1986 European Athletics Championships / men's marathon
| 14th European Athletics Championships | |
|---|---|
 |
|
| discipline | Men's marathon |
| city |
 Stuttgart
|
| place | Circuit through Stuttgart |
| Attendees | 28 athletes from 17 countries |
| Competition phase | August 30, 1986 |
| Medalist | |
 gold |
Gelindo Bordin ( ITA )
 |
 silver |
Orlando Pizzolato ( ITA )
|
 bronze |
Herbert Steffny ( FRG )
|
The men's marathon at the 1986 European Athletics Championships took place on August 30, 1986 in Stuttgart , Federal Republic of Germany .
There was an Italian one-two. Gelindo Bordin was European champion in 2:10:54 h ahead of Orlando Pizzolato . The Federal German Herbert Steffny won the bronze medal.
Records / best performances
Existing records
| World record |
 Carlos Lopes
|
2:07:12 h | Rotterdam Marathon 1985 | April 20, 1985 |
| European best | ||||
| Championship record |
.svg){kind=small} Leonid Mossejew
|
2: 11: 57.5 h | EM in Prague | 3rd September 1978 |
View of Stuttgart from the Bismarck Tower
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 a time of 2:10:54 h, Gelindo Bordin improved the new European champion Leonid Mossejew's European championship record by 56 seconds.
Result
| space | athlete | country | Time (h) |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Gelindo Bordin |
Italy
|
2:10:54 CR |
|
Orlando Pizzolato |
Italy
|
2:10:57 SB |
|
Herbert Steffny |
BR Germany
|
2:11:30 |
| 4th | Ralf Salzmann |
BR Germany
|
2:11:41 SB |
| 5 | Hugh Jones |
 Great Britain
|
2:11:49 SB |
| 6th | Gerard Nijboer |
 Netherlands
|
2:12:46 SB |
| 7th | Jacques Lefrand |
 France
|
2:12:53 PB |
| 8th | Antoni Niemczak |
 Poland
|
2:13:04 SB |
| 9 | Kjell-Erik Ståhl |
 Sweden
|
2:13:14 SB |
| 10 | Dirk Vanderherten |
 Belgium
|
2:13:29 PB |
| 11 | Alex Gonzalez |
France
|
2:13:36 SB |
| 12 | Viktor Sawicki |
Poland
|
2:15:16 |
| 13 | Gianni Poli |
Italy
|
2:15:25 |
| 14th | Tomislav Ašković |
.svg){kind=small} Yugoslavia
|
2:15:27 PB |
| 15th | Jerzy Skarżyński |
Poland
|
2:16:40 |
| 16 | Dick Hooper |
 Ireland
|
2:17:45 SB |
| 17th | Jörg Peter |
 GDR
|
2:18:05 SB |
| 18th | Par Wallin |
Sweden
|
2:19:28 |
| 19th | Peter Lyrenmann |
 Switzerland
|
2:19:49 SB |
| 20th | Steve Jones |
Great Britain
|
2:22:12 SB |
| 21st | István Kerékjártó |
 Hungary
|
2:22:46 |
| Allister Hutton |
Great Britain
|
DNF | |
| Freddy Vandervennet |
Belgium
|
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| Henrik Sandstrom |
 Finland
|
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| Santiago de la Parte |
 Spain
|
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| Svend-Erik Kristensen |
 Denmark
|
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| Michael Heilmann |
GDR
|
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| Jouni Kortelainen |
Finland
|
Gerard Nijboer, Netherlands - sixth place
Jörg Peter, GDR - 17th place
Steve Jones, Great Britain - 20th place
Michael Heilmann, GDR - race not finished
Web links and sources
- Men Marathon European Championships 1986 Stuttgart on todor66.com (English), accessed on February 18, 2019
- European Marathon Championships on marathonspiegel.de, accessed on February 18, 2019
- European Athletics Championships - Stuttgart 1986 at european-athletics.org, accessed on February 18, 2019
Video
- 1986 European Athletics Championships: Men's marathon on youtube.com, published February 15, 2013, accessed February 18, 2019
- 1986 European - Stuttgart Marathon Men part 1 on youtube.com, published January 8, 2013, accessed February 18, 2019
- 1986 European - Stuttgart Marathon Men part 2 on youtube.com, published January 9, 2013, accessed February 18, 2019
- 1986 European - Stuttgart Marathon Men part 3 on youtube.com, published January 9, 2013, accessed February 18, 2019
- 1986 European - Stuttgart Marathon Men part 4 on youtube.com, published January 10, 2013, accessed February 18, 2019
- 1986 European - Stuttgart Marathon Men part 6 on youtube.com, published on March 10, 2013, accessed on February 18, 2019
- 1986 European - Stuttgart Marathon Men part 7 on youtube.com, published January 20, 2013, accessed February 18, 2019
- 1986 European - Stuttgart Marathon Men part 8 on youtube.com, published January 20, 2013, accessed February 18, 2019
- 1986 European - Stuttgart Marathon Men part 9 on youtube.com, published January 26, 2013, accessed February 18, 2019
- 1986 European - Stuttgart Marathon Men part 10 on youtube.com, published March 16, 2013, accessed February 18, 2019
- 1986 European - Stuttgart Marathon Men part 11 on youtube.com, published January 27, 2013, accessed February 18, 2019
- 1986 European - Stuttgart Marathon Men part 12 on youtube.com, published January 27, 2013, accessed February 18, 2019
- 1986 European - Stuttgart Marathon Men part 13 on youtube.com, published February 2, 2013, accessed February 18, 2019
- 1986 European - Stuttgart Marathon Men part 14 on youtube.com, published May 9, 2013, accessed February 18, 2019
- 1986 European - Stuttgart Marathon Men part 15 on youtube.com, published February 19, 2013, accessed February 18, 2019
Individual evidence
- ↑ IAAF records. Men's marathon , accessed February 18, 2019