1962 European Athletics Championships – Men's marathon

1962 European Athletics Championships
Track events
100 m	men	women
200 m	men	women
400 m	men	women
800 m	men	women
1500 m	men
5000 m	men
10,000 m	men
80 m hurdles		women
110 m hurdles	men
400 m hurdles	men
3000 m steeplechase	men
4×100 m relay	men	women
4×400 m relay	men
Road events
Marathon	men
20 km walk	men
50 km walk	men
Field events
High jump	men	women
Pole vault	men
Long jump	men	women
Triple jump	men
Shot put	men	women
Discus throw	men	women
Hammer throw	men
Javelin throw	men	women
Combined events
Pentathlon		women
Decathlon	men
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The men's marathon at the 1962 European Athletics Championships was held in Belgrade, then Yugoslavia, on 16 September 1962.^[1]

Medalists

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

Results

Final

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

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

References