Sweden	1:51.76
10	2	André Lavie	France	1:54.16
11	2	Ari Suhonen	Finland	1:54.23
12	1	Herwig Tavernaro	Austria	1:54.88