1971 European Athletics Championships – Men's marathon

Events at the 1971 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

The men's marathon at the 1971 European Athletics Championships was held in Helsinki, Finland, on 15 August 1971.^[1]

Medalists

Gold	Karel Lismont  Belgium
Silver	Trevor Wright  United Kingdom
Bronze	Ron Hill  United Kingdom

Results

Final

15 August

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
01 !	Karel Lismont	Belgium	2:13:09.0	CR
02 !	Trevor Wright	United Kingdom	2:13:59.62
03 !	Ron Hill	United Kingdom	2:14:34.83
4	Colin Kirkham	United Kingdom	2:16:22.0
5	Gaston Roelants	Belgium	2:17:48.85
6	Pentti Rummakko	Finland	2:17:58.86
7	Lutz Philipp	West Germany	2:18:08.6
8	Agustín Fernández	Spain	2:18:26.6
9	Kalle Hakkarainen	Finland	2:18:45.0
10	Gyula Tóth	Hungary	2:18:59.6
11	Danny McDaid	Ireland	2:19:07.2
12	Antonio Brutti	Italy	2:19:34.8
13	Yuriy Volkov	Soviet Union	2:19:56.6
14	Bernard Caraby	France	2:19:59.0
15	Armando Aldegalega	Portugal	2:20:01.2
16	İsmail Akçay	Turkey	2:20:26.8
17	Giacomo Marietta	Italy	2:21:30.0
18	Fleming Kempel	Denmark	2:21:34.8
19	Yuriy Velikorodnykh	Soviet Union	2:21:59.0
20	Anatoliy Baranov	Soviet Union	2:22:16.0
21	Zdzisław Bogusz	Poland	2:22:16.0
22	Maurice Peiren	Belgium	2:22:36.4
23	Juan Hidalgo	Spain	2:22:42.4
24	Jan Wawrzuta	Poland	2:23:51.6
25	Manfred Steffny	West Germany	2:24:05.6
26	Jørgen Jensen	Denmark	2:24:33.2
27	Einar Weidemann	Norway	2:24:54.0
28	Mario Binato	Italy	2:24:57.8
29	René Combes	France	2:25:35.6
30	Hüseyin Aktaş	Turkey	2:25:39.8
31	Mogens Findal	Denmark	2:26:04.2
32	Jean-Pierre Spengler	Switzerland	2:26:12.8
33	Carlos Pérez	Spain	2:26:53.6
34	Bent Natvig	Norway	2:28:12.6
35	Ulf Håkansson	Sweden	2:28:37.8
36	Geert Jansen	Netherlands	2:29:14.4
37	Sven-Olof Lindvall	Sweden	2:30:38.6
38	Helmuth Kunisch	Switzerland	2:30:42.4
39	Patrick Coyle	Ireland	2:30:45.0
40	Josef Gwerder	Switzerland	2:33:06.6
41	Lajos Mecser	Hungary	2:34:35.2
42	Pat McMahon	Ireland	DNF
43	Peter Fredriksson	Sweden	DNF
44	Bjarne Sletten	Norway	DNF
45	Seppo Tuominen	Finland	DNF
46	Paul Angenvoorth	West Germany	DNF
47	Nedo Farčić	Yugoslavia	DNF
48	Fernand Kolbeck	France	DNF
49	Georg Förster	Austria	DNF
50	Jürgen Busch	East Germany	DNF
51	Edward Stawiarz	Poland	DNF
52	Janos Szerenyi	Hungary	DNF

Participation

According to an unofficial count, 52 athletes from 21 countries participated in the event.

References