1946 European Athletics Championships
The 3rd European Athletics Championships were held from 22 August to 25 August 1946 in the Bislett Stadion in Oslo, Norway. For the first time it was a combined event for men and women, and for the first time a city in Scandinavia hosted the championships. Contemporaneous reports on the event were given in the Glasgow Herald.[1][2]
| 3rd European Athletics Championships | |
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| Dates | 22 – 25 August 1946 |
| Host city | Oslo, Norway |
| Venue | Bislett Stadion |
| Level | Senior |
| Type | Outdoor |
| Events | 33 |
| Participation | 354 athletes from 20 nations |
Bislett stadion in Oslo, Norway, 1948
Two of the women's medalists from France underwent sex change later. Claire Brésolles became Pierre Brésolles, and Léa Caurla became Léon Caurla.[3]
Men's results
Complete results were published.[4]
Track
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 100 metres |
 | 10.6 |  | 10.7 |  | 10.8 |
| 200 metres |
 | 21.6 | | 21.7 |  | 21.8 |
| 400 metres |
 | 47.9 |  | 48.3 | | 48.9 |
| 800 metres |
 | 1:51.0 | | 1:51.1 | | 1:51.2 |
| 1500 metres |
| 3:48.0 CR | | 3:48.8 | | 3:52.8 |
| 5000 metres |
| 14:08.6 CR |  | 14:14.0 | | 14:23.2 |
| 10,000 metres |
 | 29:52.0 CR | | 30:31.4 | .svg.png){kind=small} | 30:35.2 |
| Marathon [nb] |
| 2:24:55 | | 2:26:08 | | 2:26:21 |
| 110 metres hurdles |
| 14.6 | .svg.png){kind=small} | 14.9 | | 15.0 |
| 400 metres hurdles |
| 52.2 CR | | 52.4 | | 52.5 |
| 3000 metres steeplechase |
| 9:01.4 CR | | 9:11.0 | | 9:14.0 |
| 10,000 metres track walk |
| 46:05.2 |  | 47:03.6 | | 48:10.4 |
| 50 kilometres walk |
| 4:38:20 CR | | 4:42:58 | | 4:57:04 |
| 4 × 100 metres relay |
Stig Danielsson Inge Nilsson Olle Laessker Stig Håkansson | 41.5 | Agathon Lepève Julien Lebas Pierre Gonon René Valmy | 42.0 | Mirko Paráček Leopold Láznička Miroslav Řihošek Jiří David | 42.2 |
| 4 × 400 metres relay |
Bernard Santona Yves Cros Robert Chef d’Hotel Jacques Lunis | 3:14.4 | Ronald Ede Derek Pugh Bernard Elliot Bill Roberts | 3:14.5 | Folke Alnevik Stig Lindgård Sven-Erik Nolinge Tore Sten | 3:15.0 |
- nb The marathon at the 1946 European Championships was completed over a course measuring 40.1 km, 2 km shorter than the official marathon distance.
Field
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High jump |
| 1.99 | | 1.96 | | 1.93 |
| Long jump |
| 7.42 | | 7.40 | | 7.29 |
| Pole vault |
| 4.17 CR | | 4.10 | | 4.10 |
| Triple jump |
| 15.17 | | 15.15 | | 14.96 |
| Shot put |
 | 15.56 | | 15.25 | | 15.23 |
| Discus throw |
| 53.23 CR | | 50.39 | | 48.14 |
| Javelin throw |
| 68.74 | | 67.50 | | 66.40 |
| Hammer throw |
| 56.44 | | 53.54 | | 51.32 |
| Decathlon |
| 6987 CR | | 6930 | | 6504 |
Women's results
Track
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 100 metres |
| 11.9 =CR | | 12.1 | | 12.2 |
| 200 metres |
| 25.4 | | 25.6 | | 25.6 |
| 80 metres hurdles |
| 11.8 | | 11.9 | | 11.9 |
| 4 × 100 metres relay |
Gerda van der Kade-Koudijs Netty Witziers-Timmer Marta Adema Fanny Blankers-Koen | 47.8 | Léa Caurla Anne-Marie Colchen Claire Brésolles Monique Drichon | 48.5 | Yevgeniya Sechenova Valentina Fokina Elene Gokieli Valentina Vasilyeva | 48.7 |
Field
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High jump |
| 1.60 | | 1.57 | | 1.57 |
| Long jump |
| 5.67 | | 5.67 | | 5.63 |
| Shot put |
| 14.16 CR | | 12.84 | | 12.22 |
| Discus throw |
| 44.21 | | 40.46 |  | 39.37 |
| Javelin throw |
| 46.25 CR | | 45.84 | | 43.24 |
Medal table
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | | 11 | 5 | 6 | 22 |
| 2 | | 6 | 7 | 4 | 17 |
| 3 | | 4 | 3 | 5 | 12 |
| 4 | | 3 | 4 | 4 | 11 |
| 5 | | 3 | 2 | 1 | 6 |
| 6 | | 2 | 5 | 3 | 10 |
| 7 | | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| 8 | | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | |
| 10 | | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 11 | | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 12 | | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 13 | | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 |
| 14 | | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Totals (15 nations) | 33 | 33 | 33 | 99 | |
Participation
According to an unofficial count, 354 athletes from 20 countries participated in the event, one athlete more than the official number of 353 as published.[5]
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References
- Finnish Athletes Win Three Events - Fast Time in 10,000 Metres, Glasgow Herald, August 23, 1946, p. 6, retrieved August 22, 2014
- Sweden Leads in Oslo Athletics - Britain's Thrilling Relay Race, Glasgow Herald, August 26, 1946, p. 5, retrieved August 22, 2014
- Bouillé, Alain (December 1991), Les grandes du sprint féminin - Revue FFA n°346 NS5 (in French), Fédération française d'athlétisme, p. 32, retrieved 24 August 2014
- European Athletics Championships Zürich 2014 - STATISTICS HANDBOOK (PDF), European Athletics Association, pp. 367–372, 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.
- "European Championships (Women)". gbrathletics.com. 2007. Archived from the original on 28 August 2008. Retrieved 26 August 2008.
External links
- EAA
- Athletix
- The event at SVT's open archive (in Swedish)
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