1971 European Athletics Championships – Men's marathon

1971 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 1971 European Athletics Championships was held in Helsinki, Finland, on 15 August 1971.^[1]

Medalists[]

Gold	Karel Lismont  Belgium
Silver	Great Britain
Bronze	Ron Hill  Great Britain

Results[]

Final[]

15 August

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Karel Lismont	Belgium	2:13:09.0	CR
		Great Britain	2:13:59.62
	Ron Hill	Great Britain	2:14:34.83
4	Colin Kirkham	Great Britain	2:16:22.0
5	Gaston Roelants	Belgium	2:17:48.85
6	Pentti Rummakko	Finland	2:17:58.86
7	Lutz Philipp	West Germany	2:18:08.6
8	Agustín Fernández	Spain	2:18:26.6
9		Finland	2:18:45.0
10	Gyula Tóth	Hungary	2:18:59.6
11	Danny McDaid	Ireland	2:19:07.2
12	Antonio Brutti	Italy	2:19:34.8
13		Soviet Union	2:19:56.6
14		France	2:19:59.0
15	Armando Aldegalega	Portugal	2:20:01.2
16	İsmail Akçay	Turkey	2:20:26.8
17		Italy	2:21:30.0
18		Denmark	2:21:34.8
19	Yury Velikorodnykh	Soviet Union	2:21:59.0
20	Anatoliy Baranov	Soviet Union	2:22:16.0
21		Poland	2:22:16.0
22	Maurice Peiren	Belgium	2:22:36.4
23		Spain	2:22:42.4
24		Poland	2:23:51.6
25	Manfred Steffny	West Germany	2:24:05.6
26	Jørgen Jensen	Denmark	2:24:33.2
27		Norway	2:24:54.0
28	Mario Binato	Italy	2:24:57.8
29	René Combes	France	2:25:35.6
30	Hüseyin Aktaş	Turkey	2:25:39.8
31		Denmark	2:26:04.2
32		Switzerland	2:26:12.8
33	Carlos Pérez	Spain	2:26:53.6
34		Norway	2:28:12.6
35		Sweden	2:28:37.8
36		Netherlands	2:29:14.4
37		Sweden	2:30:38.6
38		Switzerland	2:30:42.4
39		Ireland	2:30:45.0
40	Josef Gwerder	Switzerland	2:33:06.6
41	Lajos Mecser	Hungary	2:34:35.2
	Pat McMahon	Ireland	DNF
		Sweden	DNF
		Norway	DNF
		Finland	DNF
	Paul Angenvoorth	West Germany	DNF
	Nedo Farčić	Yugoslavia	DNF
	Fernand Kolbeck	France	DNF
		Austria	DNF
	Jürgen Busch	East Germany	DNF
	Edward Stawiarz	Poland	DNF
	Janos Szerenyi	Hungary	DNF

Participation[]

According to an unofficial count, 52 athletes from 21 countries participated in the event.

References[]