European Athletics Championships 1934/50 km men's walk

1st European Athletics Championships
discipline	Men's 50 km walk
city	Turin
Event	Tour through Turin
Attendees	8 athletes from 6 countries
Competition phase	September 8, 1934
Medalist
gold	Jānis Daliņš ( LAT )
silver	Arthur Tell Schwab ( SUI )
bronze	Ettore Rivolta ( ITA )

Porta Palatina , Turin

The men's 50 km walk at the European Athletics Championships in 1934 was held on September 8, 1934 on a circuit through Turin .

It won the Latvian Jānis Daliteš . The Swiss Arthur Tell Schwab became vice European champion . The Italian Ettore Rivolta won the bronze medal.

Existing bests / records

World record	4:30:22 h	Romano Vecchietti	Rome , Italy	September 16, 1928
Championship record	There was not yet a European championship record.

Note:
At that time, records were not kept in marathon running and street walking because of the different track conditions with the exception of championship records.

Result

September 8, 1934

space	Surname	nation	time
1	Jānis Daliņš	Latvia	4:49:53 h CR
2	Arthur Tell Schwab	Switzerland	4:53:09 h PB
3	Ettore Rivolta	Italy	4:54:06 h PB
4th	Mario Brignoli	Italy	5:01:53 h PB
5	Étienne Laisné	France	5:08:41 h PB
6th	Hjalmar Ruotsalainen	Finland	5:40:13 h PB
DNF	Fritz lead white	German Empire
	William cut	German Empire

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  Bronze medalist Ettore Rivolta

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  Hjalmar Ruotsalainen came in sixth place

Web links

• European Athletics Championships - Torino 1934 from the European Athletics homepage , accessed March 6, 2019
• Men 50km Walk Athletics I European Championships 1934 Torino (ITA) on todor66.com, accessed March 9, 2019
• I European Championship, Turin 1934 from trackfield.brinkster.net, accessed March 6, 2019
• Results of all European Athletics Championships - 1934, 50 km walk men on sportschau.de, accessed on March 6, 2019
• 1st European Men's Athletics Championships 1934 in Turin, Italy from ifosta.de, accessed on March 6, 2019

Individual evidence

1. ↑ IAAF world records. 50 km walking , accessed March 6, 2019