1946 European Athletics Championships – Men's 50 kilometres walk
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Men's 50 kilometres walk at the European Athletics Championships |
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The men's 50 kilometres race walk at the 1946 European Athletics Championships was held in Oslo, Norway, on 23 August 1946.[1]
Medalists
[edit]Gold | John Ljunggren Sweden |
Silver | Harry Forbes Great Britain |
Bronze | Charles Megnin Great Britain |
Results
[edit]Final
[edit]23 August
Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
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John Ljunggren | Sweden | 4:38:20 | CR | |
Harry Forbes | Great Britain | 4:42:58 | ||
Charles Megnin | Great Britain | 4:57:04 | ||
4 | Oddvar Sponberg | Norway | 5:00:27 | |
5 | Harry Kristensen | Denmark | 5:03:18 | |
Harry Olsson | Sweden | DNF | ||
Edgar Bruun | Norway | DQ | ||
Josef Doležal | Czechoslovakia | DQ |
Participation
[edit]According to an unofficial count, 8 athletes from 5 countries participated in the event.
- Czechoslovakia (1)
- Denmark (1)
- Norway (2)
- Sweden (2)
- Great Britain (2)
References
[edit]- ^ European Athletics Championships Zürich 2014 - STATISTICS HANDBOOK (PDF), European Athletics Association, pp. 367–372, retrieved 13 August 2014