1946 European Athletics Championships – Men's 50 kilometres walk

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

Medalists[]

Gold John Ljunggren
 Sweden
Silver
 Great Britain
Bronze
 Great Britain

Results[]

Final[]

23 August

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) John Ljunggren  Sweden 4:38:20 CR
2nd place, silver medalist(s)  Great Britain 4:42:58
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)  Great Britain 4:57:04
4 Oddvar Sponberg  Norway 5:00:27
5 Harry Kristensen  Denmark 5:03:18
 Sweden DNF
Edgar Bruun  Norway DQ
Josef Doležal  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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