The men's marathon at the 1954 European Athletics Championships was held in Bern, Switzerland, on 25 August 1954.[1]

Medalists

GoldVeikko Karvonen
 Finland
SilverBoris Grishayev
 Soviet Union
BronzeIvan Filin
 Soviet Union

Results

Final

25 August

RankNameNationalityTimeNotes
1st place, gold medalist(s)Veikko Karvonen Finland2:24:51.6CR
2nd place, silver medalist(s)Boris Grishayev Soviet Union2:24:55.6
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)Ivan Filin Soviet Union2:25:26.6
4Erkki Puolakka Finland2:26:45.6
5Gustaf Jansson Sweden2:27:27.8
6Geoff Iden Great Britain2:28:02.8
7Janus van der Zande Netherlands2:29:19.2
8José Araujo Portugal2:29:45.0
9Victor Olsen Norway2:33:49.4
10Cristea Dinu Romania2:35:07.4
11Eric Smith Great Britain2:35:22.2
12Bengt Rehnvall Sweden2:35:48.6
13Walter Bednář Czechoslovakia2:36:41.4
14Hans Vollbach West Germany2:40:02.4
15Claudino Martins Portugal2:41:01.4
16Adolf Gruber Austria2:41:59.6
17Franjo Škrinjar Yugoslavia2:42:11.8
18August Blumensaat West Germany2:42:32.2
19Jules Zehnder  Switzerland2:45:27.8
20Guillaume Marquet Belgium2:48:47.2
21Michel Pressencé France2:55:52.4
22Hans Studer  Switzerland2:58:22.0

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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