1946 European Championships in Athletics
Encyclopedia
The 3rd European Athletics Championships were held from 22 August to 25 August 1946 in the Bislett Stadion
in Oslo
, Norway
. For the first time it was a combined event for men and women, and for the first time a city in Scandinavia
hosted the championships.
Bislett stadion
Bislett Stadion is a sports stadium in Oslo, Norway. Bislett is Norway's most well known sports arena internationally, with 15 speed skating world records and more than 50 track and field world records having been set here...
in Oslo
Oslo
Oslo is a municipality, as well as the capital and most populous city in Norway. As a municipality , it was established on 1 January 1838. Founded around 1048 by King Harald III of Norway, the city was largely destroyed by fire in 1624. The city was moved under the reign of Denmark–Norway's King...
, Norway
Norway
Norway , officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic unitary constitutional monarchy whose territory comprises the western portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula, Jan Mayen, and the Arctic archipelago of Svalbard and Bouvet Island. Norway has a total area of and a population of about 4.9 million...
. For the first time it was a combined event for men and women, and for the first time a city in Scandinavia
Scandinavia
Scandinavia is a cultural, historical and ethno-linguistic region in northern Europe that includes the three kingdoms of Denmark, Norway and Sweden, characterized by their common ethno-cultural heritage and language. Modern Norway and Sweden proper are situated on the Scandinavian Peninsula,...
hosted the championships.
Track
| 100 m | John Archer John Archer (athlete) John "Jack" Archer was a British athlete who competed mainly in the 100 metres.... |
10.6 | Haakon Tranberg Haakon Tranberg Haakon Werner Tranberg was a Norwegian sprinter who specialized in the 100 and 200 metres. He represented Kristiansands IF....  Norway |
10.7 | Carlo Monti Carlo Monti Carlo Monti was an Italian athlete who competed mainly in the 100 metres. He was born in Milan, Italy.He competed for an Italy in the 1948 Summer Olympics held in London, Great Britain in the 4 x 100 metre relay where he won the bronze medal with his team mates Michele Tito, Enrico Perucconi and...  Italy |
10.8 |
| 200 m | Nikolay Karakulov Soviet Union |
21.6 | Haakon Tranberg Haakon Tranberg Haakon Werner Tranberg was a Norwegian sprinter who specialized in the 100 and 200 metres. He represented Kristiansands IF.... Norway |
21.7 | Jiří David Czechoslovakia |
21.8 |
| 400 m | Niels Holst-Sørensen Niels Holst-Sørensen Niels Holst-Sørensen is a former Danish athlete and air force officer. He served as the commander-in-chief of the Royal Danish Air Force from 1970-1982 and Denmark's military representative to NATO from 1982-1986...  Denmark |
47.9 | Jacques Lunis Jacques Lunis Jacques Lunis was a French athlete who competed mainly in the 400 metres.He competed for a France in the 1948 Summer Olympics held in London, Great Britain in the 4 x 400 metre relay where he won the silver medal with his team mates Jean Kerebel, Francis Schewetta and Robert Chef...  Early Modern France |
48.3 | Derek Pugh |
48.9 |
| 800 m | Rune Gustafsson Rune Gustafsson Rune Gustafsson is a former Swedish middle distance runner who ran a 1000 m world record in Borås in 1946. He lowered the previous record by Rudolf Harbig by 0.1 sec. to 2:21.4 min. He also won a gold medal over 800 m at European Championships.-References:...  Sweden |
1:51.0 | Niels Holst-Sørensen Niels Holst-Sørensen Niels Holst-Sørensen is a former Danish athlete and air force officer. He served as the commander-in-chief of the Royal Danish Air Force from 1970-1982 and Denmark's military representative to NATO from 1982-1986... Denmark |
1:51.1 | Marcel Hansenne Marcel Hansenne Marcel Hansenne was a French middle distance runner, who won the bronze medal at the 1948 Summer Olympics in London over 800 m in a time of 1:49.8 min. The race was won by Mal Whitfield. Hansenne also equalled Rune Gustafsson's 1000 m world record of 2:21.4 in Gothenburg in 1948. Hansenne was born... Early Modern France |
1:51.2 |
| 1500 m | Lennart Strand Lennart Strand Lennart Strand was a Swedish middle distance runner who won the silver medal over 1500 m at the 1948 Summer Olympics in London. The race was won by his compatriot Henry Eriksson. Strand also equalised Gunder Hägg's 1500 m world record of 3:43.0 in Malmö in 1947... Sweden |
3:48.0 (CR) | Henry Eriksson Henry Eriksson Knut Henry Eriksson was a Swedish athlete, winner of 1500 m at the 1948 Summer Olympics.All through his running career, Henry Eriksson was overshadowed by his fellow countryman Lennart Strand, except in only and most important occasion at the London Olympic Games.Eriksson made his first... Sweden |
3:48.8 | Erik Jørgensen Denmark |
3:52.8 |
| 5000 m | Sydney Wooderson Sydney Wooderson Sydney Charles Wooderson MBE , dubbed "The Mighty Atom", was an English athlete whose peak career was in the 1930s and 1940s. He was one of Britain’s greatest middle-distance runners and had an amazing sprint finish... |
14:08.6 (CR) | Wim Slijkhuis Wim Slijkhuis Willem Slijkhuis was a Dutch athlete, who during his career from 1939 until 1954 for a long time was one of the world’s best middle distance runners...  Netherlands |
14:14.0 | Evert Nyberg Sweden |
14:23.2 |
| 10,000 m | Viljo Heino Viljo Heino Viljo Akseli Heino was a Finnish athlete who held the world record for the 10,000 metres event from August 25, 1944 to June 11, 1949 and again from September 1, 1949 to October 22, 1949...  Finland |
29:52.0 (CR) | Helge Perälä Finland |
30:31.4 | András Csaplár Hungary |
30:35.2 |
| Marathon | Mikko Hietanen Mikko Hietanen Mikko Hietanen was a Finnish long-distance runner, who competed for his native country at two consecutive Summer Olympics, starting in 1948.... Finland |
2: 24:55 | Väinö Muinonen Väinö Muinonen Viktor Muinonen was a Finnish long-distance runner, who competed for his native country at the 1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin, Germany.... Finland |
2: 26:08 | Yakov Puñko Soviet Union |
2: 26:21 |
| The marathon at the 1946 European Championships was completed over a course measuring 40.1 km, 2 km shorter than a "true" marathon. | ||||||
| 110 m H 110 metres hurdles The 110 metres hurdles is a hurdling track and field event for men. It is incuded in the athletics programme at the Summer Olympic Games. The female counterpart is the 100 metre hurdles. As part of a racing event, ten hurdles of 1.067 metres in height are evenly spaced along a straight... |
Håkan Lidman Håkan Lidman Håkan Lidman was a Swedish hurdler and European champion. He participated at the 1936 Summer Olympics, where he placed fourth in 110 metres hurdles, and in 1948, when he placed sixth. He became European champion in 1946.-References:... Sweden |
14.6 | Hippolyte Braekman Belgium |
14.9 | Väinö Suvivuo Finland |
15.0 |
| 400 m H 400 metres hurdles The 400 metres hurdles is an Olympic athletics event in track and field. On a standard outdoor track 400 metres is the length of the inside lane once around the stadium. Runners stay in their lane the entire way after starting out of the blocks and must clear ten hurdles that are evenly... |
Bertel Storskrubb Bertel Storskrubb Bertel Storskrubb was a Finnish hurdler and European champion. He participated at the 1948 Summer Olympics, where he competed in 400 metres hurdles. He became European champion in 1946.-References:... Finland |
52.2 (CR) | Sixten Larsson Sweden |
52.4 | Rune Larsson Rune Larsson Carl Rune Larsson was a Swedish athlete who competed mainly in the 400 metre hurdles.He competed for Sweden in the 1948 Summer Olympics held in London, Great Britain in the 400 metre hurdles where he won the bronze medal... Sweden |
52.5 |
| 3000 m St. | Raphaël Pujazon Early Modern France |
9:01.4 (CR) | Erik Elmsäter Erik Elmsäter Fritz Erik Elmsäter was a Swedish athlete who competed mainly in the 3000 metre steeple chase.... Sweden |
9:11.0 | Tore Sjöstrand Tore Sjöstrand Thore Ingvar Sjöstrand was a Swedish athlete, winner of 3000 m steeplechase at the 1948 Summer Olympics... Sweden |
9:14.0 |
| 10 km walk Race walking Racewalking, or race walking, is a long-distance athletic event. Although it is a foot race, it is different from running in that one foot must appear to be in contact with the ground at all times... |
John Mikaelsson John Mikaelsson John Frederik Mikaelsson was a Swedish athlete who mainly competed in the 10 kilometer walk.He competed for Sweden at the 1948 Summer Olympics held in London, Great Britain where he won the gold medal in the men's 10 kilometer walk leading to a Swedish sweep of the gold medals in race walking... Sweden |
46:05.2 | Fritz Schwab Fritz Schwab Erich Arthur Fritz Schwab is a former Swiss race walker. He won two Olympic medals over 10 kilometres in 1948 and 1952...  Switzerland |
47:03.6 | Emile Maggi Early Modern France |
48:10.4 |
| 50 km walk Race walking Racewalking, or race walking, is a long-distance athletic event. Although it is a foot race, it is different from running in that one foot must appear to be in contact with the ground at all times... |
John Ljunggren John Ljunggren John Arthur Ljunggren was a Swedish athlete who competed mainly in the 50 kilometer walk.Ljunggren first appeared in the Olympics in the 1948 Games held in postwar London... Sweden |
4: 38:20 (CR) | Harry Forbes |
4: 42:58 | Charles Megnin |
4: 57:04 |
| 4 x 100 m 4 x 100 metres relay The 4 × 100 metres relay or sprint relay is an athletics track event run in lanes over one lap of the track with four runners completing 100 metres each. The first runners begin in the same stagger as for the individual 400 m race... |
Sweden Stig Danielsson Inge Nilsson Olle Laessker Stig Håkansson |
41.5 | Early Modern France Agathon Lepève Julien Lebas Pierre Gonon René Valmy |
42.0 | Czechoslovakia Mirko Paráček Leopold Láznička Miroslav Řihošek Jiří David |
42.2 |
| 4 x 400 m | Early Modern France Bernard Santona Yves Cros Robert Chef d’Hotel Robert Chef d’Hotel Robert C. Chef d’Hotel was a male track and field athlete from France, who mainly competed in the men's 400 metres during his career.... Jacques Lunis Jacques Lunis Jacques Lunis was a French athlete who competed mainly in the 400 metres.He competed for a France in the 1948 Summer Olympics held in London, Great Britain in the 4 x 400 metre relay where he won the silver medal with his team mates Jean Kerebel, Francis Schewetta and Robert Chef... |
3:14.4 | Ronald Ede Derek Pugh Bernard Elliot Bill Roberts |
3:14.5 | Sweden Folke Alnevik Folke Alnevik Arvid Folke Alnevik is a Swedish athlete who competed mainly in the 400 metres. He was born in Arbrå.He competed for Sweden in the 1948 Summer Olympics held in London, Great Britain in the 4 x 400 metre relay where he won the Bronze medal with his team mates Kurt Lundquist, Lars Wolfbrandt and... Stig Lindgård Sven-Erik Nolinge Tore Sten |
3:15.0 |
Field
| High Jump High jump The high jump is a track and field athletics event in which competitors must jump over a horizontal bar placed at measured heights without the aid of certain devices in its modern most practiced format; auxiliary weights and mounds have been used for assistance; rules have changed over the years.... |
Anton Bolinder Sweden |
1.99 | Alan Paterson |
1.96 | Nils Nicklén Finland |
1.93 |
| Long Jump Long jump The long jump is a track and field event in which athletes combine speed, strength, and agility in an attempt to leap as far as possible from a take off point... |
Olle Laessker Sweden |
7.42 | Lucien Graff Switzerland |
7.40 | Miroslav Řihošek Czechoslovakia |
7.29 |
| Pole Vault Pole vault Pole vaulting is a track and field event in which a person uses a long, flexible pole as an aid to leap over a bar. Pole jumping competitions were known to the ancient Greeks, as well as the Cretans and Celts... |
Allan Lindberg Allan Lindberg Allan Lindberg was a Swedish pole vaulter and European champion. He participated at the 1948 Summer Olympics, where he placed 12th in pole vault. He became European champion in 1946.-References:... Sweden |
4.17 (CR) | Nikolay Ozolin Soviet Union |
4.10 | Jan Bém Czechoslovakia |
4.10 |
| Triple Jump Triple jump The triple jump is a track and field sport, similar to the long jump, but involving a “hop, bound and jump” routine, whereby the competitor runs down the track and performs a hop, a bound and then a jump into the sand pit.The triple jump has its origins in the Ancient Olympics and has been a... |
Valdemar Rautio Finland |
15.17 | Bertil Johnsson Sweden |
15.15 | Arne Åhman Arne Åhman Per Arne Åhman is a former Swedish triple jumper.At the 1948 Summer Olympics in London Åhman was allowed to commence the jumping on the slowly deteriorating track, as the start list was sorted alphabetically, his name being written Aaman in English. His first jump measured 15.40 metres, a new... Sweden |
14.96 |
| Shot Put Shot put The shot put is a track and field event involving "putting" a heavy metal ball—the shot—as far as possible. It is common to use the term "shot put" to refer to both the shot itself and to the putting action.... |
Gunnar Huseby Iceland |
15.56 | Dmitriy Goryainov Soviet Union |
15.25 | Yrjö Lehtilä Finland |
15.23 |
| Discus Discus throw The discus throw is an event in track and field athletics competition, in which an athlete throws a heavy disc—called a discus—in an attempt to mark a farther distance than his or her competitors. It is an ancient sport, as evidenced by the 5th century BC Myron statue, Discobolus... |
Adolfo Consolini Adolfo Consolini Adolfo Consolini was an Italian athlete who mainly competed in the discus throw.... Italy |
53.23 (CR) | Giuseppe Tosi Giuseppe Tosi Giuseppe Tosi was an Italian athlete, who mainly competed in the discus throw.... Italy |
50.39 | Veikko Nyquist Finland |
48.14 |
| Javelin Javelin throw The javelin throw is a track and field athletics throwing event where the object to be thrown is the javelin, a spear approximately 2.5 metres in length. Javelin is an event of both the men's decathlon and the women's heptathlon... |
Lennart Atterwall Lennart Atterwall Lennart Atterwall was a Swedish javelin thrower and European champion. He participated at the 1936 Summer Olympics, where he placed fourth in javelin throw. He became European champion in 1946.-References:... Sweden |
68.74 | Yrjö Nikkanen Yrjö Nikkanen Jouko Yrjö Nikkanen was a Finnish athlete who competed mainly in the javelin throw.... Finland |
67.50 | Tapio Rautavaara Tapio Rautavaara Kaj Tapio Rautavaara was a Finnish athlete, singer and movie actor.-Early life:... Finland |
66.40 |
| Hammer Hammer throw The modern or Olympic hammer throw is an athletic throwing event where the object is to throw a heavy metal ball attached to a wire and handle. The name "hammer throw" is derived from older competitions where an actual sledge hammer was thrown... |
Bo Ericson Bo Ericson Bo Evert Ericson was a Swedish hammer thrower who won a gold medal at the 1946 European Athletics Championships in Oslo with a throw of 56.44 metres... Sweden |
56.44 | Eric Johansson-Umedalen Sweden |
53.54 | Duncan Clark Duncan Clark (athlete) Duncan McDougall Munro Clark was an Olympic athlete from Scotland. He specialised in the hammer throw events during his career.Clark represented Great Britain in two consecutive Olympic Games, starting in 1948... |
51.32 |
| Decathlon Decathlon The decathlon is a combined event in athletics consisting of ten track and field events. The word decathlon is of Greek origin . Events are held over two consecutive days and the winners are determined by the combined performance in all. Performance is judged on a points system in each event, not... |
Godtfred Holmvang Godtfred Holmvang Godtfred Holmvang was a Norwegian decathlete and skier. He represented IL Tyrving.He won the 1946 European Championships and finished tenth at the 1948 Summer Olympics. He became Norwegian decathlon champion in 1939, 1946 and 1948. In addition he won the Norwegian championships in 110 metres... Norway |
6987 | Sergei Kuznetsov Soviet Union |
6930 | Göran Waxberg Sweden |
6504 |
Track
| 100 m | Yevgeniya Sechenova Soviet Union |
11.9 (CR) | Winifred Jordan |
12.1 | Claire Bresolles Early Modern France |
12.2 |
| 200 m | Yevgeniya Sechenova Soviet Union |
25.4 | Winifred Jordan |
25.6 | Léa Caurla Early Modern France |
25.6 |
| 80 m H | Fanny Blankers-Koen Fanny Blankers-Koen Francina "Fanny" Elsje Blankers-Koen was a Dutch athlete, best known for winning four gold medals at the 1948 Summer Olympics in London. She accomplished this as a 30 year old mother of two, during a time when many disregarded women's athletics... Netherlands |
11.8 | Yelena Gokieli Soviet Union |
11.9 | Valentina Fokina Soviet Union |
11.9 |
| 4 x 100 m 4 x 100 metres relay The 4 × 100 metres relay or sprint relay is an athletics track event run in lanes over one lap of the track with four runners completing 100 metres each. The first runners begin in the same stagger as for the individual 400 m race... |
Netherlands Gerda van der Kade-Koudijs Gerda van der Kade-Koudijs Gerda Johanna Marie van der Kade-Koudijs is a former Dutch athlete.Born Gerda Koudijs in Rotterdam, her greatest success was winning the gold medal in the 4 x 100 m relay at the 1948 Summer Olympics, together with Xenia Stad-de Jong, Netty Witziers-Timmer, and Fanny Blankers-Koen... Netty Witziers-Timmer Netty Witziers-Timmer Jeannette Josephina Maria Witziers-Timmer was a Dutch athlete.Born Jeannette Josephina Maria Timmer in Amsterdam her greatest success was when she won the gold medal in the 4 x 100 metres relay at the 1948 Summer Olympics, together with Xenia Stad-de Jong, Gerda van der Kade-Koudijs and Fanny... Marta Adema Fanny Blankers-Koen Fanny Blankers-Koen Francina "Fanny" Elsje Blankers-Koen was a Dutch athlete, best known for winning four gold medals at the 1948 Summer Olympics in London. She accomplished this as a 30 year old mother of two, during a time when many disregarded women's athletics... |
47.8 | Early Modern France Léa Caurla Anne-Marie Colchen Claire Bresolles Monique Drichon |
48.5 | Soviet Union Yevgeniya Sechenova Valentina Fokina Yelena Gokieli Valentina Vasilyeva |
48.7 |
Field
| High Jump High jump The high jump is a track and field athletics event in which competitors must jump over a horizontal bar placed at measured heights without the aid of certain devices in its modern most practiced format; auxiliary weights and mounds have been used for assistance; rules have changed over the years.... |
Anne-Marie Colchen Early Modern France |
1.60 | Aleksandra Chudina Aleksandra Chudina Aleksandra Georgievna Chudina was a Soviet athlete who competed in many different field events... Soviet Union |
1.57 | Anne Iversen Denmark |
1.57 |
| Long Jump Long jump The long jump is a track and field event in which athletes combine speed, strength, and agility in an attempt to leap as far as possible from a take off point... |
Gerda van der Kade-Koudijs Gerda van der Kade-Koudijs Gerda Johanna Marie van der Kade-Koudijs is a former Dutch athlete.Born Gerda Koudijs in Rotterdam, her greatest success was winning the gold medal in the 4 x 100 m relay at the 1948 Summer Olympics, together with Xenia Stad-de Jong, Netty Witziers-Timmer, and Fanny Blankers-Koen... Netherlands |
5.67 | Lidija Gaile Soviet Union |
5.67 | Valentina Vasilyeva Soviet Union |
5.63 |
| Shot Put Shot put The shot put is a track and field event involving "putting" a heavy metal ball—the shot—as far as possible. It is common to use the term "shot put" to refer to both the shot itself and to the putting action.... |
Tatyana Sevryokova Soviet Union |
14.16 (CR) | Micheline Ostermeyer Micheline Ostermeyer Micheline Ostermeyer was a French athlete and concert pianist.A great-niece of the French author Victor Hugo, and a niece of the composer Lucien Paroche, Ostermeyer, who was Jewish, was born in Rang-du-Fliers, Pas-de-Calais... Early Modern France |
12.84 | Amelia Piccinini Amelia Piccinini Amelia Piccinini was an Italian athlete.Born in Torino she competed for Italy at the 1948 Summer Olympics held in London, United Kingdom where she won the silver medal in the Women's Shot Put event.... Italy |
12.22 |
| Discus Discus throw The discus throw is an event in track and field athletics competition, in which an athlete throws a heavy disc—called a discus—in an attempt to mark a farther distance than his or her competitors. It is an ancient sport, as evidenced by the 5th century BC Myron statue, Discobolus... |
Nina Dumbadze Nina Dumbadze Nina Yakovlevna Dumbadze was a discus thrower who represented the USSR. Her greatest achievement being a bronze medal at the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki, she also won the European Championships in 1946 and 1950.... Soviet Union |
44.21 | Ann Niesink Netherlands |
40.46 | Jadwiga Wajs Jadwiga Wajs Jadwiga Wajs-Marcinkiewicz was a Polish athlete who mainly competed in the discus throw.-Career:...  Poland |
39.37 |
| Javelin Javelin throw The javelin throw is a track and field athletics throwing event where the object to be thrown is the javelin, a spear approximately 2.5 metres in length. Javelin is an event of both the men's decathlon and the women's heptathlon... |
Klavdiya Mayuchaya Soviet Union |
46.25 (CR) | Lyudmila Anokhina Soviet Union |
45.84 | Johanna Koning Netherlands |
43.24 |
Medals table
| 1. | Sweden |
11 | 5 | 6 | 22 |
| 2. | Soviet Union |
6 | 7 | 4 | 17 |
| 3. | Finland |
4 | 3 | 5 | 12 |
| 4. | Early Modern France |
3 | 4 | 4 | 11 |
| 5. | Netherlands |
3 | 2 | 1 | 6 |
| 6. | 2 | 5 | 3 | 10 | |
| 7. | Norway |
1 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| 8= | Denmark |
1 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 8= | Italy |
1 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 10. | Iceland |
1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 11. | Switzerland |
0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 12. | Belgium |
0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 13. | Czechoslovakia |
0 | 0 | 4 | 4 |
| 14= | Hungary |
0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 14= | Poland |
0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |