1969 European Athletics Championships – Men's marathon

Events at the
1969 European
Athletics Championships

Track events
100 m   men   women
200 m men women
400 m men women
800 m men women
1500 m men women
5000 m men
10,000 m men
100 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 women
Road events
Marathon men
20 km walk 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 1969 European Athletics Championships was held in Athens, Greece, on 21 September 1969.[1]

Medalists

Gold Ron Hill
 United Kingdom
Silver Gaston Roelants
 Belgium
Bronze Jim Alder
 United Kingdom

Results

Final

21 September

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1st Ron Hill  United Kingdom 2:16:47.8
2nd Gaston Roelants  Belgium 2:17:22.2
3rd Jim Alder  United Kingdom 2:19:05.8
4 Jürgen Busch  East Germany 2:19:34.4
5 İsmail Akçay  Turkey 2:22:16.8
6 Denes Simon  Hungary 2:22:58.8
7 Michał Wójcik  Poland 2:23:36.6
8 Yuriy Volkov  Soviet Union 2:24:09.6
9 Maurice Peiren  Belgium 2:24:10.6
10 Anatoliy Skripnik  Soviet Union 2:25:14.8
11 Hüseyin Aktaş  Turkey 2:27:51.0
12 Zdzisław Bogusz  Poland 2:28:37.0
13 Michael Molloy  Ireland 2:28:38.0
14 Carlos Pérez  Spain 2:29:28.6
15 Yuriy Velikorodnykh  Soviet Union 2:31:46.8
16 Gyula Tóth  Hungary 2:32:24.6
17 Nedo Farčić  Yugoslavia 2:35:57.0
18 Aad Steylen  Netherlands 2:37:35.0
19 Hamza Canavar  Turkey 2:39:45.0
20 André Lacour  France 2:40:20.8
21 Stanislav Petr  Czechoslovakia 2:40:44.0
22 Gilbert Gauthier  France 2:45:31.0
23 Jean-Marie Wagnon  France 2:47:19.0
24 Nikolaos Avlakiotis  Greece 2:47:53.8
25 Armando Aldegalega  Portugal NT
26 Georgios Fakiolas  Greece NT
27 Jimmy Parody  Gibraltar NT
28 Bjarne Sletten  Norway DNF
29 Bill Adcocks  United Kingdom DNF
30 Dimitrios Vouros  Greece DNF
31 Pentti Rummakko  Finland DNF
32 Václav Mládek  Czechoslovakia DNF

Participation

According to an unofficial count, 32 athletes from 18 countries participated in the event.

References

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