1954 European Athletics Championships – Men's marathon

None Men's marathon European Athletics Championships The men's marathon at the 1954 European Athletics Championships was held in Bern, Switzerland, on 25 August 1954. European Athletics Championships Zürich 2014 - STATISTICS HANDBOOK http://www.european-athletics.org/mm/Document/EventsMeetings/General/01/27/31/44/StatisticsHandbookZ%C3%BCrich2014_Neutral.pdf 377–384 European Athletics Association 13 August 2014 Medalists Gold Veikko Karvonen FINSilver Boris Grishayev URS 1936Bronze Ivan Filin URS 1936 Results Final 25 August Rank Name Nationality Time Notes Veikko Karvonen FIN 2:24:51.6 CR Boris Grishayev URS 1936 2:24:55.6 Ivan Filin URS 1936 2:25:26.6 4 Erkki Puolakka FIN 2:26:45.6 5 Gustaf Jansson SWE 2:27:27.8 6 Geoff Iden GBR 2:28:02.8 7 Janus van der Zande NED 2:29:19.2 8 José Araujo POR 2:29:45.0 9 Victor Olsen NOR 2:33:49.4 10 Cristea Dinu ROU 1952 2:35:07.4 11 Eric Smith GBR 2:35:22.2 12 Bengt Rehnvall SWE 2:35:48.6 13 Walter Bednář TCH 2:36:41.4 14 Hans Vollbach FRG 2:40:02.4 15 Claudino Martins POR 2:41:01.4 16 Adolf Gruber AUT 2:41:59.6 17 Franjo Škrinjar SFR Yugoslavia 2:42:11.8 18 August Blumensaat FRG 2:42:32.2 19 Jules Zehnder SUI 2:45:27.8 20 Guillaume Marquet BEL 2:48:47.2 21 Michel Pressencé FRA 2:55:52.4 22 Hans Studer SUI 2:58:22.0 Participation According to an unofficial count, 22 athletes from 15 countries participated in the event. 22em AUT (1) BEL (1) TCH (1) FIN (2) FRA (1) NED (1) NOR (1) POR (2) ROU 1952 (1) URS 1936 (2) SWE (2) SUI (2) GBR (2) FRG (2) SFR Yugoslavia (1) References Category:Marathons at the European Athletics Championships Euro 1954 European Athletics Category:Men's marathons Category:Men's events at the 1954 European Athletics Championships