1950 European Athletics Championships

Host City Bruxelles
Country BEL
Held 23 – 27 August 1950
Competitors 112
Countries 15

Events

Event Gender Held Status Competitors Countries
100 m Men 23 – 24 August 1950 Medal 3 3
200 m Men 25 – 27 August 1950 Medal 3 3
400 m Men 23 – 25 August 1950 Medal 3 3
800 m Men 23 – 26 August 1950 Medal 3 2
1,500 m Men 24 – 27 August 1950 Medal 3 3
5,000 m Men 24 – 26 August 1950 Medal 3 3
10,000 m Men 23 August 1950 Medal 3 3
Marathon Men 23 August 1950 Medal 3 3
110 m Hurdles Men 23 – 24 August 1950 Medal 3 3
400 m Hurdles Men 24 – 27 August 1950 Medal 3 3
3,000 m Steeplechase Men 27 August 1950 Medal 3 3
4 x 100 m Relay Men 23 – 25 August 1950 Medal 12 3
4 x 400 m Relay Men 26 – 27 August 1950 Medal 12 3
10,000 m Walk Men 24 August 1950 Medal 3 3
50 km Walk Men 25 August 1950 Medal 3 2
High Jump Men 25 – 27 August 1950 Medal 3 3
Pole Vault Men 24 – 26 August 1950 Medal 3 2
Long Jump Men 25 – 26 August 1950 Medal 3 3
Triple Jump Men 23 August 1950 Medal 3 3
Shot Put Men 25 August 1950 Medal 3 3
Discus Throw Men 24 – 26 August 1950 Medal 3 2
Hammer Throw Men 26 – 27 August 1950 Medal 3 3
Javelin Throw Men 26 – 27 August 1950 Medal 3 2
Decathlon Men 24 – 25 August 1950 Medal 3 3
100 m Women 24 – 25 August 1950 Medal 3 3
200 m Women 26 – 27 August 1950 Medal 3 3
80 m Hurdles Women 25 – 26 August 1950 Medal 3 3
4 x 100 m Relay Women 27 August 1950 Medal 12 3
High Jump Women 26 August 1950 Medal 3 2
Long Jump Women 24 August 1950 Medal 3 3
Shot Put Women 23 August 1950 Medal 3 2
Discus Throw Women 25 August 1950 Medal 3 2
Javelin Throw Women 23 August 1950 Medal 3 2
Pentathlon Women 25 – 26 August 1950 Medal 3 3

Medal table

Pos Country 🥇 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
= Switzerland SUI 1 0 0 1
12 Austria AUT 0 1 0 1
= Yugoslavia YUG 0 1 0 1
14 Belgium BEL 0 0 1 1
= Turkey TUR 0 0 1 1

Medal winners

Event 🥇 Gold 🥈 Silver 🥉 Bronze
100 m, Men Étienne Bally FRA Franco Leccese ITA Vladimir Sukharev URS
200 m, Men Brian Shenton GBR Étienne Bally FRA Jan Lammers NED
400 m, Men Derek Pugh GBR Jacques Lunis FRA Lars-Erik Wolfbrandt SWE
800 m, Men John Parlett GBR Marcel Hansenne FRA Roger Bannister GBR
1,500 m, Men Wim Slijkhuis NED Patrick El Mabrouk FRA Bill Nankeville GBR
5,000 m, Men Emil Zátopek TCH Alain Mimoun FRA Gaston Reiff BEL
10,000 m, Men Emil Zátopek TCH Alain Mimoun FRA Väinö Koskela FIN
Marathon, Men Jack Holden GBR Veikko Karvonen FIN Feodosy Vanin URS
110 m Hurdles, Men André Marie FRA Ragnar Lundberg SWE Peter Hildreth GBR
400 m Hurdles, Men Armando Filiput ITA Yury Lituyev URS Harry Whittle GBR
3,000 m Steeplechase, Men Jindřich Roudný TCH Petar Šegedin YUG Erik Blomster FIN
4 x 100 m Relay, Men Soviet Union URS France FRA Sweden SWE
4 x 400 m Relay, Men Great Britain GBR Italy ITA Sweden SWE
10,000 m Walk, Men Fritz Schwab SUI Émile Maggi FRA John Mikaelsson SWE
50 km Walk, Men Pino Dordoni ITA John Ljunggren SWE Verner Ljunggren SWE
High Jump, Men Alan Paterson GBR Arne Åhman SWE Claude Bénard FRA
Pole Vault, Men Ragnar Lundberg SWE Valto Olenius FIN Jukka Piironen FIN
Long Jump, Men Torfi Bryngeirsson ISL Gerard Wessels NED Jaroslav Fikejz TCH
Triple Jump, Men Leonid Shcherbakov URS Valle Rautio FIN Ruhi Sarıalp TUR
Shot Put, Men Gunnar Huseby ISL Angiolo Profeti ITA Oto Grigalka URS
Discus Throw, Men Adolfo Consolini ITA Giuseppe Tosi ITA Olli Partanen FIN
Hammer Throw, Men Sverre Strandli NOR Teseo Taddia ITA Jiří Dadák TCH
Javelin Throw, Men Toivo Hyytiäinen FIN Per-Arne Berglund SWE Ragnar Ericzon SWE
Decathlon, Men Ignace Heinrich FRA Örn Clausen ISL Kjell Tånnander SWE
100 m, Women Fanny Blankers-Koen NED Yevgeniya Sechenova URS June Foulds GBR
200 m, Women Fanny Blankers-Koen NED Yevgeniya Sechenova URS Dorothy Hall GBR
80 m Hurdles, Women Fanny Blankers-Koen NED Maureen Gardner GBR Micheline Ostermeyer FRA
4 x 100 m Relay, Women Great Britain GBR Netherlands NED Soviet Union URS
High Jump, Women Sheila Lerwill GBR Dorothy Odam-Tyler GBR Galina Ganeker URS
Long Jump, Women Valentina Bogdanova URS Willy Lust NED Maire Österdahl FIN
Shot Put, Women Anna Andreyeva URS Klavdiya Tochonova URS Micheline Ostermeyer FRA
Discus Throw, Women Nino Dumbadze URS Rimma Shumskaya URS Edera Cordiale ITA
Javelin Throw, Women Nataliya Smirnitskaya URS Herma Bauma AUT Galina Zybina URS
Pentathlon, Women Arlette Ben Hamo FRA Bertha Crowther GBR Olga Modrachová TCH