1954 European Athletics Championships – Men's 50 kilometres walk

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

The men's 50 kilometres race walk at the 1954 European Athletics Championships was held in Bern, Switzerland, on 27 August 1954.[1]

Medalists[edit]

Gold Vladimir Ukhov
 Soviet Union
Silver Josef Doležal
 Czechoslovakia
Bronze Antal Róka
 Hungary

Results[edit]

Final[edit]

27 August

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) Vladimir Ukhov  Soviet Union 4:22:11.2 CR
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Josef Doležal  Czechoslovakia 4:25:07.4
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Antal Róka  Hungary 4:31:32.2
4 John Ljunggren  Sweden 4:38:09.6
5 János Somogyi  Hungary 4:41:40.4
6 Frank Bailey  Great Britain 4:46:06.4
7 Abdon Pamich  Italy 4:49:06.4
8 Ionescu Baboe  Romania 4:49:30.0
9 Edgar Bruun  Norway 4:52:13.0
10 Paavo Saira  Finland 5:06:58.0
11 René Charrière   Switzerland 5:08:21.0
12 Marcel Petitville  France 5:12:02.4
13 Trayko Mastagarkov  Bulgaria 5:23:14.4
14 Jules Gosse  Belgium 5:23:19.4
Albert Johnson  Great Britain DNF
Louis Marquis   Switzerland DNF
Åke Söderlund  Sweden DNF
Pavel Kazankov  Soviet Union DNF
Harald Persson  Norway DNF
Giuseppe Dordoni  Italy DNF
Roger Chaylat  France DNF

Participation[edit]

According to an unofficial count, 21 athletes from 13 countries participated in the event.

References[edit]

  1. ^ European Athletics Championships Zürich 2014 - STATISTICS HANDBOOK (PDF), European Athletics Association, pp. 377–384, retrieved 13 August 2014