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Europe Continental championships · since 1934

1954 European Champs

Bern, Switzerland 25–29 Aug 1954

events: 35
medals awarded: 106
nations on the podium: 15
world records: 2

Podiums

Sprints

100m

1

Heinz Fuetterer Competed under FRG (West Germany) 10.5 nwi

2

Rene Bonino 10.6 nwi

3

George Ellis 10.7 nwi

Sprints

200m

1

Heinz Fuetterer Competed under FRG (West Germany) CRAR 20.9 nwi

2

Ardalion Ignatyev NR 21.1 nwi

3

George Ellis NR 21.2 nwi

Sprints

400m

1

Ardalion Ignatyev CR also in semis: 47.0 CRNR 46.6

2

Voitto Hellsten NR 47.0

3

Zoltan Adamik NR 47.6

Middle & long

800m

1

Lajos Szentgali CR in heats also: 1:50.0 CRNR 1:47.1

2

Lucien De Muynck NR 1:47.3

3

Audun Boysen NR 1:47.4

Middle & long

1500m

1

Roger Bannister CRNR 3:43.8

2

Gunnar Nielsen NR 3:44.4

3

Stanislav Jungwirth Competed under TCH (Czechoslovakia) 3:45.4

Middle & long

5000m

1

Vladimir Kuts WR 13:56.6

2

Christopher Chataway 14:08.8

3

Emil Zatopek Competed under TCH (Czechoslovakia) 14:10.2

Middle & long

10,000m

1

Emil Zatopek Competed under TCH (Czechoslovakia) CR 28:58.0

2

Jozsef Kovacs (1926) 29:25.8

3

Frank Sando 29:27.6

Road

Marathon

1

Veikko Karvonen CR 2:24:51

2

Boris Grishayev 2:24:55

3

Ivan Filin 2:25:26

Middle & long

3000m steeplechase

1

Sandor Rozsnyoi CR 8:49.6

2

Olavi Rinteenpaa 8:52.4

3

Ernst Larsen CR in heats: 9:00.0 NR 8:53.2

Hurdles

110m hurdles

1

Yevgeniy Bulanchik 14.4 nwi

2

John Parker 14.6 nwi

3

Berthold Steines Competed under FRG (West Germany) 14.7 nwi

Hurdles

400m hurdles

1

Anatoliy Yulin CR 50.5

2

Yuriy Lituyev 50.8

3

Sven-Oswald Mildh NR 51.5

Jumps

High jump

1

Bengt Nilsson CR 2.02

2

Jiri Lansky Competed under TCH (Czechoslovakia) 1.98

3

Jaroslav Kovar Competed under TCH (Czechoslovakia) 1.96

Jumps

Pole vault

1

Eeles Landstrom CR=NR 4.40

2

Ragnar Lundberg CR= 4.40

3

Geoff Elliott NR 4.30 =

3

Jukka Piironen 4.30 =

Jumps

Long jump

1

Odon Foldessy 7.51

2

Zbigniew Iwanski 7.46

3

Ernest Wanko 7.41

Jumps

Triple jump

1

Leonid Shcherbakov CR 15.90

2

Roger Norman 15.17

3

Martin Rehak Competed under TCH (Czechoslovakia) 15.10

Throws

Shot put

1

Jiri Skobla Competed under TCH (Czechoslovakia) CR 17.20

2

Otto Grigalka 16.69

3

Heino Heinaste 16.27

Throws

Discus throw

1

Adolfo Consolini 53.44

2

Giuseppe Tosi 52.34

3

Jozsef Szecsenyi 51.58

Throws

Hammer throw

1

Mikhail Krivonosov WR 63.34

2

Sverre Strandli 61.07

3

Jozsef Csermak 59.72

Throws

Javelin throw

1

Janusz Sidlo 76.35

2

Vladimir Kuznetsov 74.61

3

Soini Nikkinen 73.38

Race walks

10,000m race walk

1

Josef Dolezal Competed under TCH (Czechoslovakia) 45:01.8

2

Anatoliy Yegorov 45:53.0

3

Sergey Lobastov 46:21.8

Race walks

50 km race walk

1

Vladimir Ukhov CR 4:22:12

2

Josef Dolezal Competed under TCH (Czechoslovakia) 4:25:08

3

Antal Roka 4:31:33

Combined

Decathlon

1

Vasiliy Kuznetsov Updated for 1984 table: 6881 pts CR 6752

2

Torbjorn Lassenius Updated for 1984 table: 6676 pts 6424

3

Heinz Oberbeck Updated for 1984 table: 6531 pts 6263

Relays

4x100m

1

Hungary

Laszlo Zarandi Geza Varasdi Gyorgy Csanyi Bela Goldovanyi

CR 40.6

2

Great Britain & NI

Kenneth Box George Ellis Ken Jones Brian Shenton

40.8

3

Soviet Union

Boris Tokarev Viktor Ryabov Levan Sanadze Leonid Bartenev

40.9

Relays

4x400m

1

France

Jean-Pierre Haarhoff Jacques Degats Jean-Paul Martin du Gard Jean-Pierre Goudeau

CRNR 3.08.7

2

Germany

Hans Geister Helmut Dreher Heinz Ulzheimer Karl-Friedrich Haas

3.08.8

3

Finland

Ragnar Graeffe Sven-Oswald Mildh Rolf Back Voitto Hellsten

3.11.5

Medal table

15 nations · 106 medals

#	Nation				Total	Share
1	Soviet Union URS	16	11	8	35
2	Czech Republic CZE	4	2	5	11
3	Hungary HUN	4	1	4	9
4	Great Britain & NI GBR	3	4	7	14
5	Germany GER	2	4	3	9
6	Finland FIN	2	3	4	9
7	Sweden SWE	1	2	0	3
8	France FRA	1	1	1	3
9	Italy ITA	1	1	1	3
10	Poland POL	1	1	1	3
11	Norway NOR	0	1	2	3
12	Belgium BEL	0	1	0	1
13	Denmark DEN	0	1	0	1
14	Netherlands NED	0	1	0	1
15	Romania ROU	0	1	0	1

Records set

2 WR · 24 CR · 1 AR

WR Vladimir Kuts 5000m · Men 13:56.6
WR Mikhail Krivonosov Hammer throw · Men 63.34
CR Heinz Fuetterer 200m · Men 20.9
AR Heinz Fuetterer 200m · Men 20.9
CR Ardalion Ignatyev 400m · Men 46.6
CR Lajos Szentgali 800m · Men 1:47.1
CR Roger Bannister 1500m · Men 3:43.8
CR Emil Zatopek 10,000m · Men 28:58.0
CR Veikko Karvonen Marathon · Men 2:24:51
CR Sandor Rozsnyoi 3000m steeplechase · Men 8:49.6
CR Anatoliy Yulin 400m hurdles · Men 50.5
CR Bengt Nilsson High jump · Men 2.02
CR= Eeles Landstrom Pole vault · Men 4.40
CR= Ragnar Lundberg Pole vault · Men 4.40
CR Leonid Shcherbakov Triple jump · Men 15.90
CR Jiri Skobla Shot put · Men 17.20
CR Vladimir Ukhov 50 km race walk · Men 4:22:12
CR Vasiliy Kuznetsov Decathlon · Men 6752
CR Hungary 4x100m · Men 40.6
CR France 4x400m · Men 3.08.7
CR Nina Otkalenko 800m · Women 2:08.8
CR Mariya Golubnichaya 80m hurdles · Women 11.0
CR Thelma Hopkins High jump · Women 1.67
CR Jean Pickering Long jump · Women 6.04
CR Galina Zybina Shot put · Women 15.65
CR Dana Zatopkova Javelin throw · Women 52.91
CR Soviet Union 4x100m · Women 45.8