1946 European Athletics Championships – Men's marathon

None Men's marathon European Athletics Championships The men's marathon at the 1946 European Athletics Championships was held in Oslo, Norway, on 22 August 1946. 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 367–372 European Athletics Association 13 August 2014 Medalists Gold Mikko Hietanen FINSilver Väinö Muinonen FINBronze Yakov Punko URS 1936 Results It is reported that the event was held on a short course measuring only 40.1 kilometres. European Championships (Men) http://www.gbrathletics.com/ic/ec.htm gbrathletics.com 23 August 2014 Therefore, the winning time is no new championship record. Final 22 August Rank Name Nationality Time Notes Mikko Hietanen FIN 2:24:55 Väinö Muinonen FIN 2:26:08 Yakov Punko URS 1936 2:26:21 4 Pierre Cousin FRA 2:27:05 5 Gösta Leandersson SWE 2:28:30 6 Erik Jonsson SWE 2:30:08 7 Squire Yarrow GBR 2:30:40 8 Henning Larsen DEN 2:32:50 9 Athanasios Ragazos GRE old 2:32:58 10 Kaspar Schiesser SUI 2:36:42 11 Václav Weisshäutel TCH 2:37:07 12 John Systad NOR 2:42:59 13 Robert Nevens BEL 2:50:23 14 Antonín Špiroch TCH 2:57:44 15 Horace Oliver GBR DNF 16 Øivind Gundhu NOR DNF 17 Stylianos Kiriakidis GRE old DNF Participation According to an unofficial count, 17 athletes from 11 countries participated in the event. 22em BEL (1) TCH (2) DEN (1) FIN (2) FRA (1) GRE old (2) NOR (2) URS 1936 (1) SWE (2) SUI (1) GBR (2) References Category:Marathons at the European Athletics Championships Euro 1946 European Athletics Category:Men's marathons Category:Men's events at the 1946 European Athletics Championships