1950 European Athletics Championships – Men's 50 kilometres walk

Events at the 1950 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
Pentathlon		women
Decathlon	men

The men's 50 kilometres race walk at the 1950 European Athletics Championships was held in Bruxelles, Belgium, on 25 August 1950.^[1]

Medalists

Gold	Giuseppe Dordoni Italy
Silver	John Ljunggren Sweden
Bronze	Verner Ljunggren Sweden

Results

Final

25 August

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time
01 !	Giuseppe Dordoni	Italy	4:40:43
02 !	John Ljunggren	Sweden	4:43:25
03 !	Verner Ljunggren	Sweden	4:49:28
4	Josef Doležal	Czechoslovakia	4:55:49
5	John Proctor	United Kingdom	4:58:01
6	Alfred Cotton	United Kingdom	5:03:30
7	Claude Hubert	France	5:07:49
8	Georges Pouchet	France	5:12:16
9	Salvatore Cascino	Italy	5:17:15
10	Anton Kluyskens	Netherlands	5:18:31
11	Harry Kristensen	Denmark	5:18:55
12	Oddvar Sponberg	Norway	5:22:41
13	Jules Thibaut	Belgium	5:23:47
14	Oddvar Sandvik	Norway	5:24:46
15	Louis Philippen	Belgium	5:41:15
16	René Charrière	Switzerland	DQ
17	Louis Marquis	Switzerland	DQ

Participation

According to an unofficial count, 17 athletes from 10 countries participated in the event.

France (2)
Italy (2)
Netherlands (1)

Norway (2)
Sweden (2)

Switzerland (2)
United Kingdom (2)

References

↑ European Athletics Championships Zürich 2014 - STATISTICS HANDBOOK (PDF), European Athletics Association, pp. 372–377, retrieved 13 August 2014

Racewalking at the European Athletics Championships

Men

10,000 m walk	1934 1938 1946 1950 1954

20 km walk	1934 1938 1946 1950 1954 1958 1962 1966 1969 1971 1974 1978 1982 1986 1990 1994 1998 2002 2006 2010 2012 2014

50 km walk	1934 1938 1946 1950 1954 1958 1962 1966 1969 1971 1974 1978 1982 1986 1990 1994 1998 2002 2006 2010 2012 2014

Women

10 km walk	1934 1938 1946 1950 1954 1958 1962 1966 1969 1971 1974 1978 1982 1986 1990 1994 1998

20 km walk	1934 1938 1946 1950 1954 1958 1962 1966 1969 1971 1974 1978 1982 1986 1990 1994 1998 2002 2006 2010 2012 2014

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