1934 European Athletics Championships
1st European Athletics Championships | |
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Host city | Torino, Italy |
Date(s) | 7 – 9 September |
Main stadium | Stadio Benito Mussolini |
Level | Senior |
Type | Outdoor |
Participation |
226 athletes from 23 nations |
Events | 22 |
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The 1st European Athletics Championships were held in Turin, Italy, at the Stadio Benito Mussolini between 7 and 9 September 1934. A contemporaneous report on the event was given in the Glasgow Herald.[1]
Results
Medalists[2] and complete results were published.[3]
Track
Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
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100 metres |
Chris Berger Netherlands | 10.6 | Erich Borchmeyer Germany | 10.7 | József Sir Hungary | 10.7 |
200 metres |
Chris Berger Netherlands | 21.5 | József Sir Hungary | 21.5 | Tinus Osendarp Netherlands | 21.6 |
400 metres |
Adolf Metzner Germany | 47.9 | Pierre Skawinski France | 48.0 | Bertil von Wachenfeldt Sweden | 48.0 |
800 metres |
Miklós Szabó Hungary | 1:52.0 | Mario Lanzi Italy | 1:52.0 | Wolfgang Dessecker Germany | 1:52.2 |
1500 metres |
Luigi Beccali Italy | 3:54.6 | Miklós Szabó Hungary | 3:55.2 | Roger Normand France | 3:57.0 |
5000 metres |
Roger Rochard France | 14:36.8 | Janusz Kusociński Poland | 14:41.2 | Ilmari Salminen Finland | 14:43.6 |
10,000 metres |
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 | Aurelio Genghini Italy | 2:55:04 |
110 metres hurdles |
József Kovács Hungary | 14.8 | Erwin Wegner Germany | 14.9 | Holger Albrechtsen Norway | 15.0 |
400 metres hurdles |
Hans Scheele Germany | 53.2 | Akilles Järvinen Finland | 53.7 | Christos Mantikas Greece | 54.9 |
50 kilometres walk |
Jānis Daliņš Latvia | 4:49:53 | Arthur Tell Schwab Switzerland | 4:53:09 | Ettore Rivolta Italy | 4:54:06 |
4 × 100 metres relay |
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 × 400 metres relay |
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 |
Field
Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
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High jump |
Kalevi Kotkas Finland | 2.00 m | Birger Halvorsen Norway | 1.97 m | Veikko Peräsalo Finland | 1.97 m |
Long jump |
Wilhelm Leichum Germany | 7.45 m | Otto Berg Norway | 7.31 m | Luz Long Germany | 7.25 m |
Pole vault |
Gustav Wegner Germany | 4.00 m | Bo Ljungberg Sweden | 4.00 m | John Lindroth Finland | 3.90 m |
Triple jump |
Willem Peters Netherlands | 14.89 m | Eric Svensson Sweden | 14.83 m | Onni Rajasaari Finland | 14.74 m |
Shot put |
Arnold Viiding Estonia | 15.19 m | Risto Kuntsi Finland | 15.19 m | František Douda Czechoslovakia | 15.18 m |
Discus throw |
Harald Andersson Sweden | 50.38 m | Paul Winter France | 47.09 m | István Donogán Hungary | 45.91 m |
Javelin throw |
Matti Järvinen Finland | 76.66 m WR | Matti Sippala Finland | 69.97 m | Gustav Sule Estonia | 69.31 m |
Hammer throw |
Ville Pörhölä Finland | 50.34 m | Fernande Vandelli Italy | 48.69 m | Gunnar Jansson Sweden | 47.85 m |
Decathlon |
Hans-Heinrich Sievert Germany | 6858 pts | Leif Dahlgren Sweden | 6666 pts | Jerzy Pławczyk Poland | 6399 pts |
Medals table
Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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1 | Germany | 7 | 2 | 2 | 11 |
2 | Finland | 5 | 4 | 4 | 13 |
3 | Netherlands | 3 | 0 | 2 | 5 |
4 | Hungary | 2 | 3 | 2 | 7 |
5 | Sweden | 1 | 4 | 3 | 8 |
6 | France | 1 | 3 | 1 | 5 |
7 | Italy | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 |
8 | Estonia | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
9 | Latvia | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
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 |
Participation
According to an unofficial count, 223 athletes from 23 countries participated in the event, three athletes less than the official number as published.[4]
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References
- ↑ European Athletic Championships - Germany wins six titles, Glasgow Herald, September 10, 1934, p. 19, retrieved 14 August 2014
- ↑ "European Championships (Men)". gbrathletics.com. 2007. Archived from the original on 25 August 2008. Retrieved 26 August 2008.
- ↑ European Athletics Championships Zürich 2014 - STATISTICS HANDBOOK, European Athletics Association, pp. 360–362, retrieved 13 August 2014
- ↑ European Athletics Championships Zürich 2014 - STATISTICS HANDBOOK, European Athletics Association, p. 4, retrieved 13 August 2014
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