1950 European Athletics Championships
Appearance
4th European Athletics Championships | |
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Dates | 23 – 27 August 1950 |
Host city | Brussels, Belgium |
Venue | Stade du Heysel |
Level | Senior |
Type | Outdoor |
Events | 34 |
Participation | 454 athletes from 24 nations |
The 4th European Athletics Championships were held from 23 August to 27 August 1950 in the Heysel Stadium of the Belgian capital Brussels. Contemporaneous reports on the event were given in the Glasgow Herald.[1][2][3]
Men's results
Complete results were published.[4]
Track
Field
Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
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High jump |
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1.96 | ![]() |
1.93 | ![]() |
1.93 |
Long jump |
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7.32 | ![]() |
7.22 | ![]() |
7.20 |
Pole vault |
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4.30 CR | ![]() |
4.25 | ![]() |
4.25 |
Triple jump |
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15.39 CR | ![]() |
14.96 | ![]() |
14.53 |
Shot put |
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16.74 CR | ![]() |
15.16 | ![]() |
15.14 |
Discus throw |
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53.75 CR | ![]() |
52.31 | ![]() |
48.69 |
Javelin throw |
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71.26 | ![]() |
70.06 | ![]() |
69.82 |
Hammer throw |
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55.71 | ![]() |
54.73 | ![]() |
53.64 |
Decathlon |
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7364 CR | ![]() |
7297 | ![]() |
7175 |
Women's results
Track
Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
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100 metres |
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11.7 CR | ![]() |
12.3 | ![]() |
12.4 |
200 metres |
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24.0 | ![]() |
24.8 | ![]() |
25.0 |
80 metres hurdles |
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11.1 CR | ![]() |
11.6 | ![]() |
11.7 |
4 × 100 metres relay |
![]() Elspeth Hay Jean Desforges Dorothy Hall June Foulds |
47.4 | ![]() Xenia Stad-de Jong Bertha Brouwer Gré de Jongh Fanny Blankers-Koen |
47.4 | ![]() Elene Gokieli Sofya Malshina Zoya Dukhovich Yevgeniya Sechenova |
47.5 |
Field
Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
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High jump |
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1.63 | ![]() |
1.63 | ![]() |
1.63 |
Long jump |
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5.82 | ![]() |
5.63 | ![]() |
5.57 |
Shot put |
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14.32 CR | ![]() |
13.92 | ![]() |
13.37 |
Discus throw |
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48.03 CR | ![]() |
42.25 | ![]() |
41.57 |
Javelin throw |
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47.55 CR | ![]() |
43.87 | ![]() |
42.75 |
Pentathlon |
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3204 | ![]() |
3048 | ![]() |
3026 |
Medals table
1 | ![]() |
8 | 3 | 6 | 17 |
2 | ![]() |
6 | 5 | 5 | 16 |
3 | ![]() |
4 | 8 | 3 | 15 |
4 | ![]() |
4 | 3 | 2 | 9 |
5 | ![]() |
3 | 5 | 1 | 9 |
6 | ![]() |
3 | 0 | 3 | 6 |
7 | ![]() |
2 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
8 | ![]() |
1 | 4 | 7 | 12 |
9 | ![]() |
1 | 3 | 5 | 9 |
10= | ![]() |
1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
10= | ![]() |
1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
12= | ![]() |
0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
12= | ![]() |
0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
14= | ![]() |
0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
14= | ![]() |
0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Participation
According to an unofficial count, 454 athletes from 21 countries participated in the event, in agreement with the official number of athletes, but three countries less than the official number of 24 as published.[5]
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References
- ^ Holden Wins Marathon - European Games Open, Glasgow Herald, August 24, 1950, p. 9, retrieved August 24, 2014
- ^ Britain Lose Title - Athletics in Brussels, Glasgow Herald, August 25, 1950, p. 9, retrieved August 24, 2014
- ^ Britain's Eight Gold Medals, Glasgow Herald, August 28, 1950, p. 2, retrieved August 24, 2014
- ^ European Athletics Championships Zürich 2014 - STATISTICS HANDBOOK (PDF), European Athletics Association, pp. 372–377, retrieved 13 August 2014
- ^ European Athletics Championships Zürich 2014 - STATISTICS HANDBOOK (PDF), European Athletics Association, p. 4, retrieved 13 August 2014
- Results
- "European Championships (Men)". gbrathletics.com. 2007. Archived from the original on 25 August 2008. Retrieved 26 August 2008.
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