1938 European Athletics Championships - Men

Host City Paris
Country FRA
Held 3 – 5 September 1938
Competitors 79
Countries 13

Men

Events

Event Gender Held Status Competitors Countries
100 m Men 3 September 1938 Medal 3 3
200 m Men 4 September 1938 Medal 3 3
400 m Men 3 – 4 September 1938 Medal 3 3
800 m Men 3 – 4 September 1938 Medal 3 3
1,500 m Men 3 – 5 September 1938 Medal 3 3
5,000 m Men 4 September 1938 Medal 3 2
10,000 m Men 5 September 1938 Medal 3 3
Marathon Men 4 September 1938 Medal 3 3
110 m Hurdles Men 4 September 1938 Medal 3 3
400 m Hurdles Men 3 – 4 September 1938 Medal 3 3
3,000 m Steeplechase Men 5 September 1938 Medal 3 3
4 x 100 m Relay Men 5 September 1938 Medal 12 3
4 x 400 m Relay Men 5 September 1938 Medal 12 3
50 km Walk Men 4 September 1938 Medal 3 3
High Jump Men 5 September 1938 Medal 3 2
Pole Vault Men 3 September 1938 Medal 3 3
Long Jump Men 3 September 1938 Medal 3 2
Triple Jump Men 4 September 1938 Medal 3 2
Shot Put Men 4 September 1938 Medal 3 2
Discus Throw Men 5 September 1938 Medal 3 3
Hammer Throw Men 4 September 1938 Medal 3 2
Javelin Throw Men 3 September 1938 Medal 3 2
Decathlon Men 4 – 5 September 1938 Medal 3 3

Medal table

Pos Country 🥇 Gold 🥈 Silver 🥉 Bronze Total
1 Germany GER 7 5 5 17
2 Finland FIN 5 3 3 11
3 Great Britain GBR 4 2 2 8
4 Sweden SWE 3 4 6 13
5 Netherlands NED 2 1 1 4
6 France FRA 1 1 1 3
7 Estonia EST 1 0 0 1
8 Italy ITA 0 4 2 6
9 Hungary HUN 0 1 1 2
10 Belgium BEL 0 1 0 1
= Poland POL 0 1 0 1
12 Norway NOR 0 0 1 1
= Switzerland SUI 0 0 1 1

Medal winners

Event 🥇 Gold 🥈 Silver 🥉 Bronze
100 m, Men Tinus Osendarp NED Orazio Mariani ITA Lennart Strandberg SWE
200 m, Men Tinus Osendarp NED Jakob Scheuring GER Alan Pennington GBR
400 m, Men Godfrey Brown GBR Karl Baumgarten NED Erich Linnhoff GER
800 m, Men Rudi Harbig GER Jacques Lévèque FRA Mario Lanzi ITA
1,500 m, Men Sydney Wooderson GBR Joseph Mostert BEL Luigi Beccali ITA
5,000 m, Men Taisto Mäki FIN Henry Jonsson SWE Kauko Pekuri FIN
10,000 m, Men Ilmari Salminen FIN Giuseppe Beviacqua ITA Max Syring GER
Marathon, Men Väinö Muinonen FIN Squire Yarrow GBR Henry Palmé SWE
110 m Hurdles, Men Don Finlay GBR Håkan Lidman SWE Jan Brasser NED
400 m Hurdles, Men Prudent Joye FRA József Kovács HUN Kell Areskoug SWE
3,000 m Steeplechase, Men Lars Larsson SWE Ludwig Kaindl GER Alf Lindblad FIN
4 x 100 m Relay, Men Germany GER Sweden SWE Great Britain GBR
4 x 400 m Relay, Men Germany GER Great Britain GBR Sweden SWE
50 km Walk, Men Harold Whitlock GBR Herbert Dill GER Edgar Bruun NOR
High Jump, Men Kurt Lundquist SWE Kalevi Kotkas FIN Lauri Kalima FIN
Pole Vault, Men Karl Sutter GER Bo Ljungberg SWE Pierre Ramadier FRA
Long Jump, Men Wilhelm Leichum GER Arturo Maffei ITA Luz Long GER
Triple Jump, Men Onni Rajasaari FIN Jouko Norén FIN Karl Kotratschek GER
Shot Put, Men Aleksander Kreek EST Gerhard Stöck GER Hans Woellke GER
Discus Throw, Men Willy Schröder GER Giorgio Oberweger ITA Gunnar Bergh SWE
Hammer Throw, Men Karl Hein GER Erwin Blask GER Oscar Malmbrant SWE
Javelin Throw, Men Matti Järvinen FIN Yrjö Nikkanen FIN József Várszegi HUN
Decathlon, Men Olle Bexell SWE Witold Gerutto POL Josef Neumann SUI