Ivo Van Damme (21 February 1954 – 29 December 1976) was a Belgian middle-distance runner.

[2] He suffered from mononucleosis the following season, but returned strong beating Roger Moens's 1955 national 800 m record.

The record stood for 48 years and was finally bettered by Eliott Crestan in 2024.

[3] In 1976, he won the European indoor title over this distance, and was one of the favourites for a medal at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal.

[4] These were his last successes, as Van Damme was killed in a car accident later that year while travelling home from Marseille in southern France.