1981 European Athletics Indoor Championships – Men's 800 metres

1981 European Athletics Indoor Championships
Track events
50 m	men	women
400 m	men	women
800 m		women
1500 m	men	women
3000 m	men
50 m hurdles	men	women
5000 m walk	men
Field events
High jump	men	women
Pole vault	men
Long jump	men	women
Triple jump	men
Shot put	men	women

The men's 800 metres event at the 1981 European Athletics Indoor Championships was held on 21 and 22 February.^[1][2]

Gold	Silver	Bronze
Herbert Wursthorn  West Germany	Andras Paróczai  Hungary	Antonio Páez  Spain

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

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	2	András Paróczai	Hungary	1:47.93	Q
2	1	Herbert Wursthorn	West Germany	1:48.58	Q
3	2	Thomas Wilking	West Germany	1:48.60	Q
4	2	Detlef Wagenknecht	East Germany	1:48.69	q
5	1	Antonio Páez	Spain	1:49.18	Q
6	1	Andreas Busse	East Germany	1:49.45	q
7	2	Mike Whittingham	Great Britain	1:49.51
8	2	Rui Fernandes	Portugal	1:49.81
9	1	József Bereczki	Hungary	1:49.98
10	1	Binko Kolev	Bulgaria	1:51.55
	2	Andrés Ballbé	Spain	DNF
	1	Hans-Peter Ferner	West Germany	DNS

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Herbert Wursthorn	West Germany	1:47.70
	András Paróczai	Hungary	1:47.73
	Antonio Páez	Spain	1:48.31
4	Andreas Busse	East Germany	1:48.82
5	Detlef Wagenknecht	East Germany	1:48.87
6	Thomas Wilking	West Germany	1:49.49