1969 European Athletics Championships – Men's marathon

The men's marathon at the 1969 European Athletics Championships was held in Athens, Greece, on 21 September 1969.[1]

Medalists edit

Gold Ron Hill
  Great Britain
Silver Gaston Roelants
  Belgium
Bronze Jim Alder
  Great Britain

Results edit

Final edit

21 September

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
  Ron Hill   Great Britain 2:16:47.8
  Gaston Roelants   Belgium 2:17:22.2
  Jim Alder   Great Britain 2:19:05.8
4 Jürgen Busch   East Germany 2:19:34.4
5 İsmail Akçay   Turkey 2:22:16.8
6 Denes Simon   Hungary 2:22:58.8
7 Michał Wójcik   Poland 2:23:36.6
8 Yuriy Volkov   Soviet Union 2:24:09.6
9 Maurice Peiren   Belgium 2:24:10.6
10 Anatoliy Skripnik   Soviet Union 2:25:14.8
11 Hüseyin Aktaş   Turkey 2:27:51.0
12 Zdzisław Bogusz   Poland 2:28:37.0
13 Michael Molloy   Ireland 2:28:38.0
14 Carlos Pérez   Spain 2:29:28.6
15 Yury Velikorodnykh   Soviet Union 2:31:46.8
16 Gyula Tóth   Hungary 2:32:24.6
17 Nedo Farčić   Yugoslavia 2:35:57.0
18 Aad Steylen   Netherlands 2:37:35.0
19 Hamza Canavar   Turkey 2:39:45.0
20 André Lacour   France 2:40:20.8
21 Stanislav Petr   Czechoslovakia 2:40:44.0
22 Gilbert Gauthier   France 2:45:31.0
23 Jean-Marie Wagnon   France 2:47:19.0
24 Nikolaos Avlakiotis   Greece 2:47:53.8
25 Armando Aldegalega   Portugal NT
26 Georgios Fakiolas   Greece NT
27 Jimmy Parody   Gibraltar NT
Bjarne Sletten   Norway DNF
Bill Adcocks   Great Britain DNF
Dimitrios Vouros   Greece DNF
Pentti Rummakko   Finland DNF
Václav Mládek   Czechoslovakia DNF

Participation edit

According to an unofficial count, 32 athletes from 18 countries participated in the event.

References edit

  1. ^ European Athletics Championships Zürich 2014 - STATISTICS HANDBOOK (PDF), European Athletics Association, pp. 405–412, retrieved 13 August 2014