1950 European Athletics Championships – Men's 800 metres
# 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.

## Medalists

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

## Results

### Final

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 | |

### Heats

23 August

**Heat 1**

| 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 | |

**Heat 2**

| 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 | |

**Heat 3**

| 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 | |

## Participation

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

* Belgium (2)
* Czechoslovakia (1)
* France (2)
* Greece (2)
* Iceland (2)
* Italy (1)
* Luxembourg (1)
* Norway (1)
* Soviet Union (1)
* Sweden (2)
* Great Britain (2)
* Yugoslavia (1)
