1938 European Athletics Championships – Men's 800 metres

Men's 800 metres at the European Athletics Championships

The men's 800 metres at the 1938 European Athletics Championships was held in Paris, France, at Stade Olympique de Colombes on 3 and 4 September 1938.

Medalists

Gold	Rudolf Harbig Germany
Silver	Jacques Lévèque France
Bronze	Mario Lanzi Italy

Results

Final

4 September

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Rudolf Harbig	Germany	1:50.6	CR, NR
	Jacques Lévèque	France	1:51.8
	Mario Lanzi	Italy	1:52.0
4	Sjabbe Bouman	Netherlands	1:52.3	NR
5	Bertil Andersson	Sweden	1:53.0
6	Tauno Peussa	Finland	1:55.5
7	Paul Faure	France	NT
8	Lennart Nilsson	Sweden	NT
9	Paul Minder	Switzerland	NT
	Gusztáv Harsányi	Hungary	DNF

Heats

3 September

Heat 1

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Mario Lanzi	Italy	1:53.6	Q
2	Jacques Lévèque	France	1:54.1	Q
3	Lennart Nilsson	Sweden	1:54.2	Q
4	Francis Handley	Great Britain	1:55.0

Heat 2

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Rudolf Harbig	Germany	1:54.3	Q
2	Bertil Andersson	Sweden	1:54.9	Q
3	Paul Faure	France	1:55.2	Q
4	Ferenc Temesvári	Hungary	1:55.4
5	Alfred Baldwin	Great Britain	1:56.6
6	Emil Goršek	Yugoslavia	2:01.4
7	Charles Stein	Luxembourg	NT

Heat 3

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Sjabbe Bouman	Netherlands	1:56.8	Q
2	Tauno Peussa	Finland	1:57.7	Q
3	Gusztáv Harsányi	Hungary	1:58.4	Q
4	Paul Minder	Switzerland	1:58.6	Q
5	Eraldo Colombo	Italy	1:58.8
6	Antonio Calado	Portugal	1:58.8
7	Wacław Gąssowski	Poland	2:02.0

Participation

According to an unofficial count, 18 athletes from 13 countries participated in the event.

• Finland (1)
• France (2)
• Germany (1)
• Hungary (2)
• Italy (2)
• Luxembourg (1)
• Netherlands (1)
• Poland (1)
• Portugal (1)
• Sweden (2)
• Switzerland (1)
• Great Britain (2)
• Yugoslavia (1)