3rd European Athletics Championships | |
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Dates | 22 – 25 August |
Host city | Oslo, Norway |
Venue | Bislett Stadion |
Level | Senior |
Type | Outdoor |
Events | 33 |
Participation | 354 athletes from 20 nations |
The 3rd European Athletics Championships were held from 22 August to 25 August 1946 in the Bislett Stadion in Oslo, Norway. For the first time it was a combined event for men and women, and for the first time a city in Scandinavia hosted the championships. Contemporaneous reports on the event were given in the Glasgow Herald. [1] [2]
Two of the women's medalists from France underwent sex change later. Claire Brésolles became Pierre Brésolles, and Léa Caurla became Léon Caurla. [3]
Complete results were published. [4]
Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
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High jump | Anton Bolinder (SWE) | 1.99 | Alan Paterson (GBR) | 1.96 | Nils Nicklén (FIN) | 1.93 |
Long jump | Olle Laessker (SWE) | 7.42 | Lucien Graff (SUI) | 7.40 | Miroslav Řihošek (TCH) | 7.29 |
Pole vault | Allan Lindberg (SWE) | 4.17 CR | Nikolay Ozolin (URS) | 4.10 | Jan Bém (TCH) | 4.10 |
Triple jump | Valdemar Rautio (FIN) | 15.17 | Bertil Johnsson (SWE) | 15.15 | Arne Åhman (SWE) | 14.96 |
Shot put | Gunnar Huseby (ISL) | 15.56 | Dmitriy Goryainov (URS) | 15.25 | Yrjö Lehtilä (FIN) | 15.23 |
Discus throw | Adolfo Consolini (ITA) | 53.23 CR | Giuseppe Tosi (ITA) | 50.39 | Veikko Nyqvist (FIN) | 48.14 |
Javelin throw | Lennart Atterwall (SWE) | 68.74 | Yrjö Nikkanen (FIN) | 67.50 | Tapio Rautavaara (FIN) | 66.40 |
Hammer throw | Bo Ericson (SWE) | 56.44 | Eric Johansson (SWE) | 53.54 | Duncan Clark (GBR) | 51.32 |
Decathlon | Godtfred Holmvang (NOR) | 6987 CR | Sergey Kuznetsov (URS) | 6930 | Göran Waxberg (SWE) | 6504 |
Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
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100 metres | Yevgeniya Sechenova (URS) | 11.9 =CR | Winifred Jordan (GBR) | 12.1 | Claire Brésolles (FRA) | 12.2 |
200 metres | Yevgeniya Sechenova (URS) | 25.4 | Winifred Jordan (GBR) | 25.6 | Léa Caurla (FRA) | 25.6 |
80 metres hurdles | Fanny Blankers-Koen (NED) | 11.8 | Elene Gokieli (URS) | 11.9 | Valentina Fokina (URS) | 11.9 |
4 × 100 metres relay | Netherlands Gerda van der Kade-Koudijs Netty Witziers-Timmer Marta Adema Fanny Blankers-Koen | 47.8 | France Léa Caurla Anne-Marie Colchen Claire Brésolles Monique Drilhon | 48.5 | Soviet Union Yevgeniya Sechenova Valentina Fokina Elene Gokieli Valentina Vasilyeva | 48.7 |
Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
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High jump | Anne-Marie Colchen (FRA) | 1.60 | Aleksandra Chudina (URS) | 1.57 | Anne Iversen (DEN) | 1.57 |
Long jump | Gerda van der Kade-Koudijs (NED) | 5.67 | Lidija Gaile (URS) | 5.67 | Valentina Vasilyeva (URS) | 5.63 |
Shot put | Tatyana Sevryukova (URS) | 14.16 CR | Micheline Ostermeyer (FRA) | 12.84 | Amelia Piccinini (ITA) | 12.22 |
Discus throw | Nina Dumbadze (URS) | 44.21 | Ann Niesink (NED) | 40.46 | Jadwiga Wajs (POL) | 39.37 |
Javelin throw | Klavdiya Mayuchaya (URS) | 46.25 CR | Lyudmila Anokhina (URS) | 45.84 | Johanna Koning (NED) | 43.24 |
Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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1 | Sweden (SWE) | 11 | 5 | 6 | 22 |
2 | Soviet Union (URS) | 6 | 7 | 4 | 17 |
3 | Finland (FIN) | 4 | 3 | 5 | 12 |
4 | France (FRA) | 3 | 4 | 4 | 11 |
5 | Netherlands (NED) | 3 | 2 | 1 | 6 |
6 | Great Britain (GBR) | 2 | 5 | 3 | 10 |
7 | Norway (NOR) | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
8 | Denmark (DEN) | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
Italy (ITA) | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | |
10 | Iceland (ISL) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
11 | Switzerland (SUI) | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
12 | Belgium (BEL) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
13 | Czechoslovakia (TCH) | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 |
14 | Hungary (HUN) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Poland (POL) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
Totals (15 entries) | 33 | 33 | 33 | 99 |
According to an unofficial count, 354 athletes from 20 countries participated in the event, one athlete more than the official number of 353 as published. [5]
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