1950 European Championships in Athletics
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The 4th European Athletics Championships were held from 23 August to 27 August 1950 in the Heysel Stadium of the Belgian
capital Brussels
.
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Track
100 m | Étienne Bally Étienne Bally Étienne Marcel Bally is a retired French sprinter and a former European champion over 100 metres.Bally's first major competition was the 1946 European Championships held in Oslo, where he finished fourth in the final of the 100 metres—his time was equal to that of the bronze medalist, Carlo... Early Modern France |
10.7 | Franco Leccese Italy |
10.7 | Vladimir Sukharev Soviet Union |
10.7 |
200 m | Brian Shenton Brian Shenton Brian Shenton was a track and field sprinter. Born in Doncaster from a working class background, he was a member of the Doncaster Plant Works Athletic Club, later having a successful career in the City and reaching the position of Chairman of Noble Lowndes... United Kingdom |
21.5 | Étienne Bally Étienne Bally Étienne Marcel Bally is a retired French sprinter and a former European champion over 100 metres.Bally's first major competition was the 1946 European Championships held in Oslo, where he finished fourth in the final of the 100 metres—his time was equal to that of the bronze medalist, Carlo... Early Modern France |
21.8 | Jan Lammers Jan Lammers (athlete) Jan Lammers was a Dutch sprinter. He competed in the Men's 200 metres and 4x100 metres relay events at the 1948 Summer Olympics.-References:... Netherlands |
22.1 |
400 m | Derek Pugh United Kingdom |
47.3 (CR) | 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 |
47.6 | Lars Wolfbrandt Lars Wolfbrandt Lars-Erik Ragnar Wolfbrandt was a Swedish athlete who competed mainly in the 400 metres.He competed for a 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, Folke Alnevik and Rune Larsson.... Sweden |
47.9 |
800 m | John Parlett United Kingdom |
1:50.5 (CR) | 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 |
1:50.7 | Roger Bannister Roger Bannister Sir Roger Gilbert Bannister, CBE is an English former athlete best known for running the first recorded mile in less than 4 minutes... United Kingdom |
1:50.7 |
1500 m | 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 |
3:47.2 (CR) | Patrick El Mabrouk Early Modern France |
3:47.8 | Bill Nankeville Bill Nankeville Bill Nankeville is a British national champion mile runner and won the AAA mile title four times in five years between 1948 and 1952, his best recorded time was 4:08.8 set in 1949... United Kingdom |
3:48.0 |
5000 m | Emil Zátopek Emil Zátopek Emil Zátopek was a Czech long-distance runner best known for winning three gold medals at the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki. He won gold in the 5000 metres and 10,000 metres runs, but his final medal came when he decided at the last minute to compete in the first marathon of his life... Czechoslovakia |
14:03.0 (CR) | Alain Mimoun Alain Mimoun Alain Mimoun is a retired French runner and Olympic marathon champion.-Early life:Born in El Telagh, then in French Algeria, Mimoun lost several years of competition to World War II... Early Modern France |
14:26.0 | Gaston Reiff Gaston Reiff Gaston Reiff was a Belgian athlete, winner of the 1948 Olympic title in the 5,000 m.Reiff was born in Braine-l'Alleud, and competed in boxing and football before switching to running. His greatest performance is no doubt his 5000 m title at the 1948 Summer Olympics... Belgium |
14:26.2 |
10,000 m | Emil Zátopek Emil Zátopek Emil Zátopek was a Czech long-distance runner best known for winning three gold medals at the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki. He won gold in the 5000 metres and 10,000 metres runs, but his final medal came when he decided at the last minute to compete in the first marathon of his life... Czechoslovakia |
29:12.0 (CR) | Alain Mimoun Alain Mimoun Alain Mimoun is a retired French runner and Olympic marathon champion.-Early life:Born in El Telagh, then in French Algeria, Mimoun lost several years of competition to World War II... Early Modern France |
30:21.0 | Väinö Koskela Finland |
30:30.8 |
Marathon | Jack Holden Jack Holden (athlete) John Thomas Holden was a long-distance runner from England, who won four consecutive national titles in the men's marathon . He represented Great Britain at the 1948 Summer Olympics in London, where he did not finish... United Kingdom |
2: 32:13 | Veikko Karvonen Veikko Karvonen Veikko Leo Karvonen was a Finnish athlete who mainly competed in the marathon. He won the bronze medal in the marathon at the 1956 Summer Olympics... Finland |
2: 32:45 | Fedosiy Vanin Soviet Union |
2: 33:47 |
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... |
André-Jacques Marie Early Modern France |
14.6 | Ragnar Lundberg Ragnar Lundberg Ragnar Torsten Lundberg was a Swedish athlete who competed mainly in the pole vault.Lundberg was born in Madesjö, Kalmar... Sweden |
14.7 | Peter Hildreth Peter Hildreth Peter Hildreth was a British hurdling athlete. Born in Bedford, he reached the semi-finals of the 110 metre hurdles at the 1952 Olympic Games in Helsinki, finishing 12th. He also represented Britain at the 1956 Melbourne Olympics and the 1960 Rome Games... United Kingdom |
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... |
Armando Filiput Italy |
51.9 (CR) | Yuriy Lituyev Soviet Union |
52.4 | Harry Whittle United Kingdom |
52.7 |
3000 m St. | Jindřich Roudný Czechoslovakia |
9:05.4 | Petar Šegedin Petar Šegedin (athlete) Petar Šegedin was a Yugoslav middle distance and long distance runner.Šegedin won the 3000 m steeplechase silver medal at the 1950 European Athletics Championships. He placed 6th in the same event at the 1948 Summer Olympics in London. His personal best over 3000 m steeplechase was 8:47.8, set in... Kingdom of Yugoslavia |
9:07.4 | Erik Blomster Finland |
9:08.8 |
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... |
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 |
46:01.8 (CR) | Emile Maggi Early Modern France |
46:16.8 | 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 |
46:48.2 |
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... |
Giuseppe Dordoni Giuseppe Dordoni Giuseppe Dordoni was an Italian athlete who competed mainly in the 50 kilometre race walk.He competed for Italy at the 1952 Summer Olympics held in Helsinki, Finland, where he won the gold medal in the mens'50 kilometre walk event. In 1950 he became European champion.-References:*... Italy |
4: 40:43) | 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: 43:25 | Verner Ljunggren Sweden |
4: 49:28 |
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... |
Soviet Union Vladimir Sukharev Levan Kalyayev Levan Kalyayev Levan Kalyayev was a Soviet athlete who competed mainly in the 100 metres.He competed for the USSR in the 1952 Summer Olympics held in Helsinki, Finland in the 4 x 100 metre relay where he won the silver medal with his team mates Boris Tokarev, Levan Sanadze and Vladimir Sukharev.... Levan Sanadze Levan Sanadze Levan Sanadze was a Georgian athlete who competed mainly in the 100 metres.He competed for the USSR in the 1952 Summer Olympics held in Helsinki, Finland in the 4 x 100 metre relay where he won the silver medal with his team mates Boris Tokarev, Levan Kalyayev and Vladimir Sukharev.... Nikolay Karakulov |
41.5 | Early Modern France Étienne Bally Étienne Bally Étienne Marcel Bally is a retired French sprinter and a former European champion over 100 metres.Bally's first major competition was the 1946 European Championships held in Oslo, where he finished fourth in the final of the 100 metres—his time was equal to that of the bronze medalist, Carlo... Jacques Perlot Yves Camus Jean-Pierre Guillon |
41.8 | Sweden Göte Kjellberg Leif Christersson Stig Danielsson Hans Rydén |
41.9 |
4 x 400 m | United Kingdom Martin Pike Leslie Lewis Angus Scott Derek Pugh |
3:10.2 (CR) | Italy Baldasare Porto Armando Filiput Luigi Paterlini Antonio Siddi Antonio Siddi Antonio Siddi was an Italian athlete, who mainly competed in the 100 metres. He also competed in the long jump.... |
3:11.0 | Sweden Gösta Brännström Tage Ekfeldt 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... Lars Wolfbrandt Lars Wolfbrandt Lars-Erik Ragnar Wolfbrandt was a Swedish athlete who competed mainly in the 400 metres.He competed for a 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, Folke Alnevik and Rune Larsson.... |
3:11.6 |
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.... |
Alan Paterson United Kingdom |
1.96 | 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 |
1.93 | Claude Bénard Early Modern France |
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... |
Torfi Bryngeirsson Iceland |
7.32 | Gerard Wessels Netherlands |
7.22 | Jaroslav Fikejz Czechoslovakia |
7.20 |
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... |
Ragnar Lundberg Ragnar Lundberg Ragnar Torsten Lundberg was a Swedish athlete who competed mainly in the pole vault.Lundberg was born in Madesjö, Kalmar... Sweden |
4.30 (CR) | Valto Olenius Finland |
4.25 | Juho Piironen Finland |
4.25 |
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... |
Leonid Shcherbakov Leonid Shcherbakov Leonid Mikhailovich Shcherbakov was a Soviet athlete who competed mainly in the triple jump. Born in Olebino, Yaroslavl Oblast, he trained at Dynamo in Moscow.... Soviet Union |
15.39 (CR) | Valdemar Rautio Finland |
14.96 | Ruhi Sarıalp Ruhi Sarialp Ruhi Sarıalp was a Turkish track and field athlete, who competed mainly in the triple jump.... Turkey |
14.53 |
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 |
16.74 (CR) | Angiolo Profeti Italy |
15.16 | Oto Grigalka Soviet Union |
15.14 |
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 |
53.75 (CR) | Giuseppe Tosi Giuseppe Tosi Giuseppe Tosi was an Italian athlete, who mainly competed in the discus throw.... Italy |
52.31 | Olli Partanen Olli Partanen Heikki Olavi Partanen is a Finnish former discus thrower. Partanen won EM-bronze in the discus throw in Bryssel 1950 with the result 48,69.... Finland |
48.69 |
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... |
Toivo Hyytiäinen Toivo Hyytiäinen Toivo Armas Hyytiäinen was a Finnish athlete who competed mainly in the men's javelin throw during his career.... Finland |
71.26 | Per-Arne Berglund Sweden |
70.06 | Ragnar Ericzon Sweden |
69.82 |
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... |
Sverre Strandli Sverre Strandli Sverre Strandli was a Norwegian hammer thrower, who won the gold medal at the European Championships in 1950 and the silver medal in 1954.... Norway |
55.71 | Teseo Taddia Teseo Taddia Teseo Taddia was a male hammer thrower from Italy. He twice competed for his native country at the Summer Olympics: in 1948 and 1952. Born in Bondeno, Ferrara he set his personal best in the men's hammer throw event in 1950.-References:*... Italy |
54.73 | Jirí Dadák Czechoslovakia |
53.64 |
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... |
Ignace Heinrich Ignace Heinrich Ignace Heinrich was a French athlete who competed mainly in the decathlon. He was born in Ebersheim, Bas-Rhin, Alsace.... Early Modern France |
7364 | Örn Clausen Iceland |
7297 | Kjell Tånnander Sweden |
7175 |
Track
100 m | 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 |
11.7 (CR) | Yevgeniya Sechenova Soviet Union |
12.3 | June Foulds June Foulds June Foulds is a British athlete who competed mainly in the 100 metres.She competed for Great Britain in the 1952 Summer Olympics held in Helsinki, Finland where she won the Bronze medal in the 4 x 100 metres with her team mates Sylvia Cheeseman, Jean Desforges and Heather Armitage.She returned... United Kingdom |
12.4 |
200 m | 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 |
24.0 | Yevgeniya Sechenova Soviet Union |
24.8 | Dorothy Hall United Kingdom |
25.0 |
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 |
11.1 (CR) | Maureen Gardner Maureen Gardner Maureen Angela Jane Gardner was a British champion hurdler who at age 19 was a silver medallist in the 80-metre hurdles at the 1948 Summer Olympics in London. She narrowly missed the gold medal to Dutch housewife Fanny Blankers-Koen, with an identical recorded time of 11.2 seconds... United Kingdom |
11.6 | 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 |
11.7 |
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... |
United Kingdom Elspeth Hay Jean Desforges Jean Desforges Jean Catherine Desforges is a retired female athlete from Great Britain, who competed mainly in the 80 metres hurdles and long jump.... Dorothy Hall June Foulds June Foulds June Foulds is a British athlete who competed mainly in the 100 metres.She competed for Great Britain in the 1952 Summer Olympics held in Helsinki, Finland where she won the Bronze medal in the 4 x 100 metres with her team mates Sylvia Cheeseman, Jean Desforges and Heather Armitage.She returned... |
47.4 | Netherlands Xenia de Jong Xenia Stad-de Jong Xenia Stad-de Jong is a former Dutch athlete.Born Xenia de Jong in Semarang , her greatest success was winning the gold medal as the first runner in the 4 x 100 metres relay at the 1948 Summer Olympics, together with Netty Witziers-Timmer, Gerda van der Kade-Koudijs and Fanny Blankers-Koen... Bertha Brouwer Grietjl de Jong 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... |
47.4 | Soviet Union Yelena Gokieli Sofia Malschina Sonya Duchovich Yevgeniya Sechenova |
47.5 |
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.... |
Sheila Lerwill United Kingdom |
1.63 | Dorothy Tyler-Odam Dorothy Tyler-Odam Dorothy Jennifer Beatrice Tyler nee Odam MBE is a British athlete who competed mainly in the High Jump. She was born in Stockwell, London.... United Kingdom |
1.63 | Galina Ganeker Soviet Union |
1.63 |
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... |
Valentina Bogdanova Soviet Union |
5.82 | Wilhelmine Lust Netherlands |
5.63 | Maire Osterdahl Finland |
5.57 |
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.... |
Anna Andreyeva Soviet Union |
14.32 (CR) | Klavdiya Tochenova Soviet Union |
13.92 | 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 |
13.37 |
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 |
48.03 (CR) | Rimma Shumskaya Soviet Union |
42.25 | Edera Cordiale Italy |
41.57 |
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... |
Natalya Smirnitskaya Soviet Union |
47.55 (CR) | Herma Bauma Herma Bauma Hermine Bauma was an Austrian athlete who competed mainly in the javelin... Austria |
43.87 | Galina Zybina Galina Zybina Galina Ivanovna Zybina was a Russian shot-putter and javelin thrower who won three Olympic medals. She trained at VSS Zenit and later at VSS Trud. Her fame rests primarily on eight consecutive world records in the shot put .-External links:*... Soviet Union |
42.75 |
Pentathlon Pentathlon A pentathlon is a contest featuring five different events. The name is derived from Greek: combining the words pente and -athlon . The first pentathlon was documented in Ancient Greece and was part of the Ancient Olympic Games... |
Arlette Ben Hamo Early Modern France |
3204 | Bertha Crowther United Kingdom |
3048 | Olga Modrachová Czechoslovakia |
3026 |
Medals table
1. | United Kingdom | 8 | 3 | 6 | 17 |
2. | Soviet Union | 6 | 5 | 5 | 16 |
3. | Early Modern France | 4 | 8 | 3 | 15 |
4. | Netherlands | 4 | 3 | 2 | 9 |
5. | Italy | 3 | 5 | 1 | 9 |
6. | Czechoslovakia | 3 | 0 | 3 | 6 |
7. | Iceland | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
8. | Sweden | 1 | 4 | 7 | 12 |
9. | Finland | 1 | 3 | 5 | 9 |
10= | Norway | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
10= | Switzerland | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
12= | Austria | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
12= | Kingdom of Yugoslavia | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
14= | Belgium | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
14= | Turkey | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |