title: 1950 European Athletics Championships
text: # 1950 European Athletics Championships
  
  The 4th European Athletics Championships were held from 23 August to 27 August 1950 in the Heysel Stadium of the Belgian capital Brussels. Contemporaneous reports on the event were given in the Glasgow Herald.
  
  ## Men's results
  
  Complete results were published.
  
  ### Track
  
  | Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 100 metres details | Étienne Bally (FRA) | 10.7 | Franco Leccese (ITA) | 10.7 | Vladimir Sukharev (URS) | 10.7 |
  | 200 metres details | Brian Shenton (GBR) | 21.5 | Étienne Bally (FRA) | 21.8 | Jan Lammers (NED) | 22.1 |
  | 400 metres details | Derek Pugh (GBR) | 47.3 CR | Jacques Lunis (FRA) | 47.6 | Lars Wolfbrandt (SWE) | 47.9 |
  | 800 metres details | John Parlett (GBR) | 1:50.5 CR | Marcel Hansenne (FRA) | 1:50.7 | Roger Bannister (GBR) | 1:50.7 |
  | 1500 metres details | Wim Slijkhuis (NED) | 3:47.2 CR | Patrick El Mabrouk (FRA) | 3:47.8 | Bill Nankeville (GBR) | 3:48.0 |
  | 5000 metres details | Emil Zátopek (TCH) | 14:03.0 CR | Alain Mimoun (FRA) | 14:26.0 | Gaston Reiff (BEL) | 14:26.2 |
  | 10,000 metres details | Emil Zátopek (TCH) | 29:12.0 CR | Alain Mimoun (FRA) | 30:21.0 | Väinö Koskela (FIN) | 30:30.8 |
  | Marathon details | Jack Holden (GBR) | 2:32:13 CR | Veikko Karvonen (FIN) | 2:32:45 | Feodosy Vanin (URS) | 2:33:47 |
  | 110 metres hurdles details | André-Jacques Marie (FRA) | 14.6 | Ragnar Lundberg (SWE) | 14.7 | Peter Hildreth (GBR) | 15.0 |
  | 400 metres hurdles details | Armando Filiput (ITA) | 51.9 CR | Yuriy Lituyev (URS) | 52.4 | Harry Whittle (GBR) | 52.7 |
  | 3000 metres steeplechase details | Jindřich Roudný (TCH) | 9:05.4 | Petar Šegedin (YUG) | 9:07.4 | Erik Blomster (FIN) | 9:08.8 |
  | 10,000 metres track walk details | Fritz Schwab (SUI) | 46:01.8 CR | Emile Maggi (FRA) | 46:16.8 | John Mikaelsson (SWE) | 46:48.2 |
  | 50 kilometres walk details | Pino Dordoni (ITA) | 4:40:43 | John Ljunggren (SWE) | 4:43:25 | Verner Ljunggren (SWE) | 4:49:28 |
  | 4 × 100 metres relay details | Soviet Union Vladimir Sukharev Levan Kalyayev Levan Sanadze Nikolay Karakulov | 41.5 | France Étienne Bally Jacques Perlot Yves Camus Jean-Pierre Guillon | 41.8 | Sweden Göte Kjellberg Leif Christersson Stig Danielsson Hans Rydén | 41.9 |
  | 4 × 400 metres relay details | Great Britain Martin Pike Leslie Lewis Angus Scott Derek Pugh | 3:10.2 CR | Italy Baldasare Porto Armando Filiput Luigi Paterlini Antonio Siddi | 3:11.0 | Sweden Gösta Brännström Tage Ekfeldt Rune Larsson Lars Wolfbrandt | 3:11.6 |
  
  ### Field
  
  | Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | High jump details | Alan Paterson (GBR) | 1.96 | Arne Åhman (SWE) | 1.93 | Claude Bénard (FRA) | 1.93 |
  | Long jump details | Torfi Bryngeirsson (ISL) | 7.32 | Gerard Wessels (NED) | 7.22 | Jaroslav Fikejz (TCH) | 7.20 |
  | Pole vault details | Ragnar Lundberg (SWE) | 4.30 CR | Valto Olenius (FIN) | 4.25 | Juho Piironen (FIN) | 4.25 |
  | Triple jump details | Leonid Shcherbakov (URS) | 15.39 CR | Valdemar Rautio (FIN) | 14.96 | Ruhi Sarıalp (TUR) | 14.53 |
  | Shot put details | Gunnar Huseby (ISL) | 16.74 CR | Angiolo Profeti (ITA) | 15.16 | Oto Grigalka (URS) | 15.14 |
  | Discus throw details | Adolfo Consolini (ITA) | 53.75 CR | Giuseppe Tosi (ITA) | 52.31 | Olli Partanen (FIN) | 48.69 |
  | Javelin throw details | Toivo Hyytiäinen (FIN) | 71.26 | Per-Arne Berglund (SWE) | 70.06 | Ragnar Ericzon (SWE) | 69.82 |
  | Hammer throw details | Sverre Strandli (NOR) | 55.71 | Teseo Taddia (ITA) | 54.73 | Jiří Dadák (TCH) | 53.64 |
  | Decathlon details | Ignace Heinrich (FRA) | 7364 CR | Örn Clausen (ISL) | 7297 | Kjell Tånnander (SWE) | 7175 |
  
  ## Women's results
  
  ### Track
  
  | Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 100 metres details | Fanny Blankers-Koen (NED) | 11.7 CR | Yevgeniya Sechenova (URS) | 12.3 | June Foulds (GBR) | 12.4 |
  | 200 metres details | Fanny Blankers-Koen (NED) | 24.0 | Yevgeniya Sechenova (URS) | 24.8 | Dorothy Hall (GBR) | 25.0 |
  | 80 metres hurdles details | Fanny Blankers-Koen (NED) | 11.1 CR | Maureen Gardner (GBR) | 11.6 | Micheline Ostermeyer (FRA) | 11.7 |
  | 4 × 100 metres relay details | Great Britain Elspeth Hay Jean Desforges Dorothy Hall June Foulds | 47.4 | Netherlands Xenia Stad-de Jong Bertha Brouwer Gré de Jongh Fanny Blankers-Koen | 47.4 | Soviet Union Elene Gokieli Sofya Malshina Zoya Dukhovich Yevgeniya Sechenova | 47.5 |
  
  ### Field
  
  | Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | High jump details | Sheila Lerwill (GBR) | 1.63 | Dorothy Tyler-Odam (GBR) | 1.63 | Galina Ganeker (URS) | 1.63 |
  | Long jump details | Valentina Bogdanova (URS) | 5.82 | Wilhelmina Lust (NED) | 5.63 | Maire Osterdahl (FIN) | 5.57 |
  | Shot put details | Anna Andreyeva (URS) | 14.32 CR | Klavdiya Tochenova (URS) | 13.92 | Micheline Ostermeyer (FRA) | 13.37 |
  | Discus throw details | Nina Dumbadze (URS) | 48.03 CR | Rimma Shumskaya (URS) | 42.25 | Edera Cordiale (ITA) | 41.57 |
  | Javelin throw details | Natalya Smirnitskaya (URS) | 47.55 CR | Herma Bauma (AUT) | 43.87 | Galina Zybina (URS) | 42.75 |
  | Pentathlon details | Arlette Ben Hamo (FRA) | 3204 | Bertha Crowther (GBR) | 3048 | Olga Modrachová (TCH) | 3026 |
  
  ## Medal table
  
  | Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | Great Britain (GBR) | 8 | 3 | 6 | 17 |
  | 2 | Soviet Union (URS) | 6 | 5 | 6 | 17 |
  | 3 | France (FRA) | 4 | 8 | 3 | 15 |
  | 4 | Netherlands (NED) | 4 | 3 | 1 | 8 |
  | 5 | Italy (ITA) | 3 | 5 | 1 | 9 |
  | 6 | Czechoslovakia (TCH) | 3 | 0 | 3 | 6 |
  | 7 | Iceland (ISL) | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
  | 8 | Sweden (SWE) | 1 | 4 | 7 | 12 |
  | 9 | Finland (FIN) | 1 | 3 | 5 | 9 |
  | 10 | Norway (NOR) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
  | 10 | Switzerland (SUI) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
  | 12 | Austria (AUT) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
  | 12 | Yugoslavia (YUG) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
  | 14 | Belgium (BEL) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
  | 14 | Turkey (TUR) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
  | Totals (15 entries) | Totals (15 entries) | 34 | 34 | 34 | 102 |
  
  ## Participation
  
  According to an unofficial count, 454 athletes from 21 countries participated in the event, in agreement with the official number of athletes, but three countries less than the official number of 24 as published.
  
  * Austria (11)
  * Belgium (48)
  * Czechoslovakia (15)
  * Denmark (10)
  * Finland (20)
  * France (56)
  * Greece (12)
  * Iceland (10)
  * Italy (33)
  * Luxembourg (5)
  * Netherlands (21)
  * Norway (17)
  * Poland (3)
  * Portugal (3)
  * Soviet Union (34)
  * Spain (2)
  * Sweden (38)
  * Switzerland (19)
  * Turkey (10)
  * Great Britain (48)
  * Yugoslavia (39)
  