1946 European Athletics Championships
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. Contemporaneous reports on the event were given in the Glasgow Herald.[1][2]
| 3rd European Athletics Championships | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Dates | 22 – 25 August |
| Host city | Oslo, Norway |
| Venue | Bislett Stadion |
| Level | Senior |
| Type | Outdoor |
| Events | 33 |
| Participation | 354 athletes from 20 nations |
Bislett stadion in Oslo, Norway, 1948
Two of the women's medalists from France underwent sex change later. Claire Brésolles became Pierre Brésolles, and Léa Caurla became Léon Caurla.[3]
Men's results
Complete results were published.[4]
Track
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 100 metres |
 Jack Archer (GBR) | 10.6 |  Haakon Tranberg (NOR) | 10.7 |  Carlo Monti (ITA) | 10.8 |
| 200 metres |
 Nikolay Karakulov (URS) | 21.6 | Haakon Tranberg (NOR) | 21.7 |  Jiří David (TCH) | 21.8 |
| 400 metres |
 Niels Holst-Sørensen (DEN) | 47.9 |  Jacques Lunis (FRA) | 48.3 | Derek Pugh (GBR) | 48.9 |
| 800 metres |
 Rune Gustafsson (SWE) | 1:51.0 | Niels Holst-Sørensen (DEN) | 1:51.1 | Marcel Hansenne (FRA) | 1:51.2 |
| 1500 metres |
Lennart Strand (SWE) | 3:48.0 CR | Henry Eriksson (SWE) | 3:48.8 | Erik Jørgensen (DEN) | 3:52.8 |
| 5000 metres |
Sydney Wooderson (GBR) | 14:08.6 CR |  Wim Slijkhuis (NED) | 14:14.0 | Evert Nyberg (SWE) | 14:23.2 |
| 10,000 metres |
 Viljo Heino (FIN) | 29:52.0 CR | Helge Perälä (FIN) | 30:31.4 | .svg.png.webp){kind=small} András Csaplár (HUN) | 30:35.2 |
| Marathon [nb] |
Mikko Hietanen (FIN) | 2:24:55 | Väinö Muinonen (FIN) | 2:26:08 | Yakov Punko (URS) | 2:26:21 |
| 110 metres hurdles |
Håkan Lidman (SWE) | 14.6 | .svg.png.webp){kind=small} Hippolyte Braekman (BEL) | 14.9 | Väinö Suvivuo (FIN) | 15.0 |
| 400 metres hurdles |
Bertel Storskrubb (FIN) | 52.2 CR | Sixten Larsson (SWE) | 52.4 | Rune Larsson (SWE) | 52.5 |
| 3000 metres steeplechase |
Raphaël Pujazon (FRA) | 9:01.4 CR | Erik Elmsäter (SWE) | 9:11.0 | Tore Sjöstrand (SWE) | 9:14.0 |
| 10,000 metres track walk |
John Mikaelsson (SWE) | 46:05.2 | .svg.png.webp){kind=small} Fritz Schwab (SUI) | 47:03.6 | Emile Maggi (FRA) | 48:10.4 |
| 50 kilometres walk |
John Ljunggren (SWE) | 4:38:20 CR | Harry Forbes (GBR) | 4:42:58 | Charles Megnin (GBR) | 4:57:04 |
| 4 × 100 metres relay |
Sweden Stig Danielsson Inge Nilsson Olle Laessker Stig Håkansson | 41.5 | France Agathon Lepève Julien Lebas Pierre Gonon René Valmy | 42.0 | Czechoslovakia Mirko Paráček Leopold Láznička Miroslav Řihošek Jiří David | 42.2 |
| 4 × 400 metres relay |
France Bernard Santona Yves Cros Robert Chef d’Hotel Jacques Lunis | 3:14.4 | Great Britain Ronald Ede Derek Pugh Bernard Elliot Bill Roberts | 3:14.5 | Sweden Folke Alnevik Stig Lindgård Sven-Erik Nolinge Tore Sten | 3:15.0 |
- nb The marathon at the 1946 European Championships was completed over a course measuring 40.1 km, 2 km shorter than the official marathon distance.
Field
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High jump |
Anton Bolinder (SWE) | 1.99 | Alan Paterson (GBR) | 1.96 | Nils Nicklén (FIN) | 1.93 |
| Long jump |
Olle Laessker (SWE) | 7.42 | Lucien Graff (SUI) | 7.40 | Miroslav Řihošek (TCH) | 7.29 |
| Pole vault |
Allan Lindberg (SWE) | 4.17 CR | Nikolay Ozolin (URS) | 4.10 | Jan Bém (TCH) | 4.10 |
| Triple jump |
Valdemar Rautio (FIN) | 15.17 | Bertil Johnsson (SWE) | 15.15 | Arne Åhman (SWE) | 14.96 |
| Shot put |
 Gunnar Huseby (ISL) | 15.56 | Dmitriy Goryainov (URS) | 15.25 | Yrjö Lehtilä (FIN) | 15.23 |
| Discus throw |
Adolfo Consolini (ITA) | 53.23 CR | Giuseppe Tosi (ITA) | 50.39 | Veikko Nyqvist (FIN) | 48.14 |
| Javelin throw |
Lennart Atterwall (SWE) | 68.74 | Yrjö Nikkanen (FIN) | 67.50 | Tapio Rautavaara (FIN) | 66.40 |
| Hammer throw |
Bo Ericson (SWE) | 56.44 | Eric Johansson (SWE) | 53.54 | Duncan Clark (GBR) | 51.32 |
| Decathlon |
Godtfred Holmvang (NOR) | 6987 CR | Sergey Kuznetsov (URS) | 6930 | Göran Waxberg (SWE) | 6504 |
Women's results
Track
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 100 metres |
Yevgeniya Sechenova (URS) | 11.9 =CR | Winifred Jordan (GBR) | 12.1 | Claire Brésolles (FRA) | 12.2 |
| 200 metres |
Yevgeniya Sechenova (URS) | 25.4 | Winifred Jordan (GBR) | 25.6 | Léa Caurla (FRA) | 25.6 |
| 80 metres hurdles |
Fanny Blankers-Koen (NED) | 11.8 | Elene Gokieli (URS) | 11.9 | Valentina Fokina (URS) | 11.9 |
| 4 × 100 metres relay |
Netherlands Gerda van der Kade-Koudijs Netty Witziers-Timmer Marta Adema Fanny Blankers-Koen | 47.8 | France Léa Caurla Anne-Marie Colchen Claire Brésolles Monique Drilhon | 48.5 | Soviet Union Yevgeniya Sechenova Valentina Fokina Elene Gokieli Valentina Vasilyeva | 48.7 |
Field
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High jump |
Anne-Marie Colchen (FRA) | 1.60 | Aleksandra Chudina (URS) | 1.57 | Anne Iversen (DEN) | 1.57 |
| Long jump |
Gerda van der Kade-Koudijs (NED) | 5.67 | Lidija Gaile (URS) | 5.67 | Valentina Vasilyeva (URS) | 5.63 |
| Shot put |
Tatyana Sevryukova (URS) | 14.16 CR | Micheline Ostermeyer (FRA) | 12.84 | Amelia Piccinini (ITA) | 12.22 |
| Discus throw |
Nina Dumbadze (URS) | 44.21 | Ann Niesink (NED) | 40.46 |  Jadwiga Wajs (POL) | 39.37 |
| Javelin throw |
Klavdiya Mayuchaya (URS) | 46.25 CR | Lyudmila Anokhina (URS) | 45.84 | Johanna Koning (NED) | 43.24 |
Medal table
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sweden (SWE) | 11 | 5 | 6 | 22 |
| 2 | Soviet Union (URS) | 6 | 7 | 4 | 17 |
| 3 | Finland (FIN) | 4 | 3 | 5 | 12 |
| 4 | France (FRA) | 3 | 4 | 4 | 11 |
| 5 | Netherlands (NED) | 3 | 2 | 1 | 6 |
| 6 | Great Britain (GBR) | 2 | 5 | 3 | 10 |
| 7 | Norway (NOR) | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| 8 | Denmark (DEN) | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| Italy (ITA) | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | |
| 10 | Iceland (ISL) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 11 | Switzerland (SUI) | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 12 | Belgium (BEL) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 13 | Czechoslovakia (TCH) | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 |
| 14 | Hungary (HUN) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Poland (POL) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Totals (15 entries) | 33 | 33 | 33 | 99 | |
Participation
According to an unofficial count, 354 athletes from 20 countries participated in the event, one athlete more than the official number of 353 as published.[5]
- Belgium (11)
- Czechoslovakia (29)
- Denmark (23)
- Finland (20)
- France (31)
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Greece (5)- Hungary (11)
- Iceland (10)
Ireland (1)- Italy (15)
Liechtenstein (2)
Luxembourg (5)- Netherlands (17)
- Norway (38)
- Poland (18)
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Soviet Union (19)- Sweden (54)
- Switzerland (14)
- Great Britain (24)
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Yugoslavia (7)
References
- Finnish Athletes Win Three Events - Fast Time in 10,000 Metres, Glasgow Herald, August 23, 1946, p. 6, retrieved August 22, 2014
- Sweden Leads in Oslo Athletics - Britain's Thrilling Relay Race, Glasgow Herald, August 26, 1946, p. 5, retrieved August 22, 2014
- Bouillé, Alain (December 1991), Les grandes du sprint féminin - Revue FFA n°346 NS5 (in French), Fédération française d'athlétisme, p. 32, retrieved 24 August 2014
- European Athletics Championships Zürich 2014 - STATISTICS HANDBOOK (PDF), European Athletics Association, pp. 367–372, retrieved 13 August 2014
- European Athletics Championships Zürich 2014 - STATISTICS HANDBOOK (PDF), European Athletics Association, p. 4, retrieved 13 August 2014
- Results
- "European Championships (Men)". gbrathletics.com. 2007. Archived from the original on 25 August 2008. Retrieved 26 August 2008.
- "European Championships (Women)". gbrathletics.com. 2007. Archived from the original on 28 August 2008. Retrieved 26 August 2008.
External links
- EAA
- Athletix
- The event at SVT's open archive (in Swedish)
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