1938 European Athletics Championships – Men's 800 metres

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)