1950 European Athletics Championships – Men's 800 metres

Events at the 1950 European Athletics Championships
Track events
100 m	men	women
200 m	men	women
400 m	men
800 m	men
1500 m	men
5000 m	men
10,000 m	men
80 m hurdles		women
110 m hurdles	men
400 m hurdles	men
3000 m steeplechase	men
10,000 m track walk	men
4×100 m relay	men	women
4×400 m relay	men
Road events
Marathon	men
50 km walk	men
Field events
High jump	men	women
Pole vault	men
Long jump	men	women
Triple jump	men
Shot put	men	women
Discus throw	men	women
Hammer throw	men
Javelin throw	men	women
Combined events
Pentathlon		women
Decathlon	men

The men's 800 metres at the 1950 European Athletics Championships was held in Bruxelles, Belgium, at Stade du Heysel on 23 and 26 August 1950.^[1]

Medalists

Gold	John Parlett United Kingdom
Silver	Marcel Hansenne France
Bronze	Roger Bannister United Kingdom

26 August

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
01 !	John Parlett	United Kingdom	1:50.5	CR
02 !	Marcel Hansenne	France	1:50.7
03 !	Roger Bannister	United Kingdom	1:50.7
4	Ingvar Bengtsson	Sweden	1:51.2
5	Audun Boysen	Norway	1:51.4
6	Michel Clare	France	1:51.6
7	Olle Lindén	Sweden	1:52.3
8	Joseph Brys	Belgium	1:54.0
9	Joseph Barthel	Luxembourg	1:58.8

23 August

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Audun Boysen	Norway	1:51.2	Q
2	Ingvar Bengtsson	Sweden	1:51.5	Q
3	Joseph Barthel	Luxembourg	1:51.7	Q
4	Václav Aim	Czechoslovakia	1:53.0
5	Gennadiy Modoy	Soviet Union	1:53.1
6	Magnús Jónsson	Iceland	1:56.2
7	Telemachos Kanellidis	Greece	1:59.1

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Marcel Hansenne	France	1:50.8	Q
2	Olle Lindén	Sweden	1:50.9	Q
3	John Parlett	United Kingdom	1:51.9	Q
4	Alfred Langenus	Belgium	1:55.3
5	Aldo Fracassi	Italy	1:55.3
6	Pétur Einarsson	Iceland	1:56.7

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Roger Bannister	United Kingdom	1:53.8	Q
2	Michel Clare	France	1:53.8	Q
3	Joseph Brys	Belgium	1:54.1	Q
4	Matija Hanc	Yugoslavia	1:55.3
5	Loukas Adamopoulos	Greece	1:57.5

According to an unofficial count, 18 athletes from 12 countries participated in the event.

800 metres at the European Athletics Championships

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