European Athletics Championships 1950

4. European Athletics Championships
city	Brussels
Stadion	Heysel Stadium
Competitions	34
opening	23rd August 1950
Closing ceremony	August 27, 1950
timeline
← Oslo 1946	Bern 1954 →

Medal table  (final score after 34th decisions)
space	country
1	Great Britain	8th	3	6th	17th
2	Soviet Union	6th	5	6th	17th
3	France	4th	8th	3	15th
4th	Netherlands	4th	3	1	8th
5	Italy	3	5	1	9
6th	Czechoslovakia	3	-	3	6th
7th	Iceland	2	1	-	3
8th	Sweden	1	4th	7th	12
9	Finland	1	3	5	9
10	Norway	1	-	-	1
	Switzerland	1	-	-	1
Complete medal table

Heysel Stadium in Brussels in an aerial photo from 1935

The 4th  European Athletics Championships took place from 23 to 27 August 1950 in the Belgian capital, Brussels . With the exception of the marathon and the 50 km walk , the competitions were held in the Heysel Stadium .

Attendees

As in 1946 , a German team was excluded from participation - for the last time - after the Second World War .

Competitions

With the pentathlon , an all-around event was included for the first time in the competition program for women .

Athletic performance

The undisputed star of the event was Fanny Blankers-Koen from the Netherlands ; she won three gold medals ( 100 meters , 200 meters , 80 meter hurdles ) and one silver medal ( 4 x 100 meter relay ).

The most successful nation was Great Britain with eight European Championship titles. The Soviet Union followed with six gold medals. Behind them were France and the Netherlands , each with four victorious athletes, with France having significantly more silver and bronze medals than the Netherlands.

• In addition to the most successful female athlete at these European championships, Fanny Blankers-Koen, there were two other athletes who could win more than one gold medal at these championships:
  • Emil Zátopek ( Czechoslovakia ) - 5000 meters , 10,000 meters
  • Derek Pugh (Great Britain) - 400 meters , 4 by 400 meters relay
• Four European champions from 1950 had already won European championships:
  • Gunnar Huseby ( Iceland ) - Shot put , replicating his 1946 success
  • Adolfo Consolini ( Italy ) - Discus throw , repetition of his 1946 success
  • Fanny Blankers-Koen (Netherlands) - 80 meter hurdles, repetition of her success from 1946, making it four-time European champion
  • Nina Dumbadze (Soviet Union) - discus throw, repeating her success from 1946

Results men

100 m

→ Main article : European Athletics Championships 1950/100 m men

space	athlete	country	Time (s)
1	Étienne Bally	FRA	10.7
2	Franco Leccese	ITA	10.7
3	Vladimir Sukharev	URS	10.7
4th	Emil Kiszka	POLE	10.7
5	Haukur Clausen	ISL	10.8
6th	Petar Pecelj	YUG	10.8

Final: August 24th

Wind: +0.7 m / s

200 m

→ Main article : European Athletics Championships 1950/200 m men

space	athlete	country	Time (s)
1	Brian Shenton	GBR	21.5
2	Étienne Bally	FRA	21.8
3	Jan Lammers	NED	22.1
4th	Angelo Moretti	ITA	22.1
5	Ásmundur Bjarnason	ISL	22.1
6th	Yves Camus	FRA	22.2

Final: August 27th

Wind: −0.7 m / s

On the photo on the right, Brian Shenton is just before the finish line, on the left behind him Étienne Bally, on the right of Shenton third-placed Jan Lammers.

400 m

→ Main article : European Athletics Championships 1950/400 m men

space	athlete	country	Time (s)
1	Derek Pugh	GBR	47.3 CR
2	Jacques Lunis	FRA	47.6
3	Lars-Erik Wolfbrandt	SWE	47.9
4th	Guðmundur Lárusson	ISL	48.1
5	Leslie Lewis	GBR	48.7
6th	Luigi Paterlini	ITA	48.9

Final: August 25th

800 m

→ Main article : European Athletics Championships 1950/800 m men

space	athlete	country	Time (min)
1	John Parlett	GBR	1: 50.5 CR
2	Marcel Hansenne	FRA	1: 50.7
3	Roger Bannister	GBR	1: 50.7
4th	Ingvar Bengtsson	SWE	1: 51.2
5	Audun Boysen	NOR	1: 51.4
6th	Michel Clare	FRA	1: 51.6
7th	Olle Lindén	SWE	1: 52.3
8th	Joseph Brys	BEL	1: 54.0

Final: August 26th

European champion Willem Slijkhuis - here as the winner over 1500 meters in the international match Netherlands vs. Norway in 1951

1500 m

→ Main article : European Athletics Championships 1950/1500 m men

space	athlete	country	Time (min)
1	Willem Slijkhuis	NED	3: 47.2 CR
2	Patrick El Mabrouk	FRA	3: 47.8
3	Bill Nankeville	GBR	3: 48.0 NO
4th	Ilmari Taipale	FIN	3: 50.4
5	Len Eyre	GBR	3: 51.0
6th	Václav Čevona	TCH	3: 51.4
7th	Ingvar Ericsson	SWE	3: 52.4
8th	Jean Vernier	FRA	3: 53.2

Final: August 27th

5000 m

→ Main article : European Athletics Championships 1950/5000 m men

space	athlete	country	Time (min)
1	Emil Zatopek	TCH	14: 03.0  CR / NO
2	Alain Mimoun	FRA	14: 26.0
3	Gaston Reiff	BEL	14: 26.2
4th	Väinö Mäkelä	FIN	14: 30.8
5	Hannu Posti	FIN	14: 40.8
6th	Lucien Theys	BEL	14: 42.4
7th	Stevan Pavlović	YUG	14: 50.2
8th	Alec Olney	GBR	14: 51.8

Final: August 26th

10,000 m

→ Main article : European Athletics Championships 1950 / 10,000m men

space	athlete	country	Time (min)
1	Emil Zatopek	TCH	29: 12.0 CR
2	Alain Mimoun	FRA	30: 21.0
3	Väinö Koskela	FIN	30: 30.8
4th	Frank Aaron	GBR	30: 31.6 NO
5	Nikifor Popov	URS	30: 34.4
6th	Martin Stokken	NOR	30: 44.8
7th	Marcel Vandewattyne	BEL	30: 48.6
8th	Osman Coşgül	DOOR	30: 50.0

Date: August 23

Cross-country skiing icon Emil Zátopek ( on the photo on the right at a competition in 1951 ) became double European champion on the long-distance track .

marathon

→ Main article : 1950 European Athletics Championships / men's marathon

space	athlete	country	Time (h)
1	Jack Holden	GBR	2:32:14 CR
2	Veikko Karvonen	FIN	2:32:45
3	Feodossi Vanin	URS	2:33:47
4th	Gosta Leandersson	SWE	2:34:26
5	Vasily Gordiyenko	URS	2:34:37
6th	Charles Cérou	FRA	2:36:09
7th	Jean Leblond	BEL	2:36:55
8th	Étienne Gailly	BEL	2:38:24

Date: August 23

110 m hurdles

→ Main article : European Athletics Championships 1950/110 m hurdles for men

space	athlete	country	Time (s)
1	André-Jacques Marie	FRA	14.6
2	Ragnar Lundberg	SWE	14.7
3	Peter Hildreth	GBR	15.0
4th	Albano Albanese	ITA	15.1
5	Gilbert Omnes	FRA	15.2
6th	Yevgeny Bulanchik	URS	15.2

Final: August 24th

Wind: ± 0.0 m / s

European champion over the short hurdles: André-Jacques Marie - in the photo on the right in 1946

400 m hurdles

→ Main article : European Athletics Championships 1950/400 m hurdles for men

space	athlete	country	Time (s)
1	Armando Filiput	ITA	51.9 CR / NO
2	Yuri Lituev	URS	52.4 NO
3	Harry Whittle	GBR	52.7
4th	Ottavio Missoni	ITA	53.6
5	Lars Ylander	SWE	53.9
6th	Georges Elloy	FRA	54.3

Final: August 27th

3000 m obstacle

→ Main article : European Athletics Championships 1950/3000 m obstacle men

space	athlete	country	Time (min)
1	Jindřich Roudný	TCH	9: 05.4
2	Petar Šegedin	YUG	9: 07.4
3	Erik Blomster	FIN	9: 08.8
4th	Martin Stokken	NOR	9: 13.0
5	Alex Guyodo	FRA	9: 17.4
6th	Robert Schoonjans	BEL	9: 18.6
7th	Curt Soederberg	SWE	9: 21.0
8th	Tore Sjöstrand	SWE	9: 25.2

Final: August 27th

4 × 100 m relay

→ Main article : European Athletics Championships 1950/4 × 100 m men

space	country	Athletes	Time (s)
1	Soviet Union	Vladimir Sukharev Levan Kalyayev Levan Sanadze Nikolai Karakulow	41.5
2	France	Étienne Bally Jacques Perlot Yves Camus Jean-Pierre Guillon	41.8
3	Sweden	Göte Kjellberg Leif Christersson Stig Danielsson Hans Rydén	41.9
4th	Great Britain	John Gregory Alan Grieve Brian Shenton Austin Pinnington	41.9
5	Iceland	Ásmundur Bjarnason Guðmundur Lárusson Finnbjörn Þorvaldsson Haukur Clausen	41.9
6th	Italy	Franco Leccese Gino Riva Giuseppe Guzzi Angelo Moretti	43.2

Final: August 27th

4 × 400 m relay

→ Main article : European Athletics Championships 1950/4 × 400 m men

space	country	Athletes	Time (min)
1	Great Britain	Martin Pike Leslie Lewis Angus Scott Derek Pugh	3: 10.2 CR
2	Italy	Baldassare Porto Armando Filiput Luigi Paterlini Antonio Siddi	3: 11.0
3	Sweden	Gösta Brännström Days Ekfeldt Rune Larsson Lars-Erik Wolfbrandt	3: 11.6
4th	France	René Leroux Francis Scheweita Jean-Paul Martin du Gard Jacques Lunis	3: 11.6
5	Soviet Union	Pawel Kijanenko Gennadij Modoi Heino Potter Sergei Komarov	3: 15.4
6th	Finland	Jaakko Suikkari Lennart Lindberg Ragnar Graeffe Rolf Back	3: 16.6

Final: August 27th

10,000 m walking

→ Main article : European Athletics Championships 1950 / 10,000 m walking of men

space	athlete	country	Time (min)
1	Fritz Schwab	SUI	46: 01.8 CR
2	Émile Maggi	FRA	46: 16.8
3	John Mikaelsson	SWE	46: 48.2
4th	Salvatore Cascino	ITA	48: 46.0
5	Louis Chevalier	FRA	49: 03.0
6th	Robert Delannoit	BEL	50: 22.6
7th	Ragnar Olsen	NOR	51: 41.8
8th	Louis van Dijck	BEL	52: 15.4

Date: August 24th

50 km of walking

→ Main article : European Athletics Championships 1950/50 km men's walking

space	athlete	country	Time (h)
1	Giuseppe Dordoni	ITA	4:40:42
2	John Ljunggren	SWE	4:43:25
3	Verner Ljunggren	SWE	4:49:28
4th	Josef Doležal	TCH	4:55:49
5	John Proctor	GBR	4:58:01
6th	Alfred Cotton	GBR	5:03:30
7th	Claude Hubert	FRA	5:07:49
8th	Georges Pouchet	FRA	5:12:16

Date: August 25th

high jump

→ Main article : European Athletics Championships 1950 / men's high jump

space	athlete	country	Height (h)
1	Alan Paterson	GBR	1.96
2	Arne Åhman	SWE	1.93
3	Claude Bernard	FRA	1.93
4th	Hans Wahli	SUI	1.90
5	Gosta Svensson	SWE	1.90
6th	Georges Mitio	FRA	1.90
7th	Jacques Delelienne	BEL	1.85
8th	Yuri Ilyasov	URS	1.85

Final: August 27th

Pole vault

→ Main article : European Athletics Championships 1950 / men's pole vault

Ragnar Lundberg - European champion with EM record

space	athlete	country	Height (m)
1	Ragnar Lundberg	SWE	4.30 CR
2	Valto Olenius	FIN	4.25
3	Jukka Piironen	FIN	4.25
4th	Victor Sillon	FRA	4.10
5	Erling Kaas	NOR	4.10
6th	Armin Scheurer	SUI	4.00
7th	Birger Hultqvist	SWE	4.00
8th	Rudy Stjernild	THE	3.80

Final: August 26th

Long jump

→ Main article : European Athletics Championships 1950 / men's long jump

space	athlete	country	Width (m)
1	Torfi Bryngeirsson	ISL	7.32 NO
2	Gerard Wessels	NED	7.22
3	Jaroslav Fikejz	TCH	7.20
4th	Albaro Dias	POR	7.00
5	Nilsen rune	NOR	6.96
6th	Fred Hammer	LUX	6.92
7th	Paul Faucher	FRA	6.81
8th	Boris Brnad	YUG	6.52

Final: August 26th

Triple jump

→ Main article : European Athletics Championships 1950 / men's triple jump

space	athlete	country	Width (m)
1	Leonid Shcherbakov	URS	15.39 CR
2	Valle Rautio	FIN	14.96
3	Ruhi Sarıalp	DOOR	14.53
4th	Nilsen rune	NOR	14.50
5	Arne Åhman	SWE	14.48
6th	Lennart Moberg	SWE	14.46
7th	Preben Larsen	THE	14.35
8th	Robert Bobin	FRA	14.02

Final: August 23

Shot put

→ Main article : 1950 European Athletics Championships / men's shot put

space	athlete	country	Width (m)
1	Gunnar Huseby	ISL	16.74 CR
2	Angiolo Profeti	ITA	15.16
3	Oto Grigalka	URS	15.14
4th	Willy Senn	SUI	14.95
5	Petar Sarcevic	YUG	14.90
6th	Vladimír Jirout	TCH	14.89
7th	John Savidge	GBR	14.69
8th	John Giles	GBR	14.29

Final: August 25th

Adolfo Consolini - winner of a competition with strong widths

Discus throw

→ Main article : European Athletics Championships 1950 / men's discus throw

space	athlete	country	Width (m)
1	Adolfo Consolini	ITA	53.75 CR
2	Giuseppe Tosi	ITA	52.31
3	Olavi Partans	FIN	48.69
4th	Stone Johnson	NOR	48.55
5	Arne Hellberg	SWE	47.37
6th	Alojz Kormúth	TCH	46.17
7th	Nikolaos Syllas	GRE	46.14
8th	Jørgen Munk Plum	THE	45.93

Final: August 26th

Close gaps in hammer throw with Sverre Strandli as European champion

Hammer throw

→ Main article : European Athletics Championships 1950 / men's hammer throw

space	athlete	country	Width (m)
1	Sverre Strandli	NOR	55.71
2	Teseo Taddia	ITA	54.73
3	Jiří Dadák	TCH	53.64
4th	Ivan Gubijan	YUG	53.44
5	Alexandr Kanaki	URS	53.09
6th	Duncan Clark	GBR	52.83
7th	Svend-Aage Frederiksen	THE	50.01
8th	Ewan Douglas	GBR	49.18

Final: August 27th

Javelin throw

→ Main article : European Athletics Championships 1950 / men's javelin

space	athlete	country	Width (m)
1	Toivo Hyytiäinen	FIN	71.26
2	Per-Arne Berglund	SWE	70.06
3	Ragnar Ericzon	SWE	69.82
4th	Mirco Vujacic	YUG	66.84
5	Tapio Rautavaara	FIN	66.20
6th	Amos Matteucci	ITA	64.99
7th	Erwin Pektor	AUT	62.13
8th	Nico Lutkeveld	NED	61.50

Final: August 27th

Decathlon

→ Main article : 1950 European Athletics Championships / Men's Decathlon

Ignace Heinrich won the decathlon by a margin of 67 points

space	athlete	country	P - official value.	P - 85 value.
1	Ignace Heinrich	FRA	7364 CR	6827
2	Örn Clausen	ISL	7297	6819
3	Kjell Tånnander	SWE	7275	6664
4th	Göran Widenfelt	SWE	7005	6566
5	Armin Scheurer	SUI	6944	6460
6th	Vladimir Volkov	URS	6869	6498
7th	Edward Adamczyk	POLE	6861	6447
8th	Miloslav Moravec	TCH	6824	6482

Date: August 24-25

The scoring was based on the 1934 points table.

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 some deviations in the placements afterwards:

• Sixth-placed Vladimir Volkov would be fifth.
• The eighth-placed Miloslav Moravec would be sixth.
• The fifth-placed Armin Scheurer would be seventh.
• Seventh-placed Edward Adamczyk would be eighth.
• In the stands behind, the athletes in stands eleven and twelve should have swapped their places.

But these comparisons are only indicative, because the different standards of the time must apply as a basis.

Results women

100 m

→ Main article : European Athletics Championships 1950/100 m women

space	Athlete	country	Time (s)
1	Fanny Blankers-Koen	NED	11.7 CRe
2	Yevgenia Sechenova	URS	12.3
3	June Foulds	GBR	12.4
4th	Soy Duchowitsch	URS	12.4
5	Elspeth Hay	GBR	12.5
6th	Colette Aitelli	FRA	12.5

Final: August 25th

Wind: +0.7 m / s

200 m

→ Main article : European Athletics Championships 1950/200 m women

space	Athlete	country	Time (s)
1	Fanny Blankers-Koen	NED	24.0
2	Yevgenia Sechenova	URS	24.8
3	Dorothy Hall	GBR	25.0
4th	Sofja Malschina	URS	25.0
5	Bertha Brouwer	NED	25.0
6th	Soy Duchowitsch	URS	25.5

Final: August 27th

Wind: −0.6 m / s

The medalists over 200 meters ( photo from left to right ): Jewgenija Setschenowa, Fanny Blankers-Koen, Dorothy Hall (later Dorothy Parlett)

80 m hurdles

→ Main article : European Athletics Championships 1950/80 m hurdles for women

space	Athlete	country	Time (s)
1	Fanny Blankers-Koen	NED	11.1 CR
2	Maureen Dyson	GBR	11.6
3	Micheline Ostermeyer	FRA	11.7
4th	Alexandra Jakuschewa	URS	11.7
5	Jean Desforges	GBR	11.8
6th	Elene Gokieli	URS	11.8

Final: August 26th

Wind: +0.9 m / s

4 × 100 m relay

→ Main article : European Athletics Championships 1950/4 × 100 m women

space	country	Athletes	Time (s)
1	Great Britain	Elspeth Hay Jean Desforges Dorothy Hall June Foulds	47.4
2	Netherlands	Xenia Stad-de Jong Bertha Brouwer Grietje de Jongh Fanny Blankers-Koen	47.4
3	Soviet Union	Elene Gokieli Sofja Malschina Soja Duchowitsch Yevgenia Setschenowa	47.5
4th	France	Raisin Faugouin Micheline Ostermeyer Colette Aitelli Yvette Monginou	48.5
5	Italy	Maria Musso Laura Sivi Micaela Bora Vittoria Cesarini	48.7
6th	Yugoslavia	Spomenka Koledin Milica Sumak Mira Tuce Alma Butja	49.8

Date: August 27

high jump

→ Main article : European Athletics Championships 1950 / Women's high jump

space	Athlete	country	Height (m)
1	Sheila Alexander	GBR	1.63
2	Dorothy Tyler	GBR	1.63
3	Galina Ganeker	URS	1.63
4th	Anne Knudsen	THE	1.60
5	Bertha Crowther	GBR	1.55
6th	Anne-Marie Colchen	FRA	1.50
7th	Simone Peironne	FRA	1.50
8th	Berta Sablatnig	AUT	1.45

Date: August 26th

Long jump

→ Main article : European Athletics Championships 1950 / women's long jump

space	Athlete	country	Width (m)
1	Valentina Bogdanova	URS	5.82
2	Wilhelmina Lust	NED	5.63
3	Maire Österdahl	FIN	5.57
4th	Yvonne Curtet	FRA	5.38
5	Silvana Pierucci	ITA	5.34
6th	Margaret Erskine	GBR	5.29
7th	Valerie Webster	GBR	5.29
8th	Tineke de Jongh	NED	5.23

Date: August 24th

Shot put

→ Main article : 1950 European Athletics Championships / women's shot put

space	Athlete	country	Width (m)
1	Anna Andreeva	URS	14.32 CR
2	Klavdiya Tochonova	URS	13.92
3	Micheline Ostermeyer	FRA	13.37
4th	Galina Sybina	URS	13.07
5	Magdalena Bregulanka	POLE	12.80
6th	Marija Radosavljević	YUG	12.75
7th	Amelia Piccinini	ITA	12.40
8th	Nada Kotlušek	YUG	12.34

Date: August 23

Discus throw

→ Main article : European Athletics Championships 1950 / women's discus throw

space	Athlete	country	Width (m)
1	Nina Dumbadze	URS	48.03 CR
2	Rimma Shumskaya	URS	45.79
3	Edera Cordiale	ITA	44.77
4th	Micheline Ostermeyer	FRA	41.22
5	Julija Matej	YUG	40.58
6th	Paulette Veste	FRA	37.86
7th	Gabre Gabric-Calvesi	ITA	37.73
8th	Lotte Haidegger	AUT	37.40

Date: August 25th

European champion Nina Dumbadse ( photo on the right ) - one of the leading discus throwers of her time

Javelin throw

→ Main article : European Athletics Championships 1950 / women's javelin

space	Athlete	country	Width (m)
1	Natalia Smirnitskaya	URS	47.55 CR
2	Herma Bauma	AUT	43.87
3	Galina Sybina	URS	42.75
4th	Vera Nabokova	URS	41.88
5	Dana Zátopková-Ingrova	TCH	41.34
6th	Lily Kelsby	THE	40.25
7th	Marija Radosavljević	YUG	38.33
8th	Ingrid Almqvist	SWE	38.21

Date: August 23

As with the men, Arlette Ben Hamo ensured a French all- around victory

Pentathlon

→ Main article : 1950 European Athletics Championships / Women's Pentathlon

space	Athlete	country	P - official value.	P - 80 value.
1	Arlette Ben Hamo	FRA	3204 CR	3221
2	Bertha Crowther	GBR	3048	3087
3	Olga Modrachová	TCH	3026	3066
4th	Mona Lisa Eglund	SWE	2936	3028
5	Marguerite Martel	FRA	2918	3019
6th	Unni Sæter	NOR	2870	2996
7th	Klavdiya Tochonova	URS	2850	2850
8th	Ivanka Knez	YUG	2794	2894

Date: August 24-25

The scoring was based on a point table from 1950.

For orientation and classification of the performances, the scores achieved for the heptathlon in 1980 according to the current rating system are also listed. With regard to the placements, there would have been a shift:
The seventh-placed Klawdija Totschonowa and the eighth-placed Ivanka Knez would have had to swap places.

But these comparisons are only indicative, because the different standards of the time must apply as a basis.

literature

• Mirko Javala (Ed.): European Athletics Championships Zurich 2014: Statistics Handbook. Organizing Committee European Athletics Championships, Zurich 2014, pp. 360–362 ( european-athletics.org PDF)
• Jani Suomilammi (Ed.): European Athletics Championships Berlin 2018: Statistics Handbook. Organizing Committee European Athletics Championships, Berlin 2018, pp. 492–497 ( european-athletics.org PDF)

Web links

• European Athletics Championships - Bruxelles 1950 from european-athletics.org, accessed June 11, 2017
• Athletics 1950 European Championships Brussels on todor66.com, accessed April 4, 2019
• Track and Field Statistics, EM 1950 at trackfield.brinkster.net, accessed June 11, 2017
• 3rd European Athletics Championships 1950 in Brussels, Belgium from ifosta.de, accessed on June 11, 2017
• Results of all European Athletics Championships - 1950 on sportschau.de, accessed on June 11, 2017
• MYSTERY. The Tschudina came , Spiegel Online July 23, 1952 at spiegel.de, accessed on June 11, 2017
• Austrian National Library, Athletics, 1950 - 1954 , photos on bildarchivaustria.at/, accessed on June 11, 2017