1954 European Athletics Championships – Men's marathon

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The men's marathon at the 1954 European Athletics Championships was held in Bern, Switzerland, on 25 August 1954. [1]

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Medalists

Gold Veikko Karvonen
Flag of Finland.svg  Finland
Silver Boris Grishayev
Flag SSSR ot 5 dekabria 1936 goda.svg  Soviet Union
Bronze Ivan Filin
Flag SSSR ot 5 dekabria 1936 goda.svg  Soviet Union

Results

Final

25 August

RankNameNationalityTimeNotes
Gold medal icon.svg Veikko Karvonen Flag of Finland.svg  Finland 2:24:51.6 CR
Silver medal icon.svg Boris Grishayev Flag SSSR ot 5 dekabria 1936 goda.svg  Soviet Union 2:24:55.6
Bronze medal icon.svg Ivan Filin Flag SSSR ot 5 dekabria 1936 goda.svg  Soviet Union 2:25:26.6
4 Erkki Puolakka Flag of Finland.svg  Finland 2:26:45.6
5 Gustaf Jansson Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 2:27:27.8
6 Geoff Iden Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 2:28:02.8
7 Janus van der Zande Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 2:29:19.2
8 José Araujo Flag of Portugal.svg  Portugal 2:29:45.0
9 Victor Olsen Flag of Norway.svg  Norway 2:33:49.4
10 Cristea Dinu Flag of Romania (1952-1965).svg  Romania 2:35:07.4
11 Eric Smith Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 2:35:22.2
12 Bengt Rehnvall Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 2:35:48.6
13 Walter Bednář Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czechoslovakia 2:36:41.4
14 Hans Vollbach Flag of Germany.svg  West Germany 2:40:02.4
15 Claudino Martins Flag of Portugal.svg  Portugal 2:41:01.4
16 Adolf Gruber Flag of Austria.svg  Austria 2:41:59.6
17 Franjo Škrinjar Flag of Yugoslavia (1946-1992).svg  Yugoslavia 2:42:11.8
18 August Blumensaat Flag of Germany.svg  West Germany 2:42:32.2
19 Jules Zehnder Flag of Switzerland.svg   Switzerland 2:45:27.8
20 Guillaume Marquet Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium 2:48:47.2
21 Michel Pressencé Flag of France.svg  France 2:55:52.4
22 Hans Studer Flag of Switzerland.svg   Switzerland 2:58:22.0

Participation

According to an unofficial count, 22 athletes from 15 countries participated in the event.

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References

  1. European Athletics Championships Zürich 2014 - STATISTICS HANDBOOK (PDF), European Athletics Association, pp. 377–384, retrieved 13 August 2014