The 1st European Athletics Championships were staged at the Stadio Comunale in Turin, Italy from 7 September to 9 September 1934 including only men's events. Women's championships were held separately in 1938, but men's and women's events were combined at one venue from 1946.
The discussion on the European Championships started before 1930, when a Hungarian member of the IAAF, dr. Stankovics, submitted his idea to the International Federation. During the Congress of IAAF in Berlin, on 24 September 1933 the Federation approved his proposals and Italy hosted the first championships.
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| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 100 m | Chris Berger Netherlands |
10.6 | Erich Borchmeyer Germany |
10.7 | József Sir Hungary |
10.7 |
| 200 m | Chris Berger Netherlands |
21.5 | József Sir Hungary |
21.5 | Tinus Osendarp Netherlands |
21.6 |
| 400 m | Adolf Metzner Germany |
47.9 | Pierre Skawinski France |
48.0 | Bertil von Wachenfeldt Sweden |
48.0 |
| 800 m | Miklós Szabó Hungary |
1:52.0 | Mario Lanzi Italy |
1:52.0 | Wolfgang Dessecker Germany |
1:52.2 |
| 1500 m | Luigi Beccali Italy |
3:54.6 | Miklós Szabó Hungary |
3:55.2 | Roger Normand France |
3:57.0 |
| 5000 m | Roger Rochard France |
14:36.8 | Janusz Kusociński Poland |
14:41.2 | Ilmari Salminen Finland |
14:43.6 |
| 10,000 m | Ilmari Salminen Finland |
31:02.6 | Arvo Askola Finland |
31:03.3 | Henry Nielsen Denmark |
31:27.4 |
| Marathon | Armas Toivonen Finland |
2: 52:29 | Thore Enochsson Sweden |
2: 54:36 | Aurelie Genghini Italy |
2: 55:04 |
| 110 m H | József Kovács Hungary |
14.8 | Erwin Wagner Germany |
14.9 | Holger Albrechtsen Norway |
15.0 |
| 400 m H | Hans Scheele Germany |
53.2 | Akilles Järvinen Finland |
53.7 | Christos Mantikas Greece |
54.9 |
| 50 km walk | Jānis Daliņš Latvia |
4: 49:53 | Arthur Tell Schwab Switzerland |
4: 53:09 | Ettore Rivolta Italy |
4: 54:06 |
| 4 x 100 m | Germany Egon Schein Erwin Gillmeister Gerd Hornberger Erich Borchmeyer |
41.0 | Hungary László Forgács József Kovács József Sir Gyula Gyenes |
41.4 | Netherlands Tinus Osendarp Tjeerd Boersma Robert Jansen Chris Berger |
41.6 |
| 4 x 400 m | Germany Helmut Hamann Hans Scheele Harry Voigt Adolf Metzner |
3:14.1 | France Robert Paul Serge Guillez Raymond Boisset Pierre Skawinski |
3:15.6 | Sweden Sven Strömberg Pelle Pihl Gustaf Eriksson Bertil von Wachenfeldt |
3:16.6 |
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High Jump | Kalevi Kotkas Finland |
2.00 | Birger Halvorsen Norway |
1.97 | Veikko Peräsalo Finland |
1.97 |
| Long Jump | Wilhelm Leichum Germany |
7.45 | Otto Berg Netherlands |
7.31 | Luz Long Germany |
7.25 |
| Pole Vault | Gustav Wegner Germany |
4.00 | Bo Ljungberg Sweden |
4.00 | John Lindroth Finland |
3.90 |
| Triple Jump | Willem Peters Netherlands |
14.89 | Eric Svensson Sweden |
14.83 | Onni Rajasaari Finland |
14.74 |
| Shot Put | Arnold Viiding Estonia |
15.19 | Risto Kuntsi Finland |
15.19 | František Douda Czechoslovakia |
15.18 |
| Discus | Harald Andersson Sweden |
50.38 | Paul Winter France |
47.09 | István Donogán Hungary |
45.91 |
| Javelin | Matti Järvinen Finland |
76.66 (WR) | Matti Sippala Finland |
69.97 | Gustav Sule Estonia |
69.31 |
| Hammer | Ville Pörhölä Finland |
50.34 | Fernande Vandelli Italy |
48.69 | Gunnar Jansson Sweden |
47.85 |
| Decathlon | Hans-Heinrich Sievert Germany |
6858 | Leif Dahlgren Sweden |
6666 | Jerzy Pławczyk Poland |
6399 |
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Germany | 7 | 2 | 3 | 12 |
| 2. | Finland | 5 | 4 | 3 | 12 |
| 3. | Netherlands | 3 | 0 | 2 | 5 |
| 4. | Hungary | 2 | 3 | 1 | 6 |
| 5. | Italy | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 |
| 6. | France | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
| 7. | Estonia | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 8. | Latvia | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 9. | Sweden | 0 | 3 | 3 | 6 |
| 10. | Norway | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 11. | Poland | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 12. | Switzerland | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 13= | Czechoslovakia | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 13= | Denmark | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 13= | Greece | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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