1950 European Athletics Championships – Men's 50 kilometres walk

Events at the
1950 European
Athletics Championships

Track events
100 m   men   women
200 m men women
400 m men
800 m men
1500 m men
5000 m men
10,000 m men
80 m hurdles women
110 m hurdles men
400 m hurdles men
3000 m
steeplechase
men
10,000 m track walk men
4×100 m relay men women
4×400 m relay men
Road events
Marathon men
50 km walk men
Field events
High jump men women
Pole vault men
Long jump men women
Triple jump men
Shot put men women
Discus throw men women
Hammer throw men
Javelin throw men women
Combined events
Pentathlon women
Decathlon men
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The men's 50 kilometres race walk at the 1950 European Athletics Championships was held in Bruxelles, Belgium, on 25 August 1950.[1]

Medalists

Gold Giuseppe Dordoni
 Italy
Silver John Ljunggren
 Sweden
Bronze Verner Ljunggren
 Sweden

Results

Final

25 August

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1st Giuseppe Dordoni  Italy 4:40:43
2nd John Ljunggren  Sweden 4:43:25
3rd Verner Ljunggren  Sweden 4:49:28
4 Josef Doležal  Czechoslovakia 4:55:49
5 John Proctor  United Kingdom 4:58:01
6 Alfred Cotton  United Kingdom 5:03:30
7 Claude Hubert  France 5:07:49
8 Georges Pouchet  France 5:12:16
9 Salvatore Cascino  Italy 5:17:15
10 Anton Kluyskens  Netherlands 5:18:31
11 Harry Kristensen  Denmark 5:18:55
12 Oddvar Sponberg  Norway 5:22:41
13 Jules Thibaut  Belgium 5:23:47
14 Oddvar Sandvik  Norway 5:24:46
15 Louis Philippen  Belgium 5:41:15
16 René Charrière   Switzerland DQ
17 Louis Marquis   Switzerland DQ

Participation

According to an unofficial count, 17 athletes from 10 countries participated in the event.

References