1950 European Athletics Championships – Men's marathon

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

The men's marathon at the 1950 European Athletics Championships was held in Bruxelles, Belgium, on 23 August 1950.^[1]

Medalists

Gold	Jack Holden  United Kingdom
Silver	Veikko Karvonen  Finland
Bronze	Feodosiy Vanin  Soviet Union

Results

Final

23 August

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
01 !	Jack Holden	United Kingdom	2:32:14	CR
02 !	Veikko Karvonen	Finland	2:32:45
03 !	Feodosiy Vanin	Soviet Union	2:33:47
4	Gösta Leandersson	Sweden	2:34:26
5	Vasiliy Gordiyenko	Soviet Union	2:34:37
6	Charles Cérou	France	2:36:09
7	Jean Leblond	Belgium	2:36:55
8	Étienne Gailly	Belgium	2:38:24
9	Finn Systad	Norway	2:39:50
10	Gustav Östling	Sweden	2:41:18
11	Edward Denison	United Kingdom	2:44:31
12	Vilho Partanen	Finland	2:45:26
13	Miroslav Glogonjac	Yugoslavia	2:55:41
14	Luka Bosanac	Yugoslavia	2:59:05
15	Alfons Zwicker	Switzerland	3:01:04
16	Adri Moons	Netherlands	3:01:50
17	Athanasios Ragazos	Greece	3:01:52
18	Behzat Akdeniz	Turkey	NT
19	Gottfried Knecht	Switzerland	NT
20	René Josset	France	DNF
21	Joop Overdyk	Netherlands	DNF
22	Ludwig Jahn	Austria	DNF

Participation

According to an unofficial count, 22 athletes from 13 countries participated in the event.

References