metres, european, record, progression, following, table, shows, european, record, progression, metres, ratified, hand, timing, edittime, athlete, nationality, venue, date1, otto, peltzer, nbsp, germany, london, england, july, 19261, sera, martin, nbsp, france,. The following table shows the European record progression in the men s 800 metres as ratified by the EAA 1 2 Hand timing editTime Athlete Nationality Venue Date1 51 6 Otto Peltzer nbsp Germany London England July 3 19261 50 6 Sera Martin nbsp France Paris France July 14 19281 49 8 Tommy Hampson nbsp United Kingdom Los Angeles United States August 2 19321 48 4 Sydney Wooderson nbsp United Kingdom Motspur Park England August 20 19381 46 6 Rudolf Harbig nbsp Germany Milan Italy July 17 19391 45 7 Roger Moens nbsp Belgium Oslo Norway August 3 19551 44 9 Franz Josef Kemper nbsp West Germany Hannover Germany August 7 19661 44 9 Walter Adams nbsp West Germany Stuttgart Germany July 16 19701 44 5 Pekka Vasala nbsp Finland Helsinki Finland August 20 19721 43 7 Marcello Fiasconaro nbsp Italy Milan Italy June 27 1973 Performance timed over 880 yardsAutomatic timing editTime Athlete Nationality Venue Date1 42 33 Sebastian Coe nbsp United Kingdom Oslo Norway July 5 19791 41 73 Sebastian Coe nbsp United Kingdom Florence Italy June 10 19811 41 73 Wilson Kipketer nbsp Denmark Stockholm Sweden July 7 19971 41 24 Wilson Kipketer nbsp Denmark Zurich Switzerland August 13 19971 41 11 Wilson Kipketer nbsp Denmark Cologne Germany August 24 1997References edit Athletix Archived 2013 10 12 at the Wayback Machine European Athletics Archived 2007 10 16 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Men 27s 800 metres European record progression amp oldid 1153018932, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,