1954 European Athletics Championships

5th European Athletics Championships #E0ECF8 1954 European Athletics Championships logo.png Bern, Switzerland 25 – 29 August Stadion Neufeld Senior Outdoor 28 686 35 1950 Brussels 1958 Stockholm 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. August 25, 1954 European Games Start Today - Russia Favorites https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=sD1AAAAAIBAJ&sjid=VlkMAAAAIBAJ&pg=5008%2C5500117 Glasgow Herald 9 August 27, 2014 August 26, 1954 Upset in Berne Marathon - European Games https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=sT1AAAAAIBAJ&sjid=VlkMAAAAIBAJ&pg=5054%2C5601906 Glasgow Herald 9 August 27, 2014 August 27, 1954 Britain's First Gold Medal - European Athletics https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=sj1AAAAAIBAJ&sjid=VlkMAAAAIBAJ&pg=2888%2C5656310 Glasgow Herald 4 August 27, 2014 August 28, 1954 Russian Athletes' Day https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=sz1AAAAAIBAJ&sjid=VlkMAAAAIBAJ&pg=2634%2C5769119 Glasgow Herald 2 August 27, 2014 August 30, 1954 European Games Win for Bannister _ Russia's Three World Records https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=tD1AAAAAIBAJ&sjid=VlkMAAAAIBAJ&pg=6353%2C5927084 Glasgow Herald 9 August 27, 2014 Medal summary Complete results were published. 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 https://web.archive.org/web/20141006065117/http://www.european-athletics.org/mm/Document/EventsMeetings/General/01/27/31/44/StatisticsHandbookZ%C3%BCrich2014_Neutral.pdf 6 October 2014 Men 100 metres MenHeinz Fütterer FRG10.5 =CR European Athletics ChampionshipsRené Bonino FRA10.6George Ellis GBR10.7200 metres MenHeinz Fütterer FRG20.9 CR European Athletics ChampionshipsArdalion Ignatyev URS21.1George Ellis GBR21.2400 metres MenArdalion Ignatyev URS46.6 CR European Athletics ChampionshipsVoitto Hellstén FIN47.0Zoltán Adamik HUN 194947.6800 metres MenLajos Szentgáli HUN 19491:47.1 CR European Athletics ChampionshipsLucien De Muynck BEL1:47.3Audun Boysen NOR1:47.41500 metres MenRoger Bannister GBR3:43.8 CR European Athletics ChampionshipsGunnar Nielsen DEN3:44.4Stanislav Jungwirth TCH3:45.45000 metres MenVladimir Kuts URS13:56.6 CR European Athletics ChampionshipsChris Chataway GBR14:08.8Emil Zátopek TCH14:10.210,000 metres MenEmil Zátopek TCH28:58.0 CR European Athletics ChampionshipsJózsef Kovács HUN 194929:25.8Frank Sando GBR29:27.6110 metres hurdles MenYevgeniy Bulanchik URS14.4Jack Parker GBR14.6Berthold Steines FRG14.7400 metres hurdles MenAnatoliy Yulin URS50.5 CR European Athletics ChampionshipsYuriy Lituyev URS50.8Ossi Mildh FIN51.53000 metres steeplechase MenSándor Rozsnyói HUN 19498:49.6 CR European Athletics ChampionshipsOlavi Rinteenpää FIN8:52.4Ernst Larsen NOR8:53.24 × 100 metres relay Men1949László ZarándiGéza VarasdiGyörgy CsányiBéla Goldoványi40.6 CR European Athletics ChampionshipsKenneth BoxGeorge EllisKen JonesBrian Shenton40.8Boris TokarevViktor RyabovLevan SanadzeLeonid Bartenev40.94 × 400 metres relay MenClaude HaarhoffJacques DegatsJean-Paul Martin du GardJean-Pierre Goudeau3:08.7 CR European Athletics ChampionshipsHans GeisterHelmut DrehenHeinz UlzheimerKarl-Friedrich Haas3:08.8Raimo GraeffeOssi MildhRolf BackVoitto Hellstén3:11.510,000 metres track walk MenJosef Doležal TCH45:01.8 CR European Athletics ChampionshipsAnatoliy Yegorov URS45:53.0Sergey Lobastov URS46:21.850 kilometres walk MenVladimir Ukhov URS4:22:11.2 CR European Athletics ChampionshipsJosef Doležal TCH4:25:07.4Antal Róka HUN 19494:31:32.2Marathon MenVeikko Karvonen FIN2:24:51.6 CR European Athletics ChampionshipsBoris Grishayev URS2:24:55.8Ivan Filin URS2:25:26.6High jump MenBengt Nilsson SWE2.02 m CR European Athletics ChampionshipsJiří Lanský TCH1.98 mJaroslav Kovář TCH1.96 mPole vault MenEeles Landström FIN4.40 m CR European Athletics ChampionshipsRagnar Lundberg SWE4.40 m CR European Athletics ChampionshipsJeff Elliott GBR4.30 mJukka Piironen FIN4.30 mLong jump MenÖdön Földessy HUN 19497.51 mZbigniew Iwański POL7.46 mErnest Wanko FRA7.41 mTriple jump MenLeonid Shcherbakov URS15.90 m CR European Athletics ChampionshipsRoger Norman SWE15.17 mMartin Řehák TCH15.10 mShot put MenJiří Skobla TCH17.20 m CR European Athletics ChampionshipsOto Grigalka URS16.69 mHeino Heinaste URS16.27 mDiscus throw MenAdolfo Consolini ITA53.44 mGiuseppe Tosi ITA53.34 mJózsef Szécsényi HUN 194951.58 mJavelin throw MenJanusz Sidło POL76.35 mVladimir Kuznetsov URS74.61 mSoini Nikkinen FIN73.38 mHammer throw MenMikhail Krivonosov URS63.34 m CR European Athletics ChampionshipsSverre Strandli NOR61.07 mJózsef Csermák HUN 194959.72 mDecathlon MenVasili Kuznetsov URS6752 ptsTorbjörn Lassenius FIN6424 ptsHeinz Oberbeck FRG6263 pts Women 100 metres WomenIrina Turova URS11.8Bertha van Duyne NED11.9Anne Pashley GBR11.9200 metres WomenMariya Itkina URS24.3Irina Turova URS24.4Shirley Hampton GBR24.4800 metres WomenNina Otkalenko URS2:08.8 CR European Athletics ChampionshipsDiane Leather GBR2:09.8Lyudmila Lysenko URS2:11.280 metres hurdles WomenMaria Golubnichaya URS11.0 CR European Athletics ChampionshipsAnneliese Seonbuchner FRG11.2Pam Seaborne GBR11.34 × 100 metres relay WomenVera KrepkinaRimma UliskinaMaria ItkinaIrina Turova45.8 CR European Athletics ChampionshipsIrmgard EgertCharlotte BohmerIrene BruttingMaria Sander46.3Maria MussoGiuseppina LeoneLetizia BertoniMilena Greppi46.6High jump WomenThelma Hopkins GBR1.67 m CR European Athletics ChampionshipsIolanda Balaş ROU 19521.65 mOlga Modrachová TCH1.63 mLong jump WomenJean Desforges GBR6.04 m CR European Athletics ChampionshipsAleksandra Chudina URS5.93 mElżbieta Duńska POL5.83 mShot put WomenGalina Zybina URS15.65 m CR European Athletics ChampionshipsMaria Kuznetsova URS14.99 mTamara Tyshkevich URS14.78 mDiscus throw WomenNina Ponomaryeva URS48.02 mIrina Beglyakova URS45.79 mGalina Zybina URS44.77 mJavelin throw WomenDana Zátopková TCH52.91 m CR European Athletics ChampionshipsVirve Roolaid URS49.94 mNadezhda Konyayeva URS49.49 mPentathlon WomenAleksandra Chudina URS4526 pts CR European Athletics ChampionshipsMaria Sander FRG4485 ptsMaria Sturm FRG4357 pts Medal table 16 11 8 4 2 5 4 1 4 HUN 1949 3 4 7 2 4 3 2 3 4 1 2 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 2 0 1 0 0 1 0 ROM 1952 0 1 0 0 1 0 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. 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 4 European Athletics Association 13 August 2014 https://web.archive.org/web/20141006065117/http://www.european-athletics.org/mm/Document/EventsMeetings/General/01/27/31/44/StatisticsHandbookZ%C3%BCrich2014_Neutral.pdf 6 October 2014 22em AUT (25) BEL (29) BUL 1948 (9) TCH (42) DEN (7) FIN (31) FRA (49) GBR (46) GRE old (7) HUN 1949 (41) ISL (7) IRL (3) ITA (24) LIE (4) LUX (2) NED (12) NOR (13) POL 1928 (35) POR (9) ROU 1952 (24) SAA (9) URS 1936 (68) ESP 1945 Spain (4) SWE (37) SUI (50) TUR (16) FRG (62) SFR Yugoslavia (24) References 2007 European Championships (Men) gbrathletics.com http://www.gbrathletics.com/ic/ec.htm 21 August 2010 https://web.archive.org/web/20100902061940/http://www.gbrathletics.com/ic/ec.htm 2 September 2010 live 2007 European Championships (Women) gbrathletics.com http://www.gbrathletics.com/ic/ecw.htm 21 August 2010 https://web.archive.org/web/20100922003729/http://gbrathletics.com/ic/ecw.htm 22 September 2010 live External links EAA Athletix Category:European Athletics Championships European Athletics Championships European Athletics Championships Category:International athletics competitions hosted by Switzerland Category:Sports competitions in Bern Category:20th century in Bern Category:August 1954 sports events in Europe