1946 European Athletics Championships – Men's 50 kilometres walk

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The men's 50 kilometres race walk at the 1946 European Athletics Championships was held in Oslo, Norway, on 23 August 1946.[1]

Medalists

Gold John Ljunggren
 Sweden
Silver Harry Forbes
 Great Britain
Bronze Charles Megnin
 Great Britain

Results

Final

23 August

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) John Ljunggren  Sweden 4:38:20 CR
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Harry Forbes  Great Britain 4:42:58
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Charles Megnin  Great Britain 4:57:04
4 Oddvar Sponberg  Norway 5:00:27
5 Harry Kristensen  Denmark 5:03:18
Harry Olsson  Sweden DNF
Edgar Bruun  Norway DQ
Josef Doležal  Czechoslovakia DQ

Participation

According to an unofficial count, 8 athletes from 5 countries participated in the event.

References

  1. ^ European Athletics Championships Zürich 2014 - STATISTICS HANDBOOK (PDF), European Athletics Association, pp. 367–372, retrieved 13 August 2014