1969 European Athletics Championships – Men's marathon

Events at the 1969 European Athletics Championships
Track events
100 m		men		women
200 m		men		women
400 m		men		women
800 m		men		women
1500 m		men		women
5000 m		men
10,000 m		men
100 m hurdles				women
110 m hurdles		men
400 m hurdles		men
3000 m steeplechase		men
4×100 m relay		men		women
4×400 m relay		men		women
Road events
Marathon		men
20 km walk		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 marathon at the 1969 European Athletics Championships was held in Athens, Greece, on 21 September 1969.^[1]

Medalists

Gold	Ron Hill  United Kingdom
Silver	Gaston Roelants  Belgium
Bronze	Jim Alder  United Kingdom

Results

Final

21 September

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
01 !	Ron Hill	United Kingdom	2:16:47.8
02 !	Gaston Roelants	Belgium	2:17:22.2
03 !	Jim Alder	United Kingdom	2:19:05.8
4	Jürgen Busch	East Germany	2:19:34.4
5	İsmail Akçay	Turkey	2:22:16.8
6	Denes Simon	Hungary	2:22:58.8
7	Michał Wójcik	Poland	2:23:36.6
8	Yuriy Volkov	Soviet Union	2:24:09.6
9	Maurice Peiren	Belgium	2:24:10.6
10	Anatoliy Skripnik	Soviet Union	2:25:14.8
11	Hüseyin Aktaş	Turkey	2:27:51.0
12	Zdzisław Bogusz	Poland	2:28:37.0
13	Michael Molloy	Ireland	2:28:38.0
14	Carlos Pérez	Spain	2:29:28.6
15	Yuriy Velikorodnykh	Soviet Union	2:31:46.8
16	Gyula Tóth	Hungary	2:32:24.6
17	Nedo Farčić	Yugoslavia	2:35:57.0
18	Aad Steylen	Netherlands	2:37:35.0
19	Hamza Canavar	Turkey	2:39:45.0
20	André Lacour	France	2:40:20.8
21	Stanislav Petr	Czechoslovakia	2:40:44.0
22	Gilbert Gauthier	France	2:45:31.0
23	Jean-Marie Wagnon	France	2:47:19.0
24	Nikolaos Avlakiotis	Greece	2:47:53.8
25	Armando Aldegalega	Portugal	NT
26	Georgios Fakiolas	Greece	NT
27	Jimmy Parody	Gibraltar	NT
28	Bjarne Sletten	Norway	DNF
29	Bill Adcocks	United Kingdom	DNF
30	Dimitrios Vouros	Greece	DNF
31	Pentti Rummakko	Finland	DNF
32	Václav Mládek	Czechoslovakia	DNF

Participation

According to an unofficial count, 32 athletes from 18 countries participated in the event.

References