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1950 European Athletics Championships

{{Infobox Athletics Championships

|Name = 4th European Athletics Championships

|Colour = #E0ECF8

|Logo = 1950 European Athletics Championships logo.png

|Size =

|Host city = Brussels, Belgium

|Dates = 23 – 27 August

|Stadium = Stade du Heysel

|Stadium image =

|Level = Senior

|Type = Outdoor

|Nations participating = 24

|Athletes participating = 454

|Events = 34

|Records set =

|Previous = 1946 Oslo

|Next = 1954 Bern

}}

The 4th European Athletics Championships were held from 23 August to 27 August 1950 in the Heysel Stadium of the Belgian capital Brussels. Contemporaneous reports on the event were given in the Glasgow Herald.

{{ Citation

| date = August 24, 1950

| title = Holden Wins Marathon - European Games Open

| url = https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=Yk1AAAAAIBAJ&sjid=nJAMAAAAIBAJ&hl=de&pg=4046%2C4014823

| publisher = Glasgow Herald

| page = 9

| access-date = August 24, 2014

}}

{{ Citation

| date = August 25, 1950

| title = Britain Lose Title - Athletics in Brussels

| url = https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=Y01AAAAAIBAJ&sjid=nJAMAAAAIBAJ&hl=de&pg=3193%2C4110819

| publisher = Glasgow Herald

| page = 9

| access-date = August 24, 2014

}}

{{ Citation

| date = August 28, 1950

| title = Britain's Eight Gold Medals

| url = https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=ZU1AAAAAIBAJ&sjid=nJAMAAAAIBAJ&hl=de&pg=6407%2C4215972

| publisher = Glasgow Herald

| page = 2

| access-date = August 24, 2014

}}

Men's results

Complete results were published.

{{ Citation

| title = European Athletics Championships Zürich 2014 - STATISTICS HANDBOOK

| url = http://www.european-athletics.org/mm/Document/EventsMeetings/General/01/27/31/44/StatisticsHandbookZ%C3%BCrich2014_Neutral.pdf

| pages = 372-377

| publisher = European Athletics Association

| access-date = 13 August 2014

}}

=Track=

{{MedalistTable|type=Event|columns=2}}
{{AthleticsLink|100 metres|Men}}

|{{flagathlete|Étienne Bally|FRA}}

10.7

|{{flagathlete|Franco Leccese|ITA}}

10.7

|{{flagathlete|Vladimir Sukharev|URS}}

10.7
{{AthleticsLink|200 metres|Men}}

|{{flagathlete|Brian Shenton|GBR}}

21.5

|{{flagathlete|Étienne Bally|FRA}}

21.8

|{{flagathlete|Jan Lammers|NED}}

22.1
{{AthleticsLink|400 metres|Men}}

|{{flagathlete|Derek Pugh|GBR}}

47.3 {{AthAbbr|CR|European Athletics Championships}}

|{{flagathlete|Jacques Lunis|FRA}}

47.6

|{{flagathlete|Lars Wolfbrandt|SWE}}

47.9
{{AthleticsLink|800 metres|Men}}

|{{flagathlete|John Parlett|GBR}}

1:50.5 {{AthAbbr|CR|European Athletics Championships}}

|{{flagathlete|Marcel Hansenne|FRA}}

1:50.7

|{{flagathlete|Roger Bannister|GBR}}

1:50.7
{{AthleticsLink|1500 metres|Men}}

|{{flagathlete|Wim Slijkhuis|NED}}

3:47.2 {{AthAbbr|CR|European Athletics Championships}}

|{{flagathlete|Patrick El Mabrouk|FRA}}

3:47.8

|{{flagathlete|Bill Nankeville|GBR}}

3:48.0
{{AthleticsLink|5000 metres|Men}}

|{{flagathlete|Emil Zátopek|TCH}}

14:03.0 {{AthAbbr|CR|European Athletics Championships}}

|{{flagathlete|Alain Mimoun|FRA}}

14:26.0

|{{flagathlete|Gaston Reiff|BEL}}

14:26.2
{{AthleticsLink|10,000 metres|Men}}

|{{flagathlete|Emil Zátopek|TCH}}

29:12.0 {{AthAbbr|CR|European Athletics Championships}}

|{{flagathlete|Alain Mimoun|FRA}}

30:21.0

|{{flagathlete|Väinö Koskela|FIN}}

30:30.8
{{AthleticsLink|Marathon|Men}}

|{{flagathlete|Jack Holden|GBR}}

2:32:13 {{AthAbbr|CR|European Athletics Championships}}

|{{flagathlete|Veikko Karvonen|FIN}}

2:32:45

|{{flagathlete|Feodosy Vanin|URS}}

2:33:47
{{AthleticsLink|110 metres hurdles|Men}}

|{{flagathlete|André-Jacques Marie|FRA}}

14.6

|{{flagathlete|Ragnar Lundberg|SWE}}

14.7

|{{flagathlete|Peter Hildreth|GBR}}

15.0
{{AthleticsLink|400 metres hurdles|Men}}

|{{flagathlete|Armando Filiput|ITA}}

51.9 {{AthAbbr|CR|European Athletics Championships}}

|{{flagathlete|Yuriy Lituyev|URS}}

52.4

|{{flagathlete|Harry Whittle|GBR}}

52.7
{{AthleticsLink|3000 metres steeplechase|Men}}

|{{flagathlete|Jindřich Roudný|TCH}}

9:05.4

|{{flagathlete|Petar Šegedin|YUG}}

9:07.4

|{{flagathlete|Erik Blomster|FIN}}

9:08.8
{{AthleticsLink|10,000 metres track walk|Men}}

|{{flagathlete|Fritz Schwab|SUI}}

46:01.8 {{AthAbbr|CR|European Athletics Championships}}

|{{flagathlete|Emile Maggi|FRA}}

46:16.8

|{{flagathlete|John Mikaelsson|SWE}}

46:48.2
{{AthleticsLink|50 kilometres walk|Men}}

|{{flagathlete|Pino Dordoni|ITA}}

4:40:43

|{{flagathlete|John Ljunggren|SWE}}

4:43:25

|{{flagathlete|Verner Ljunggren|SWE}}

4:49:28
{{AthleticsLink|4 × 100 metres relay|Men}}

|{{URS}}
Vladimir Sukharev
Levan Kalyayev
Levan Sanadze
Nikolay Karakulov

41.5

|{{FRA}}
Étienne Bally
Jacques Perlot
Yves Camus
Jean-Pierre Guillon

41.8

|{{SWE}}
Göte Kjellberg
Leif Christersson
Stig Danielsson
Hans Rydén

41.9
{{AthleticsLink|4 × 400 metres relay|Men}}

|{{GBR2}}
Martin Pike
Leslie Lewis
Angus Scott
Derek Pugh

3:10.2 {{AthAbbr|CR|European Athletics Championships}}

|{{ITA}}
Baldasare Porto
Armando Filiput
Luigi Paterlini
Antonio Siddi

3:11.0

|{{SWE}}
Gösta Brännström
Tage Ekfeldt
Rune Larsson
Lars Wolfbrandt

3:11.6

=Field=

{{MedalistTable|type=Event|columns=2}}
{{AthleticsLink|High jump|Men}}

|{{flagathlete|Alan Paterson|GBR}}

1.96

|{{flagathlete|Arne Åhman|SWE}}

1.93

|{{flagathlete|Claude Bénard|FRA}}

1.93
{{AthleticsLink|Long jump|Men}}

|{{flagathlete|Torfi Bryngeirsson|ISL}}

7.32

|{{flagathlete|Gerard Wessels|NED}}

7.22

|{{flagathlete|Jaroslav Fikejz|TCH}}

7.20
{{AthleticsLink|Pole vault|Men}}

|{{flagathlete|Ragnar Lundberg|SWE}}

4.30 {{AthAbbr|CR|European Athletics Championships}}

|{{flagathlete|Valto Olenius|FIN}}

4.25

|{{flagathlete|Juho Piironen|FIN}}

4.25
{{AthleticsLink|Triple jump|Men}}

|{{flagathlete|Leonid Shcherbakov|URS}}

15.39 {{AthAbbr|CR|European Athletics Championships}}

|{{flagathlete|Valdemar Rautio|FIN}}

14.96

|{{flagathlete|Ruhi Sarıalp|TUR}}

14.53
{{AthleticsLink|Shot put|Men}}

|{{flagathlete|Gunnar Huseby|ISL}}

16.74 {{AthAbbr|CR|European Athletics Championships}}

|{{flagathlete|Angiolo Profeti|ITA}}

15.16

|{{flagathlete|Oto Grigalka|URS}}

15.14
{{AthleticsLink|Discus throw|Men}}

|{{flagathlete|Adolfo Consolini|ITA}}

53.75 {{AthAbbr|CR|European Athletics Championships}}

|{{flagathlete|Giuseppe Tosi|ITA}}

52.31

|{{flagathlete|Olli Partanen|FIN}}

48.69
{{AthleticsLink|Javelin throw|Men}}

|{{flagathlete|Toivo Hyytiäinen|FIN}}

71.26

|{{flagathlete|Per-Arne Berglund|SWE}}

70.06

|{{flagathlete|Ragnar Ericzon|SWE}}

69.82
{{AthleticsLink|Hammer throw|Men}}

|{{flagathlete|Sverre Strandli|NOR}}

55.71

|{{flagathlete|Teseo Taddia|ITA}}

54.73

|{{flagathlete|Jiří Dadák|TCH}}

53.64
{{AthleticsLink|Decathlon|Men}}

|{{flagathlete|Ignace Heinrich|FRA}}

7364 {{AthAbbr|CR|European Athletics Championships}}

|{{flagathlete|Örn Clausen|ISL}}

7297

|{{flagathlete|Kjell Tånnander|SWE}}

7175

Women's results

=Track=

{{MedalistTable|type=Event|columns=2}}
{{AthleticsLink|100 metres|Women}}

|{{flagathlete|Fanny Blankers-Koen|NED}}

11.7 {{AthAbbr|CR|European Athletics Championships}}

|{{flagathlete|Yevgeniya Sechenova|URS}}

12.3

|{{flagathlete|June Foulds|GBR}}

12.4
{{AthleticsLink|200 metres|Women}}

|{{flagathlete|Fanny Blankers-Koen|NED}}

24.0

|{{flagathlete|Yevgeniya Sechenova|URS}}

24.8

|{{flagathlete|Dorothy Hall|GBR}}

25.0
{{AthleticsLink|80 metres hurdles|Women}}

|{{flagathlete|Fanny Blankers-Koen|NED}}

11.1 {{AthAbbr|CR|European Athletics Championships}}

|{{flagathlete|Maureen Gardner|GBR}}

11.6

|{{flagathlete|Micheline Ostermeyer|FRA}}

11.7
{{AthleticsLink|4 × 100 metres relay|Women}}

|{{GBR2}}
Elspeth Hay
Jean Desforges
Dorothy Hall
June Foulds

47.4

|{{NED}}
Xenia Stad-de Jong
Bertha Brouwer
Gré de Jongh
Fanny Blankers-Koen

47.4

|{{URS}}
Elene Gokieli
Sofya Malshina
Zoya Dukhovich
Yevgeniya Sechenova

47.5

=Field=

{{MedalistTable|type=Event|columns=2}}
{{AthleticsLink|High jump|Women}}

|{{flagathlete|Sheila Lerwill|GBR}}

1.63

|{{flagathlete|Dorothy Tyler-Odam|GBR}}

1.63

|{{flagathlete|Galina Ganeker|URS}}

1.63
{{AthleticsLink|Long jump|Women}}

|{{flagathlete|Valentina Bogdanova|URS}}

5.82

|{{flagathlete|Wilhelmina Lust|NED}}

5.63

|{{flagathlete|Maire Osterdahl|FIN}}

5.57
{{AthleticsLink|Shot put|Women}}

|{{flagathlete|Anna Andreyeva|URS}}

14.32 {{AthAbbr|CR|European Athletics Championships}}

|{{flagathlete|Klavdiya Tochenova|URS}}

13.92

|{{flagathlete|Micheline Ostermeyer|FRA}}

13.37
{{AthleticsLink|Discus throw|Women}}

|{{flagathlete|Nina Dumbadze|URS}}

48.03 {{AthAbbr|CR|European Athletics Championships}}

|{{flagathlete|Rimma Shumskaya|URS}}

42.25

|{{flagathlete|Edera Cordiale|ITA}}

41.57
{{AthleticsLink|Javelin throw|Women}}

|{{flagathlete|Natalya Smirnitskaya|URS}}

47.55 {{AthAbbr|CR|European Athletics Championships}}

|{{flagathlete|Herma Bauma|AUT}}

43.87

|{{flagathlete|Galina Zybina|URS}}

42.75
{{AthleticsLink|Pentathlon|Women}}

|{{flagathlete|Arlette Ben Hamo|FRA}}

3204

|{{flagathlete|Bertha Crowther|GBR}}

3048

|{{flagathlete|Olga Modrachová|TCH}}

3026

Medal table

{{Medals table

| caption =

| host =

| flag_template =

| event =

| team =

| gold_GBR = 8 | silver_GBR = 3 | bronze_GBR = 6

| gold_URS = 6 | silver_URS = 5 | bronze_URS = 6

| gold_FRA = 4 | silver_FRA = 8 | bronze_FRA = 3

| gold_NED = 4 | silver_NED = 3 | bronze_NED = 1

| gold_ITA = 3 | silver_ITA = 5 | bronze_ITA = 1

| gold_TCH = 3 | silver_TCH = 0 | bronze_TCH = 3

| gold_ISL = 2 | silver_ISL = 1 | bronze_ISL = 0

| gold_SWE = 1 | silver_SWE = 4 | bronze_SWE = 7

| gold_FIN = 1 | silver_FIN = 3 | bronze_FIN = 5

| gold_NOR = 1 | silver_NOR = 0 | bronze_NOR = 0

| gold_SUI = 1 | silver_SUI = 0 | bronze_SUI = 0

| gold_AUT = 0 | silver_AUT = 1 | bronze_AUT = 0

| gold_YUG = 0 | silver_YUG = 1 | bronze_YUG = 0

| gold_BEL = 0 | silver_BEL = 0 | bronze_BEL = 1

| gold_TUR = 0 | silver_TUR = 0 | bronze_TUR = 1

}}

Participation

According to an unofficial count, 454 athletes from 21 countries participated in the event, in agreement with the official number of athletes, but three countries less than the official number of 24 as published.

{{ Citation

| title = European Athletics Championships Zürich 2014 - STATISTICS HANDBOOK

| url = http://www.european-athletics.org/mm/Document/EventsMeetings/General/01/27/31/44/StatisticsHandbookZ%C3%BCrich2014_Neutral.pdf

| page = 4

| publisher = European Athletics Association

| access-date = 13 August 2014

}}

{{div col|colwidth=22em}}

  • {{flagcountry|AUT}} (11)
  • {{flagcountry|BEL}} (48)
  • {{flagcountry|TCH}} (15)
  • {{flagcountry|DEN}} (10)
  • {{flagcountry|FIN}} (20)
  • {{flagcountry|FRA}} (56)
  • {{flagcountry|GRE|old}} (12)
  • {{flagcountry|ISL}} (10)
  • {{flagcountry|ITA}} (33)
  • {{flagcountry|LUX}} (5)
  • {{flagcountry|NED}} (21)
  • {{flagcountry|NOR}} (17)
  • {{flagcountry|POL}} (3)
  • {{flagcountry|POR}} (3)
  • {{flagcountry|URS|1936}} (34)
  • {{flagicon|ESP|1945}} Spain (2)
  • {{flagcountry|SWE}} (38)
  • {{flagcountry|SUI}} (19)
  • {{flagcountry|TUR}} (10)
  • {{flagcountry|GBR}} (48)
  • {{flagcountry|SFR Yugoslavia}} (39)

{{div col end}}

References

{{reflist}}

;Results

  • {{cite web|year=2007|title=European Championships (Men)| work=gbrathletics.com|url=http://www.gbrathletics.com/ic/ec.htm|access-date=26 August 2008| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20080825233916/http://www.gbrathletics.com/ic/ec.htm| archive-date= 25 August 2008 | url-status= live}}
  • {{cite web|year=2007|title=European Championships (Women)| work=gbrathletics.com|url=http://www.gbrathletics.com/ic/ecw.htm|access-date=26 August 2008| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20080828231821/http://www.gbrathletics.com/ic/ecw.htm| archive-date= 28 August 2008 | url-status= live}}

External links

  • [http://www.european-athletics.org/ EAA]
  • {{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20120813031431/http://athletix.org/?page_id=81 Athletix]}}

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