1946 European Athletics Championships – Men's marathon

Events at the 1946 European Athletics Championships
Track events
100 m	men	women
200 m	men	women
400 m	men
800 m	men
1500 m	men
5000 m	men
10,000 m	men
80 m hurdles		women
110 m hurdles	men
400 m hurdles	men
3000 m steeplechase	men
10,000 m track walk	men
4×100 m relay	men	women
4×400 m relay	men
Road events
Marathon	men
50 km walk	men
Field events
High jump	men	women
Pole vault	men
Long jump	men	women
Triple jump	men
Shot put	men	women
Discus throw	men	women
Hammer throw	men
Javelin throw	men	women
Combined events
Decathlon	men

The men's marathon at the 1946 European Athletics Championships was held in Oslo, Norway, on 22 August 1946.^[1]

Medalists

Gold	Mikko Hietanen Finland
Silver	Väinö Muinonen Finland
Bronze	Yakov Punko Soviet Union

Results

It is reported that the event was held on a short course measuring only 40.1 kilometres.^[2] Therefore, the winning time is no new championship record.

Final

22 August

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time
01 !	Mikko Hietanen	Finland	2:24:55
02 !	Väinö Muinonen	Finland	2:26:08
03 !	Yakov Punko	Soviet Union	2:26:21
4	Pierre Cousin	France	2:27:05
5	Gösta Leandersson	Sweden	2:28:30
6	Erik Jonsson	Sweden	2:30:08
7	Squire Yarrow	United Kingdom	2:30:40
8	Henning Larsen	Denmark	2:32:50
9	Athanasios Ragazos	Greece	2:32:58
10	Kaspar Schiesser	Switzerland	2:36:42
11	Václav Weisshäutel	Czechoslovakia	2:37:07
12	John Systad	Norway	2:42:59
13	Robert Nevens	Belgium	2:50:23
14	Antonín Špiroch	Czechoslovakia	2:57:44
15	Horace Oliver	United Kingdom	DNF
16	Øivind Gundhu	Norway	DNF
17	Stylianos Kiriakidis	Greece	DNF

Participation

According to an unofficial count, 17 athletes from 11 countries participated in the event.

Finland (2)
France (1)
Greece (2)

Norway (2)
Soviet Union (1)
Sweden (2)

Switzerland (1)
United Kingdom (2)

References

↑ European Athletics Championships Zürich 2014 - STATISTICS HANDBOOK (PDF), European Athletics Association, pp. 367–372, retrieved 13 August 2014
↑ European Championships (Men), gbrathletics.com, retrieved 23 August 2014

Marathon and half marathon at the European Athletics Championships

Men's marathon	1934 1938 1946 1950 1954 1958 1962 1966 1969 1971 1974 1978 1982 1986 1990 1994 1998 2002 2006 2010 2012 2014 2016

Men's half marathon	1934 1938 1946 1950 1954 1958 1962 1966 1969 1971 1974 1978 1982 1986 1990 1994 1998 2002 2006 2010 2012 2014 2016

Women's marathon	1934 1938 1946 1950 1954 1958 1962 1966 1969 1971 1974 1978 1982 1986 1990 1994 1998 2002 2006 2010 2012 2014 2016

Women's half marathon	1934 1938 1946 1950 1954 1958 1962 1966 1969 1971 1974 1978 1982 1986 1990 1994 1998 2002 2006 2010 2012 2014 2016

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