1946 European Athletics Championships – Men's 50 kilometres walk

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Men's 50 kilometres walk
at the European Athletics Championships

The men's 50 kilometres race walk at the 1946 European Athletics Championships was held in Oslo, Norway, on 23 August 1946. [1]

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Medalists

Gold John Ljunggren
Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden
Silver Harry Forbes
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain
Bronze Charles Megnin
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain

Results

Final

23 August

RankNameNationalityTimeNotes
Gold medal icon.svg John Ljunggren Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 4:38:20 CR
Silver medal icon.svg Harry Forbes Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 4:42:58
Bronze medal icon.svg Charles Megnin Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 4:57:04
4 Oddvar Sponberg Flag of Norway.svg  Norway 5:00:27
5 Harry Kristensen Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark 5:03:18
Harry Olsson Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden DNF
Edgar Bruun Flag of Norway.svg  Norway DQ
Josef Doležal Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czechoslovakia DQ

Participation

According to an unofficial count, 8 athletes from 5 countries participated in the event.

References

  1. ↑ European Athletics Championships Zürich 2014 - STATISTICS HANDBOOK (PDF), European Athletics Association, pp. 367–372, retrieved 13 August 2014
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