1954 European Athletics Championships
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]
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 |
Medal summary
Complete results were published.[6]
Men
Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
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100 metres |
![]() | 10.5 =CR | ![]() | 10.6 | ![]() | 10.7 |
200 metres |
![]() | 20.9 CR | ![]() | 21.1 | ![]() | 21.2 |
400 metres |
![]() | 46.6 CR | ![]() | 47.0 | ![]() | 47.6 |
800 metres |
![]() | 1:47.1 CR | ![]() | 1:47.3 | ![]() | 1:47.4 |
1500 metres |
![]() | 3:43.8 CR | ![]() | 3:44.4 | ![]() | 3:45.4 |
5000 metres |
![]() | 13:56.6 CR | ![]() | 14:08.8 | ![]() | 14:10.2 |
10,000 metres |
![]() | 28:58.0 CR | ![]() | 29:25.8 | ![]() | 29:27.6 |
110 metres hurdles |
![]() | 14.4 | ![]() | 14.6 | ![]() | 14.7 |
400 metres hurdles |
![]() | 50.5 CR | ![]() | 50.8 | ![]() | 51.5 |
3000 metres steeplechase |
![]() | 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 |
![]() | 45:01.8 CR | ![]() | 45:53.0 | ![]() | 46:21.8 |
50 kilometres walk |
![]() | 4:22:11.2 CR | ![]() | 4:25:07.4 | ![]() | 4:31:32.2 |
Marathon |
![]() | 2:24:51.6 CR | ![]() | 2:24:55.8 | ![]() | 2:25:26.6 |
High jump |
![]() | 2.02 m CR | ![]() | 1.98 m | ![]() | 1.96 m |
Pole vault |
![]() | 4.40 m CR | ![]() | 4.40 m CR | ![]() | 4.30 m |
Long jump |
![]() | 7.51 m | ![]() | 7.46 m | ![]() | 7.41 m |
Triple jump |
![]() | 15.90 m CR | ![]() | 15.17 m | ![]() | 15.10 m |
Shot put |
![]() | 17.20 m CR | ![]() | 16.69 m | ![]() | 16.27 m |
Discus throw |
![]() | 53.44 m | ![]() | 53.34 m | ![]() | 51.58 m |
Javelin throw |
![]() | 76.35 m | ![]() | 74.61 m | ![]() | 73.38 m |
Hammer throw |
![]() | 63.34 m CR | ![]() | 61.07 m | ![]() | 59.72 m |
Decathlon |
![]() | 6752 pts | ![]() | 6424 pts | ![]() | 6263 pts |
Women
Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
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100 metres |
![]() | 11.8 | ![]() | 11.9 | ![]() | 11.9 |
200 metres |
![]() | 24.3 | ![]() | 24.4 | ![]() | 24.4 |
800 metres |
![]() | 2:08.8 CR | ![]() | 2:09.8 | ![]() | 2:11.2 |
80 metres hurdles |
![]() | 11.0 CR | ![]() | 11.2 | ![]() | 11.3 |
4 × 100 metres relay |
![]() Vera Krepkina Rimma Uliskina Maria Itkina Irina Turova | 45.8 CR | ![]() Irmgard Egert Charlotte Bohmer Irene Brutting Maria Sander | 46.3 | ![]() Maria Musso Giuseppina Leone Letizia Bertoni Milena Greppi | 46.6 |
High jump |
![]() | 1.67 m CR | ![]() | 1.65 m | ![]() | 1.63 m |
Long jump |
![]() | 6.04 m CR | ![]() | 5.93 m | ![]() | 5.83 m |
Shot put |
![]() | 15.65 m CR | ![]() | 14.99 m | ![]() | 14.78 m |
Discus throw |
![]() | 48.02 m | ![]() | 45.79 m | ![]() | 44.77 m |
Javelin throw |
![]() | 52.91 m CR | ![]() | 49.94 m | ![]() | 49.49 m |
Pentathlon |
![]() | 4526 pts CR | ![]() | 4485 pts | ![]() | 4357 pts |
Medal table
Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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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 |
![]() | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | |
![]() | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | |
11 | ![]() | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
12 | ![]() | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
![]() | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
![]() | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
![]() | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
Totals (15 nations) | 35 | 35 | 35 | 105 |
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.
- "European Championships (Women)". gbrathletics.com. 2007. Archived from the original on 22 September 2010. Retrieved 21 August 2010.
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