The 3rd European Athletics Championships were held from 22 August to 25 August 1946 in the Bislett Stadion in Oslo, Norway . For the first time it was a combined event for men and women, and for the first time a city in Scandinavia hosted the championships.
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| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 100 m | John Archer United Kingdom |
10.6 | Haakon Tranberg Norway |
10.7 | Carlo Monti Italy |
10.8 |
| 200 m | Nikolay Karakulov Soviet Union |
21.6 | Haakon Tranberg Norway |
21.7 | Jiří David Czechoslovakia |
21.8 |
| 400 m | Niels Holst-Sørensen Denmark |
47.9 | Jacques Lunis France |
48.3 | Derek Pugh United Kingdom |
48.9 |
| 800 m | Rune Gustafsson Sweden |
1:51.0 | Niels Holst-Sørensen Denmark |
1:51.1 | Marcel Hansenne France |
1:51.2 |
| 1500 m | Lennart Strand Sweden |
3:48.0 (CR) | Henry Eriksson Sweden |
3:48.8 | Erik Jørgensen Denmark |
3:52.8 |
| 5000 m | Sydney Wooderson United Kingdom |
14:08.6 (CR) | Wim Slijkhuis Netherlands |
14:14.0 | Evert Nyberg Sweden |
14:23.2 |
| 10,000 m | Viljo Heino Finland |
29:52.0 (CR) | Helge Perälä Finland |
30:31.4 | András Csaplár Hungary |
30:35.2 |
| Marathon | Mikko Hietanen Finland |
2: 24:55 | Väinö Muinonen Finland |
2: 26:08 | Yakov Puñko Soviet Union |
2: 26:21 |
| The marathon at the 1946 European Championships was completed over a course measuring 40.1 km, 2 km shorter than a "true" marathon. | ||||||
| 110 m H | Håkan Lidman Sweden |
14.6 | Hippolyte Braekman Belgium |
14.9 | Väinö Suvivuo Finland |
15.0 |
| 400 m H | Bertel Storskrubb Finland |
52.2 (CR) | Sixten Larsson Sweden |
52.4 | Rune Larsson Sweden |
52.5 |
| 3000 m St. | Raphaël Pujazon France |
9:01.4 (CR) | Erik Elmsäter Sweden |
9:11.0 | Tore Sjöstrand Sweden |
9:14.0 |
| 10 km walk | John Mikaelsson Sweden |
46:05.2 | Fritz Schwab Switzerland |
47:03.6 | Emile Maggi France |
48:10.4 |
| 50 km walk | John Ljunggren Sweden |
4: 38:20 (CR) | Harry Forbes United Kingdom |
4: 42:58 | Charles Megnin United Kingdom |
4: 57:04 |
| 4 x 100 m | Sweden Stig Danielsson Inge Nilsson Olle Laessker Stig Håkansson |
41.5 | France Agathon Lepève Julien Lebas Pierre Gonon René Valmy |
42.0 | Czechoslovakia Mirko Paráček Leopold Láznička Miroslav Řihošek Jiří David |
42.2 |
| 4 x 400 m | France Bernard Santona Yves Cros Robert Chef d’Hotel Jacques Lunis |
3:14.4 | United Kingdom Ronald Ede Derek Pugh Bernard Elliot Bill Roberts |
3:14.5 | Sweden Folke Alnevik Stig Lindgård Sven-Erik Nolinge Tore Sten |
3:15.0 |
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High Jump | Anton Bolinder Sweden |
1.99 | Alan Paterson United Kingdom |
1.96 | Nils Nicklén Finland |
1.93 |
| Long Jump | Olle Laessker Sweden |
7.42 | Lucien Graff Switzerland |
7.40 | Miroslav Řihošek Czechoslovakia |
7.29 |
| Pole Vault | Allan Lindberg Sweden |
4.17 (CR) | Nikolay Ozolin Soviet Union |
4.10 | Jan Bém Czechoslovakia |
4.10 |
| Triple Jump | Valdemar Rautio Finland |
15.17 | Bertil Johnsson Sweden |
15.15 | Arne Åhman Sweden |
14.96 |
| Shot Put | Gunnar Huseby Iceland |
15.56 | Dmitriy Goryainov Soviet Union |
15.25 | Yrjö Lehtilä Finland |
15.23 |
| Discus | Adolfo Consolini Italy |
53.23 (CR) | Giuseppe Tosi Italy |
50.39 | Veikko Nyquist Finland |
48.14 |
| Javelin | Lennart Atterwall Sweden |
68.74 | Yrjö Nikkanen Finland |
67.50 | Tapio Rautavaara Finland |
66.40 |
| Hammer | Bo Ericson Sweden |
56.44 | Eric Johansson-Umedalen Sweden |
53.54 | Duncan Clark United Kingdom |
51.32 |
| Decathlon | Godtfred Holmvang Norway |
6987 | Sergei Kuznetsov Soviet Union |
6930 | Göran Waxberg Sweden |
6504 |
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 100 m | Yevgeniya Sechenova Soviet Union |
11.9 (CR) | Winifred Jordan United Kingdom |
12.1 | Claire Bresolles France |
12.2 |
| 200 m | Yevgeniya Sechenova Soviet Union |
25.4 | Winifred Jordan United Kingdom |
25.6 | Léa Caurla France |
25.6 |
| 80 m H | Fanny Blankers-Koen Netherlands |
11.8 | Yelena Gokieli Soviet Union |
11.9 | Valentina Fokina Soviet Union |
11.9 |
| 4 x 100 m | Netherlands Gerda van der Kade-Koudijs Netty Witziers-Timmer Marta Adema Fanny Blankers-Koen |
47.8 | France Léa Caurla Anne-Marie Colchen Claire Bresolles Monique Drichon |
48.5 | Soviet Union Yevgeniya Sechenova Valentina Fokina Yelena Gokieli Valentina Vasilyeva |
48.7 |
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High Jump | Anne-Marie Colchen France |
1.60 | Aleksandra Chudina Soviet Union |
1.57 | Anne Iversen Denmark |
1.57 |
| Long Jump | Gerda van der Kade-Koudijs Netherlands |
5.67 | Lidija Gaile Soviet Union |
5.67 | Valentina Vasilyeva Soviet Union |
5.63 |
| Shot Put | Tatyana Sevryokova Soviet Union |
14.16 (CR) | Micheline Ostermeyer France |
12.84 | Amelia Piccinini Italy |
12.22 |
| Discus | Nina Dumbadze Soviet Union |
44.21 | Ann Niesink Netherlands |
40.46 | Jadwiga Wajs Poland |
39.37 |
| Javelin | Klavdiya Mayuchaya Soviet Union |
46.25 (CR) | Lyudmila Anokhina Soviet Union |
45.84 | Johanna Koning Netherlands |
43.24 |
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Sweden | 11 | 5 | 6 | 22 |
| 2. | Soviet Union | 6 | 7 | 4 | 17 |
| 3. | Finland | 4 | 3 | 5 | 12 |
| 4. | France | 3 | 4 | 4 | 11 |
| 5. | Netherlands | 3 | 2 | 1 | 6 |
| 6. | United Kingdom | 2 | 5 | 3 | 10 |
| 7. | Norway | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| 8= | Denmark | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 8= | Italy | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 10. | Iceland | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 11. | Switzerland | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 12. | Belgium | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 13. | Czechoslovakia | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 |
| 14= | Hungary | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 14= | Poland | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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