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]

Medalists[]

Gold Veikko Karvonen
 Finland
Silver Boris Grishayev
 Soviet Union
Bronze Ivan Filin
 Soviet Union

Results[]

Final[]

25 August

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) Veikko Karvonen  Finland 2:24:51.6 CR
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Boris Grishayev  Soviet Union 2:24:55.6
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 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.

References[]

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