Men's 800 metres European record progression

The following table shows the European record progression in the men's 800 metres, as ratified by the EAA{{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20131012041843/http://athletix.org/?p=1826 Athletix]}}[http://www.european-athletics.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=171&Itemid=64 European Athletics] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071016205443/http://www.european-athletics.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=171&Itemid=64 |date=2007-10-16 }}

Hand timing

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! Time

! Athlete

! Nationality

! Venue

! Date

1:51.6*

| {{Flag|Weimar Republic|name=Germany}}

| London, England

| July 3, 1926

1:50.6

| {{FRA}}

| Paris, France

| July 14, 1928

1:49.8

| Tommy Hampson

| {{GBR}}

| Los Angeles, United States

| August 2, 1932

1:48.4

| Sydney Wooderson

| {{GBR}}

| Motspur Park, England

| August 20, 1938

1:46.6

| Rudolf Harbig

| {{Flag|Nazi Germany|name=Germany}}

| July 17, 1939

1:45.7

| {{BEL}}

| August 3, 1955

1:44.9

| Franz-Josef Kemper

| {{FRG}}

| Hanover, Germany

| August 7, 1966

1:44.9

| {{FRG}}

| Stuttgart, Germany

| July 16, 1970

1:44.5

| {{FIN}}

| Helsinki, Finland

| August 20, 1972

1:43.7

| Marcello Fiasconaro

| {{ITA}}

| June 27, 1973

(*) Performance timed over 880 yards

Automatic timing

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! Time

! Athlete

! Nationality

! Venue

! Date

1:42.33

| Sebastian Coe

| {{GBR}}

| July 5, 1979

1:41.73

| Sebastian Coe

| {{GBR}}

| Florence, Italy

| June 10, 1981

1:41.73

| Wilson Kipketer

| {{DEN}}

| Stockholm, Sweden

| July 7, 1997

1:41.24

| Wilson Kipketer

| {{DEN}}

| Zürich, Switzerland

| August 13, 1997

1:41.11

| Wilson Kipketer

| {{DEN}}

| Cologne, Germany

| August 24, 1997

References

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European record

European 800 metres record