1954 European Athletics Championships – Men's marathon

Events at the 1954 European Athletics Championships
Track events
100 m	men	women
200 m	men	women
400 m	men
800 m	men	women
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
10,000 m track walk	men
4×100 m relay	men	women
4×400 m relay	men
Road events
Marathon	men
50 km walk	men
Field events
High jump	men	women
Pole vault	men
Long jump	men	women
Triple jump	men
Shot put	men	women
Discus throw	men	women
Hammer throw	men
Javelin throw	men	women
Combined events
Pentathlon		women
Decathlon	men

The men's marathon at the 1954 European Athletics Championships was held in Bern, Switzerland, on 25 August 1954.^[1]

Medalists

Gold	Veikko Karvonen Finland
Silver	Boris Grishayev Soviet Union
Bronze	Ivan Filin Soviet Union

25 August

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
01 !	Veikko Karvonen	Finland	2:24:51.6	CR
02 !	Boris Grishayev	Soviet Union	2:24:55.6
03 !	Ivan Filin	Soviet Union	2:25:26.6
4	Erkki Puolakka	Finland	2:26:45.6
5	Gustaf Jansson	Sweden	2:27:27.8
6	Geoffrey Iden	United Kingdom	2:28:02.8
7	Janus van der Zande	Netherlands	2:29:19.2
8	José Araujo	Portugal	2:29:45.0
9	Victor Olsen	Norway	2:33:49.4
10	Dinu Cristea	Romania	2:35:07.4
11	Eric Smith	United Kingdom	2:35:22.2
12	Bengt Rehnvall	Sweden	2:35:48.6
13	Walter Bednar	Czechoslovakia	2:36:41.4
14	Hans Vollbach	West Germany	2:40:02.4
15	Claudino Martins	Portugal	2:41:01.4
16	Adolf Gruber	Austria	2:41:59.6
17	Franjo Škrinjar	Yugoslavia	2:42:11.8
18	August Blumensaat	West Germany	2:42:32.2
19	Jules Zehnder	Switzerland	2:45:27.8
20	Guillaume Marquet	Belgium	2:48:47.2
21	Michel Pressencé	France	2:55:52.4
22	Hans Studer	Switzerland	2:58:22.0

According to an unofficial count, 22 athletes from 15 countries participated in the event.

Marathon and half marathon at the European Athletics Championships

Men's marathon	1934 1938 1946 1950 1954 1958 1962 1966 1969 1971 1974 1978 1982 1986 1990 1994 1998 2002 2006 2010 2012 2014 2016

Men's half marathon	1934 1938 1946 1950 1954 1958 1962 1966 1969 1971 1974 1978 1982 1986 1990 1994 1998 2002 2006 2010 2012 2014 2016

Women's marathon	1934 1938 1946 1950 1954 1958 1962 1966 1969 1971 1974 1978 1982 1986 1990 1994 1998 2002 2006 2010 2012 2014 2016

Women's half marathon	1934 1938 1946 1950 1954 1958 1962 1966 1969 1971 1974 1978 1982 1986 1990 1994 1998 2002 2006 2010 2012 2014 2016

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