The 4th European Athletics Championships were held from 23 August to 27 August 1950 in the Heysel Stadium of the Belgian capital Brussels.
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| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 100 m | Étienne Bally France |
10.7 | Franco Leccese Italy |
10.7 | Vladimir Sukharev Soviet Union |
10.7 |
| 200 m | Brian Shenton Great Britain |
21.5 | Étienne Bally France |
21.8 | Jan Lammers Netherlands |
22.1 |
| 400 m | Derek Pugh Great Britain |
47.3 (CR) | Jacques Lunis France |
47.6 | Lars Wolfbrandt Sweden |
47.9 |
| 800 m | John Parlett Great Britain |
1:50.5 (CR) | Marcel Hansenne France |
1:50.7 | Roger Bannister Great Britain |
1:50.7 |
| 1500 m | Wim Slijkhuis Netherlands |
3:47.2 (CR) | Patrick El Mabrouk France |
3:47.8 | Bill Nankeville Great Britain |
3:48.0 |
| 5000 m | Emil Zátopek Czechoslovakia |
14:03.0 (CR) | Alain Mimoun France |
14:26.0 | Gaston Reiff Belgium |
14:26.2 |
| 10,000 m | Emil Zátopek Czechoslovakia |
29:12.0 (CR) | Alain Mimoun France |
30:21.0 | Väinö Koskela Finland |
30:30.8 |
| Marathon | Jack Holden Great Britain |
2: 32:13 | Veikko Karvonen Finland |
2: 32:45 | Fedosiy Vanin Soviet Union |
2: 33:47 |
| 110 m H | André-Jacques Marie France |
14.6 | Ragnar Lundberg Sweden |
14.7 | Peter Hildreth Great Britain |
15.0 |
| 400 m H | Armando Filiput Italy |
51.9 (CR) | Yuriy Lituyev Soviet Union |
52.4 | Harry Whittle Great Britain |
52.7 |
| 3000 m St. | Jindřich Roudný Czechoslovakia |
9:05.4 | Petar Šegedin Yugoslavia |
9:07.4 | Erik Blomster Finland |
9:08.8 |
| 10 km walk | Fritz Schwab Switzerland |
46:01.8 (CR) | Emile Maggi France |
46:16.8 | John Mikaelsson Sweden |
46:48.2 |
| 50 km walk | Giuseppe Dordoni Italy |
4: 40:43) | John Ljunggren Sweden |
4: 43:25 | Verner Ljunggren Sweden |
4: 49:28 |
| 4 x 100 m | Soviet Union Vladimir Sukharev Levan Kalyayev Levan Sanadze Nikolay Karakulov |
41.5 | France Étienne Bally Jacques Perlot Yves Camus Jean-Pierre Guillon |
41.8 | Sweden Göte Kjellberg Leif Christersson Stig Danielsson Hans Rydén |
41.9 |
| 4 x 400 m | Great Britain Martin Pike Leslie Lewis Angus Scott Derek Pugh |
3:10.2 (CR) | Italy Baldasare Porto Armando Filiput Luigi Paterlini Antonio Siddi |
3:11.0 | Sweden Gösta Brännström Tage Ekfeldt Rune Larsson Lars Wolfbrandt |
3:11.6 |
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WR world record |AR Area record | CR championship record | GR games record | NR national record | OR Olympic record | PB personal best | SB seasonal best | WL world leading (in a given season) |
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| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High Jump | Alan Paterson Great Britain |
1.96 | Arne Åhman Sweden |
1.93 | Claude Bénard France |
1.93 |
| Long Jump | Torfi Bryngeirsson Iceland |
7.32 | Gerard Wessels Netherlands |
7.22 | Jaroslav Fikejz Czechoslovakia |
7.20 |
| Pole Vault | Ragnar Lundberg Sweden |
4.30 (CR) | Valto Olenius Finland |
4.25 | Juho Piironen Finland |
4.25 |
| Triple Jump | Leonid Shcherbakov Soviet Union |
15.39 (CR) | Valdemar Rautio Finland |
14.96 | Ruhi Sarıalp Turkey |
14.53 |
| Shot Put | Gunnar Huseby Iceland |
16.74 (CR) | Angiolo Profeti Italy |
15.16 | Oto Grigalka Soviet Union |
15.14 |
| Discus | Adolfo Consolini Italy |
53.75 (CR) | Giuseppe Tosi Italy |
52.31 | Olli Partanen Finland |
48.69 |
| Javelin | Toivo Hyytiäinen Finland |
71.26 | Per-Arne Berglund Sweden |
70.06 | Ragnar Ericzon Sweden |
69.82 |
| Hammer | Sverre Strandli Norway |
55.71 | Teseo Taddia Italy |
54.73 | Jirí Dadák Czechoslovakia |
53.64 |
| Decathlon | Ignace Heinrich France |
7364 | Örn Clausen Iceland |
7297 | Kjell Tånnander Sweden |
7175 |
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WR world record |AR Area record | CR championship record | GR games record | NR national record | OR Olympic record | PB personal best | SB seasonal best | WL world leading (in a given season) |
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| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
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| 100 m | Fanny Blankers-Koen Netherlands |
11.7 (CR) | Yevgeniya Sechenova Soviet Union |
12.3 | June Foulds Great Britain |
12.4 |
| 200 m | Fanny Blankers-Koen Netherlands |
24.0 | Yevgeniya Sechenova Soviet Union |
24.8 | Dorothy Hall Great Britain |
25.0 |
| 80 m H | Fanny Blankers-Koen Netherlands |
11.1 (CR) | Maureen Gardner Great Britain |
11.6 | Micheline Ostermeyer France |
11.7 |
| 4 x 100 m | Great Britain Elspeth Hay Jean Desforges Dorothy Hall June Foulds |
47.4 | Netherlands Xenia de Jong Bertha Brouwer Grietjl de Jong Fanny Blankers-Koen |
47.4 | Soviet Union Yelena Gokieli Sofia Malschina Sonya Duchovich Yevgeniya Sechenova |
47.5 |
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High Jump | Sheila Lerwill Great Britain |
1.63 | Dorothy Tyler-Odam Great Britain |
1.63 | Galina Ganeker Soviet Union |
1.63 |
| Long Jump | Valentina Bogdanova Soviet Union |
5.82 | Wilhelmine Lust Netherlands |
5.63 | Maire Osterdahl Finland |
5.57 |
| Shot Put | Anna Andreyeva Soviet Union |
14.32 (CR) | Klavdiya Tochenova Soviet Union |
13.92 | Micheline Ostermeyer France |
13.37 |
| Discus | Nina Dumbadze Soviet Union |
48.03 (CR) | Rimma Shumskaya Soviet Union |
42.25 | Edera Cordiale Italy |
41.57 |
| Javelin | Natalya Smirnitskaya Soviet Union |
47.55 (CR) | Herma Bauma Austria |
43.87 | Galina Zybina Soviet Union |
42.75 |
| Pentathlon | Arlette Ben Hamo France |
3204 | Bertha Crowther Great Britain |
3048 | Olga Modrachová Czechoslovakia |
3026 |
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Great Britain | 8 | 3 | 6 | 17 |
| 2. | Soviet Union | 6 | 5 | 5 | 16 |
| 3. | France | 4 | 8 | 3 | 15 |
| 4. | Netherlands | 4 | 3 | 2 | 9 |
| 5. | Italy | 3 | 5 | 1 | 9 |
| 6. | Czechoslovakia | 3 | 0 | 3 | 6 |
| 7. | Iceland | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| 8. | Sweden | 1 | 4 | 7 | 12 |
| 9. | Finland | 1 | 3 | 5 | 9 |
| 10= | Norway | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 10= | Switzerland | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 12= | Austria | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 12= | Yugoslavia | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 14= | Belgium | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 14= | Turkey | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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