1950 European Athletics Championships / men's marathon
4. European Athletics Championships | |
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discipline | Men's marathon |
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place | Circuit through Brussels |
Attendees | 22 athletes from 13 countries |
Competition phase | 23rd August 1950 |
Medalist | |
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Jack Holden ( GBR )
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Veikko Karvonen ( FIN )
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Feodossi Wanin ( URS )
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The men's marathon at the 1950 European Athletics Championships took place in Brussels , Belgium on August 23, 1950 .
The Briton Jack Holden won the race with a new championship record in 2:32:14 hours. The Finn Veikko Karvonen was runner-up in Europe ahead of the Soviet runner Feodossi Wanin .
Records / best performances
Existing records
World record |
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2:25:39 h | Boston , USA | April 19, 1947 |
Championship record |
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2: 37: 28.8 h | EM in Paris , France | September 4, 1938 |
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.
- The Finn Mikko Hietanen had achieved 2:24:55 h at the European Championships in Oslo in 1946 . But the running distance was only 40.2 km instead of the 42.195 km prescribed for the marathon. Thus, Hietan's time could not be recognized as a championship record.
Record improvement
With his time of 2:32:14 h, Jack Holden improved as the new European champion Väinö Muinonen's European championship record by a rounded 5:15 minutes.
Result
space | athlete | country | Time (h) |
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Jack Holden |
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2:32:14 CR |
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Veikko Karvonen |
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2:32:45 SB |
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Feodossi Vanin |
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2:33:47 PB |
4th | Gosta Leandersson |
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2:34:26 SB |
5 | Vasily Gordiyenko |
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2:34:37 PB |
6th | Charles Cérou |
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2:36:09 PB |
7th | Jean Leblond |
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2:36:55 PB |
8th | Étienne Gailly |
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2:38:24 SB |
9 | John Systad |
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2:39:50 PB |
10 | Gustav Östling |
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2:41:18 SB |
11 | Edward Denison |
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2:44:31 PB |
12 | Vilho partans |
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2:45:26 PB |
13 | Miroslav Glogonnjac |
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2:55:41 PB |
14th | Luka Bosanac |
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2:59:05 PB |
15th | Alfons Zwicker |
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3:01:04 PB |
16 | Adri Moons |
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3:01:50 PB |
17th | Athanasios Ragazos |
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3:01:52 SB |
18th | Behzat Akdeiz |
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NT |
19th | Gottfried Knecht |
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René Josset |
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DNF | |
Joop Overdyk |
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Ludwig Jahn |
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Web links and sources
- Men Marathon European Championships 1950 Brussels on todor66.com, accessed March 2, 2019
- European Marathon Championships at marathonspiegel.de, accessed on March 2, 2019
- European Athletics Championships - Bruxelles 1950 at european-athletics.org, accessed on March 2, 2019
Individual evidence
- ↑ IAAF records. Men's marathon , accessed March 2, 2019