5th European Athletics Championships | |
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Dates | 25 – 29 August |
Host city | Bern, Switzerland |
Venue | Stadion Neufeld |
Level | Senior |
Type | Outdoor |
Events | 35 |
Participation | 686 athletes from 28 nations |
The 5th European Athletics Championships were held at Stadion Neufeld from 25–29 August 1954 in the Swiss capital Bern. Contemporaneous reports on the event were given in the Glasgow Herald. [1] [2] [3] [4] [5]
Complete results were published. [6]
Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
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100 metres |
Heinz Fütterer ( FRG) | 10.5 = CR | René Bonino ( FRA) | 10.6 | George Ellis ( GBR) | 10.7 |
200 metres |
Heinz Fütterer ( FRG) | 20.9 CR | Ardalion Ignatyev ( URS) | 21.1 | George Ellis ( GBR) | 21.2 |
400 metres |
Ardalion Ignatyev ( URS) | 46.6 CR | Voitto Hellstén ( FIN) | 47.0 | Zoltán Adamik ( HUN) | 47.6 |
800 metres |
Lajos Szentgáli ( HUN) | 1:47.1 CR | Lucien De Muynck ( BEL) | 1:47.3 | Audun Boysen ( NOR) | 1:47.4 |
1500 metres |
Roger Bannister ( GBR) | 3:43.8 CR | Gunnar Nielsen ( DEN) | 3:44.4 | Stanislav Jungwirth ( TCH) | 3:45.4 |
5000 metres |
Vladimir Kuts ( URS) | 13:56.6 CR | Chris Chataway ( GBR) | 14:08.8 | Emil Zátopek ( TCH) | 14:10.2 |
10,000 metres |
Emil Zátopek ( TCH) | 28:58.0 CR | József Kovács ( HUN) | 29:25.8 | Frank Sando ( GBR) | 29:27.6 |
110 metres hurdles |
Yevgeniy Bulanchik ( URS) | 14.4 | Jack Parker ( GBR) | 14.6 | Berthold Steines ( FRG) | 14.7 |
400 metres hurdles |
Anatoliy Yulin ( URS) | 50.5 CR | Yuriy Lituyev ( URS) | 50.8 | Ossi Mildh ( FIN) | 51.5 |
3000 metres steeplechase |
Sándor Rozsnyói ( HUN) | 8:49.6 CR | Olavi Rinteenpää ( FIN) | 8:52.4 | Ernst Larsen ( NOR) | 8:53.2 |
4 × 100 metres relay |
Hungary László Zarándi Géza Varasdi György Csányi Béla Goldoványi |
40.6 CR |
Great Britain Kenneth Box George Ellis Kenneth Jones Brian Shenton |
40.8 |
Soviet Union Boris Tokarev Viktor Ryabov Levan Sanadze Leonid Bartenev |
40.9 |
4 × 400 metres relay |
France Claude Haarhoff Jacques Degats Jean-Paul Martin du Gard Jean-Pierre Goudeau |
3:08.7 CR |
West Germany Hans Geister Helmut Drehen Heinz Ulzheimer Karl-Friedrich Haas |
3:08.8 |
Finland Raimo Graeffe Ossi Mildh Rolf Back Voitto Hellstén |
3:11.5 |
10,000 metres track walk |
Josef Doležal ( TCH) | 45:01.8 CR | Anatoliy Yegorov ( URS) | 45:53.0 | Sergey Lobastov ( URS) | 46:21.8 |
50 kilometres walk |
Vladimir Ukhov ( URS) | 4:22:11.2 CR | Josef Doležal ( TCH) | 4:25:07.4 | Antal Róka ( HUN) | 4:31:32.2 |
Marathon |
Veikko Karvonen ( FIN) | 2:24:51.6 CR | Boris Grishayev ( URS) | 2:24:55.8 | Ivan Filin ( URS) | 2:25:26.6 |
High jump |
Bengt Nilsson ( SWE) | 2.02 m CR | Jiří Lanský ( TCH) | 1.98 m | Jaroslav Kovář ( TCH) | 1.96 m |
Pole vault |
Eeles Landström ( FIN) | 4.40 m CR | Ragnar Lundberg ( SWE) | 4.40 m CR | Jeff Elliott ( GBR) | 4.30 m |
Jukka Piironen ( FIN) | 4.30 m | |||||
Long jump |
Ödön Földessy ( HUN) | 7.51 m | Zbigniew Iwański ( POL) | 7.46 m | Ernest Wanko ( FRA) | 7.41 m |
Triple jump |
Leonid Shcherbakov ( URS) | 15.90 m CR | Roger Norman ( SWE) | 15.17 m | Martin Řehák ( TCH) | 15.10 m |
Shot put |
Jiří Skobla ( TCH) | 17.20 m CR | Oto Grigalka ( URS) | 16.69 m | Heino Heinaste ( URS) | 16.27 m |
Discus throw |
Adolfo Consolini ( ITA) | 53.44 m | Giuseppe Tosi ( ITA) | 53.34 m | József Szécsényi ( HUN) | 51.58 m |
Javelin throw |
Janusz Sidło ( POL) | 76.35 m | Vladimir Kuznetsov ( URS) | 74.61 m | Soini Nikkinen ( FIN) | 73.38 m |
Hammer throw |
Mikhail Krivonosov ( URS) | 63.34 m CR | Sverre Strandli ( NOR) | 61.07 m | József Csermák ( HUN) | 59.72 m |
Decathlon |
Vasili Kuznetsov ( URS) | 6752 pts | Torbjörn Lassenius ( FIN) | 6424 pts | Heinz Oberbeck ( FRG) | 6263 pts |
Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
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100 metres |
Irina Turova ( URS) | 11.8 | Bertha van Duyne ( NED) | 11.9 | Anne Pashley ( GBR) | 11.9 |
200 metres |
Mariya Itkina ( URS) | 24.3 | Irina Turova ( URS) | 24.4 | Shirley Hampton ( GBR) | 24.4 |
800 metres |
Nina Otkalenko ( URS) | 2:08.8 CR | Diane Leather ( GBR) | 2:09.8 | Lyudmila Lysenko ( URS) | 2:11.2 |
80 metres hurdles |
Maria Golubnichaya ( URS) | 11.0 CR | Anneliese Seonbuchner ( FRG) | 11.2 | Pam Seaborne ( GBR) | 11.3 |
4 × 100 metres relay |
Soviet Union Vera Krepkina Rimma Uliskina Maria Itkina Irina Turova |
45.8 CR |
West Germany Irmgard Egert Charlotte Bohmer Irene Brutting Maria Sander |
46.3 |
Italy Maria Musso Giuseppina Leone Letizia Bertoni Milena Greppi |
46.6 |
High jump |
Thelma Hopkins ( GBR) | 1.67 m CR | Iolanda Balaş ( ROU) | 1.65 m | Olga Modrachová ( TCH) | 1.63 m |
Long jump |
Jean Desforges ( GBR) | 6.04 m CR | Aleksandra Chudina ( URS) | 5.93 m | Elżbieta Duńska ( POL) | 5.83 m |
Shot put |
Galina Zybina ( URS) | 15.65 m CR | Maria Kuznetsova ( URS) | 14.99 m | Tamara Tyshkevich ( URS) | 14.78 m |
Discus throw |
Nina Ponomaryeva ( URS) | 48.02 m | Irina Beglyakova ( URS) | 45.79 m | Galina Zybina ( URS) | 44.77 m |
Javelin throw |
Dana Zátopková ( TCH) | 52.91 m CR | Virve Roolaid ( URS) | 49.94 m | Nadezhda Konyayeva ( URS) | 49.49 m |
Pentathlon |
Aleksandra Chudina ( URS) | 4526 pts CR | Maria Sander ( FRG) | 4485 pts | Maria Sturm ( FRG) | 4357 pts |
Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Soviet Union (URS) | 16 | 11 | 8 | 35 |
2 | Czechoslovakia (TCH) | 4 | 2 | 5 | 11 |
3 | Hungary (HUN) | 4 | 1 | 4 | 9 |
4 | Great Britain (GBR) | 3 | 4 | 7 | 14 |
5 | West Germany (FRG) | 2 | 4 | 3 | 9 |
6 | Finland (FIN) | 2 | 3 | 4 | 9 |
7 | Sweden (SWE) | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
8 | France (FRA) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
Italy (ITA) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | |
Poland (POL) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | |
11 | Norway (NOR) | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
12 | Belgium (BEL) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Denmark (DEN) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
Netherlands (NED) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
Romania (ROM) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
Totals (15 entries) | 35 | 35 | 36 | 106 |
According to an unofficial count, 689 athletes from 28 countries participated in the event, three athletes more than the official number of 686 as published. [7]
5th European Athletics Championships | |
---|---|
Dates | 25 – 29 August |
Host city | Bern, Switzerland |
Venue | Stadion Neufeld |
Level | Senior |
Type | Outdoor |
Events | 35 |
Participation | 686 athletes from 28 nations |
The 5th European Athletics Championships were held at Stadion Neufeld from 25–29 August 1954 in the Swiss capital Bern. Contemporaneous reports on the event were given in the Glasgow Herald. [1] [2] [3] [4] [5]
Complete results were published. [6]
Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
100 metres |
Heinz Fütterer ( FRG) | 10.5 = CR | René Bonino ( FRA) | 10.6 | George Ellis ( GBR) | 10.7 |
200 metres |
Heinz Fütterer ( FRG) | 20.9 CR | Ardalion Ignatyev ( URS) | 21.1 | George Ellis ( GBR) | 21.2 |
400 metres |
Ardalion Ignatyev ( URS) | 46.6 CR | Voitto Hellstén ( FIN) | 47.0 | Zoltán Adamik ( HUN) | 47.6 |
800 metres |
Lajos Szentgáli ( HUN) | 1:47.1 CR | Lucien De Muynck ( BEL) | 1:47.3 | Audun Boysen ( NOR) | 1:47.4 |
1500 metres |
Roger Bannister ( GBR) | 3:43.8 CR | Gunnar Nielsen ( DEN) | 3:44.4 | Stanislav Jungwirth ( TCH) | 3:45.4 |
5000 metres |
Vladimir Kuts ( URS) | 13:56.6 CR | Chris Chataway ( GBR) | 14:08.8 | Emil Zátopek ( TCH) | 14:10.2 |
10,000 metres |
Emil Zátopek ( TCH) | 28:58.0 CR | József Kovács ( HUN) | 29:25.8 | Frank Sando ( GBR) | 29:27.6 |
110 metres hurdles |
Yevgeniy Bulanchik ( URS) | 14.4 | Jack Parker ( GBR) | 14.6 | Berthold Steines ( FRG) | 14.7 |
400 metres hurdles |
Anatoliy Yulin ( URS) | 50.5 CR | Yuriy Lituyev ( URS) | 50.8 | Ossi Mildh ( FIN) | 51.5 |
3000 metres steeplechase |
Sándor Rozsnyói ( HUN) | 8:49.6 CR | Olavi Rinteenpää ( FIN) | 8:52.4 | Ernst Larsen ( NOR) | 8:53.2 |
4 × 100 metres relay |
Hungary László Zarándi Géza Varasdi György Csányi Béla Goldoványi |
40.6 CR |
Great Britain Kenneth Box George Ellis Kenneth Jones Brian Shenton |
40.8 |
Soviet Union Boris Tokarev Viktor Ryabov Levan Sanadze Leonid Bartenev |
40.9 |
4 × 400 metres relay |
France Claude Haarhoff Jacques Degats Jean-Paul Martin du Gard Jean-Pierre Goudeau |
3:08.7 CR |
West Germany Hans Geister Helmut Drehen Heinz Ulzheimer Karl-Friedrich Haas |
3:08.8 |
Finland Raimo Graeffe Ossi Mildh Rolf Back Voitto Hellstén |
3:11.5 |
10,000 metres track walk |
Josef Doležal ( TCH) | 45:01.8 CR | Anatoliy Yegorov ( URS) | 45:53.0 | Sergey Lobastov ( URS) | 46:21.8 |
50 kilometres walk |
Vladimir Ukhov ( URS) | 4:22:11.2 CR | Josef Doležal ( TCH) | 4:25:07.4 | Antal Róka ( HUN) | 4:31:32.2 |
Marathon |
Veikko Karvonen ( FIN) | 2:24:51.6 CR | Boris Grishayev ( URS) | 2:24:55.8 | Ivan Filin ( URS) | 2:25:26.6 |
High jump |
Bengt Nilsson ( SWE) | 2.02 m CR | Jiří Lanský ( TCH) | 1.98 m | Jaroslav Kovář ( TCH) | 1.96 m |
Pole vault |
Eeles Landström ( FIN) | 4.40 m CR | Ragnar Lundberg ( SWE) | 4.40 m CR | Jeff Elliott ( GBR) | 4.30 m |
Jukka Piironen ( FIN) | 4.30 m | |||||
Long jump |
Ödön Földessy ( HUN) | 7.51 m | Zbigniew Iwański ( POL) | 7.46 m | Ernest Wanko ( FRA) | 7.41 m |
Triple jump |
Leonid Shcherbakov ( URS) | 15.90 m CR | Roger Norman ( SWE) | 15.17 m | Martin Řehák ( TCH) | 15.10 m |
Shot put |
Jiří Skobla ( TCH) | 17.20 m CR | Oto Grigalka ( URS) | 16.69 m | Heino Heinaste ( URS) | 16.27 m |
Discus throw |
Adolfo Consolini ( ITA) | 53.44 m | Giuseppe Tosi ( ITA) | 53.34 m | József Szécsényi ( HUN) | 51.58 m |
Javelin throw |
Janusz Sidło ( POL) | 76.35 m | Vladimir Kuznetsov ( URS) | 74.61 m | Soini Nikkinen ( FIN) | 73.38 m |
Hammer throw |
Mikhail Krivonosov ( URS) | 63.34 m CR | Sverre Strandli ( NOR) | 61.07 m | József Csermák ( HUN) | 59.72 m |
Decathlon |
Vasili Kuznetsov ( URS) | 6752 pts | Torbjörn Lassenius ( FIN) | 6424 pts | Heinz Oberbeck ( FRG) | 6263 pts |
Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
100 metres |
Irina Turova ( URS) | 11.8 | Bertha van Duyne ( NED) | 11.9 | Anne Pashley ( GBR) | 11.9 |
200 metres |
Mariya Itkina ( URS) | 24.3 | Irina Turova ( URS) | 24.4 | Shirley Hampton ( GBR) | 24.4 |
800 metres |
Nina Otkalenko ( URS) | 2:08.8 CR | Diane Leather ( GBR) | 2:09.8 | Lyudmila Lysenko ( URS) | 2:11.2 |
80 metres hurdles |
Maria Golubnichaya ( URS) | 11.0 CR | Anneliese Seonbuchner ( FRG) | 11.2 | Pam Seaborne ( GBR) | 11.3 |
4 × 100 metres relay |
Soviet Union Vera Krepkina Rimma Uliskina Maria Itkina Irina Turova |
45.8 CR |
West Germany Irmgard Egert Charlotte Bohmer Irene Brutting Maria Sander |
46.3 |
Italy Maria Musso Giuseppina Leone Letizia Bertoni Milena Greppi |
46.6 |
High jump |
Thelma Hopkins ( GBR) | 1.67 m CR | Iolanda Balaş ( ROU) | 1.65 m | Olga Modrachová ( TCH) | 1.63 m |
Long jump |
Jean Desforges ( GBR) | 6.04 m CR | Aleksandra Chudina ( URS) | 5.93 m | Elżbieta Duńska ( POL) | 5.83 m |
Shot put |
Galina Zybina ( URS) | 15.65 m CR | Maria Kuznetsova ( URS) | 14.99 m | Tamara Tyshkevich ( URS) | 14.78 m |
Discus throw |
Nina Ponomaryeva ( URS) | 48.02 m | Irina Beglyakova ( URS) | 45.79 m | Galina Zybina ( URS) | 44.77 m |
Javelin throw |
Dana Zátopková ( TCH) | 52.91 m CR | Virve Roolaid ( URS) | 49.94 m | Nadezhda Konyayeva ( URS) | 49.49 m |
Pentathlon |
Aleksandra Chudina ( URS) | 4526 pts CR | Maria Sander ( FRG) | 4485 pts | Maria Sturm ( FRG) | 4357 pts |
Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Soviet Union (URS) | 16 | 11 | 8 | 35 |
2 | Czechoslovakia (TCH) | 4 | 2 | 5 | 11 |
3 | Hungary (HUN) | 4 | 1 | 4 | 9 |
4 | Great Britain (GBR) | 3 | 4 | 7 | 14 |
5 | West Germany (FRG) | 2 | 4 | 3 | 9 |
6 | Finland (FIN) | 2 | 3 | 4 | 9 |
7 | Sweden (SWE) | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
8 | France (FRA) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
Italy (ITA) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | |
Poland (POL) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | |
11 | Norway (NOR) | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
12 | Belgium (BEL) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Denmark (DEN) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
Netherlands (NED) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
Romania (ROM) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
Totals (15 entries) | 35 | 35 | 36 | 106 |
According to an unofficial count, 689 athletes from 28 countries participated in the event, three athletes more than the official number of 686 as published. [7]