1938 European Athletics Championships – Men's 50 kilometres walk

Events at the 1938 European Athletics Championships
Track events
100 m		men		women
200 m		men		women
400 m		men
800 m		men
1500 m		men
5000 m		men
10,000 m		men
80 m hurdles				women
110 m hurdles		men
400 m hurdles		men
3000 m steeplechase		men
4×100 m relay		men		women
4×400 m relay		men
Road events
Marathon		men
50 km walk		men
Field events
Long jump		men		women
Triple jump		men
High jump		men		women
Pole vault		men
Shot put		men		women
Discus throw		men		women
Javelin throw		men		women
Hammer throw		men
Combined events
Decathlon		men

The men's 50 kilometres race walk at the 1938 European Athletics Championships was held in Paris, France, on 4 September 1938.^[1]

Medalists

Gold	Harold Whitlock  United Kingdom
Silver	Herbert Dill  Germany
Bronze	Edgar Bruun  Norway

Results

Final

4 September

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
01 !	Harold Whitlock	United Kingdom	4:41:51	CR
02 !	Herbert Dill	Germany	4:43:54
03 !	Edgar Bruun	Norway	4:44:35
4	Fritz Bleiweiss	Germany	4:45:24
5	Antonio De Maestri	Italy	4:53:56
6	Evald Segerström	Sweden	4:54:06
7	Giuseppe Gobbato	Italy	4:56:20
8	Antonius Toscani	Netherlands	4:58:36
9	Vasile Firea	Romania	5:22:31
10	Jaroslav Štork	Czechoslovakia	DNF
11	Frank Bentley	United Kingdom	DNF
12	Sune Carlsson	Sweden	DNF
13	Jānis Daliņš	Latvia	DNF
14	Thierry Mathot	Belgium	DNF
15	Louis Cambrai	France	DQ
16	Pierre Bussières	France	DQ

Participation

According to an unofficial count, 16 athletes from 11 countries participated in the event.

References