1934 European Athletics Championships / men's marathon
1st European Athletics Championships | |
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discipline | Men's marathon |
city | Turin |
place | Tour through Turin |
Attendees | 15 athletes from 10 countries |
Competition phase | September 9, 1934 |
Medalist | |
gold | Armas Toivonen ( FIN ) |
silver | Thore Enochsson ( SWE ) |
bronze | Aurelio Genghini ( ITA ) |
The men's marathon at the 1934 European Athletics Championships took place in Turin , Italy on September 9, 1934 .
The Finn Armas Toivonen won the race in 2: 52: 29.0 hours. Vice European champion was the Swede Thore Enochsson ahead of the Italian Aurelio Genghini .
Existing records / best performances
World record | Albert Michelsen | 2: 29: 01.8 h | Port Chester , USA | October 12, 1925 |
European best time | Harry Payne | 2: 30: 57.6 h | London , UK | July 5, 1929 |
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 9, 1934
space | athlete | country | Time (h) |
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Armas Toivonen | Finland | 2: 52: 29.0 CR | |
Thore Enochsson | Sweden | 2: 54: 35.6 SB | |
Aurelio Genghini | Italy | 2: 55: 03.4 SB | |
4th | József Galambos | Hungary | 2: 55: 14.0 SB |
5 | Heinrich Custom | German Empire | 2: 58: 40.2 SB |
6th | Hans Wehrli | Switzerland | 2: 58: 45.0 SB |
7th | Rudolf Morf | Switzerland | NT |
8th | Michele Fanelli | Italy | 3: 11: 09.4 SB |
9 | Josef Šulc | Czechoslovakia | NT |
Frans Vendersteen | Belgium | DNF | |
Franz Tuschek | Austria | ||
Rudolf Wöber | Austria | ||
Josef Bena | Czechoslovakia | ||
Oiva Ekholm | Finland | ||
Paul Gerhardt | German Empire |
Web links and sources
- Men Marathon European Championships 1934 Turin on todor66.com, accessed March 3, 2019
- Marathon European Championships on marathonspiegel.de, accessed on June 11, 2017
- European Athletics Championships - Turin 1934 from the European Athletics homepage , accessed June 11, 2017
Individual evidence
- ↑ IAAF records. Men's marathon , accessed March 3, 2019
- ↑ Progression of the European Outdoor Records, Marathon Men , p. 14 (PDF, 271 kB), accessed on May 12, 2019