1954 European Athletics Championships – Men's marathon
The men's marathon at the 1954 European Athletics Championships was held in Bern, Switzerland, on 25 August 1954.[1]
Medalists[]
| Gold | Veikko Karvonen Finland
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| Silver | Boris Grishayev Soviet Union
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| Bronze | Ivan Filin Soviet Union
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Results[]
Final[]
25 August
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
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Veikko Karvonen | Finland |
2:24:51.6 | CR |
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Boris Grishayev | Soviet Union |
2:24:55.6 | |
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Ivan Filin | Soviet Union |
2:25:26.6 | |
| 4 | Erkki Puolakka | Finland |
2:26:45.6 | |
| 5 | Gustaf Jansson |  Sweden |
2:27:27.8 | |
| 6 | Geoff Iden |  Great Britain |
2:28:02.8 | |
| 7 | Janus van der Zande |  Netherlands |
2:29:19.2 | |
| 8 |  Portugal |
2:29:45.0 | ||
| 9 |  Norway |
2:33:49.4 | ||
| 10 | Cristea Dinu |  Romania |
2:35:07.4 | |
| 11 | Great Britain |
2:35:22.2 | ||
| 12 | Sweden |
2:35:48.6 | ||
| 13 |  Czechoslovakia |
2:36:41.4 | ||
| 14 |  West Germany |
2:40:02.4 | ||
| 15 | Portugal |
2:41:01.4 | ||
| 16 | Adolf Gruber |  Austria |
2:41:59.6 | |
| 17 | Franjo Škrinjar |  Yugoslavia |
2:42:11.8 | |
| 18 | West Germany |
2:42:32.2 | ||
| 19 |  Switzerland |
2:45:27.8 | ||
| 20 |  Belgium |
2:48:47.2 | ||
| 21 |  France |
2:55:52.4 | ||
| 22 | Hans Studer | 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[]
- ^ European Athletics Championships Zürich 2014 - STATISTICS HANDBOOK (PDF), European Athletics Association, pp. 377–384, retrieved 13 August 2014
Categories:
- Events at the 1954 European Athletics Championships
- Marathons at the European Athletics Championships
- 1954 marathons
- Marathons in Switzerland
- Men's marathons