1962 European Athletics Championships – Men's marathon

Men's marathon at the European Athletics Championships

The men's marathon at the 1962 European Athletics Championships was held in Belgrade, then Yugoslavia, on 16 September 1962. ^[1]

Medalists

Gold	Brian Kilby   Great Britain
Silver	Aurèle Vandendriessche   Belgium
Bronze	Viktor Baykov   Soviet Union

Results

Final

16 September

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Brian Kilby	Great Britain	2:23:18.8
	Aurèle Vandendriessche	Belgium	2:24:02.0
	Viktor Baykov	Soviet Union	2:24:19.8
4	Alistair Wood	Great Britain	2:25:57.8
5	Pavel Kantorek	Czechoslovakia	2:26:54.4
6	Sergey Popov	Soviet Union	2:27:46.8
7	Thyge Thøgersen	Denmark	2:30:04.8
8	Ivan Mustapić	Yugoslavia	2:30:23.4
9	Stanisław Ożóg	Poland	2:30:32.2
10	Václav Chudomel	Czechoslovakia	2:30:33.0
11	Tenho Salakka	Finland	2:33:00.0
12	Eino Oksanen	Finland	2:33:40.8
13	Albert Messitt	Ireland	2:34:55.2
14	Franjo Škrinjar	Yugoslavia	2:36:14.8
15	Béla Szalay	Hungary	2:36:38.0
16	Bruno Bartholome	East Germany	2:37:37.6
17	Gerhard Hönicke	East Germany	2:43:31.6
18	Evert Nyberg	Sweden	2:44:55.8
19	Paul Genève	France	2:45:08.0
20	Werner Zylka	West Germany	2:47:40.0
21	Guido Vögele	Switzerland	2:48:11.6
22	Niilo Sorrela	Finland	2:48:43.2
	Nikolay Rumyantsev	Soviet Union	DNF
	Ron Hill	Great Britain	DNF
	Miguel Navarro	Spain	DNF
	Franjo Mihalić	Yugoslavia	DNF
	Haydar Erturan	Turkey	DNF
	Salvatore Cuccuru	Italy	DNF

Participation

According to an unofficial count, 28 athletes from 18 countries participated in the event.

•   Belgium (1)
•   Czechoslovakia (2)
•   Denmark (1)
•   East Germany (2)
•   Finland (3)
•   France (1)
•   Hungary (1)
•   Ireland (1)
•   Italy (1)
•   Poland (1)
•   Soviet Union (3)
•   Spain (1)
•   Sweden (1)
•    Switzerland (1)
•   Turkey (1)
•   Great Britain (3)
•   West Germany (1)
•   Yugoslavia (3)

References

1. European Athletics Championships Zürich 2014 - STATISTICS HANDBOOK (PDF), European Athletics Association, pp. 391–397, retrieved 13 August 2014