1946 European Athletics Championships

Host City Oslo
Country NOR
Held 22 – 25 August 1946
Competitors 108
Countries 15

Events

Event Gender Held Status Competitors Countries
100 m Men 23 August 1946 Medal 3 3
200 m Men 24 August 1946 Medal 3 3
400 m Men 22 – 23 August 1946 Medal 3 3
800 m Men 22 – 24 August 1946 Medal 3 3
1,500 m Men 24 – 25 August 1946 Medal 3 2
5,000 m Men 23 August 1946 Medal 3 3
10,000 m Men 22 August 1946 Medal 3 2
Marathon Men 22 August 1946 Medal 3 2
110 m Hurdles Men 24 – 25 August 1946 Medal 3 3
400 m Hurdles Men 22 – 24 August 1946 Medal 3 2
3,000 m Steeplechase Men 25 August 1946 Medal 3 2
4 x 100 m Relay Men 24 – 25 August 1946 Medal 12 3
4 x 400 m Relay Men 25 August 1946 Medal 12 3
10,000 m Walk Men 25 August 1946 Medal 3 3
50 km Walk Men 23 August 1946 Medal 3 2
High Jump Men 23 August 1946 Medal 3 3
Pole Vault Men 25 August 1946 Medal 3 3
Long Jump Men 24 August 1946 Medal 3 3
Triple Jump Men 22 August 1946 Medal 3 2
Shot Put Men 23 August 1946 Medal 3 3
Discus Throw Men 24 August 1946 Medal 3 2
Hammer Throw Men 22 August 1946 Medal 3 2
Javelin Throw Men 25 August 1946 Medal 3 2
Decathlon Men 23 – 24 August 1946 Medal 3 3
100 m Women 22 August 1946 Medal 3 3
200 m Women 24 – 25 August 1946 Medal 3 3
80 m Hurdles Women 23 August 1946 Medal 3 2
4 x 100 m Relay Women 25 August 1946 Medal 12 3
High Jump Women 22 August 1946 Medal 3 3
Long Jump Women 23 August 1946 Medal 3 2
Shot Put Women 22 August 1946 Medal 3 3
Discus Throw Women 23 August 1946 Medal 3 3
Javelin Throw Women 24 August 1946 Medal 3 2

Medal table

Pos Country 🥇 Gold 🥈 Silver 🥉 Bronze Total
1 Sweden SWE 11 5 6 22
2 Soviet Union URS 6 7 4 17
3 Finland FIN 4 3 5 12
4 France FRA 3 4 4 11
5 Netherlands NED 3 2 1 6
6 Great Britain GBR 2 5 3 10
7 Norway NOR 1 2 0 3
8 Denmark DEN 1 1 2 4
= Italy ITA 1 1 2 4
10 Iceland ISL 1 0 0 1
11 Switzerland SUI 0 2 0 2
12 Belgium BEL 0 1 0 1
13 Czechoslovakia TCH 0 0 4 4
14 Hungary HUN 0 0 1 1
= Poland POL 0 0 1 1

Medal winners

Event 🥇 Gold 🥈 Silver 🥉 Bronze
100 m, Men Jack Archer GBR Haakon Tranberg NOR Carlo Monti ITA
200 m, Men Nikolay Karakulov URS Haakon Tranberg NOR Jiří David TCH
400 m, Men Niels Holst-Sørensen DEN Jacques Lunis FRA Derek Pugh GBR
800 m, Men Rune Gustafsson SWE Niels Holst-Sørensen DEN Marcel Hansenne FRA
1,500 m, Men Lennart Strand SWE Henry Eriksson SWE Erik Jørgensen DEN
5,000 m, Men Sydney Wooderson GBR Wim Slijkhuis NED Evert Nyberg SWE
10,000 m, Men Viljo Heino FIN Helge Perälä FIN András Csaplár HUN
Marathon, Men Mikko Hietanen FIN Väinö Muinonen FIN Yakov Punko URS
110 m Hurdles, Men Håkan Lidman SWE Pol Braekman BEL Väinö Suvivuo FIN
400 m Hurdles, Men Bebbe Storskrubb FIN Sixten Larsson SWE Rune Larsson SWE
3,000 m Steeplechase, Men Raphaël Pujazon FRA Erik Elmsäter SWE Tore Sjöstrand SWE
4 x 100 m Relay, Men Sweden SWE France FRA Czechoslovakia TCH
4 x 400 m Relay, Men France FRA Great Britain GBR Sweden SWE
10,000 m Walk, Men John Mikaelsson SWE Fritz Schwab SUI Émile Maggi FRA
50 km Walk, Men John Ljunggren SWE Harry Forbes GBR Charles Megnin GBR
High Jump, Men Anton Bolinder SWE Alan Paterson GBR Nils Nicklén FIN
Pole Vault, Men Allan Lindberg SWE Nikolay Ozolin URS Jan Bém TCH
Long Jump, Men Olle Laessker SWE Lucien Graff SUI Miroslav Řihošek TCH
Triple Jump, Men Valle Rautio FIN Bertil Johnsson SWE Arne Åhman SWE
Shot Put, Men Gunnar Huseby ISL Dmitry Goryaynov URS Yrjö Lehtilä FIN
Discus Throw, Men Adolfo Consolini ITA Giuseppe Tosi ITA Veikko Nyqvist FIN
Hammer Throw, Men Bo Ericsson SWE Eric Johansson-Umedalen SWE Duncan Clark GBR
Javelin Throw, Men Lennart Atterwall SWE Yrjö Nikkanen FIN Tapio Rautavaara FIN
Decathlon, Men Godtfred Holmvang NOR Sergey Kuznetsov URS Göran Waxberg SWE
100 m, Women Yevgeniya Sechenova URS Winnie Jordan GBR Claire Brésolles FRA
200 m, Women Yevgeniya Sechenova URS Winnie Jordan GBR Léa Caurla FRA
80 m Hurdles, Women Fanny Blankers-Koen NED Elene Gok'ieli URS Valentina Fokina URS
4 x 100 m Relay, Women Netherlands NED France FRA Soviet Union URS
High Jump, Women Anne-Marie Colchen FRA Aleksandra Chudina URS Anne Iversen DEN
Long Jump, Women Gerda van der Kade-Koudijs NED Lidiya Gaile URS Valentina Vasilyeva URS
Shot Put, Women Tatyana Sevryukova URS Micheline Ostermeyer FRA Amelia Piccinini ITA
Discus Throw, Women Nino Dumbadze URS Ans Panhorst-Niesink NED Jadwiga Wajs-Marcinkiewicz POL
Javelin Throw, Women Klavdiya Mayuchaya URS Lyudmila Anokhina URS Ans Koning NED