1950 European Athletics Championships – Men's marathon

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 marathon at the 1950 European Athletics Championships was held in Bruxelles, Belgium, on 23 August 1950.[1]

Medalists

Gold Jack Holden
 United Kingdom
Silver Veikko Karvonen
 Finland
Bronze Feodosiy Vanin
 Soviet Union

Results

Final

23 August

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1st Jack Holden  United Kingdom 2:32:14 CR
2nd Veikko Karvonen  Finland 2:32:45
3rd Feodosiy Vanin  Soviet Union 2:33:47
4 Gösta Leandersson  Sweden 2:34:26
5 Vasiliy Gordiyenko  Soviet Union 2:34:37
6 Charles Cérou  France 2:36:09
7 Jean Leblond  Belgium 2:36:55
8 Étienne Gailly  Belgium 2:38:24
9 Finn Systad  Norway 2:39:50
10 Gustav Östling  Sweden 2:41:18
11 Edward Denison  United Kingdom 2:44:31
12 Vilho Partanen  Finland 2:45:26
13 Miroslav Glogonjac  Yugoslavia 2:55:41
14 Luka Bosanac  Yugoslavia 2:59:05
15 Alfons Zwicker   Switzerland 3:01:04
16 Adri Moons  Netherlands 3:01:50
17 Athanasios Ragazos  Greece 3:01:52
18 Behzat Akdeniz  Turkey NT
19 Gottfried Knecht   Switzerland NT
20 René Josset  France DNF
21 Joop Overdyk  Netherlands DNF
22 Ludwig Jahn  Austria DNF

Participation

According to an unofficial count, 22 athletes from 13 countries participated in the event.

References

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