1954 European Athletics Championships – Men's marathon

Events at the
1954 European
Athletics Championships
Track events
100 m   men   women
200 m men women
400 m men
800 m men women
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 1954 European Athletics Championships was held in Bern, Switzerland, on 25 August 1954.[1]

Medalists

Gold Veikko Karvonen
 Finland
Silver Boris Grishayev
 Soviet Union
Bronze Ivan Filin
 Soviet Union

Results

Final

25 August

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1st Veikko Karvonen  Finland 2:24:51.6 CR
2nd Boris Grishayev  Soviet Union 2:24:55.6
3rd Ivan Filin  Soviet Union 2:25:26.6
4 Erkki Puolakka  Finland 2:26:45.6
5 Gustaf Jansson  Sweden 2:27:27.8
6 Geoffrey Iden  United Kingdom 2:28:02.8
7 Janus van der Zande  Netherlands 2:29:19.2
8 José Araujo  Portugal 2:29:45.0
9 Victor Olsen  Norway 2:33:49.4
10 Dinu Cristea  Romania 2:35:07.4
11 Eric Smith  United Kingdom 2:35:22.2
12 Bengt Rehnvall  Sweden 2:35:48.6
13 Walter Bednar  Czechoslovakia 2:36:41.4
14 Hans Vollbach  West Germany 2:40:02.4
15 Claudino Martins  Portugal 2:41:01.4
16 Adolf Gruber  Austria 2:41:59.6
17 Franjo Škrinjar  Yugoslavia 2:42:11.8
18 August Blumensaat  West Germany 2:42:32.2
19 Jules Zehnder   Switzerland 2:45:27.8
20 Guillaume Marquet  Belgium 2:48:47.2
21 Michel Pressencé  France 2:55:52.4
22 Hans Studer   Switzerland 2:58:22.0

Participation

According to an unofficial count, 22 athletes from 15 countries participated in the event.

References

  1. ↑ European Athletics Championships Zürich 2014 - STATISTICS HANDBOOK (PDF), European Athletics Association, pp. 377–384, retrieved 13 August 2014
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