1938 European Athletics Championships
| 2nd European Championships | |
|---|---|
Stade Olympique de Colombes (men) Praterstadion (women) | |
| Events | 32 |
| Participation | 352 athletes from 23 nations |
| Records set | 1 world record 1 European record |
| → | |
The 2nd athletics competition for European athletes which was held in two places in 1938. The men's event took place in Paris, France between 3–5 September while the women's events were in Vienna, Austria (at the time part of Nazi Germany) on 17 and 18 September. A total of 32 events were contested at the two competitions, comprising 23 events for men and 9 for women. This was the first time that events for women were held and the only occasion on which the competition was held in two separate locations.[1]
Nazi Germany topped the medals table with twelve gold medals and 32 in total. Finland won the second greatest number of gold medals (5) and eleven medals in total. The next most successful nations were Great Britain (four golds and eight overall) and Sweden (three golds and a total of thirteen medals). France won a medal of each colour in Paris, with Prudent Joye the sole Frenchman to win a gold for the hosts of the men's championships.
In the men's competition at
Glasgow Herald.[5]
Medal summary
Complete results were published.[6]
Men
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 100 metres |
 Tinus Osendarp (NED) |
10.5 CR |  Orazio Mariani (ITA) |
10.6 |  Lennart Strandberg (SWE) |
10.6 |
| 200 metres |
Tinus Osendarp (NED) |
21.2 CR |  Jakob Scheuring (GER) |
21.6 |  Alan Pennington (GBR) |
21.6 |
| 400 metres |
Godfrey Brown (GBR) |
47.4 CR | Karl Baumgarten (NED) |
48.2 | Erich Linnhoff (GER) |
48.8 |
| 800 metres |
Rudolf Harbig (GER) |
1:50.6 CR |  Jacques Levèque (FRA) |
1:51.6 | Mario Lanzi (ITA) |
1:52.0 |
| 1500 metres |
Sydney Wooderson (GBR) |
3:53.6 CR |  Joseph Mostert (BEL) |
3:54.5 | Luigi Beccali (ITA) |
3:55.2 |
| 5000 metres |
 Taisto Mäki (FIN) |
14:26.8 CR | Henry Jonsson (SWE) |
14:27.4 | Kauko Pekuri (FIN) |
14:29.2 |
| 10,000 metres |
Ilmari Salminen (FIN) |
30:52.0 CR | Giuseppe Beviacqua (ITA) |
30:53.2 | Max Syring (GER) |
30:57.8 |
| 110 metres hurdles |
Don Finlay (GBR) |
14.3 CR, AR | Håkan Lidman (SWE) |
14.5 | Reinden Brasser (NED) |
14.8 |
| 400 metres hurdles |
Prudent Joye (FRA) |
53.1 CR |  József Kovács (HUN) |
53.3 | Kell Areskoug (SWE) |
53.6 |
| 3000 metres steeplechase |
Lars Larsson (SWE) |
9:16.2 | Ludwig Kaindl (GER) |
9:19.2 | Alf Lindblad (FIN) |
9:21.4 |
| 4 × 100 metres relay |
Germany (GER) Manfred Kersch Gerd Hornberger Karl Neckermann Jakob Scheuring |
40.9 CR | Sweden (SWE) Gösta Klemming Åke Stenqvist Lennart Lindgren Lennart Strandberg |
41.1 | Ernest Page |
41.2 |
| 4 × 400 metres relay |
Germany (GER) Hermann Blazejezak Manfred Bues Erich Linnhoff Rudolf Harbig |
3:13.7 CR | Great Britain (GBR) Jack Barnes Alfred Baldwin Alan Pennington Godfrey Brown |
3:14.9 | Sweden (SWE) Lars Nilsson Carl Hendrik Gustafsson Börje Thomasson Bertil von Wachenfeldt |
3:17.3 |
| Marathon |
Väinö Muinonen (FIN) |
2:37:28.8 CR | Squire Yarrow (GBR) |
2:39:03.0 | Henry Palmé (SWE) |
2:42:13.6 |
| 50 kilometres walk |
Harold Whitlock (GBR) |
4:41:51 CR | Herbert Dill (GER) |
4:43:54 |  Edgar Bruun (NOR) |
4:44:35 |
| High jump |
Kurt Lundqvist (SWE) |
1.97 m | Kalevi Kotkas (FIN) |
1.94 m | Lauri Kalima (FIN) |
1.94 m |
| Pole vault |
Karl Sutter (GER) |
4.05 m CR | Bo Ljungberg (SWE) |
4.00 m | Pierre Ramadier (FRA) |
4.00 m |
| Long jump |
Wilhelm Leichum (GER) |
7.65 m CR | Arturo Maffei (ITA) |
7.61 m | Luz Long (GER) |
7.56 m |
| Triple jump |
Onni Rajasaari (FIN) |
15.32 m CR | Jouko Norén (FIN) |
14.95 m | Karl Kotratschek (GER) |
14.73 m |
| Shot put |
 Aleksander Kreek (EST) |
15.83 m CR | Gerhard Stöck (GER) |
15.59 m | Hans Woellke (GER) |
15.52 m |
| Discus throw |
Willy Schröder (GER) |
49.70 m | Giorgio Oberweger (ITA) |
49.48 m | Gunnar Bergh (SWE) |
48.72 m |
| Hammer throw |
Karl Hein (GER) |
58.77 m CR | Erwin Blask (GER) |
57.34 m | Oscar Malmbrant (SWE) |
51.23 m |
| Javelin throw |
Matti Järvinen (FIN) |
76.87 m CR | Yrjö Nikkanen (FIN) |
75.00 m | József Várszegi (HUN) |
72.78 m |
| Decathlon |
Olle Bexell (SWE) |
6870 pts CR |  Witold Gerutto (POL) |
6661 pts |  Josef Neumann (SUI) |
6444 pts |
WR world record | AR area record | CR championship record | GR games record | NR national record | OR Olympic record | PB personal best | SB season best | WL world leading (in a given season)
| ||||||
Women
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 100 metres |
Stanisława Walasiewicz (POL) |
11.9 | Käthe Krauß (GER) |
12.0 | Fanny Blankers-Koen (NED) |
12.0 |
| 200 metres |
Stanisława Walasiewicz (POL) |
23.8 | Käthe Krauß (GER) |
24.4 | Fanny Blankers-Koen (NED) |
24.9 |
| 80 metres hurdles |
Claudia Testoni (ITA) |
11.6 WR | Lisa Gelius (GER) |
11.7 | Catharina Ter Braake (NED) |
11.8 |
| 4 × 100 metres relay |
|
46.8 | Otylia Kaluzowa Stanisława Walasiewicz |
48.2 | Italy (ITA) Maria Alfero Maria Apollonio Rosetta Cattaneo Italia Lucchini |
49.4 |
| High jump |
Ibolya Csák (HUN) |
1.64 m | Nelly van Balen-Blanken (NED) |
1.64 m | Feodora zu Solms (GER) |
1.64 m |
| Long jump |
Irmgard Praetz (GER) |
5.88 m | Stanisława Walasiewicz (POL) |
5.81 m | Gisela Voß (GER) |
5.47 m |
| Shot put |
Hermine Schröder (GER) |
13.29 m | Gisela Mauermayer (GER) |
13.27 m | Wanda Flakowicz (POL) |
12.55 m |
| Discus throw |
Gisela Mauermayer (GER) |
44.80 m | Hilde Sommer (GER) |
40.95 m | Paula Mollenhauer (GER) |
39.81 m |
| Javelin throw |
Lisa Gelius (GER) |
45.58 m | Susanne Pastoors (GER) |
44.14 m | Luise Krüger (GER) |
42.49 m |
WR world record | AR area record | CR championship record | GR games record | NR national record | OR Olympic record | PB personal best | SB season best | WL world leading (in a given season)
| ||||||
Medal table
Donald Finlay
set a European record to win the 110 m hurdles.Dora Ratjen
's medal in the women's high jump was removed after he revealed himself to be male.* Host nation (Host nations (
Great Britain and Northern Ireland4 2 2 8 4 
Sweden (SWE)3 4 6 13 5 
Poland (POL)2 3 1 6 6 
Netherlands (NED)2 2 4 8 7 
Italy (ITA)1 4 3 8 8 
France (FRA)*1 1 1 3 
Hungary (HUN)1 1 1 3 10 
Estonia (EST)1 0 0 1 11 
Belgium (BEL)0 1 0 1 12 
Norway (NOR)0 0 1 1 
Switzerland (SUI)0 0 1 1 Totals (13 entries) 32 32 32 96 
Sweden (SWE) Poland (POL) Netherlands (NED) Italy (ITA) France (FRA)* Hungary (HUN) Estonia (EST) Belgium (BEL) Norway (NOR)
Switzerland (SUI)Participation
According to an unofficial count, 350 athletes from 23 countries participated in the event, two athletes less than the official number of 352 as published.[7]
Albania (2)- Belgium (13)
Czechoslovakia (3)
Denmark (3)- Estonia (7)
Finland (21)- France (43)
Germany (50)
Great Britain (35)
Greece (5)- Hungary (25)
- Italy (37)
Latvia (3)
Liechtenstein (2)
Luxembourg (5)- Netherlands (14)
- Norway (10)
- Poland (15)
Portugal (1)
Romania (2)- Sweden (35)
Switzerland (17)
Yugoslavia (2)
References
- ^ European Athletics(25 July 2006). Retrieved 21 August 2010.
- ^
"Three Athletics Titles Won by Britain - European Record for Finlay: Carstairs Sixth in 5000 Metres", Glasgow Herald, p. 19, 5 September 1938, retrieved 21 August 2014
- ^
"Lovelock Record Still Stands - Wind Handicaps Wooderson - Britain's Athletic Success", Glasgow Herald, p. 2, 6 September 1938, retrieved 21 August 2014
- ^ Dora Ratjen Biography. Sports-reference. Retrieved 21 August 2010.
- ^
"European Women's Championship", Glasgow Herald, p. 19, 19 September 1938, retrieved 21 August 2014
- ^
European Athletics Championships Zürich 2014 - STATISTICS HANDBOOK (PDF), European Athletics Association, pp. 363–367, retrieved 13 August 2014
- ^
European Athletics Championships Zürich 2014 - STATISTICS HANDBOOK (PDF), European Athletics Association, p. 4, retrieved 13 August 2014
- "European Championships (Men)". gbrathletics.com. 2007. Archived from the original on 2 September 2010. Retrieved 21 August 2010.
- "European Championships (Women)". gbrathletics.com. 2007. Archived from the original on 22 September 2010. Retrieved 21 August 2010.
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