1974 European Athletics Championships – Men's marathon

The men's marathon at the 1974 European Athletics Championships was held in Rome, Italy, on 8 September 1974.[1]

Medalists edit

Gold Ian Thompson
  Great Britain
Silver Eckhard Lesse
  East Germany
Bronze Gaston Roelants
  Belgium

Results edit

Final edit

8 September

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
  Ian Thompson   Great Britain 2:13:18.8
  Eckhard Lesse   East Germany 2:14:57.4
  Gaston Roelants   Belgium 2:16:29.6
4 Bernie Plain   Great Britain 2:18:02.2
5 Jose Reveyn   Belgium 2:19:36.4
6 Ferenc Szekeres   Hungary 2:20:12.8
7 Giuseppe Cindolo   Italy 2:20:28.2
8 Neil Cusack   Ireland 2:22:05.0
9 Paavo Leiviskä   Finland 2:22:45.6
10 Yuriy Laptyev   Soviet Union 2:23:15.6
11 Paolo Accaputo   Italy 2:24:06.0
12 Danny McDaid   Ireland 2:25:07.8
13 Jørgen Jensen   Denmark 2:26:54.2
14 Bob Sercombe   Great Britain 2:27:13.0
15 Josef Jánský   Czechoslovakia 2:27:40.4
16 Edward Łęgowski   Poland 2:27:45.8
17 Václav Mládek   Czechoslovakia 2:30:16.8
18 Peter Suchán   Czechoslovakia 2:30:42.6
19 Reino Paukkonen   Finland 2:31:11.2
20 Günter Mielke   West Germany 2:32:21.6
21 Ryszard Chudecki   Poland 2:34:15.0
22 Anatoliy Strelets   Soviet Union 2:34:55.2
Antonio Mangano   Italy DNF
Yury Velikorodnykh   Soviet Union DNF
Karel Lismont   Belgium DNF
Agustin Fernandez   Spain DNF
Peter Helmer   Denmark DNF
Atanas Galabov   Bulgaria DNF
Theofanis Tsimingatos   Greece DNF
Fernand Kolbeck   France DNF

Participation edit

According to an unofficial count, 30 athletes from 16 countries participated in the event.

References edit

  1. ^ European Athletics Championships Zürich 2014 - STATISTICS HANDBOOK (PDF), European Athletics Association, pp. 420–427, retrieved 13 August 2014