1954 European Athletics Championships
Appearance
5th European Athletics Championships | |
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Dates | 25 – 29 August 1954 |
Host city | Bern, Switzerland |
Venue | Stadion Neufeld |
Level | Senior |
Type | Outdoor |
Events | 35 |
Participation | 686 athletes from 28 nations |
The 5th European Athletics Championships were held at Stadion Neufeld from 25–29 August 1954 in the Swiss capital Bern. Contemporaneous reports on the event were given in the Glasgow Herald.[1][2][3][4][5]
Medal summary
Complete results were published.[6]
Men
Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
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100 metres |
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10.5 CR= | ![]() |
10.6 | ![]() |
10.7 |
200 metres |
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20.9 CR | ![]() |
21.1 | ![]() |
21.2 |
400 metres |
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46.6 CR | ![]() |
47.0 | ![]() |
47.6 |
800 metres |
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1:47.1 CR | ![]() |
1:47.3 | ![]() |
1:47.4 |
1500 metres |
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3:43.8 CR | ![]() |
3:44.4 | ![]() |
3:45.4 |
5000 metres |
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13:56.6 CR | ![]() |
14:08.8 | ![]() |
14:10.2 |
10,000 metres |
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28:58.0 CR | ![]() |
29:25.8 | ![]() |
29:27.6 |
110 metres hurdles |
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14.4 | ![]() |
14.6 | ![]() |
14.7 |
400 metres hurdles |
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50.5 CR | ![]() |
50.8 | ![]() |
51.5 |
3000 metres steeplechase |
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8:49.6 CR | ![]() |
8:52.4 | ![]() |
8:53.2 |
4 × 100 metres relay |
![]() László Zarándi Géza Varasdi György Csányi Béla Goldoványi |
40.6 CR | ![]() Kenneth Box George Ellis Kenneth Jones Brian Shenton |
40.8 | ![]() Boris Tokarev Viktor Ryabov Levan Sanadze Leonid Bartenev |
40.9 |
4 × 400 metres relay |
![]() Claude Haarhoff Jacques Degats Jean-Paul Martin du Gard Jean-Pierre Goudeau |
3:08.7 CR | ![]() Hans Geister Helmut Drehen Heinz Ulzheimer Karl-Friedrich Haas |
3:08.8 | ![]() Raimo Graeffe Ossi Mildh Rolf Back Voitto Hellstén |
3:11.5 |
10,000 metres track walk |
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45:01.8 CR | ![]() |
45:53.0 | ![]() |
46:21.8 |
50 kilometres walk |
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4:22:11.2 CR | ![]() |
4:25:07.4 | ![]() |
4:31:32.2 |
Marathon |
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2:24:51.6 CR | ![]() |
2:24:55.8 | ![]() |
2:25:26.6 |
High jump |
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2.02 m CR | ![]() |
1.98 m | ![]() |
1.96 m |
Pole vault |
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4.40 m CR | ![]() |
4.40 m CR | ![]() |
4.30 m |
Long jump |
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7.51 m | ![]() |
7.46 m | ![]() |
7.41 m |
Triple jump |
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15.90 m CR | ![]() |
15.17 m | ![]() |
15.10 m |
Shot put |
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17.20 m CR | ![]() |
16.69 m | ![]() |
16.27 m |
Discus throw |
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53.44 m | ![]() |
53.34 m | ![]() |
51.58 m |
Javelin throw |
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76.35 m | ![]() |
74.61 m | ![]() |
73.38 m |
Hammer throw |
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63.34 m CR | ![]() |
61.07 m | ![]() |
59.72 m |
Decathlon |
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6752 pts | ![]() |
6424 pts | ![]() |
6263 pts |
Women
Medal table
1 | ![]() |
16 | 11 | 8 | 35 |
2 | ![]() |
4 | 2 | 5 | 11 |
3 | ![]() |
4 | 1 | 4 | 9 |
4 | ![]() |
3 | 4 | 7 | 14 |
5 | ![]() |
2 | 4 | 3 | 9 |
6 | ![]() |
2 | 3 | 3 | 8 |
7 | ![]() |
1 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
8= | ![]() |
1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
8= | ![]() |
1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
8= | ![]() |
1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
11 | ![]() |
0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
12= | ![]() |
0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
12= | ![]() |
0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
12= | ![]() |
0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
12= | ![]() |
0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Participation
According to an unofficial count, 689 athletes from 28 countries participated in the event, three athletes more than the official number of 686 as published.[7]
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References
- ^ European Games Start Today - Russia Favorites, Glasgow Herald, August 25, 1954, p. 9, retrieved August 27, 2014
- ^ Upset in Berne Marathon - European Games, Glasgow Herald, August 26, 1954, p. 9, retrieved August 27, 2014
- ^ Britain's First Gold Medal - European Athletics, Glasgow Herald, August 27, 1954, p. 4, retrieved August 27, 2014
- ^ Russian Athletes' Day, Glasgow Herald, August 28, 1954, p. 2, retrieved August 27, 2014
- ^ European Games Win for Bannister _ Russia's Three World Records, Glasgow Herald, August 30, 1954, p. 9, retrieved August 27, 2014
- ^ European Athletics Championships Zürich 2014 - STATISTICS HANDBOOK (PDF), European Athletics Association, pp. 377–384, retrieved 13 August 2014
- ^ European Athletics Championships Zürich 2014 - STATISTICS HANDBOOK (PDF), European Athletics Association, p. 4, retrieved 13 August 2014
- "European Championships (Men)". gbrathletics.com. 2007. Archived from the original on 2 September 2010. Retrieved 21 August 2010.
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