European Athletics Championships 1954
| 5th European Athletics Championships | |
|---|---|
 |
|
| city |
 Bern
|
| Stadion | Neufeld Stadium |
| Competitions | 35 |
| World records | 3 |
| More European records | 1 |
| opening | August 25, 1954 |
| Closing ceremony | August 29, 1954 |
| timeline | |
| ← Brussels 1950 | Stockholm 1958 → |
Grandstand of the Neufeld stadium in Bern
| Medal table (final score after 35 decisions) | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| space | country |
|
|
|
|
| 1 |
.svg){kind=small} Soviet Union
|
16 | 11 | 8th | 35 |
| 2 |
 Czechoslovakia
|
4th | 2 | 5 | 11 |
| 3 |
.svg){kind=small} Hungary
|
4th | 1 | 4th | 9 |
| 4th |
 Great Britain
|
3 | 4th | 7th | 14th |
| 5 |
 BR Germany
|
2 | 4th | 3 | 9 |
| 6th |
 Finland
|
2 | 3 | 4th | 9 |
| 7th |
 Sweden
|
1 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| 8th |
 France
|
1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
 Italy
|
1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | |
.svg){kind=small} Poland
|
1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | |
| Complete medal table | |||||
The 5th European Athletics Championships took place from 25 to 29 August 1954 in Bern , Switzerland . With the exception of the marathon and the walking competitions , the competitions were held in the Neufeld stadium.
Attendees
Only athletes from the Federal Republic of Germany participated from divided Germany .
Competitions
The women's discipline was also expanded this time: For the first time after the Olympic Games in 1928 , the 800-meter run was once again a middle-distance competition in international championships.
Athletic performance
By far the most successful nation was the Soviet Union with eleven EM titles. Among women, only three out of eleven disciplines - high jump , long jump and javelin throw - were won by non-Soviet athletes. In the national rankings followed Czechoslovakia and Hungary with four gold medals.
- There were three world records in total :
- 5000 meter run , men: Wladimir Kuz , Soviet Union 13: 56.6 min
- Hammer throw , men: Mikhail Krivonossow , Soviet Union 63.34 m
- 3000 meter obstacle run , men: Sándor Rozsnyói , Hungary 8: 49.6 min.
- Another European record was also set:
- 200 meter run , men: Heinz Fütterer , Federal Republic of Germany 20.9 p
There were also numerous other championship records. These European championships were at a very high level for the conditions at the time.
- Three athletes won two gold medals each at these championships:
- Heinz Fütterer (Federal Republic of Germany) - 100 meters , 200 meters
- Irina Turowa (Soviet Union) - 100 meters, 4 × 100 m relay
- Marija Itkina (Soviet Union) - 200 meters , 4 × 100 m relay
- Three European champions from 1954 had already won European championships:
- Adolfo Consolini ( Italy ) - Discus throw , third success in a row since 1946
- Emil Zátopek ( Czechoslovakia ) - 10,000 meters , repetition of his success from 1950 , also 1950 European champion over 5000 meters
- Leonid Shcherbakov (Soviet Union) - triple jump , repetition of his 1950 success
Results men
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Heinz Fütterer - sprint king of Bern
100 m
| space | athlete | country | Time (s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Heinz Fütterer |
FRG
|
10.5 |
| 2 | René Bonino |
FRA
|
10.6 |
| 3 | George Ellis |
GBR
|
10.7 |
| 4th | Leonhard Pohl |
FRG
|
10.7 |
| 5 | Jan Carlsson |
SWE
|
10.7 |
| 6th | Theo Saat |
 NED
|
11.1 |
Final: August 26th
200 m
| space | athlete | country | Time (s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Heinz Fütterer |
FRG
|
20.9 ER |
| 2 | Ardalion Ignatiev |
URS
|
21.1 |
| 3 | George Ellis |
GBR
|
21.2 |
| 4th | Brian Shenton |
GBR
|
21.3 |
| 5 | Jan Carlsson |
SWE
|
21.5 |
| 6th | Václav Janecek |
TCH
|
21.9 |
Final: August 29th
400 m
| space | athlete | country | Time (s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ardalion Ignatiev |
URS
|
46.6 CR / NO |
| 2 | Voitto Hellstén |
FIN
|
47.0 NO |
| 3 | Zoltán Adamik |
HUN
|
47.6 NO |
| 4th | Karl-Friedrich Haas |
FRG
|
47.6 |
| 5 | Jean-Jacques Hegg |
SUI
|
47.8 |
| DSQ | Jacques Degats |
FRA
|
Final: August 27th
800 m
| space | athlete | country | Time (min) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lajos Szentgáli |
HUN
|
1: 47.1 CR |
| 2 | Lucien De Muynck |
 BEL
|
1: 47.3 |
| 3 | Audun Boysen |
 NOR
|
1: 47.4 |
| 4th | Derek Johnson |
GBR
|
1: 47.4 |
| 5 | Roger Moens |
BEL
|
1: 47.8 PB |
| 6th | Gérard Rasquin |
 LUX
|
1: 51.4 |
| 7th | Days Ekfeldt |
SWE
|
1: 53.8 |
| 8th | Ron Delany |
 IRL
|
2: 03.5 |
Final: August 28th
1500 m
| space | athlete | country | Time (min) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Roger Bannister |
GBR
|
3: 43.8 CR / NR |
| 2 | Gunnar Nielsen |
 THE
|
3: 44.4 NO |
| 3 | Stanislav Jungwirth |
TCH
|
3: 45.4 SB |
| 4th | Ingvar Ericsson |
SWE
|
3: 46.2 SB |
| 5 | Werner Lueg |
FRG
|
3: 46.4 SB |
| 6th | Sándor Iharos |
HUN
|
3: 47.0 SB |
| 7th | Denis Johansson |
FIN
|
3: 47.4 PB |
| 8th | Günther Dorow |
FRG
|
3: 48.2 SB |
Final: August 29th
European champion Roger Bannister was the first runner to run a mile under four minutes ( on the photo on the right, winning a race in 1953 ).
5000 m
| space | athlete | country | Time (min) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Volodymyr Kuz |
URS
|
13: 56.6 WR |
| 2 | Christopher Chataway |
GBR
|
13: 56.6 PB |
| 3 | Emil Zatopek |
TCH
|
14: 10.2 |
| 4th | Vladimir Okorokov |
URS
|
14: 20.0 PB |
| 5 | Lucien Hanswijk |
BEL
|
14: 25.6 |
| 6th | Frans Herman |
BEL
|
14: 31.4 PB |
| 7th | Øistein Saksvik |
NOR
|
14: 32.2 PB |
| 8th | Urho Julin |
FIN
|
14: 32.4 PB |
Final: August 29th
Wolodymyr Kuz ( photo on the right ) won over 5000 meters and set a new world record .
Emil Zátopek won his third European Championship title in Bern
10,000 m
| space | athlete | country | Time (min) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Emil Zatopek |
TCH
|
28: 58.0 CR |
| 2 | József Kovács |
HUN
|
29: 25.8 SB |
| 3 | Frank Sando |
GBR
|
29: 27.6 PB |
| 4th | Herbert Schade |
FRG
|
29: 32.8 PB |
| 5 | Franjo Mihalic |
.svg){kind=small} YUG
|
29: 59.6 PB |
| 6th | Peter Driver |
GBR
|
30: 03.6 PB |
| 7th | Øistein Saksvik |
NOR
|
30: 04.4 SB |
| 8th | Alexander Anufrijew |
URS
|
30: 19.4 SB |
Date: August 25th
marathon
| space | athlete | country | Time (h) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Veikko Karvonen |
FIN
|
2: 24: 51.6 CR |
| 2 | Boris Grischajew |
URS
|
2: 24: 55.6 PB |
| 3 | Ivan Ilyich Filin |
URS
|
2: 25: 2.6 SB |
| 4th | Erkki Puolakka |
FIN
|
2: 26: 45.6 PB |
| 5 | Gustaf Jansson |
SWE
|
2: 27: 27.8 SB |
| 6th | Geoffrey Iden |
GBR
|
2: 28: 02.8 PB |
| 7th | Janus van der Zande |
NLD
|
2: 29: 19.2 PB |
| 8th | José Araujo |
 POR
|
2: 29: 45.0 PB |
Date: August 25th
110 m hurdles
| space | athlete | country | Time (s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yevgeny Bulanchik |
URS
|
14.4 |
| 2 | Jack Parker |
GBR
|
14.6 |
| 3 | Bert Steines |
FRG
|
14.7 |
| 4th | Stanko Lorger |
YUG
|
14.7 |
| 5 | Eamonn Kinsella |
IRL
|
14.7 |
| 6th | Ion Opriș |
.svg){kind=small} ROME
|
15.1 |
Final: August 29th
400 m hurdles
| space | athlete | country | Time (s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Anatoly Julin |
URS
|
50.5 CR |
| 2 | Yuri Lituev |
URS
|
50.8 |
| 3 | Sven-Oswald Mildh |
FIN
|
51.5 NO |
| 4th | Guy Cury |
FRA
|
51.8 |
| 5 | Bob Shaw |
GBR
|
52.3 NO |
| 6th | Antal Lippay |
HUN
|
52.4 NO |
Final: August 29th
3000 m obstacle
| space | athlete | country | Time (min) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sándor Rozsnyói |
HUN
|
8: 49.6 WR |
| 2 | Olavi Rinteenpää |
FIN
|
8: 52.4 PB |
| 3 | Ernst Larsen |
NOR
|
8: 53.2 NO |
| 4th | Pentti Karvonen |
FIN
|
8: 55.2 SB |
| 5 | László Jeszenszky |
HUN
|
8: 59.4 PB |
| 6th | Viktor Kurchavov |
URS
|
9: 00.2 PB |
| 7th | Vlastimil Brlica |
TCH
|
9: 03.6 NO |
| 8th | Yevgeny Kodjajkin |
URS
|
9: 07.4 |
Final: August 28th
4 × 100 m relay
| space | country | Athletes | Time (s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Hungary
|
László Zarándi Géza Varasdi György Csányi Béla Goldoványi |
40.6 CR |
| 2 |
Great Britain
|
Kenneth Box George Ellis Ken Jones Brian Shenton |
40.8 |
| 3 |
Soviet Union
|
Boris Tokarev Viktor Ryabov Levan Sanadze Leonid Bartenev |
40.9 |
| 4th |
Czechoslovakia
|
František Brož Bohuslav Hlidek Václav Janecek František Šimůnek |
40.9 NO |
| 5 |
Italy
|
Wolfgango Montanari Sergio D'Asnasch Lucio Sangermano Luigi Gnocchi |
41.0 |
| 6th |
Sweden
|
Börje Andersson Kaj Månsson Sven-Olof Westlund Jan Carlsson |
41.3 |
Final: August 29th
4 × 400 m relay
| space | country | Athletes | Time (min) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
France
|
Pierre Haarhoff Jacques Degats Jean-Paul Martin du Gard Jean-Pierre Goudeau |
3: 08.7 CR / NO |
| 2 |
BR Germany
|
Hans Geister Helmut Dreher Heinz Ulzheimer Karl-Friedrich Haas |
3: 08.8 |
| 3 |
Finland
|
Ragnar Graeffe Sven-Oswald Mildh Rolf Back Voitto Hellsten |
3: 11.5 |
| 4th |
Sweden
|
Gösta Brännström Uno Elofsson Days Ekfeldt Lars-Erik Wolfbrandt |
3: 12.5 |
| 5 |
Hungary
|
Péter Karádi Lajos Szentgáli Egon Solymossy Zoltán Adámik |
3: 28.2 |
|
Great Britain
|
Peter Higgins Alan Dick Peter Fryer Derek Johnson |
DSQ |
Final: August 29th
10,000 m walking
| space | athlete | country | Time (min) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Josef Doležal |
TCH
|
45: 01.8 CR |
| 2 | Anatoly Yegorov |
URS
|
45: 53.0 PB |
| 3 | Sergei Lobastov |
URS
|
46: 21.8 PB |
| 4th | Ake Rundlöf |
SWE
|
46: 48.0 PB |
| 5 | Brian Hawkins |
GBR
|
46: 52.8 PB |
| 6th | Gabriel Reymond |
SUI
|
47: 08.8 |
| 7th | Louis Chevalier |
FRA
|
47: 12.0 SB |
| 8th | Fritz Schwab |
SUI
|
47: 21.6 SB |
Date: August 26th
50 km of street walking
| space | athlete | country | Time (h) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Vladimir Uchow |
URS
|
4: 22: 11.2 CR |
| 2 | Josef Doležal |
TCH
|
4: 25: 07.4 PB |
| 3 | Antal Róka |
HUN
|
4: 31: 32.2 SB |
| 4th | John Ljunggren |
SWE
|
4: 38: 09.6 SB |
| 5 | János Somogyi |
HUN
|
4: 41: 40.4 PB |
| 6th | Frank Bailey |
GBR
|
4: 46: 06.4 PB |
| 7th | Abdon Pamich |
ITA
|
4: 49: 06.4 SB |
| 8th | Ionescu Baboie |
ROME
|
4: 49: 30.0 SB |
Date: August 27
high jump
| space | athlete | country | Height (m) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bengt Nilsson |
SWE
|
2.02 CR |
| 2 | Jiří Lanský |
TCH
|
1.98 SB |
| 3 | Jaroslav Kovář |
TCH
|
1.96 PB |
| 4th | Bertil Holmgren |
SWE
|
1.96 PB |
| 5 | Yuri Stepanov |
URS
|
1.93 SB |
| 6th | Todor Beltschew |
.svg){kind=small} BUL
|
1.93 PB |
| 7th | Werner Bähr |
FRG
|
1.93 PB |
| 8th | Zbigniew Lewandowski |
POLE
|
1.90 SBe |
Final: August 26th
Bengt Nilsson ( photo on the right ) was the only high jumper to break
the 2-meter mark and become the European champion.
Pole vault
| space | athlete | country | Height (m) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Eeles Landström |
FIN
|
4.40 CR / NR |
| 2 | Ragnar Lundberg |
SWE
|
4.40 CR |
| 3 | Geoff Elliott |
GBR
|
4.30 NO |
| Jukka Piironen |
FIN
|
4.30 PB | |
| 5 | Tamás Homonnay |
HUN
|
4.30 PB |
| 6th | Georgios Roumbanis |
.svg){kind=small} GRE
|
4.25 SB |
| 7th | Victor Sillon |
FRA
|
4.25 PB |
| 8th | Vitaly Chernobai |
URS
|
4.25 SB |
Final: August 28th
Long jump
| space | athlete | country | Width (m) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ödön Földessy |
HUN
|
7.51 PB |
| 2 | Zbigniew Iwański |
POLE
|
7.46 PB |
| 3 | Ernest Wanko |
FRA
|
7.41 PB |
| 4th | Günther Jobst |
FRG
|
7.38 PB |
| 5 | Vilhelm Porassalmi |
FIN
|
7.36 PB |
| 6th | Václav Martinek |
TCH
|
7.32 |
| 7th | Attilio Bravi |
ITA
|
7.25 |
| 8th | Janusz Ratajczak |
POLE
|
7.23 PB |
Final: August 26th
Triple jump
| space | athlete | country | Width (m) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Leonid Shcherbakov |
URS
|
15.90 CR |
| 2 | Roger Norman |
SWE
|
15.17 PB |
| 3 | Martin Řehák |
TCH
|
15.10 SB |
| 4th | Zygfryd vineyard |
POLE
|
14.98 SB |
| 5 | Fritz Portmann |
SUI
|
14.82 |
| 6th | Kari Rahkamo |
FIN
|
14.73 |
| 7th | Jerzy Gizelewski |
POLE
|
14.20 |
| 8th | Theo Strohschnieder |
FRG
|
14.15 |
| 9 | Rui Ramos |
POR
|
13.97 |
Final: August 26th
Shot put
| space | athlete | country | Width (m) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jiří Skobla |
TCH
|
17.20 CR |
| 2 | Oto Grigalka |
URS
|
16.69 SB |
| 3 | Heino Heinaste |
URS
|
16.27 SB |
| 4th | Roland Nilsson |
SWE
|
16.17 SB |
| 5 | John Savidge |
GBR
|
16.10 SB |
| 6th | Ferenc Kövesdi |
HUN
|
15.70 PB |
| 7th | Gabriel Georgescu |
ROME
|
15.48 PB |
| 8th | Petar Šarčević |
YUG
|
15.43 PB |
Final: August 27th
Discus throw
| space | athlete | country | Width (m) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Adolfo Consolini |
ITA
|
53.44 SB |
| 2 | Giuseppe Tosi |
ITA
|
52.34 PB |
| 3 | József Szécsényi |
HUN
|
51.58 SB |
| 4th | Ferenc Klics |
HUN
|
51.43 SB |
| 5 | Roland Nilsson |
SWE
|
50.97 PB |
| 6th | Oto Grigalka |
URS
|
50.60 SB |
| 7th | Vitomir Krivokapić |
YUG
|
48.79 PB |
| 8th | Jan Vrábel |
TCH
|
48.76 PB |
Final: August 28th
Hammer throw
| space | athlete | country | Width (m) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mikhail Krivonosov |
URS
|
63.34 WR |
| 2 | Sverre Strandli |
NOR
|
61.07 SB |
| 3 | József Csermák |
HUN
|
59.72 SB |
| 4th | Tadeusz Ruth |
POLE
|
57.70 NO |
| 5 | Miloš Máca |
TCH
|
57.05 PB |
| 6th | Imre Németh |
HUN
|
56.86 SB |
| 7th | Ivan Gubijan |
YUG
|
56.75 PB |
| 8th | Mykola Redkin |
URS
|
56.35 SB |
Final: August 29th
Janusz Sidło - the great javelin thrower of his time - won the European Championship title
Javelin throw
| space | athlete | country | Width (m) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Janusz Sidło |
POLE
|
76.35 SB |
| 2 | Vladimir Kuznetsov |
URS
|
74.61 SB |
| 3 | Soini Nikkinen |
FIN
|
73.38 |
| 4th | Viktor Zybulenko |
URS
|
72.39 SB |
| 5 | Otto Bengtsson |
SWE
|
72.38 PB |
| 6th | Gullbrand Sjöström |
SWE
|
71.98 |
| 7th | Zbigniew Radziwonowicz |
POLE
|
69.84 SB |
| 8th | Sándor Krasznai |
HUN
|
68.45 PB |
Final: August 29th
Decathlon
| space | athlete | country | P - official rating | P - 85 rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Vasily Kuznetsov |
URS
|
6752 SB | 6881 |
| 2 | Torbjörn Lassenius |
FIN
|
6424 PB | 6676 |
| 3 | Heinz Oberbeck |
FRG
|
6262 PB | 6531 |
| 4th | Yuri Kutenko |
URS
|
6097 SB | 6442 |
| 5 | Miloslav Moravec |
TCH
|
5953 SB | 6371 |
| 6th | Manfred Huber |
SUI
|
5813 PB | 6242 |
| 7th | Friedel Schirmer |
FRG
|
5750 PB | 6199 |
| 8th | Arnulf Pilhatsch |
 AUT
|
5725 PB | 6188 |
Date: August 26th / 27th
The points table from 1952 was used for scoring.
For orientation and classification of the performances, the scores achieved in 1985 according to the current rating system are also listed for comparison. The current system would have had no effect on the rankings.
Results women
100 m
| space | Athlete | country | Time (s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Irina Turova |
URS
|
11.8 |
| 2 | Bertha van Duyne |
NED
|
11.9 |
| 3 | Anne Pashley |
GBR
|
11.9 |
| 4th | Giuseppina Leone |
ITA
|
12.0 |
| 5 | Vera Neszmélyi |
HUN
|
12.1 |
| 6th | Heather Armitage |
GBR
|
12.1 |
Final: August 27th
200 m
| space | Athlete | country | Time (s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Marija Itkina |
URS
|
24.3 |
| 2 | Irina Turova |
URS
|
24.4 |
| 3 | Shirley Hampton |
GBR
|
24.4 |
| 4th | Barbara Lerczak |
POLE
|
24.4 |
| 5 | Rimma Ulitkina |
URS
|
24.7 |
| 6th | Charlotte Böhmer |
FRG
|
25.0 |
Final: August 29th
Marija Itkina ( photo right ) won her first European Championship title. Two more should follow, but on the 400-meter route .
800 m
| space | Athlete | country | Time (min) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nina Otkalenko |
URS
|
2: 08.8 CRe |
| 2 | Diane Leather |
GBR
|
2: 09.8 |
| 3 | Lyudmila Lysenko |
URS
|
2: 11.2 |
| 4th | Aranka Kazi |
HUN
|
2: 11.9 |
| 5 | Bozena Pestka |
POLE
|
2: 12.6 |
| 6th | Valerie Winn |
GBR
|
2: 13.3 |
| 7th | Anne Oliver |
GBR
|
2: 13.3 |
| 8th | Bedriska Müllerová |
TCH
|
2: 13.6 |
| 9 | Anna Bácskai |
HUN
|
2: 14.6 |
Final: August 27th
Nine runners competed in this final.
80 m hurdles
| space | Athlete | country | Time (s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Maria Golubnichaya |
URS
|
11.0 CR |
| 2 | Anneliese Seonbuchner |
FRG
|
11.2 |
| 3 | Pam Seaborne |
GBR
|
11.2 |
| 4th | Denise Laborie |
FRA
|
11.3 NO |
| 5 | Milka Babović |
YUG
|
11.5 |
| 6th | Jean Desforges |
GBR
|
11.5 |
Final: August 28th
4 × 100 m relay
| space | country | Athletes | Time (s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Soviet Union
|
Wera Krepkina Rimma Ulitkina Marija Itkina Irina Turowa |
45.8 CR |
| 2 |
BR Germany
|
Irmgard Egert Charlotte Böhmer Irene Brütting Maria Sander |
46.3 |
| 3 |
Italy
|
Maria Musso Giuseppina Leone Letizia Bertoni Milena Greppi |
46.6 NO |
| 4th |
Great Britain
|
Heather Armitage Jean Desforges Shirley Pirie Anne Pashley |
46.7 |
| 5 |
Poland
|
Maria Piątkowska Barbara Sobotta Celina Gerwin Maria Bibro |
47.1 NO |
| 6th |
Czechoslovakia
|
Zlata Ptackova Jana Rabova Anna Kovaříková Libuse Strejckova |
48.5 |
Final: August 29th
high jump
| space | Athlete | country | Height (m) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Thelma Hopkins |
GBR
|
1.67 CR |
| 2 | Iolanda Balaș |
ROME
|
1.65 NO |
| 3 | Olga Modrachová |
TCH
|
1.63 SB |
| 4th | Gunhild Larking |
SWE
|
1.63 NO |
| 5 | Sheila Lerwill |
GBR
|
1.60 SB |
| 6th | Alexandra Tschudina |
URS
|
1.60 |
| 7th | Liduska Ajglova |
TCH
|
1.55 PB |
| 8th | Renate Kramer |
FRG
|
1.55 PB |
Final: August 28th
Long jump
| space | Athlete | country | Width (m) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jean Desforges |
GBR
|
6.04 CR |
| 2 | Alexandra Tschudina |
URS
|
5.93 SB |
| 3 | Elżbieta Duńska |
POLE
|
5.83 SB |
| 4th | Erika fish |
FRG
|
5.81 SB |
| 5 | Galina Vinogradova |
URS
|
5.79 SB |
| 6th | Maria Ilwicka |
POLE
|
5.72 SB |
| 7th | Shirley Cawley |
GBR
|
5.73 SB |
| 8th | Maria Bibro |
POLE
|
5.63 SB |
Date: August 26th
European champion Galina Sybina - on this photo during the Olympic Games 1956 on the far left together with other prominent female throwers
Shot put
| space | Athlete | country | Width (m) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Galina Sybina |
URS
|
15.65 CR |
| 2 | Maria Kuznetsova |
URS
|
14.99 PB |
| 3 | Tamara Tyschkewitsch |
URS
|
14.78 SB |
| 4th | Adéla Tislerova |
TCH
|
14.02 PB |
| 5 | Marianne Werner |
FRG
|
13.92 SB |
| 6th | Marija Radosavljević |
YUG
|
13.71 PB |
| 7th | Marlene Biedermann |
FRG
|
12.96 PB |
| 8th | Mária Fehér |
HUN
|
12.93 PB |
Date: August 26th
Discus throw
| space | Athlete | country | Width (m) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nina Ponomaryova |
URS
|
48.02 SB |
| 2 | Irina Beglyakova |
URS
|
45.79 SB |
| 3 | Galina Sybina |
URS
|
44.77 PB |
| 4th | Štěpánka Mertová |
TCH
|
44.37 SB |
| 5 | Jiřina Vobořilová |
TCH
|
44.33 SB |
| 6th | Julija Matej |
YUG
|
43.95 PB |
| 7th | Lia Manoliu |
ROME
|
43.86 SB |
| 8th | Karen Sonneck |
FRG
|
43.86 |
Date: August 27
Javelin throw
| space | Athlete | country | Width (m) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dana Zátopková |
TCH
|
52.91 CR |
| 2 | Virve Roolaid |
URS
|
49.94 PB |
| 3 | Nadezhda Konjayeva |
URS
|
49.49 |
| 4th | Jutta Kruger |
FRG
|
47.39 SB |
| 5 | Alexandra Tschudina |
URS
|
47.05 SB |
| 6th | Cmiljka Kalušević |
YUG
|
46.78 PB |
| 7th | Jadwiga Majka |
POLE
|
44.80 PB |
| 8th | Erzsébet Vígh |
HUN
|
43.74 SB |
Date: August 25th
Pentathlon
| space | Athlete | country | P - official value. | P - 85 value. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Alexandra Tschudina |
URS
|
4526 CR | 3754 |
| 2 | Maria Sander |
FRG
|
4485 PB | 3726 |
| 3 | Maria Sturm |
FRG
|
4357 PB | 3574 |
| 4th | Lena stump |
FRG
|
4336 PB | 3571 |
| 5 | Sofja Burdulenko |
URS
|
4265 PB | 3468 |
| 6th | Maria Ilwicka |
POLE
|
4233 SB | 3469 |
| 7th | Nina Vinogradova |
URS
|
4220 SB | 3432 |
| 8th | Marthe Lambert |
FRA
|
4203 PB | 3419 |
Date: 26./27. August
The scoring was based on a point table valid from 1952 to 1954.
For orientation and classification of the performances, the scores achieved for the heptathlon according to the current rating system from 1985 are listed for comparison . With regard to the placements, there would have been a shift afterwards:
the fifth-placed Sofja Burdulenko and the sixth-placed Maria Ilwicka would have had to swap places.
But these comparisons are only indicative, because the different standards of the time must apply as a basis.
Web links
- European Athletics Championships - Bern 1954 from european-athletics.org, accessed on June 15, 2017
- Athletics V European Championships 1954 Bern on todor66.com, accessed on April 4, 2019
- Track and Field Statistics, EM 1954 on trackfield.brinkster.net, accessed June 15, 2017
- 5th European Athletics Championships 1954 in Bern, Switzerland from ifosta.de, accessed on June 15, 2017
- Results of all European Athletics Championships - 1954 on sportschau.de, accessed on June 15, 2017
- The 1954 European Athletics Championships in Bern as a family festival, without flags and hymns , Neue Zürcher Zeitung August 27, 2004 on nzz.ch, accessed on June 15, 2017
- Sprinter Heinz Fütterer remembers his miracle of Bern , Der Tagesspiegel on tagesspiegel.de, accessed on June 15, 2017
- At the European Athletics Championships 54 everything was a few sizes smaller , Berner Zeitung on bernerzeitung.ch, accessed on June 15, 2017
- From false start to big show , Luzerner Zeitung August 11, 2014 on luzernerzeitung.ch, accessed on June 15, 2017
- Heinz Fütterer - the white flash , video for Heinz Fütterer, published on August 16, 2016 youtube.com, accessed on June 15, 2017
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