1946 European Athletics Championships – Men's 50 kilometres walk

Events at the 1946 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
10,000 m track walk		men
4×100 m relay		men		women
4×400 m relay		men
Road events
Marathon		men
50 km walk		men
Field events
High jump		men		women
Pole vault		men
Long jump		men		women
Triple jump		men
Shot put		men		women
Discus throw		men		women
Hammer throw		men
Javelin throw		men		women
Combined events
Decathlon		men

The men's 50 kilometres race walk at the 1946 European Athletics Championships was held in Oslo, Norway, on 23 August 1946.^[1]

Medalists

Gold	John Ljunggren  Sweden
Silver	Henri Forbes  United Kingdom
Bronze	Charles Megnin  United Kingdom

Results

Final

23 August

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	John Ljunggren	Sweden	4:38:20	CR
	Henri Forbes	United Kingdom	4:42:58
	Charles Megnin	United Kingdom	4:57:04
4	Oddvar Sponberg	Norway	5:00:27
5	Harry Kristensen	Denmark	5:03:18
6	Harry Olsson	Sweden	DNF
7	Edgar Bruun	Norway	DQ
8	Josef Doležal	Czechoslovakia	DQ

Participation

According to an unofficial count, 8 athletes from 5 countries participated in the event.

Czechoslovakia (1)  Denmark (1)

Norway (2)

Sweden (2)

United Kingdom (2)

References

1. European Athletics Championships Zürich 2014 - STATISTICS HANDBOOK (PDF), European Athletics Association, pp. 367–372, retrieved 13 August 2014