1962 European Athletics Championships – Men's marathon

The men's marathon at the 1962 European Athletics Championships was held in Belgrade, then Yugoslavia, on 16 September 1962.[1]

Medalists edit

Gold Brian Kilby
  Great Britain
Silver Aurèle Vandendriessche
  Belgium
Bronze Viktor Baykov
  Soviet Union

Results edit

Final edit

16 September

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
  Brian Kilby   Great Britain 2:23:18.8
  Aurèle Vandendriessche   Belgium 2:24:02.0
  Viktor Baykov   Soviet Union 2:24:19.8
4 Alistair Wood   Great Britain 2:25:57.8
5 Pavel Kantorek   Czechoslovakia 2:26:54.4
6 Sergey Popov   Soviet Union 2:27:46.8
7 Thyge Thøgersen   Denmark 2:30:04.8
8 Ivan Mustapić   Yugoslavia 2:30:23.4
9 Stanisław Ożóg   Poland 2:30:32.2
10 Václav Chudomel   Czechoslovakia 2:30:33.0
11 Tenho Salakka   Finland 2:33:00.0
12 Eino Oksanen   Finland 2:33:40.8
13 Albert Messitt   Ireland 2:34:55.2
14 Franjo Škrinjar   Yugoslavia 2:36:14.8
15 Béla Szalay   Hungary 2:36:38.0
16 Bruno Bartholome   East Germany 2:37:37.6
17 Gerhard Hönicke   East Germany 2:43:31.6
18 Evert Nyberg   Sweden 2:44:55.8
19 Paul Genève   France 2:45:08.0
20 Werner Zylka   West Germany 2:47:40.0
21 Guido Vögele    Switzerland 2:48:11.6
22 Niilo Sorrela   Finland 2:48:43.2
Nikolay Rumyantsev   Soviet Union DNF
Ron Hill   Great Britain DNF
Miguel Navarro   Spain DNF
Franjo Mihalić   Yugoslavia DNF
Haydar Erturan   Turkey DNF
Salvatore Cuccuru   Italy DNF

Participation edit

According to an unofficial count, 28 athletes from 18 countries participated in the event.

References edit

  1. ^ European Athletics Championships Zürich 2014 - STATISTICS HANDBOOK (PDF), European Athletics Association, pp. 391–397, retrieved 13 August 2014