1954 European Athletics Championships
| 5th European Athletics Championships | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Dates | 25 – 29 August |
| Host city | Bern, Switzerland |
| Venue | Stadion Neufeld |
| Level | Senior |
| Type | Outdoor |
| Events | 35 |
| Participation | 686 athletes from 28 nations |
The 5th European Athletics Championships were held at Stadion Neufeld from 25–29 August 1954 in the Swiss capital Bern. Contemporaneous reports on the event were given in the Glasgow Herald.[1][2][3][4][5]
Medal summary
Complete results were published.[6]
Men
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 100 metres |
 Heinz Fütterer (FRG) |
10.5 =CR |  René Bonino (FRA) |
10.6 |  George Ellis (GBR) |
10.7 |
| 200 metres |
Heinz Fütterer (FRG) |
20.9 CR |  Ardalion Ignatyev (URS) |
21.1 | George Ellis (GBR) |
21.2 |
| 400 metres |
Ardalion Ignatyev (URS) |
46.6 CR |  Voitto Hellstén (FIN) |
47.0 |  Zoltán Adamik (HUN) |
47.6 |
| 800 metres |
Lajos Szentgáli (HUN) |
1:47.1 CR |  Lucien De Muynck (BEL) |
1:47.3 |  Audun Boysen (NOR) |
1:47.4 |
| 1500 metres |
Roger Bannister (GBR) |
3:43.8 CR |  Gunnar Nielsen (DEN) |
3:44.4 |  Stanislav Jungwirth (TCH) |
3:45.4 |
| 5000 metres |
Vladimir Kuts (URS) |
13:56.6 CR | Chris Chataway (GBR) |
14:08.8 | Emil Zátopek (TCH) |
14:10.2 |
| 10,000 metres |
Emil Zátopek (TCH) |
28:58.0 CR | József Kovács (HUN) |
29:25.8 | Frank Sando (GBR) |
29:27.6 |
| 110 metres hurdles |
Yevgeniy Bulanchik (URS) |
14.4 | Jack Parker (GBR) |
14.6 | Berthold Steines (FRG) |
14.7 |
| 400 metres hurdles |
Anatoliy Yulin (URS) |
50.5 CR | Yuriy Lituyev (URS) |
50.8 | Ossi Mildh (FIN) |
51.5 |
| 3000 metres steeplechase |
Sándor Rozsnyói (HUN) |
8:49.6 CR | Olavi Rinteenpää (FIN) |
8:52.4 | Ernst Larsen (NOR) |
8:53.2 |
| 4 × 100 metres relay |
Hungary László Zarándi Géza Varasdi György Csányi Béla Goldoványi |
40.6 CR | Great Britain Kenneth Box George Ellis Kenneth Jones Brian Shenton |
40.8 | Soviet Union Boris Tokarev Viktor Ryabov Levan Sanadze Leonid Bartenev |
40.9 |
| 4 × 400 metres relay |
France Claude Haarhoff Jacques Degats Jean-Paul Martin du Gard Jean-Pierre Goudeau |
3:08.7 CR | West Germany Hans Geister Helmut Drehen Heinz Ulzheimer Karl-Friedrich Haas |
3:08.8 | Finland Raimo Graeffe Ossi Mildh Rolf Back Voitto Hellstén |
3:11.5 |
| 10,000 metres track walk |
Josef Doležal (TCH) |
45:01.8 CR | Anatoliy Yegorov (URS) |
45:53.0 | Sergey Lobastov (URS) |
46:21.8 |
| 50 kilometres walk |
Vladimir Ukhov (URS) |
4:22:11.2 CR | Josef Doležal (TCH) |
4:25:07.4 | Antal Róka (HUN) |
4:31:32.2 |
| Marathon |
Veikko Karvonen (FIN) |
2:24:51.6 CR | Boris Grishayev (URS) |
2:24:55.8 | Ivan Filin (URS) |
2:25:26.6 |
| High jump |
 Bengt Nilsson (SWE) |
2.02 m CR | Jiří Lanský (TCH) |
1.98 m | Jaroslav Kovář (TCH) |
1.96 m |
| Pole vault |
Eeles Landström (FIN) |
4.40 m CR | Ragnar Lundberg (SWE) |
4.40 m CR | Jeff Elliott (GBR) |
4.30 m |
| Jukka Piironen (FIN) |
4.30 m | |||||
| Long jump |
Ödön Földessy (HUN) |
7.51 m |  Zbigniew Iwański (POL) |
7.46 m | Ernest Wanko (FRA) |
7.41 m |
| Triple jump |
Leonid Shcherbakov (URS) |
15.90 m CR | Roger Norman (SWE) |
15.17 m | Martin Řehák (TCH) |
15.10 m |
| Shot put |
Jiří Skobla (TCH) |
17.20 m CR | Oto Grigalka (URS) |
16.69 m | Heino Heinaste (URS) |
16.27 m |
| Discus throw |
 Adolfo Consolini (ITA) |
53.44 m | Giuseppe Tosi (ITA) |
53.34 m | József Szécsényi (HUN) |
51.58 m |
| Javelin throw |
Janusz Sidło (POL) |
76.35 m | Vladimir Kuznetsov (URS) |
74.61 m | Soini Nikkinen (FIN) |
73.38 m |
| Hammer throw |
Mikhail Krivonosov (URS) |
63.34 m CR | Sverre Strandli (NOR) |
61.07 m | József Csermák (HUN) |
59.72 m |
| Decathlon |
Vasili Kuznetsov (URS) |
6752 pts | Torbjörn Lassenius (FIN) |
6424 pts | Heinz Oberbeck (FRG) |
6263 pts |
Women
Medal table
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Soviet Union (URS) | 16 | 11 | 8 | 35 |
| 2 | Czechoslovakia (TCH) | 4 | 2 | 5 | 11 |
| 3 | Hungary (HUN) | 4 | 1 | 4 | 9 |
| 4 | Great Britain (GBR) | 3 | 4 | 7 | 14 |
| 5 | West Germany (FRG) | 2 | 4 | 3 | 9 |
| 6 | Finland (FIN) | 2 | 3 | 4 | 9 |
| 7 | Sweden (SWE) | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| 8 | France (FRA) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| Italy (ITA) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | |
| Poland (POL) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | |
| 11 | Norway (NOR) | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 12 | Belgium (BEL) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Denmark (DEN) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
 Netherlands (NED) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
 Romania (ROM) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| Totals (15 entries) | 35 | 35 | 36 | 106 | |
Participation
According to an unofficial count, 689 athletes from 28 countries participated in the event, three athletes more than the official number of 686 as published.[7]
Austria (25)- Belgium (29)
Bulgaria (9)- Czechoslovakia (42)
- Denmark (7)
- Finland (31)
- France (49)
Greece (7)- Hungary (41)
Iceland (7)
Ireland (3)- Italy (24)
Liechtenstein (4)
Luxembourg (2)- Netherlands (12)
- Norway (13)
- Poland (35)
Portugal (9)- Romania (24)
Saar (9)
Soviet Union (68)
Spain (4)- Sweden (37)
Switzerland (50)
Turkey (16)- Great Britain (46)
- West Germany (62)
Yugoslavia (24)
References
- ^ European Games Start Today - Russia Favorites, Glasgow Herald, August 25, 1954, p. 9, retrieved August 27, 2014
- ^ Upset in Berne Marathon - European Games, Glasgow Herald, August 26, 1954, p. 9, retrieved August 27, 2014
- ^ Britain's First Gold Medal - European Athletics, Glasgow Herald, August 27, 1954, p. 4, retrieved August 27, 2014
- ^ Russian Athletes' Day, Glasgow Herald, August 28, 1954, p. 2, retrieved August 27, 2014
- ^ European Games Win for Bannister _ Russia's Three World Records, Glasgow Herald, August 30, 1954, p. 9, retrieved August 27, 2014
- ^ European Athletics Championships Zürich 2014 - STATISTICS HANDBOOK (PDF), European Athletics Association, pp. 377–384, retrieved 13 August 2014
- ^ European Athletics Championships Zürich 2014 - STATISTICS HANDBOOK (PDF), European Athletics Association, p. 4, retrieved 13 August 2014
- "European Championships (Men)". gbrathletics.com. 2007. Archived from the original on 2 September 2010. Retrieved 21 August 2010.
- "European Championships (Women)". gbrathletics.com. 2007. Archived from the original on 22 September 2010. Retrieved 21 August 2010.