1950 European Athletics Championships – Men's 50 kilometres walk

Men's 50 kilometres walk at the European Athletics Championships

The men's 50 kilometres race walk at the 1950 European Athletics Championships was held in Brussels, Belgium, on 25 August 1950. ^[1]

Medalists

Gold	Giuseppe Dordoni   Italy
Silver	John Ljunggren   Sweden
Bronze	Verner Ljunggren   Sweden

Results

Final

25 August

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Giuseppe Dordoni	Italy	4:40:43
	John Ljunggren	Sweden	4:43:25
	Verner Ljunggren	Sweden	4:49:28
4	Josef Doležal	Czechoslovakia	4:55:49
5	John Proctor	Great Britain	4:58:01
6	Alfred Cotton	Great Britain	5:03:30
7	Claude Hubert	France	5:07:49
8	Georges Pouchet	France	5:12:16
9	Salvatore Cascino	Italy	5:17:15
10	Anton Kluyskens	Netherlands	5:18:31
11	Harry Kristensen	Denmark	5:18:55
12	Oddvar Sponberg	Norway	5:22:41
13	Jules Thibaut	Belgium	5:23:47
14	Oddvar Sandvik	Norway	5:24:46
15	Louis Philippen	Belgium	5:41:15
	René Charrière	Switzerland	DQ
	Louis Marquis	Switzerland	DQ

Participation

According to an unofficial count, 17 athletes from 10 countries participated in the event.

•   Belgium (2)
•   Czechoslovakia (1)
•   Denmark (1)
•   France (2)
•   Italy (2)
•   Netherlands (1)
•   Norway (2)
•   Sweden (2)
•    Switzerland (2)
•   Great Britain (2)

References

1. European Athletics Championships Zürich 2014 - STATISTICS HANDBOOK (PDF), European Athletics Association, pp. 372–377, retrieved 13 August 2014