| Men's marathon at the European Athletics Championships |
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The men's marathon at the 1950 European Athletics Championships was held in Brussels, Belgium, on 23 August 1950.
Medalists
| Gold | Jack Holden Great Britain
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| Silver | Veikko Karvonen Finland
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| Bronze | Feodosiy Vanin Soviet Union
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Results
Final
23 August
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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Jack Holden | Great Britain |
2:32:14 | CR |
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Veikko Karvonen | Finland |
2:32:45 | |
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Feodosiy Vanin | Soviet Union |
2:33:47 | |
| 4 | Gösta Leandersson |  Sweden |
2:34:26 | |
| 5 | Vasiliy Gordiyenko | Soviet Union |
2:34:37 | |
| 6 | Charles Cérou |  France |
2:36:09 | |
| 7 | Jean Leblond |  Belgium |
2:36:55 | |
| 8 | Étienne Gailly | Belgium |
2:38:24 | |
| 9 | John Systad |  Norway |
2:39:50 | |
| 10 | Gustav Östling | Sweden |
2:41:18 | |
| 11 | Edward Denison | Great Britain |
2:44:31 | |
| 12 | Vilho Partanen | Finland |
2:45:26 | |
| 13 | Miroslav Glogonjac |  Yugoslavia |
2:55:41 | |
| 14 | Luka Bosanac | Yugoslavia |
2:59:05 | |
| 15 | Alfons Zwicker |  Switzerland |
3:01:04 | |
| 16 | Adri Moons |  Netherlands |
3:01:50 | |
| 17 | Athanasios Ragazos |  Greece |
3:01:52 | |
| 18 | Behzat Akdeniz |  Turkey |
NT | |
| 19 | Gottfried Knecht | Switzerland |
NT | |
| René Josset | France |
DNF | ||
| Joop Overdyk | Netherlands |
DNF | ||
| Ludwig Jahn |  Austria |
DNF |
Participation
According to an unofficial count, 22 athletes from 13 countries participated in the event.
- Austria (1)
- Belgium (2)
- Finland (2)
- France (2)
- Greece (1)
- Netherlands (2)
- Norway (1)
- Soviet Union (2)
- Sweden (2)
- Switzerland (2)
- Turkey (1)
- Great Britain (2)
- Yugoslavia (2)
References
- European Athletics Championships Zürich 2014 - STATISTICS HANDBOOK (PDF), European Athletics Association, pp. 372–377, retrieved 13 August 2014
| Marathon and half marathon at the European Athletics Championships | |
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| Men's marathon | |
| Men's half marathon | |
| Women's marathon | |
| Women's half marathon | |
| European Athletics Championships champions in men's marathon / half marathon | |
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| Marathon |
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| Half marathon |
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