1954 European Athletics Championships – Men's marathon
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 .svg.png.webp) Soviet Union | 
| Bronze | Ivan Filin .svg.png.webp) Soviet Union | 
Results
    
    Final
    
25 August
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes | 
|---|---|---|---|---|
|  | Veikko Karvonen |  Finland | 2:24:51.6 | CR | 
|  | Boris Grishayev | .svg.png.webp) Soviet Union | 2:24:55.6 | |
|  | Ivan Filin | .svg.png.webp) Soviet Union | 2:25:26.6 | |
| 4 | Erkki Puolakka |  Finland | 2:26:45.6 | |
| 5 | Gustaf Jansson |  Sweden | 2:27:27.8 | |
| 6 | Geoff Iden |  Great Britain | 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 | Cristea Dinu | .svg.png.webp) Romania | 2:35:07.4 | |
| 11 | Eric Smith |  Great Britain | 2:35:22.2 | |
| 12 | Bengt Rehnvall |  Sweden | 2:35:48.6 | |
| 13 | Walter Bednář |  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 | .svg.png.webp) Yugoslavia | 2:42:11.8 | |
| 18 | August Blumensaat |  West Germany | 2:42:32.2 | |
| 19 | Jules Zehnder | .svg.png.webp) Switzerland | 2:45:27.8 | |
| 20 | Guillaume Marquet | .svg.png.webp) Belgium | 2:48:47.2 | |
| 21 | Michel Pressencé |  France | 2:55:52.4 | |
| 22 | Hans Studer | .svg.png.webp) Switzerland | 2:58:22.0 | 
Participation
    
According to an unofficial count, 22 athletes from 15 countries participated in the event.
 Austria (1) Austria (1)
.svg.png.webp) Belgium (1) Belgium (1)
 Czechoslovakia (1) Czechoslovakia (1)
 Finland (2) Finland (2)
 France (1) France (1)
 Netherlands (1) Netherlands (1)
 Norway (1) Norway (1)
 Portugal (2) Portugal (2)
.svg.png.webp) Romania (1) Romania (1)
.svg.png.webp) Soviet Union (2) Soviet Union (2)
 Sweden (2) Sweden (2)
.svg.png.webp) Switzerland (2) Switzerland (2)
 Great Britain (2) Great Britain (2)
 West Germany (2) West Germany (2)
.svg.png.webp) Yugoslavia (1) Yugoslavia (1)
References
    
- European Athletics Championships Zürich 2014 - STATISTICS HANDBOOK (PDF), European Athletics Association, pp. 377–384, retrieved 13 August 2014
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