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1938 Vienna 1946 Oslo All 29 editions

Europe Continental championships · since 1934

1938 European Champs

Paris, France 3–5 Sep 1938

events: 23
medals awarded: 69
nations on the podium: 13
world records: 0

Podiums

Sprints

100m

1

Martinus Osendarp 10.5 n/a

2

Orazio Mariani 10.6 n/a

3

Lennart Strandberg 10.6 n/a

Sprints

200m

1

Martinus Osendarp CR 21.2 n/a

2

Jakob Scheuring 21.6 n/a

3

Alan Pennington 21.6 n/a

Sprints

400m

1

Godfrey Brown CR 47.4

2

Karl Baumgarten 48.2

3

Erich Linnhoff 48.8

Middle & long

800m

1

Rudolf Harbig CRNR 1:50.6

2

Jacques Leveque 1:51.8

3

Mario Lanzi 1:52.0

Middle & long

1500m

1

Sydney Wooderson CR 3:53.6

2

Joseph Mostert 3:54.5

3

Luigi Beccali 3:55.2

Middle & long

5000m

1

Taisto Maki CR 14:26.8

2

Henry Jonsson NR 14:27.4

3

Kauko Pekuri 14:29.2

Middle & long

10,000m

1

Ilmari Salminen CR 30:52.4

2

Giuseppe Beviacqua NR 30:53.2

3

Max Syring 30:57.8

Road

Marathon

1

Vaino Muinonen CR 2:37:28

2

Squire Yarrow 2:39:03

3

Henry Palme 2:42:13

Middle & long

3000m steeplechase

1

Lars Larsson CR 9:16.2

2

Ludwig Kaindl 9:19.2

3

Alf Lindblad 9:21.4

Hurdles

110m hurdles

1

Don Finlay CRAR 14.3 n/a

2

Håkan Lidman 14.5 n/a

3

Jan-Reindert Brasser 14.8 n/a

Hurdles

400m hurdles

1

Prudent Joye CR 53.1

2

Jozsef Kovacs (1911) 53.3

3

Kell Areskoug 53.6

Jumps

High jump

1

Kurt Lundqvist 1.97

2

Kalevi Kotkas 1.94

3

Lauri Kalima 1.94

Jumps

Pole vault

1

Karl Sutter CR 4.05

2

Bo Ljungberg 4.00

3

Pierre Ramadier NR 4.00

Jumps

Long jump

1

Wilhelm Leichum CR 7.65

2

Arturo Maffei 7.61

3

Luz Long 7.56

Jumps

Triple jump

1

Onni Rajasaari CR 15.32 n/a

2

Jouko Noren 14.95 n/a

3

Karl Kotratschek 14.73 n/a

Throws

Shot put

1

Aleksander Kreek CR 15.83

2

Gerhard Stöck 15.59

3

Hans Woellke 15.52

Throws

Discus throw

1

Wilhelm Schroder 49.70

2

Giorgio Oberweger 49.48

3

Gunnar Bergh 48.72

Throws

Hammer throw

1

Karl Hein CR 58.77

2

Erwin Blask 57.34

3

Oscar Malmbrant 51.23

Throws

Javelin throw

1

Matti Jarvinen CR 76.87

2

Yrjo Nikkanen 75.00

3

Jozsef Varszegi NR 72.78

Race walks

50 km race walk

1

Harold Whitlock CR 4:41:51

2

Herbert Dill 4:43:54

3

Edgar Bruun 4:44:35

Combined

Decathlon

1

Olle Bexell Updated for 1984 table: 6687 pts CR 7214

2

Witold Gerutto Updated for 1984 table: 6459 pts 7006

3

Joseph Neumann Updated for 1984 table: 6228 pts 6664

Relays

4x100m

1

Germany

Manfred Kersch Gerd Hornberger Karl Neckermann Jakob Scheuring

CR 40.9

2

Sweden

Gösta Klemming Ake Stenqvist Lennart Lindgren Lennart Strandberg

41.1

3

Great Britain & NI

Maurice Scarr Godfrey Brown Arthur Sweeney Ernest Page

41.2

Relays

4x400m

1

Germany

Hermann Blazejezak Manfred Bues Erich Linnhoff Rudolf Harbig

CR 3.13.7

2

Great Britain & NI

Jack Barnes Alfred Baldwin Alan Pennington Godfrey Brown

3.14.9

3

Sweden

Lars Nilsson Carl-Erik Gustafsson Börje Thomasson Bertil von Wachenfeldt

3.17.3

Medal table

13 nations · 69 medals

#	Nation				Total	Share
1	Germany GER	7	5	5	17
2	Finland FIN	5	3	3	11
3	Great Britain & NI 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
11	Poland POL	0	1	0	1
12	Norway NOR	0	0	1	1
13	Switzerland SUI	0	0	1	1

Records set

20 CR · 1 AR

CR Martinus Osendarp 200m · Men 21.2
CR Godfrey Brown 400m · Men 47.4
CR Rudolf Harbig 800m · Men 1:50.6
CR Sydney Wooderson 1500m · Men 3:53.6
CR Taisto Maki 5000m · Men 14:26.8
CR Ilmari Salminen 10,000m · Men 30:52.4
CR Vaino Muinonen Marathon · Men 2:37:28
CR Lars Larsson 3000m steeplechase · Men 9:16.2
CR Don Finlay 110m hurdles · Men 14.3
AR Don Finlay 110m hurdles · Men 14.3
CR Prudent Joye 400m hurdles · Men 53.1
CR Karl Sutter Pole vault · Men 4.05
CR Wilhelm Leichum Long jump · Men 7.65
CR Onni Rajasaari Triple jump · Men 15.32
CR Aleksander Kreek Shot put · Men 15.83
CR Karl Hein Hammer throw · Men 58.77
CR Matti Jarvinen Javelin throw · Men 76.87
CR Harold Whitlock 50 km race walk · Men 4:41:51
CR Olle Bexell Decathlon · Men 7214
CR Germany 4x100m · Men 40.9
CR Germany 4x400m · Men 3.13.7