European Athletics Championships 1934
| 1st European Athletics Championships | |
|---|---|
 |
|
| city |
 Turin
|
| Stadion | Stadio Benito Mussolini |
| Competitions | 22nd |
| World records | 1 |
| opening | September 7, 1934 |
| Closing ceremony | September 9, 1934 |
| timeline | |
| Paris / Vienna 1938 → | |
| Medal table (final score after 22 decisions) | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| space | country |
|
|
|
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| 1 |
 German Empire
|
7th | 2 | 2 | 11 |
| 2 |
 Finland
|
5 | 4th | 4th | 13 |
| 3 |
 Netherlands
|
3 | - | 2 | 5 |
| 4th |
.svg){kind=small} Hungary
|
2 | 3 | 2 | 7th |
| 5 |
 Sweden
|
1 | 4th | 3 | 8th |
| 6th |
 France
|
1 | 3 | 1 | 5 |
| 7th |
Italy
|
1 | 2 | 2 | 5 |
| 8th |
 Estonia
|
1 | - | 1 | 2 |
| 9 |
 Latvia
|
1 | - | - | 1 |
| 10 |
 Norway
|
- | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| Complete medal table | |||||
The 1st European Athletics Championships took place from September 7th to 9th, 1934 in Turin , Italy . With the exception of the marathon and the 50 km walk , the competitions were held in the Stadio Benito Mussolini . At that time, only men were allowed to compete, women were not included until 1938 .
Competitions
From the beginning, the competition program included almost all disciplines, as they were also common in the Olympic Games . However, the 3000 meter obstacle course was still missing . The walking was concerning. The disciplines not yet standardized like today. On the competition calendar in Turin there was only the competition over the 50 km distance.
Athletic performance
The highlight was the javelin throw - world record of the Finn Matti Järvinen with 76.66 m.
The most successful nation was Germany with seven European champions. The special promotion of sport under the National Socialist regime with its propaganda goals contributed to this. It should not be forgotten that the exclusion of Jewish athletes, regardless of their ability to perform, was just beginning. They were subject to the same reprisals as the Jewish population in Germany as a whole. In the nations ranking, Finland followed with five, the Netherlands with three and Hungary with two European Championship titles.
There were three athletes who could win more than one gold medal in these championships:
- Christiaan Berger (Netherlands) - 100 meters , 200 meters , and also bronze in the 4 x 100 meter relay
- Adolf Metzner (Germany) - 400 meters , 4 x 400 meters relay
- Hans Scheele (Germany) - 400 meter hurdles , 4 x 400 meter relay
Results
100 m
| space | athlete | country | Time (s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Christiaan Berger |
NED
|
10.6 CRe |
| 2 | Erich Borchmeyer |
GER
|
10.7 |
| 3 | József sir |
HUN
|
10.7 |
| 4th | Paul Hänni |
 SUI
|
10.8 |
| 5 | Martinus Osendarp |
NED
|
10.9 |
| 6th | Gerd Hornberger |
GER
|
10.9 |
Final: September 8th
Crossing the finish line over 100 meters ( on the photo from left to right ): Gerd Hornberger (hidden), Erich Borchmeyer, József Sir, Paul Hänni, Martinus Osendarp, Christiaan Berger.
200 m
| space | athlete | country | Time (s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Christiaan Berger |
NED
|
21.5 CR |
| 2 | József sir |
HUN
|
21.5 CR |
| 3 | Martinus Osendarp |
NED
|
21.6 |
| 4th | József Kovács |
HUN
|
21.7 |
| 5 | Egon Schein |
GER
|
21.9 |
| 6th | Tullio Gonnelli |
ITA
|
22.0 |
Final: September 9th
Christiaan Berger ( photo on the right ) - first sprint king at the European Athletics Championships
400 m
| space | athlete | country | Time (s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Adolf Metzner |
GER
|
47.9 CR |
| 2 | Pierre Skawinski |
FRA
|
48.0 |
| 3 | Bertil von Wachenfeldt |
SWE
|
48.0 NO |
| 4th | Ettore Tavernari |
ITA
|
48.6 NO |
| 5 | Raymond Boisset |
FRA
|
48.9 |
| 6th | Mario Rabaglino |
ITA
|
NT |
Final: September 8th
800 m
| space | athlete | country | Time (min) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Miklós Szabó |
HUN
|
1: 52.0 |
| 2 | Mario Lanzi |
ITA
|
1: 52.0 |
| 3 | Wolfgang Dessecker |
GER
|
1: 52.2 PB |
| 4th | Eric Ny |
SWE
|
1: 52.4 |
| 5 | Erik Wennberg |
SWE
|
1: 53.1 |
| 6th | Kazimierz Kucharski |
.svg){kind=small} POLE
|
1: 53.4 NO |
| 7th | Raymond Petit |
FRA
|
1: 54.0 PB |
| 8th | Pierre Hemmer |
 LUX
|
1: 55.8 NO |
| 9 | Jean Keller |
FRA
|
NT |
Final: September 9th
There were nine participants in this final.
1500 m
| space | athlete | country | Time (min) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Luigi Beccali |
ITA
|
3: 54.6 CR |
| 2 | Miklós Szabó |
HUN
|
3: 55.2 SB |
| 3 | Roger Normand |
FRA
|
3: 57.0 PB |
| 4th | Fritz Schaumburg |
GER
|
3: 57.8 PB |
| 5 | Janusz Kusociński |
POLE
|
3: 59.4 PB |
| 6th | Martti Matilainen |
FIN
|
3: 59.6 PB |
| 7th | Robert Goix |
FRA
|
4: 04.0 PB |
| 8th | Ademar Juerlau |
EST
|
4: 05.8 |
Final: September 7th
5000 m
| space | athlete | country | Time (min) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Roger Rochard |
FRA
|
14: 36.8 CR |
| 2 | Janusz Kusociński |
POLE
|
14: 41.2 PB |
| 3 | Ilmari salt mines |
FIN
|
14: 43.6 PB |
| 4th | Lauri Virtanen |
FIN
|
14: 47.6 PB |
| 5 | Salvatore Mastroieni |
ITA
|
15: 00.6 PB |
| 6th | János Kelen |
HUN
|
15: 06.6 PB |
| 7th | Nello Bartolini |
ITA
|
15: 26.0 PB |
| 8th | Eduard Proöm |
EST
|
15: 35.0 PB |
Date: September 9th
Scene from the 5000 meter race ( photo right ): Roger Rochard leads in front of Janusz Kusociński, Salvatore Mastroieni and Ilmari Salminen.
10,000 m
| space | athlete | country | Time (min) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ilmari salt mines |
FIN
|
31: 02.6 CR |
| 2 | Arvo Askola |
FIN
|
31: 03.2 PB |
| 3 | Henry Nielsen |
 THE
|
31: 27.4 PB |
| 4th | Georg Braathe |
NOR
|
32: 20.0 PB |
| 5 | Jenő Szilágyi |
HUN
|
32: 23.0 PB |
| 6th | Bruno Betti |
ITA
|
32: 54.0 PB |
| 7th | Spartaco Morelli |
ITA
|
33: 46.0 PB |
| 8th | Josef Hron |
 TCH
|
34: 02.6 |
Date: September 7th
Ilmari Salminen ( here in second position ) and Arvo Askola at the 1936 Olympic Games .
marathon
| space | athlete | country | Time (h) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Armas Toivonen |
FIN
|
2:52:29 CR |
| 2 | Thore Enochsson |
SWE
|
2:54:36 PB |
| 3 | Aurelio Genghini |
ITA
|
2:55:04 PB |
| 4th | József Galambos |
HUN
|
2:55:14 PB |
| 5 | Heinrich Custom |
GER
|
2:58:41 PB |
| 6th | Hans Wehrli |
SUI
|
2:58:45 PB |
| 7th | Rudolf Morf |
SUI
|
NT |
| 8th | Michele Fanelli |
ITA
|
3:11:10 PB |
Date: September 9th
110 m hurdles
| space | athlete | country | Time (s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | József Kovács |
HUN
|
14.8 CRe |
| 2 | Erwin Wegner |
GER
|
14.9 |
| 3 | Holger Albrechtsen |
NOR
|
15.0 |
| 4th | Willem Kaan |
NED
|
15.0 |
| 5 | Corrade Valle |
ITA
|
15.1 |
| Ernst Leitner |
 AUT
|
DSQ |
Final: September 8th
400 m hurdles
| space | athlete | country | Time (s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hans Scheele |
GER
|
53.2 CR |
| 2 | Akilles Jarvinen |
FIN
|
53.7 NO |
| 3 | Christos mantikas |
.svg){kind=small} GRE
|
54.9 NO |
| 4th | Holger Albrechtsen |
NOR
|
55.0 |
| 5 | Ernst Leitner |
AUT
|
55.2 NO |
| Luigi Facelli |
ITA
|
DNF |
Final: September 9th
4 × 100 m relay
| space | country | Athletes | Time (s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
German Empire
|
Egon Schein Erwin Gillmeister Gerd Hornberger Erich Borchmeyer |
41.0 CR |
| 2 |
Hungary
|
László Forgács József Kovács József Sir Gyula Gyenes |
41.4 |
| 3 |
Netherlands
|
Martinus Osendarp Tjeerd Boersma Robert Jansen Christiaan Berger |
41.6 |
| 4th |
Italy
|
Ulderico Di Blas Elio Ragni Mario Larocchi Edgardo Toetti |
42.0 |
Date: September 9th
4 × 400 m relay
| space | country | Athletes | Time (min) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
German Empire
|
Helmut Hamann Hans Scheele Harry Voigt Adolf Metzner |
3: 14.1 CR |
| 2 |
France
|
Robert Paul Georges Guillez Raymond Boisset Pierre Skawinski |
3: 15.6 SB |
| 3 |
Sweden
|
Sven Strömberg Pelle Pihl Gustaf Ericson Bertil von Wachenfeldt |
3: 16.6 SB |
| 4th |
Italy
|
Giacomo Carlini Angelo Ferrario Mario Rabaglino Ettore Tavernari |
3: 19.0 SB |
Date: September 9th
50 km of walking
| space | athlete | country | Time (h) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jānis Daliņš |
LAT
|
4:49:53 CR |
| 2 | Arthur Tell Schwab |
SUI
|
4:53:09 PB |
| 3 | Ettore Rivolta |
ITA
|
4:54:06 PB |
| 4th | Mario Brignoli |
ITA
|
5:01:53 PB |
| 5 | Étienne Laisné |
FRA
|
5:08:41 PB |
| 6th | Hjalmar Ruotsalainen |
FIN
|
5:40:13 PB |
| Fritz lead white |
GER
|
DNF | |
| William cut |
GER
|
Date: September 8th
high jump
| space | athlete | country | Height (m) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kalevi Kotkas |
FIN
|
2.00 CR |
| 2 | Birger Halvorsen |
NOR
|
1.97 NO |
| 3 | Veikko Peräsalo |
FIN
|
1.97 PB |
| 4th | Gustav Weinkötz |
GER
|
1.94 PB |
| 5 | Wilhelm Ladewig |
GER
|
1.85 PB |
| 6th | Renato Dotti |
ITA
|
1.85 PB |
| 7th | Vladas Komaras |
.svg){kind=small} LTU
|
1.80 PB |
| 8th | Ingvard Andersen |
THE
|
1.70 PB |
| 9 | Edgardo Degli Espositi |
ITA
|
1.70 PB |
Date: September 7th
The field of participants consisted of a total of nine athletes.
Pole vault
| space | athlete | country | Height (m) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Gustav Wegner |
GER
|
4.00 CR |
| 2 | Bo Ljungberg |
SWE
|
4.00 CR |
| 3 | John Lindroth |
FIN
|
3.90 PB |
| 4th | Viktor Zsuffka |
HUN
|
3.90 PB |
| 5 | Pierre Ramadier |
FRA
|
3.90 SB |
| 6th | Danilo Innocenti |
ITA
|
3.80 PB |
| 7th | Robert Vintousky |
FRA
|
3.80 PB |
| Henry Lindblad |
SWE
|
3.80 PB | |
| Evald Äärma |
EST
|
3.80 NO |
Final: September 7th
Long jump
| space | athlete | country | Width (m) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Wilhelm Leichum |
GER
|
7.45 CR |
| 2 | Otto Berg |
NOR
|
7.31 PB |
| 3 | Luz Long |
GER
|
7.25 SB |
| 4th | Robert Paul |
FRA
|
7.16 PB |
| 5 | Arturo Maffei |
ITA
|
7.12 SB |
| 6th | Henrik Koltai |
HUN
|
7.01 PB |
| 7th | Jean Studer |
SUI
|
6.84 SB |
| 8th | Sándor Dombóvári |
HUN
|
6.80 PB |
Date: September 8th
Wilhelm Leichum ( on the photo on the right at the 1938 European Championships ) won his first of two European Championship titles in the long jump .
Triple jump
| space | athlete | country | Width (m) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Willem Peters |
NED
|
14.89 CR |
| 2 | Eric Svensson |
SWE
|
14.83 SB |
| 3 | Onni Rajasaari |
FIN
|
14.74 SB |
| 4th | Edward Luckhaus |
POLE
|
14.54 PB |
| 5 | Toivo Poyry |
FIN
|
14.47 PB |
| 6th | Antonio Milanese |
ITA
|
14.24 PB |
| 7th | Ingvard Andersen |
THE
|
14.02 SB |
| 8th | Bo Ljungberg |
SWE
|
14.01 |
Date: September 9th
Shot put
| space | athlete | country | Width (m) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Arnold Viiding |
EST
|
15.19 CR |
| 2 | Risto Kuntsi |
FIN
|
15.19 CR |
| 3 | František Douda |
TCH
|
15.18 SB |
| 4th | Samuel Norrby |
SWE
|
15.10 PB |
| 5 | Valfrid Rahmqvist |
SWE
|
15.01 PB |
| 6th | József Darányi |
HUN
|
14.86 PB |
| 7th | Zygmunt Heljasz |
POLE
|
14.78 SB |
| 8th | Hans Woellke |
GER
|
14.67 SB |
Date: September 9th
Discus throw
| space | athlete | country | Width (m) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Harald Andersson |
SWE
|
50.38 CR |
| 2 | Paul Winter |
FRA
|
47.09 PB |
| 3 | István Donogán |
HUN
|
45.91 PB |
| 4th | József Remecz |
HUN
|
45.54 PB |
| 5 | Arnold Viiding |
EST
|
45.51 |
| 6th | Giorgio Oberweger |
ITA
|
45.38 SB |
| 7th | Jules Noël |
FRA
|
45.02 SB |
| 8th | Emil Janausch |
AUT
|
45.01 PB |
Final: September 8th
Harald Andersson ( photo right ) was the only discus thrower to surpass the 50 meter mark.
Hammer throw
| space | athlete | country | Width (m) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ville Pörhölä |
FIN
|
50.34 CR |
| 2 | Fernando Vandelli |
ITA
|
48.69 PB |
| 3 | Gunnar Jansson |
SWE
|
47.85 PB |
| 4th | Ossian Skiold |
SWE
|
47.42 PB |
| 5 | Sulo Parni |
FIN
|
46.83 PB |
| 6th | Armando Poggioli |
ITA
|
46.57 PB |
| 7th | Koit Annamaa |
EST
|
45.42 SB |
| 8th | Rudolf Seeger |
GER
|
44.52 PB |
Date: September 8th
Ville Pörhölä ( photo right ) had numerous successes as a shot putter and hammer thrower , here the only athlete with a throw beyond fifty meters.
Javelin throw
| space | athlete | country | Width (m) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Matti Järvinen |
FIN
|
76.66 WR |
| 2 | Matti Sippala |
FIN
|
69.97 PB |
| 3 | Gustav Sule |
EST
|
69.31 SB |
| 4th | Oto Jurģis |
LAT
|
67.60 PB |
| 5 | József Várszegi |
HUN
|
65.81 SB |
| 6th | Gottfried Weimann |
GER
|
65.69 PB |
| 7th | Mario Agosti |
ITA
|
58.41 PB |
| 8th | Gino Ricci |
ITA
|
56.63 PB |
Date: September 7th
Matti Järvinen ( photo right ) won the javelin throw by more than six and a half meters.
Decathlon
| space | athlete | country | P - official value. | P - 85 value. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hans-Heinrich Sievert |
GER
|
8103 CR | 6667 |
| 2 | Leif Dahlgren |
SWE
|
7770 PB | 6490 |
| 3 | Jerzy Pławczyk |
POLE
|
7552 PB | 6179 |
| 4th | Jānis Dimza |
.svg){kind=small} LAT
|
7451 PB | 6094 |
| 5 | Armin Guhl |
SUI
|
7347 PB | 6250 |
| 6th | Wolrad Eberle |
GER
|
7153 PB | 5931 |
| 7th | Eletto Contieri |
ITA
|
6845 PB | 5888 |
| 8th | Hermann Ruckstuhl |
SUI
|
6548 PB | 5618 |
Date: September 8th / 9th
The score was based on the point table from 1920.
For orientation and classification of the performances, the scores achieved in 1985 according to the current rating system are also listed for comparison. There would have been the following deviations in the placements:
- The fifth-placed Armin Guhl would have won bronze.
- Bronze medalist Jerzy Pławczyk would be fourth.
- The fourth-placed Jānis Dimza would be fifth.
But these comparisons are only indicative, because the different standards of the time must apply as a basis.
literature
- Mirko Javala: European Athletics Championships Zurich 2014: Statistics Handbook. Organizing Committee European Athletics Championships, Zurich 2014, pp. 360–362 ( PDF )
Web links
- European Athletics Championships - Torino 1934 from the European Athletics homepage , accessed June 10, 2017
- Athletics European Championships 1934 Torino (ITA) on todor66.com, accessed March 9, 2019
- I European Championship, Turin 1934 from trackfield.brinkster.net, accessed June 10, 2017
- 1st European Men's Athletics Championships 1934 in Turin, Italy from ifosta.de, accessed on June 10, 2017
- IAAF Athletics - World Records on rekorde-im-sport.de, accessed on March 7, 2019
- On the 100th birthday of Hans-Heinrich Sievert - decathlon world record holder and first sports advisor to the federal government , December 2, 2009 on germanroadraces.de, accessed on June 10, 2017
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