European Athletics Championships 1954 / men's 10,000 m walking
5th European Athletics Championships | |
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discipline | Men's 10,000 m walk |
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Stadion | Neufeld Stadium |
Attendees | 16 athletes from 9 countries |
Competition phase | 26th of August |
Medalist | |
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Josef Doležal ( TCH )
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Anatoly Yegorov ( URS )
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Sergei Lobastov ( URS )
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![](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/be/Neufeldstation_Trib%C3%BCne.jpg)
Grandstand of the Neufeld stadium in Bern
The men's 10,000 m at the 1954 European Athletics Championships was held on August 26, 1954 in the Neufeld Stadium in Bern . The competition was on the program of the European Championships for the last time and was replaced by the 20 km walk from 1958 .
In this competition there were two medals for the Soviet Union, silver and bronze. The European champion was the Czechoslovak Josef Doležal . He won ahead of Anatoly Egorov and Sergei Lobastov.
Records
Existing records
World record | 42: 39.6 min |
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Kumla , Sweden | September 9, 1945 |
European record | ||||
Championship record | 46: 01.8 min |
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EM in Brussels , Belgium | August 24, 1946 |
Record improvement
European champion Josef Doležal improved the EM record by exactly one minute to 45: 01.8 minutes.
execution
There were no qualifications here. The registered walkers entered the competition together.
final
![](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2e/Louis_Chevalier_1948.jpg/220px-Louis_Chevalier_1948.jpg)
Seventh-placed Louis Chevalier after his disqualification at the 1948 Olympic Games
August 26, 1954, 2:30 p.m.
space | Surname | nation | Time (min) |
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1 | Josef Doležal |
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45: 01.8 CR |
2 | Anatoly Yegorov |
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45: 53.0 PB |
3 | Sergei Lobastov |
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46: 21.8 PB |
4th | Ake Rundlöf |
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46: 48.0 PB |
5 | Brian Hawkins |
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46: 52.8 PB |
6th | Gabriel Reymond |
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47: 08.8 |
7th | Louis Chevalier |
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47: 12.0 SB |
8th | Fritz Schwab |
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47: 21.6 SB |
9 | George Coleman |
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47: 37.4 SB |
10 | Jindřich Malý |
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48: 35.8 PB |
11 | Roland Griset |
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48: 38.2 PB |
12 | Rangvald Thunestvedt |
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49: 00.4 PB |
13 | Gunnar Ljunggren |
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49: 19.6 PB |
14th | Leo Rosschou |
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50: 52.6 PB |
DNF | Claus Biethan |
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DSQ | Haralambie Racescu |
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Web links
- European Athletics Championships - Bern 1954 at european-athletics.org, accessed on April 7, 2019
- Men 10km Walk European Championship 1954 Bern on todor66.com, accessed on April 7, 2019
- V European Championship, Bern 1954 from trackfield.brinkster.net, accessed on April 7, 2019
- Results of all European Athletics Championships - 1954, 10 km walk men on sportschau.de, accessed on April 7, 2019
- 5th European Athletics Championships 1954 in Bern, Switzerland from ifosta.de, accessed on April 7, 2019