Langbahn Team – Weltmeisterschaft

1954 European Athletics Championships – Men's marathon

Men's marathon
at the European Athletics Championships

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 José Araujo  Portugal 2:29:45.0
9 Victor Olsen  Norway 2:33:49.4
10 Cristea Dinu  Romania 2:35:07.4
11 Eric Smith  Great Britain 2:35:22.2
12 Bengt Rehnvall  Sweden 2:35:48.6
13 Walter Bednář  Czechoslovakia 2:36:41.4
14 Hans Vollbach  West Germany 2:40:02.4
15 Claudino Martins  Portugal 2:41:01.4
16 Adolf Gruber  Austria 2:41:59.6
17 Franjo Škrinjar  Yugoslavia 2:42:11.8
18 August Blumensaat  West Germany 2:42:32.2
19 Jules Zehnder   Switzerland 2:45:27.8
20 Guillaume Marquet  Belgium 2:48:47.2
21 Michel Pressencé  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