1978 European Athletics Indoor Championships – Men's 800 metres

The men's 800 metres event at the 1978 European Athletics Indoor Championships was held on 11 and 12 March in Milan.

Medalists

Gold	Silver	Bronze
Markku Taskinen Finland	Olaf Beyer East Germany	Roger Milhau France

Results

Heats

First 2 from each heat (Q) qualified directly for the final.

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	1	Roger Milhau	France	1:48.6	Q
2	1	Marian Gęsicki	Poland	1:48.9	Q
3	1	Arno Korneling	Netherlands	1:49.2
4	1	Pavel Litovchenko	Soviet Union	1:50.9
5	3	Olaf Beyer	East Germany	1:51.0	Q
6	3	Rolf Gysin	Switzerland	1:51.2	Q
7	3	Sermet Timurlenk	Turkey	1:51.6
8	3	Paweł Szweda	Poland	1:52.1
9	1	Jón Didriksson	Iceland	1:53.7
10	2	Gabriele Ferrero	Italy	1:56.0	Q
11	2	Markku Taskinen	Finland	1:56.1	Q
12	2	Günther Hasler	Liechtenstein	1:56.3
13	2	Milovan Savić	Yugoslavia	1:56.4

Final

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Markku Taskinen	Finland	1:47.36	NR
	Olaf Beyer	East Germany	1:47.68
	Roger Milhau	France	1:47.8
4	Marian Gęsicki	Poland	1:48.1
5	Rolf Gysin	Switzerland	1:49.3
6	Gabriele Ferrero	Italy	1:49.5