Nebraska State Champions
Class A Boy's 800-Meter/880-Yard Run
| Year | Name | School | Performance |
| 2016 | Franklin Shue | Millard West | 1:54.92 |
| 2015 | Ty Hansen | Fremont | 1:52.63 |
| 2014 | Moujtaba Mohammed | Lincoln North Star | 1:52.81 |
| 2013 | Jacob Holtmeier | Lincoln Pius X | 1:51.72 |
| 2012 | Jacob Olson | Kearney | 1:53.63 |
| 2011 | Mach Dojiok | Omaha Benson | 1:53.81 |
| 2010 | Joseph Castillo | Lincoln Pius X | 1:58.08 |
| 2009 | Daniel Blake | Lincoln Pius X | 1:55.37 |
| 2008 | Matt Evers | Bellevue East | 1:54.73 |
| 2007 | Matt Conahan | Millard North | 1:55.54 |
| 2006 | Matt Conahan | Millard North | 1:53.81 |
| 2005 | Chris Clymer | Lincoln North Star | 1:54.17 |
| 2004 | Jack Lemke | Omaha Benson | 1:53.33 |
| 2003 | Jack Lemke | Omaha Benson | 1:55.23 |
| 2002 | Jack Lemke | Omaha Benson | 1:54.47 |
| 2001 | Jeb Bretthauer | Scottsbluff | 1:55.23 |
| 2000 | Brian Turner | Millard North | 1:53.84 |
| 1999 | Brian Turner | Millard North | 1:52.70 |
| 1998 | David Stott | Scottsbluff | 1:53.51 |
| 1997 | Tim Riveria | Omaha Central | 1:52.84 |
| 1996 | Eric Sanchez | Kearney | 1:54.79 |
| 1995 | Cortney Lamb | Lincoln Southeast | 1:54.73 |
| 1994 | Ron Jones | Omaha Bryan | 1:57.03 |
| 1993 | Alex Lamme | Fremont | 1:54.12 |
| 1992 | Tim Fortune | Omaha Creighton Prep | 1:55.05 |
| 1991 | Tim Fortune | Omaha Creighton Prep | 1:54.47 |
| 1990 | Pat Trainor | Lincoln Southeast | 1:55.84 |
| 1989 | Joe Scherr | Hastings | 1:55.40 |
| 1988 | Brian Sloan | Ralston | 1:55.25 |
| 1987 | Nate Nielsen | Lincoln Southeast | 1:55.68 |
| 1986 | Andy Rinn | Bellevue East | 1:55.30 |
| 1985 | Gerry Gdowski | Fremont | 1:55.75 |
| 1984 | Tony Coe | North Platte | 1:54.14 |
| 1983 | Gerry Gdowski | Fremont | 1:54.30 |
| 1982 | Tim Wakeland | Bellevue West | 1:56.21 |
| 1981 | Jeff Butler | Omaha Bryan | 1:56.04 |
| 1980 | Jeff Rayer | Ralston | 1:56.2 |
| 1979 | Todd Fisher | Omaha Burke | 1:55.1 |
| 1978 | Tim McCashland | Lincoln East | 1:57.0 |
| 1977 | Dennis Smith | Millard | 1:56.8 |
| 1976 | Dan Overton | Omaha Westside | 1:53.7 |
| 1975 | Mark Fluitt | Bellevue | 1:54.3 |
| 1974 | Paul McClain | Bellevue | 1:53.4 |
| 1973 | Barney Hill | Boys Town | 1:53.3 |
| 1972 | Chris Grieb | North Platte | 1:54.8 |
| 1971 | Jon Cole | Columbus | 1:59.1 |
| 1970 | Jeff Wisemiller | Fremont | 1:57.0 |
| 1969 | Steve Stolpe | Bellevue | 1:57.7 |
| 1968 | Mike Floyd | Columbus | 1:59.6 |
| 1967 | Warren Whitted | Omaha Westside | 1:55.3 |
| 1966 | Arvie George | Omaha Tech | 1:56.5 |
| 1965 | Kent Radke | Lincoln High | 1:56.4 |
| 1964 | Les Helbusch | Columbus | 1:58.9 |
| 1963 | Allen Russell | Scottsbluff | 1:57.5 |
| 1962 | James Wolstenholm | Kearney | 1:58.8 |
| 1961 | Jim Kettelhut | Alliance | 1:57.0 |
| 1960 | Ervin Cheatum | Boys Town | 2:01.2 |
| 1959 | Joe Moore | Lincoln High | 2:00.5 |
| 1958 | Gene Owens | Omaha Central | 1:59.1 |
| 1957 | Ron Callan | McCook | 2:02.0 |
| 1956 | Ken Ash | Omaha North | 1:58.2 |
| 1955 | Ken Ash | Omaha North | 2:02.3 |
| 1954 | Duane Eversoll | Grand Island | 2:00.9 |
| 1953 | Gary Griffin | Omaha Benson | 2:02.2 |
| 1952 | Gary Gaines | Grand Island | 2:03.8 |
| 1951 | Henry Watson | Omaha Central | 2:02.5 |
| 1950 | Clayton Scott | Grand Island | 2:00.8 |
| 1949 | Hobe Jones | Lincoln High | 2:00.7 |
| 1948 | Hobe Jones | Lincoln High | 2:00.3 |
| 1947 | Bob Provorse | Columbus | 2:03.6 |
| 1946 | Jim Martin | Omaha Benson | 2:04.2 |
| 1945 | Jim Martin | Omaha Benson | 2:02.9 |
| 1944 | Don Zicht | Norfolk | 2:06.4 |
| 1943 | Charles Valencia | Lincoln High | 2:07.3 |
| 1942 | Blaine Young | North Platte | 2:02.3 |
| 1941 | George Grimes | Omaha Central | 2:01.8 |
| 1940 | Bill Oakes | Albion | 2:03.4 |
| 1939 | Harland Culwell | Lincoln High | 2:04.6 |
| 1938 | Bob Ginn | Madison | 2:03.1 |
| 1937 | Rex Floyd | Beatrice | 2:02.8 |
| 1936 | Gilbert Dodds | Falls City | 2:01.8 |
| 1935 | Lawton | Omaha Benson | 2:06.7 |
| 1934 | Davis | Beatrice | 2:06.5 |
| 1933 | Robert Morris | Lincoln High | 2:03.9 |
| 1932 | Robert Morris | Lincoln High | 2:04.9 |
| 1931 | Youngblood | Hastings | 2:06.5 |
| 1930 | Sesco Asher | Scottsbluff | 2:06.4 |
| 1929 | Sesco Asher | Scottsbluff | 2:00.7 |
| 1928 | Sesco Asher | Scottsbluff | 2:05.4 |
| 1927 | True | Lincoln High | 2:04.3 |
| 1926 | Tie.Morton Fricke |
Beatrice Hastings |
2:03.3 |
| 1925 | Weber | Lincoln High | 2:02.7 |
| 1924 | Smiley | Hastings | 2:03.2 |