1938 European Athletics Championships / men's marathon

2. European Athletics Championships
discipline	Men's marathon
city	Paris
place	Circuit through Paris
Attendees	15 athletes from 10 countries
Competition phase	September 4, 1938
Medalist
gold	Väinö Muinonen ( FIN )
silver	Squire Yarrow ( GBR )
bronze	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	Son Kee-chung	2:26:42 h	Tokyo , Japan	November 3, 1935
European best time	Harry Payne	2: 30: 57.6 h	London , UK	July 5, 1929
Championship record	Armas Toivonen	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)
	Väinö Muinonen	Finland	2: 37: 28.8 CR
	Squire Yarrow	Great Britain	2: 39: 03.0 SB
	Henry Palmé	Sweden	2: 42: 13.6 PB
04th	Maurice Waltispurger	France	2: 44: 28.0 PB
05	Erich Puch	German Empire	2: 45: 08.8 PB
06th	Eugene Bertsch	German Empire	2: 45: 21.0 PB
07th	Désiré Leriche	France	2: 48: 21.6 PB
08th	Umberto De Florentis	Italy	2: 49: 29.6 PB
09	Giovanni Balbusse	Italy	2: 50: 40.4 PB
10	Felix Meskens	Belgium	2: 51: 15.0 PB
11	Ernst Meier	Switzerland	2: 54: 28.0 PB
12	József Mucsi	Hungary	3: 03: 14.6 PB
13	Francis O'Sullivan	Great Britain	3:05:06.4 PB
14th	Jean Mutti	Switzerland	3: 07: 25.4 PB
	Robert Nevens	Belgium	DNF

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  Finnish European Champion Väinö Muinonen on his arrival at the stadium

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  Bronze medalist Henry Palmé, Sweden

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  The Belgian Felix Meskens took tenth place

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

1. ↑ IAAF records. Men's marathon , accessed March 3, 2019
2. ↑ Progression of the European Outdoor Records, Marathon Men , p. 14 (PDF, 271 kB), accessed on May 12, 2019
3. ^ The Korean Tragedy , Zeit Online, October 19, 2010, accessed March 3, 2019