1946 European Athletics Championships

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3rd European Athletics Championships
1946 European Athletics Championships logo.png
Dates22 – 25 August
Host city Oslo, Norway
Venue Bislett Stadion
LevelSenior
TypeOutdoor
Events33
Participation354 athletes from
20 nations
Bislett stadion in Oslo, Norway, 1948 Bislett A-20027 Ua 0002 077.jpg
Bislett stadion in Oslo, Norway, 1948

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]

Contents

Two of the women's medalists from France underwent sex change later. Claire Brésolles became Pierre Brésolles, and Léa Caurla became Léon Caurla. [3]

Men's results

Complete results were published. [4]

Track

EventGoldSilverBronze
100 metres
details
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Jack Archer  (GBR)10.6Flag of Norway.svg  Haakon Tranberg  (NOR)10.7Flag of Italy.svg  Carlo Monti  (ITA)10.8
200 metres
details
Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Nikolay Karakulov  (URS)21.6Flag of Norway.svg  Haakon Tranberg  (NOR)21.7Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Jiří David  (TCH)21.8
400 metres
details
Flag of Denmark.svg  Niels Holst-Sørensen  (DEN)47.9Flag of France.svg  Jacques Lunis  (FRA)48.3Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Derek Pugh  (GBR)48.9
800 metres
details
Flag of Sweden.svg  Rune Gustafsson  (SWE)1:51.0Flag of Denmark.svg  Niels Holst-Sørensen  (DEN)1:51.1Flag of France.svg  Marcel Hansenne  (FRA)1:51.2
1500 metres
details
Flag of Sweden.svg  Lennart Strand  (SWE)3:48.0 CR Flag of Sweden.svg  Henry Eriksson  (SWE)3:48.8Flag of Denmark.svg  Erik Jørgensen  (DEN)3:52.8
5000 metres
details
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Sydney Wooderson  (GBR)14:08.6 CR Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Wim Slijkhuis  (NED)14:14.0Flag of Sweden.svg  Evert Nyberg  (SWE)14:23.2
10,000 metres
details
Flag of Finland.svg  Viljo Heino  (FIN)29:52.0 CR Flag of Finland.svg  Helge Perälä  (FIN)30:31.4Flag of Hungary (1946-1949, 1956-1957; 1-2 aspect ratio).svg  András Csaplár  (HUN)30:35.2
Marathon
details [nb]
Flag of Finland.svg  Mikko Hietanen  (FIN)2:24:55Flag of Finland.svg  Väinö Muinonen  (FIN)2:26:08Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Yakov Punko  (URS)2:26:21
110 metres hurdles
details
Flag of Sweden.svg  Håkan Lidman  (SWE)14.6Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Hippolyte Braekman  (BEL)14.9Flag of Finland.svg  Väinö Suvivuo  (FIN)15.0
400 metres hurdles
details
Flag of Finland.svg  Bertel Storskrubb  (FIN)52.2 CR Flag of Sweden.svg  Sixten Larsson  (SWE)52.4Flag of Sweden.svg  Rune Larsson  (SWE)52.5
3000 metres steeplechase
details
Flag of France.svg  Raphaël Pujazon  (FRA)9:01.4 CR Flag of Sweden.svg  Erik Elmsäter  (SWE)9:11.0Flag of Sweden.svg  Tore Sjöstrand  (SWE)9:14.0
10,000 metres track walk
details
Flag of Sweden.svg  John Mikaelsson  (SWE)46:05.2Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  Fritz Schwab  (SUI)47:03.6Flag of France.svg  Emile Maggi  (FRA)48:10.4
50 kilometres walk
details
Flag of Sweden.svg  John Ljunggren  (SWE)4:38:20 CR Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Harry Forbes  (GBR)4:42:58Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Charles Megnin  (GBR)4:57:04
4 × 100 metres relay
details
Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden
Stig Danielsson
Inge Nilsson
Olle Laessker
Stig Håkansson
41.5Flag of France.svg  France
Agathon Lepève
Julien Lebas
Pierre Gonon
René Valmy
42.0Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czechoslovakia
Mirko Paráček
Leopold Láznička
Miroslav Řihošek
Jiří David
42.2
4 × 400 metres relay
details
Flag of France.svg  France
Bernard Santona
Yves Cros
Robert Chef d’Hotel
Jacques Lunis
3:14.4Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain
Ronald Ede
Derek Pugh
Bernard Elliot
Bill Roberts
3:14.5Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden
Folke Alnevik
Stig Lindgård
Sven-Erik Nolinge
Tore Sten
3:15.0

Field

EventGoldSilverBronze
High jump
details
Flag of Sweden.svg  Anton Bolinder  (SWE)1.99Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Alan Paterson  (GBR)1.96Flag of Finland.svg  Nils Nicklén  (FIN)1.93
Long jump
details
Flag of Sweden.svg  Olle Laessker  (SWE)7.42Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  Lucien Graff  (SUI)7.40Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Miroslav Řihošek  (TCH)7.29
Pole vault
details
Flag of Sweden.svg  Allan Lindberg  (SWE)4.17 CR Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Nikolay Ozolin  (URS)4.10Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Jan Bém  (TCH)4.10
Triple jump
details
Flag of Finland.svg  Valdemar Rautio  (FIN)15.17Flag of Sweden.svg  Bertil Johnsson  (SWE)15.15Flag of Sweden.svg  Arne Åhman  (SWE)14.96
Shot put
details
Flag of Iceland.svg  Gunnar Huseby  (ISL)15.56Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Dmitriy Goryainov  (URS)15.25Flag of Finland.svg  Yrjö Lehtilä  (FIN)15.23
Discus throw
details
Flag of Italy.svg  Adolfo Consolini  (ITA)53.23 CR Flag of Italy.svg  Giuseppe Tosi  (ITA)50.39Flag of Finland.svg  Veikko Nyqvist  (FIN)48.14
Javelin throw
details
Flag of Sweden.svg  Lennart Atterwall  (SWE)68.74Flag of Finland.svg  Yrjö Nikkanen  (FIN)67.50Flag of Finland.svg  Tapio Rautavaara  (FIN)66.40
Hammer throw
details
Flag of Sweden.svg  Bo Ericson  (SWE)56.44Flag of Sweden.svg  Eric Johansson  (SWE)53.54Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Duncan Clark  (GBR)51.32
Decathlon
details
Flag of Norway.svg  Godtfred Holmvang  (NOR)6987 CR Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Sergey Kuznetsov  (URS)6930Flag of Sweden.svg  Göran Waxberg  (SWE)6504

Women's results

Track

EventGoldSilverBronze
100 metres
details
Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Yevgeniya Sechenova  (URS)11.9 =CR Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Winifred Jordan  (GBR)12.1Flag of France.svg  Claire Brésolles  (FRA)12.2
200 metres
details
Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Yevgeniya Sechenova  (URS)25.4Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Winifred Jordan  (GBR)25.6Flag of France.svg  Léa Caurla  (FRA)25.6
80 metres hurdles
details
Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Fanny Blankers-Koen  (NED)11.8Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Elene Gokieli  (URS)11.9Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Valentina Fokina  (URS)11.9
4 × 100 metres relay
details
Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands
Gerda van der Kade-Koudijs
Netty Witziers-Timmer
Marta Adema
Fanny Blankers-Koen
47.8Flag of France.svg  France
Léa Caurla
Anne-Marie Colchen
Claire Brésolles
Monique Drilhon
48.5Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union
Yevgeniya Sechenova
Valentina Fokina
Elene Gokieli
Valentina Vasilyeva
48.7

Field

EventGoldSilverBronze
High jump
details
Flag of France.svg  Anne-Marie Colchen  (FRA)1.60Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Aleksandra Chudina  (URS)1.57Flag of Denmark.svg  Anne Iversen  (DEN)1.57
Long jump
details
Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Gerda van der Kade-Koudijs  (NED)5.67Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Lidija Gaile  (URS)5.67Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Valentina Vasilyeva  (URS)5.63
Shot put
details
Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Tatyana Sevryukova  (URS)14.16 CR Flag of France.svg  Micheline Ostermeyer  (FRA)12.84Flag of Italy.svg  Amelia Piccinini  (ITA)12.22
Discus throw
details
Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Nina Dumbadze  (URS)44.21Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Ann Niesink  (NED)40.46Flag of Poland.svg  Jadwiga Wajs  (POL)39.37
Javelin throw
details
Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Klavdiya Mayuchaya  (URS)46.25 CR Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Lyudmila Anokhina  (URS)45.84Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Johanna Koning  (NED)43.24

Medal table

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden  (SWE)115622
2Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union  (URS)67417
3Flag of Finland.svg  Finland  (FIN)43512
4Flag of France.svg  France  (FRA)34411
5Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands  (NED)3216
6Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain  (GBR)25310
7Flag of Norway.svg  Norway  (NOR)1203
8Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark  (DEN)1124
Flag of Italy.svg  Italy  (ITA)1124
10Flag of Iceland.svg  Iceland  (ISL)1001
11Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  Switzerland  (SUI)0202
12Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium  (BEL)0101
13Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czechoslovakia  (TCH)0044
14Flag of Hungary (1946-1949, 1956-1957; 1-2 aspect ratio).svg  Hungary  (HUN)0011
Flag of Poland.svg  Poland  (POL)0011
Totals (15 entries)33333399

Participation

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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The men's 800 metres at the 1946 European Athletics Championships was held in Oslo, Norway, at Bislett Stadion on 22 and 24 August 1946.

The men's 5000 metres at the 1946 European Athletics Championships was held in Oslo, Norway, at Bislett Stadion on 23 August 1946.

The men's marathon at the 1946 European Athletics Championships was held in Oslo, Norway, on 22 August 1946.

The men's 110 metres hurdles at the 1946 European Athletics Championships was held in Oslo, Norway, at Bislett Stadion on 24 and 25 August 1946.

The men's high jump at the 1946 European Athletics Championships was held in Oslo, Norway, at Bislett Stadium on 23 August 1946.

The men's discus throw at the 1946 European Athletics Championships was held in Oslo, Norway, at Bislett Stadion on 24 August 1946.

The men's javelin throw at the 1946 European Athletics Championships was held in Oslo, Norway, at Bislett Stadion on 25 August 1946.

The women's javelin throw at the 1946 European Athletics Championships was held in Oslo, Norway, at Bislett Stadion on 24 August 1946.

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