1962 European Athletics Championships – Men's marathon

Men's marathon
at the European Athletics Championships

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

Medalists

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

Results

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Final

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16 September

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) Brian Kilby  Great Britain 2:23:18.8
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Aurèle Vandendriessche  Belgium 2:24:02.0
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 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

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

References

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