1938 European Athletics Championships / men's marathon
2. European Athletics Championships | |
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discipline | Men's marathon |
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place | Circuit through Paris |
Attendees | 15 athletes from 10 countries |
Competition phase | September 4, 1938 |
Medalist | |
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Väinö Muinonen ( FIN )
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Squire Yarrow ( GBR )
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Henry Palmé ( SWE )
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The men's marathon at the 1938 European Athletics Championships took place on September 4, 1938 in Paris , France .
The Finn Väinö Muinonen won the race in 2: 37: 28.8 hours. The British Squire Yarrow was runner-up in front of the Swede Henry Palmé .
Records / best performances
World record |
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2:26:42 h | Tokyo , Japan | November 3, 1935 |
European best time |
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2: 30: 57.6 h | London , UK | July 5, 1929 |
Championship record |
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2:52:29 h | EM in Turin , Italy | September 9, 1934 |
Remarks:
- 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.
- Son Kee-chung, owner of the world best performance, was compulsorily started under the name Kitei Son for Japan during his time as an active player . His country Korea had been under Japanese rule from 1910 to 1945.
Result
space | athlete | country | Time (h) |
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Väinö Muinonen |
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2: 37: 28.8 CR |
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Squire Yarrow |
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2: 39: 03.0 SB |
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Henry Palmé |
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2: 42: 13.6 PB |
4th | Maurice Waltispurger |
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2: 44: 28.0 PB |
5 | Erich Puch |
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2: 45: 08.8 PB |
6th | Eugene Bertsch |
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2: 45: 21.0 PB |
7th | Désiré Leriche |
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2: 48: 21.6 PB |
8th | Umberto De Florentis |
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2: 49: 29.6 PB |
9 | Giovanni Balbusse |
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2: 50: 40.4 PB |
10 | Felix Meskens |
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2: 51: 15.0 PB |
11 | Ernst Meier |
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2: 54: 28.0 PB |
12 | József Mucsi |
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3: 03: 14.6 PB |
13 | Francis O'Sullivan |
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3:05:06.4 PB |
14th | Jean Mutti |
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3: 07: 25.4 PB |
Robert Nevens |
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DNF |
Web links and sources
- Men Marathon European Championships 1938 Paris from todor66.com, accessed March 3, 2019
- Marathon European Championships on marathonspiegel.de, accessed on June 11, 2017
- European Athletics Championships - Paris 1938 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
- ^ The Korean Tragedy , Zeit Online, October 19, 2010, accessed March 3, 2019