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1950 European Athletics Championships – Men's marathon

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Men's marathon
at the European Athletics Championships

The men's marathon at the 1950 European Athletics Championships was held in Brussels, Belgium, on 23 August 1950.[1]

Medalists

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Gold Jack Holden
 Great Britain
Silver Veikko Karvonen
 Finland
Bronze Feodosiy Vanin
 Soviet Union

Results

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Final

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23 August

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) Jack Holden  Great Britain 2:32:14 CR
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Veikko Karvonen  Finland 2:32:45
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Feodosiy Vanin  Soviet Union 2:33:47
4 Gösta Leandersson  Sweden 2:34:26
5 Vasiliy Gordiyenko  Soviet Union 2:34:37
6 Charles Cérou  France 2:36:09
7 Jean Leblond  Belgium 2:36:55
8 Étienne Gailly  Belgium 2:38:24
9 John Systad  Norway 2:39:50
10 Gustav Östling  Sweden 2:41:18
11 Edward Denison  Great Britain 2:44:31
12 Vilho Partanen  Finland 2:45:26
13 Miroslav Glogonjac  Yugoslavia 2:55:41
14 Luka Bosanac  Yugoslavia 2:59:05
15 Alfons Zwicker   Switzerland 3:01:04
16 Adri Moons  Netherlands 3:01:50
17 Athanasios Ragazos  Greece 3:01:52
18 Behzat Akdeniz  Turkey NT
19 Gottfried Knecht   Switzerland NT
René Josset  France DNF
Joop Overdyk  Netherlands DNF
Ludwig Jahn  Austria DNF

Participation

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According to an unofficial count, 22 athletes from 13 countries participated in the event.

References

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  1. ^ European Athletics Championships Zürich 2014 - STATISTICS HANDBOOK (PDF), European Athletics Association, pp. 372–377, retrieved 13 August 2014