men's national records 800m as at 31.12.1940
Germany	Rudolf Harbig	1:46,6	(1.)	Milano	15.07.39	ITA v. GER		Europe
Great Britain	Sydney Wooderson	1:48,4	(1.)	Motspur Park	20.08.38			Europe
Italy	Mario Lanzi	1:49,0	(2.)	Milano	15.07.39	ITA v. GER		Europe
United States of America	Elroy Robinson	1:49,6	(1.)	New York	11.07.37			America
Canada	Alex Wilson	1:49,9	(2.)	Los Angeles	02.08.32	Olympic Games		America
Sweden	Eric Ny	1:50,4	(1.)	Stockholm	01.09.34			Europe
France	Seraphin Martin	1:50,6	(1.)	Colombes	15.07.28			Europe
New Zealand	Vernon P. Boot	1:51,2	(1.)	Sydney	07.02.38			Ozeania
Poland	Kazimierz Kucharski	1:51,6	(1.)	Stockholm	24.07.35			Europe
Switzerland	Paul Martin	1:51,8	(2.)	Colombes	09.09.28			Europe
Hungary	Miklós Szabó	1:52,0	(1.)	Torino	09.09.34	European Championships		Europe
Norway	Hjalmar Johannesen	1:52,1	(1.)	Stockholm	08.09.35			Europe
Netherlands	Sjabbe Bouman	1:52,3	(4.)	Paris	04.09.38	European Championships		Europe
Finland	Ossi Teileri	1:52,5	(2.)	Tampere	31.07.35			Europe
Soviet Union	Aleksandr Pugachevskiy	1:52,6		Moskva	21.07.40			Asia
Belgium	Joseph Mostert	1:53,0		Stockholm	11.08.39			Europe
Ireland	Brian McCabe	1:53,1		Sydney	05.02.38			Europe
Austria	Franz Eichberger	1:53,2		Königsberg	10.07.38			Europe
Australia	Gerald Blackhouse	1:53,2	(q.)	Berlin	03.08.36	Olympic Games/sf2		Ozeania
Chile	Guillermo Garcia Huidobro	1:53,4		Santiago	30.05.40			America
Denmark	Hans Spanheimer	1:53,8		Kobenhavn	11.09.40			Europe
South Africa	Ronald McMillan	1:53,9		Benoni (RSA)	20.02.37			Africa
Japan	Kumao Aochi	1:54,0		Tokyo	08.09.34			Asia
Argentina	Juan C. Anderson	1:54,2		Buenos Aires	25.11.34			America
Yugoslavia	Emil Gorsek	1:55,0		Klagenfurt (AUT)	29.07.39			Europe
Brazil	Nestor Gomes	1:55,2	(2.)	Santiago	14.04.35	South American Championships		America
Peru	Luis Espinosa	1:55,6	(1.)	Lima	27.05.39	South American Championships		America
Romania	Gheorghe Kiss	1:55,8		Bucarești	24.08.40			Europe
Luxemburg	Pierre Hemmer	1:55,8	(8.)	Torino	09.09.34	European Championships		Europe
Estland	Erich Veetousme	1:55,8		Tallin	16.07.38			Europe
Spain	L. Pratmarsó	1:58,4			??.??.35			Europe
Portugal	Francisco Bastos	1:59,4		Lisboa	09.09.40			Europe
Algeria	Lakdari	2:02,6	(1.)		??.??.19	French Military Championships	TUN??	Africa
Czechoslovakia	Karel Frankenstein	2:10,8	(1.)	Praha	13.07.19			Europe
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Morocco								Africa
Ethiopia								Africa
Rhodesia								Africa
Chad								Africa
Mali								Africa
Congo								Africa
Central African Republic								Africa
Guinea								Africa
Tunisia								Africa
Nigeria								Africa
Djibouti								Africa
Mali								Africa
Comoros								Africa
Liberia								Africa
Egypt								Africa
Madagascar								Africa
Togo								Africa
Benin								Africa
Tansania								Africa
Burkina Faso								Africa
Cameroon								Africa
Burundi								Africa
Gaboon								Africa
Botswana								Africa
Reunion								Africa
Uganda								Africa
Libya								Africa
Zambia								Africa
Sudan								Africa
Guyana								America
Guatemala								America
Costa Rica								America
Monaco								America
Bermuda								America
Trinidad Tobago								America
Jamaica								America
Panama								America
Belize								America
Netherlands Antilles								America
El Salvador								America
Barbados								America
Dominican Republic								America
Saint Kitts								America
Montserrat								America
Puerto Rico								America
Cuba								America
Guyana								America
Surinam								America
Colombia								America
Ghana								America
Antigua								America
Venezuela								America
Cambodia								Asia
Burma/Myanmar								Asia
Afgahnistan								Asia
Vietnam								Asia
Lebanon								Asia
Pakistan								Asia
Iran								Asia
DPR Korea								Asia
India								Asia
China								Asia
Bahrain								Asia
Yemen PDR								Asia
Turkey								Asia
Palestine								Asia
Mongolia								Asia
Taipeh								Asia
Denmark								Europe
Ireland								Europe
Greece								Europe
Albania								Europe
Finland								Europe
Ireland								Europe
Liechtenstein								Europe
Cyprus								Europe
Bulgaria								Europe
Portugal								Europe
FS Micronesia								Ozeania
Kiribati								Ozeania
Nauru								Ozeania
Tuvalu								Ozeania
Fiji								Ozeania
Papua New Guinea								Ozeania
Belau Islands								Ozeania
Western Samoa								Ozeania
Guam								Ozeania
North Mariana								Ozeania
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