1969 European Athletics Championships – Men's marathon

1969 European Athletics Championships
Track events
100 m	men	women
200 m	men	women
400 m	men	women
800 m	men	women
1500 m	men	women
5000 m	men
10,000 m	men
100 m hurdles		women
110 m hurdles	men
400 m hurdles	men
3000 m steeplechase	men
4×100 m relay	men	women
4×400 m relay	men	women
Road events
Marathon	men
20 km walk	men
50 km walk	men
Field events
High jump	men	women
Pole vault	men
Long jump	men	women
Triple jump	men
Shot put	men	women
Discus throw	men	women
Hammer throw	men
Javelin throw	men	women
Combined events
Pentathlon		women
Decathlon	men
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The men's marathon at the 1969 European Athletics Championships was held in Athens, Greece, on 21 September 1969.^[1]

Medalists[]

Gold	Ron Hill  Great Britain
Silver	Gaston Roelants  Belgium
Bronze	Jim Alder  Great Britain

Results[]

Final[]

21 September

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Ron Hill	Great Britain	2:16:47.8
	Gaston Roelants	Belgium	2:17:22.2
	Jim Alder	Great Britain	2:19:05.8
4	Jürgen Busch	East Germany	2:19:34.4
5	İsmail Akçay	Turkey	2:22:16.8
6		Hungary	2:22:58.8
7		Poland	2:23:36.6
8		Soviet Union	2:24:09.6
9	Maurice Peiren	Belgium	2:24:10.6
10		Soviet Union	2:25:14.8
11	Hüseyin Aktaş	Turkey	2:27:51.0
12		Poland	2:28:37.0
13		Ireland	2:28:38.0
14	Carlos Pérez	Spain	2:29:28.6
15	Yury Velikorodnykh	Soviet Union	2:31:46.8
16	Gyula Tóth	Hungary	2:32:24.6
17	Nedo Farčić	Yugoslavia	2:35:57.0
18	Aad Steylen	Netherlands	2:37:35.0
19		Turkey	2:39:45.0
20		France	2:40:20.8
21		Czechoslovakia	2:40:44.0
22		France	2:45:31.0
23		France	2:47:19.0
24		Greece	2:47:53.8
25	Armando Aldegalega	Portugal	NT
26		Greece	NT
27		Gibraltar	NT
		Norway	DNF
	Bill Adcocks	Great Britain	DNF
		Greece	DNF
	Pentti Rummakko	Finland	DNF
		Czechoslovakia	DNF

Participation[]

According to an unofficial count, 32 athletes from 18 countries participated in the event.

References[]