Nebraska State Champions
Class D Boy's 800-Meter/880-Yard Run
| Year | Name | School | Performance |
| 2016 | Colin Erickson | North Central | 1:58.95 |
| 2015 | Cole Kennedy | Bertrand | 2:01.62 |
| 2014 | Austin Blume | Hitchcock County | 1:56.83 |
| 2013 | Austin Blume | Hitchcock County | 1:58.70 |
| 2012 | Austin Blume | Hitchcock County | 1:59.62 |
| 2011 | Brock Taute | Bertrand | 2:01.04 |
| 2010 | Bradley Wright | Mullen | 1:58.57 |
| 2009 | Nicolas Bender | Sterling | 1:58.14 |
| 2008 | Tanner Barnum | Stapleton | 1:58.96 |
| 2007 | Jacob Kreikemeier | Dodge | 1:59.81 |
| 2006 | Seth Vonderschmidt | Falls City Sacred Heart | 1:59.26 |
| 2005 | Kyle Custer | Cambridge | 1:58.20 |
| 2004 | Matt Huffman | Axtell | 1:58.88 |
| 2003 | Tom Dwyer | Elgin Pope John | 2:02.27 |
| 2002 | Wes Gyhra | Pawnee City | 1:59.25 |
| 2001 | Matt Woodward | North Loup-Scotia | 2:00.49 |
| 2000 | Dennison McCright | Shelton | 2:00.00 |
| 1999 | Josh Worley | Paxton | 1:59.73 |
| 1998 | Brandon Elwood | Waterloo | 1:58.67 |
| 1997 | Theron Kitt | Wauneta-Palisade | 1:58.53 |
| 1996 | Joe Cooper | South Platte | 1:57.61 |
| 1995 | Ryan Bedlan | Shickley | 1:59.57 |
| 1994 | Brian McKim | Falls City Sacred Heart | 2:01.11 |
| 1993 | Nathan Nauman | Giltner | 2:01.25 |
| 1992 | Nathan Nauman | Giltner | 2:00.78 |
| 1991 | Nathan Nauman | Giltner | 2:01.87 |
| 1990 | Mark Frick | Keya Paha | 2:00.98 |
| 1989 | Jason Coorts | Adams | 1:57.30 |
| 1988 | Pat Mahoney | Spalding Academy | 1:59.91 |
| 1987 | Shawn Sterling | Lewellen | 2:00.93 |
| 1986 | John Konken | Niobrara | 1:59.30 |
| 1985 | Bob Veik | Petersburg | 1:58.30 |
| 1984 | Bob Veik | Petersburg | 1:58.69 |
| 1983 | Juha Joutsenlahti | Orleans | 1:58.54 |
| 1982 | Mark Perlinger | Paxton | 2:00.22 |
| 1981 | Mark Perlinger | Paxton | 1:57.33 |
| 1980 | Mark Perlinger | Paxton | 1:58.2 |
| 1979 | John Cox | Arcadia | 1:58.6 |
| 1978 | Maury Costello | Wolbach | 2:01.6 |
| 1977 | Dan Briston | Fairmont | 2:01.8 |
| 1976 | Kent Wynne | Harrisburg | 2:02.0 |
| 1975 | Greg Brandl | Humphrey | 1:58.1 |
| 1974 | Bill Beyers | Cedar Bluffs | 1:58.0 |
| 1973 | Ed Gogan | Arcadia | 1:58.8 |
| 1972 | Gary Graesser | Springview | 2:01.8 |
| 1971 | Gary Little | Mullen | 1:59.0 |
| 1970 | Ron Bauer | Culbertson | 1:59.5 |
| 1969 | Mike Struebing | Rising City | 1:58.6 |
| 1968 | Rick May | Hayes Center | 2:02.2 |
| 1967 | Rich Molczyk | Humphrey | 1:58.0 |
| 1966 | Rich Molczyk | Humphrey | 1:59.1 |
| 1965 | Dave Schuck | Edgar | 2:01.3 |
| 1964 | Marvin Roit | Milligan | 2:01.2 |
| 1963 | Edd Case | Culbertson | 2:01.8 |
| 1962 | Albert Zuege | Haigler | 2:06.9 |
| 1961 | Wendell Hansen | Bladen | 2:01.7 |
| 1960 | George Hueltle | Eustis | 2:05.7 |
| 1959 | Ward McGowan | Dix | 2:06.2 |
| 1958 | Gary Broberg | Loomis | 2:06.9 |
| 1957 | Merle Singleton | McGrew | 2:06.4 |
| 1956 | Larry Ediger | Hampton | 2:02.6 |
| 1955 | Ron Miller | Juniata | 2:06.0 |
| 1954 | Joe Reyes | Hershey | 2:04.5 |
| 1953 | Joe Reyes | Hershey | 2:02.3 |
| 1952 | Jim Rodeherst | Pleasanton | 2:09.8 |
| 1951 | Earl Long | McCool Junction | 2:01.2 |
| 1950 | Earl Long | McCool Junction | 2:05.0 |
| 1949 | Neil Elwood | Wilsonville | 2:04.4 |
| 1948 | Vernon Wacker | Malcolm | 2:08.6 |
| 1947 | Elmer Murman | Glenvil | 2:04.1 |
| 1946 | Calvin Leslie | Brock | 2:06.8 |
| 1945 | Norm Stammer | Bancroft | 2:07.5 |
| 1944 | Ray Buehner | Eustis | 2:09.0 |
| 1943 | Max Haak | Carleton | 2:14.3 |
| 1942 | Creighton Hale | Hardy | 2:01.1 |
| 1941 | Creighton Hale | Hardy | 2:02.8 |
| 1940 | Creighton Hale | Hardy | 2:08.5 |
| 1939 | Tie.Ray Sullivan Ormand May |
Bellevue Eagle |
2:09.0 |
| 1938 | Jack Atkins | Blue Springs | 2:05.3 |
| 1937 | Ray Sullivan | Bellevue | 2:10.3 |
| 1936 | Parker | Burchard | 2:10.6 |
| 1935 | No Class D | ||
| 1934 | No Class D | ||
| 1933 | No Class D | ||
| 1932 | Carter | Palisade | 2:09.5 |
| 1931 | Braams | Hildreth | 2:09.1 |
| 1930 | R. Blaser | Duncan | 2:11.2 |
| 1929 | L. Grass | Doniphan | 2:15.5 |
| No Class D Prior to 1929 |