1950 European Athletics Championships – Men's 800 metres

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

Medalists edit

Gold	John Parlett Great Britain
Silver	Marcel Hansenne France
Bronze	Roger Bannister Great Britain

26 August

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	John Parlett	Great Britain	1:50.5	CR
	Marcel Hansenne	France	1:50.7
	Roger Bannister	Great Britain	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	Great Britain	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	Great Britain	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.