1954 European Athletics Championships – Men's marathon

Men's marathon at the European Athletics Championships

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

Medalists

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

Results

Final

25 August

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Veikko Karvonen	Finland	2:24:51.6	CR
	Boris Grishayev	Soviet Union	2:24:55.6
	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	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	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	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

Participation

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

• Austria (1)
• Belgium (1)
• Czechoslovakia (1)
• Finland (2)
• France (1)
• Netherlands (1)
• Norway (1)
• Portugal (2)
• Romania (1)
• Soviet Union (2)
• Sweden (2)
• Switzerland (2)
• Great Britain (2)
• West Germany (2)
• Yugoslavia (1)