1938 European Athletics Championships – Men's marathon

Events at the 1938 European Athletics Championships
Track events
100 m		men		women
200 m		men		women
400 m		men
800 m		men
1500 m		men
5000 m		men
10,000 m		men
80 m hurdles				women
110 m hurdles		men
400 m hurdles		men
3000 m steeplechase		men
4×100 m relay		men		women
4×400 m relay		men
Road events
Marathon		men
50 km walk		men
Field events
Long jump		men		women
Triple jump		men
High jump		men		women
Pole vault		men
Shot put		men		women
Discus throw		men		women
Javelin throw		men		women
Hammer throw		men
Combined events
Decathlon		men

The men's marathon at the 1938 European Athletics Championships was held in Paris, France, on 4 September 1938.^[1]

Medalists

Gold	Väinö Muinonen  Finland
Silver	Squire Yarrow  United Kingdom
Bronze	Henry Palme  Sweden

Results

Final

4 September

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Väinö Muinonen	Finland	2:37:28.8	CR
	Squire Yarrow	United Kingdom	2:39:03.0
	Henry Palme	Sweden	2:42:13.6
4	Maurice Waltispurger	France	2:44:28.0
5	Erich Puch	Germany	2:45:08.8
6	Eugen Bertsch	Germany	2:45:21.0
7	Desire Leriche	France	2:48:21.6
8	Umberto De Florentis	Italy	2:49:29.6
9	Giovanni Balbusse	Italy	2:50:40.4
10	Felix Meskens	Belgium	2:51:15.0
11	Ernst Meier	Switzerland	2:54:28.0
12	József Mucsi	Hungary	3:03:14.6
13	Francis O'Sullivan	United Kingdom	3:05:06.4
14	Jean Mutti	Switzerland	3:07:25.4
15	Robert Nevens	Belgium	DNF

Participation

According to an unofficial count, 15 athletes from 9 countries participated in the event.

Belgium (2)  Finland (1)  France (2)

Germany (2)  Hungary (1)

Italy (2)  Sweden (1)

Switzerland (2)  United Kingdom (2)

References

1. European Athletics Championships Zürich 2014 - STATISTICS HANDBOOK (PDF), European Athletics Association, pp. 363–367, retrieved 13 August 2014