Nebraska State Champions
Class C Boy's 800-Meter/880-Yard Run
| Year | Name | School | Performance |
| 2016 | Derrek Touney | Ponca | 1:59.16 |
| 2015 | Alan Varela | Southern Valley | 1:57.42 |
| 2014 | Hans Epp | Nebraska Christian | 1:56.54 |
| 2013 | Hans Epp | Nebraska Christian | 1:57.80 |
| 2012 | Levi Gipson | Lincoln Christian | 1:57.18 |
| 2011 | Sam Burtch | Elmwood-Murdock | 1:57.03 |
| 2010 | Sam Burtch | Elmwood-Murdock | 1:56.28 |
| 2009 | Derek Snyder | Burwell | 1:59.42 |
| 2008 | Jens Scholl | Deshler | 1:57.32 |
| 2007 | Matt Shipp | Tri-County | 1:54.29 |
| 2006 | Matt Shipp | Tri-County | 1:56.34 |
| 2005 | Wes Cammack | Tri-County | 1:59.22 |
| 2004 | Greg Peterson | Oakland-Craig | 1:52.63 |
| 2003 | Greg Peterson | Oakland-Craig | 1:56.97 |
| 2002 | Greg Peterson | Oakland-Craig | 1:57.01 |
| 2001 | Greg Peterson | Oakland-Craig | 1:55.82 |
| 2000 | Joel Hauxwell | Republican Valley | 1:58.45 |
| 1999 | Jamie Otto | Norfolk Catholic | 1:57.18 |
| 1998 | Chad Palensky | Wahoo Neumann | 1:56.90 |
| 1997 | Jim McLaughlin | Sutton | 1:58.93 |
| 1996 | Jesse Haecker | DeWitt Tri-County | 1:58.60 |
| 1995 | Tom Nelson | Ponca | 1:56.40 |
| 1994 | Ed Thompson | Cambridge | 1:58.13 |
| 1993 | Brett Louderback | Bridgeport | 1:58.31 |
| 1992 | Kurt Tenopir | Cambridge | 2:01.31 |
| 1991 | Brady Bonsall | Burwell | 1:57.60 |
| 1990 | Chris Aue | Stella Southeast | 1:57.50 |
| 1989 | John Reiners | Republican Valley | 1:56.69 |
| 1988 | Greg Keller | Harvard | 1:58.63 |
| 1987 | Randy Eckman | Bloomfield | 1:57.49 |
| 1986 | Steve Heffernan | Kearney Catholic | 1:57.37 |
| 1985 | Dave Bell | Centura | 1:56.49 |
| 1984 | Ron Barnes | Omaha Flanagan | 1:57.75 |
| 1983 | Gregg Larson | Malcolm | 1:56.70 |
| 1982 | Gregg Larson | Malcolm | 1:56.61 |
| 1981 | Mark Frieh | Culbertson | 1:57.22 |
| 1980 | Tim Johnson | Bloomfield | 1:55.8 |
| 1979 | Terry Burkey | Hebron | 1:56.2 |
| 1978 | Craig Thomas | Fremont Bergan | 1:58.7 |
| 1977 | Ty Martin | Hebron | 2:01.2 |
| 1976 | Scott Poehling | Fremont Bergan | 1:52.2 |
| 1975 | Tom Long | Hebron | 1:57.5 |
| 1974 | Tom Long | Hebron | 1:58.2 |
| 1973 | Conroy Jeffries | Elkhorn Mt. Michael | 1:56.8 |
| 1972 | Gary Little | Mullen | 1:56.6 |
| 1971 | Tom Schleff | Morrill | 2:00.6 |
| 1970 | Loren Brandstetter | Battle Creek | 1:59.9 |
| 1969 | Dave Doernemann | Clarkson | 2:00.4 |
| 1968 | Wayne Phipps | Mullen | 2:01.1 |
| 1967 | Tracy Long | Hebron | 1:58.2 |
| 1966 | Gordon Sweeney | Omaha St. Joseph | 2:00.7 |
| 1965 | Tracy Long | Hebron | 2:00.4 |
| 1964 | John Keller | Harvard | 2:03.3 |
| 1963 | Ken Fornander | Chappell | 2:00.6 |
| 1962 | Dennis Dau | Elkhorn | 2:01.3 |
| 1961 | Charles Borg | Newman Grove | 2:02.0 |
| 1960 | Charles Borg | Newman Grove | 2:05.5 |
| 1959 | Gary Peterson | Orleans | 2:02.9 |
| 1958 | Emmett American Horse | Gordon | 2:01.0 |
| 1957 | Ron Wise | Hay Springs | 2:02.9 |
| 1956 | Jerry Marples | Wymore | 2:01.5 |
| 1955 | Tom Wilshusen | North Bend | 2:03.7 |
| 1954 | Tom Wilshusen | North Bend | 2:04.5 |
| 1953 | Dave Pearce | Arnold | 2:05.0 |
| 1952 | Leo Stokes | Red Cloud | 2:08.0 |
| 1951 | Don Cooper | Oshkosh | 2:04.8 |
| 1950 | Jerry Allen | Creighton | 2:04.4 |
| 1949 | Edwin Miles | Lewiston | 2:06.2 |
| 1948 | Don Moorhous | Culbertson | 2:00.0 |
| 1947 | Don Moorhous | Culbertson | 2:03.2 |
| 1946 | Dwaine Erlich | Lincoln Teachers | 2:05.3 |
| 1945 | Stan Stuehrenberg | Blue Hill | 2:05.1 |
| 1944 | Richard Edland | Arapahoe | 2:06.2 |
| 1943 | Richard Edland | Arapahoe | 2:11.3 |
| 1942 | Phil Ruplinger | Orleans | 2:05.7 |
| 1941 | Carson Williams | Stratton | 2:07.9 |
| 1940 | Phil Ruplinger | Orleans | 2:08.8 |
| 1939 | Don Gunn | Edgar | 2:06.6 |
| 1938 | Carl Stuart | Walthill | 2:05.3 |
| 1937 | Jones | Overton | 2:04.4 |
| 1936 | Delfs | Shickley | 2:07.7 |
| 1935 | Keith Homan | Maywood | 2:04.0 |
| 1934 | Keith Homan | Maywood | 2:04.1 |
| 1933 | Johnson | Dunning | 2:04.8 |
| 1932 | John McGuire | Genoa Indians | 2:06.5 |
| 1931 | L. McQuistan | Pender | 2:08.1 |
| 1930 | G. Muhr | Bridgeport | 2:10.8 |
| 1929 | Johnson | Friend | 2:08.4 |