Track and Field Statistics

Main > Men, 800 m > European Championships Records Progression

All records considered statistically valid, but some of them, were unratified for various reasons. •   - Record was ratified           *   - Record was repeated   • 1.51.8 Mario Lanzi ITA Turin Sep 08, 1934 • 1.50.6 Rudolf Harbig GER Paris Sep 04, 1938 • 1.50.5 John Parlett GBR Brussels Aug 26, 1950 • 1.50.2 Brian Hewson GBR Bern Aug 25, 1954 • 1.50.0 Lajos Szentgali HUN Bern Aug 27, 1954 • 1.47.1 Lajos Szentgali HUN Bern Aug 28, 1954 • 1.45.9 Manfred Matuschewski GDR Budapest Sep 04, 1966 • 1.45.9* Dieter Fromm GDR Athens Sep 19, 1969 • 1.45.6 Yevgeniy Arzhanov URS Helsinki Aug 12, 1971 • 1.44.1 Luciano Susanj YUG Rome Sep 04, 1974 • 1.43.8 Olaf Beyer GDR Prague Aug 31, 1978   1.43.49 Mark English IRL Birmingham (GBR) Aug 12, 2026