1954 European Athletics Championships / men's marathon
5th European Athletics Championships | |
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The current EAA logo, which is not yet valid, has been replaced by a general athletics logo | |
discipline | Men's marathon |
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place | Circuit through Bern |
Attendees | 22 athletes from 14 countries |
Competition phase | August 25, 1954 |
Medalist | |
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Veikko Karvonen ( FIN )
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Boris Grischajew ( URS )
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Ivan Filin ( URS )
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The men's marathon at the 1954 European Athletics Championships took place on August 25, 1954 in Bern , Switzerland .
Veikko Karvonen from Finland won the race and set a new championship record with 2: 24: 51.6 hours. Vice European champion was the Soviet runner Boris Grischajew in front of his compatriot Ivan Ilyich Filin .
Records / best performances
Existing records
World record |
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2: 17: 39.4 h | Chiswick , UK | June 26, 1954 |
European best time | ||||
Championship record |
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2:32:14 h | EM in Brussels , Belgium | 23rd August 1950 |
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Panoramic view of the city of Bern
Note:
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.
Record improvement
With his time of rounded 2:24:52 h, Veikko Karvonen improved Jack Holden's European championship record by 7:22 minutes as the new European champion .
Result
space | athlete | country | Time (h) |
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Veikko Karvonen |
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2: 24: 51.6 CR |
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Boris Grischajew |
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2: 24: 55.6 PB |
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Ivan Filin |
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2: 25: 26.6 SB |
4th | Erkki Puolakka |
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2: 26: 45.6 PB |
5 | Gustaf Jansson |
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2: 27: 27.8 SB |
6th | Geoff Iden |
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2: 28: 02.8 PB |
7th | Janus van der Zande |
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2: 29: 19.2 PB |
8th | Jose Araujo |
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2: 29: 45.0 PB |
9 | Viktor Olsen |
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2: 33: 49.4 PB |
10 | Dinu Christea |
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2: 35: 07.4 PB |
11 | Eric Losthouse |
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2: 35: 22.3 PB |
12 | Bengt Rehnvall |
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2: 35: 48.5 PB |
13 | Walter Bednar |
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2: 36: 41.4 PB |
14th | Hans Vollbach |
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2: 40: 02.4 PB |
15th | Claudino Martins |
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2: 41: 01.4 PB |
16 | Adolf Gruber |
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2: 41: 59.6 SB |
17th | Franjo Skrinjar |
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2: 42: 11.8 SB |
18th | August flower seed |
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2: 42: 32.2 PB |
19th | Jules Zehnder |
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2: 45: 27.8 PB |
20th | Guillaume Marquet |
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2: 48: 47.2 PB |
21st | Michel Pressense |
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2: 55: 52.4 PB |
22nd | Hans Studer |
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2: 58: 22.0 PB |
Web links and sources
- Men Marathon European Championships 1954 Bern at todor66.com (English), accessed on March 1, 2019
- European Marathon Championships on marathonspiegel.de, accessed on March 1, 2019
- European Athletics Championships - Bern 1954 at european-athletics.org, accessed on March 1, 2019
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b IAAF records. Men's marathon , accessed February 28, 2019