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1946 European Athletics Championships

1946 European Athletics Championships
FieldValue
Name3rd European Athletics Championships
Colour#E0ECF8
Logo1946 European Athletics Championships logo.png
Size
Host cityOslo, Norway
Dates22 – 25 August
StadiumBislett Stadion
LevelSenior
TypeOutdoor
Nations participating20
Athletes participating354
Events33
Previous1938 Paris/Vienna
Next1950 Brussels
Bislett stadion in Oslo, Norway, 1948

The 3rd European Athletics Championships were held from 22 August to 25 August 1946 in the Bislett Stadion in Oslo, Norway. For the first time it was a combined event for men and women, and for the first time a city in Scandinavia hosted the championships. Contemporaneous reports on the event were given in the Glasgow Herald. | access-date = August 22, 2014 | access-date = August 22, 2014

Two of the women's medalists from France underwent sex change later. Claire Brésolles became Pierre Brésolles, and Léa Caurla became Léon Caurla. | access-date = 24 August 2014

Men's results

Complete results were published. | access-date = 13 August 2014

Track

Bernard Santona
Yves Cros
Robert Chef d’Hotel
Jacques Lunis3:14.4
Ronald Ede
Derek Pugh
Bernard Elliot
Bill Roberts3:14.5
Folke Alnevik
Stig Lindgård
Sven-Erik Nolinge
Tore Sten3:15.0
  • The marathon at the 1946 European Championships was completed over a course measuring 40.1 km, 2 km shorter than the official marathon distance.

Field

Godtfred Holmvang6987Sergey Kuznetsov6930Göran Waxberg6504

Women's results

Track

Gerda van der Kade-Koudijs
Netty Witziers-Timmer
Marta Adema
Fanny Blankers-Koen47.8
Léa Caurla
Anne-Marie Colchen
Claire Brésolles
Monique Drilhon48.5
Yevgeniya Sechenova
Valentina Fokina
Elene Gokieli
Valentina Vasilyeva48.7

Field

Klavdiya Mayuchaya46.25Lyudmila Anokhina45.84Johanna Koning43.24

Medal table

Participation

According to an unofficial count, 354 athletes from 20 countries participated in the event, one athlete more than the official number of 353 as published. | access-date = 13 August 2014

  • BEL (11)
  • TCH (29)
  • DEN (23)
  • FIN (20)
  • FRA (31)
  • GRE (5)
  • HUN (11)
  • ISL (10)
  • IRL (1)
  • ITA (15)
  • LIE (2)
  • LUX (5)
  • NED (17)
  • NOR (38)
  • POL (18)
  • URS (19)
  • SWE (54)
  • SUI (14)
  • GBR (24)
  • SFR Yugoslavia (7)

References

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