1954 European Athletics Championships – Men's 50 kilometres walk

The men's 50 kilometres race walk at the 1954 European Athletics Championships was held in Bern, Switzerland, on 27 August 1954.[1]

Medalists

Gold	Vladimir Ukhov  Soviet Union
Silver	Josef Doležal  Czechoslovakia
Bronze	Antal Róka  Hungary

Results

Final

27 August

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Vladimir Ukhov	Soviet Union	4:22:11.2	CR
	Josef Doležal	Czechoslovakia	4:25:07.4
	Antal Róka	Hungary	4:31:32.2
4	John Ljunggren	Sweden	4:38:09.6
5	János Somogyi	Hungary	4:41:40.4
6	Frank Bailey	Great Britain	4:46:06.4
7	Abdon Pamich	Italy	4:49:06.4
8	Ionescu Baboe	Romania	4:49:30.0
9	Edgar Bruun	Norway	4:52:13.0
10	Paavo Saira	Finland	5:06:58.0
11	René Charrière	Switzerland	5:08:21.0
12	Marcel Petitville	France	5:12:02.4
13	Trayko Mastagarkov	Bulgaria	5:23:14.4
14	Jules Gosse	Belgium	5:23:19.4
	Albert Johnson	Great Britain	DNF
	Louis Marquis	Switzerland	DNF
	Åke Söderlund	Sweden	DNF
	Pavel Kazankov	Soviet Union	DNF
	Harald Persson	Norway	DNF
	Giuseppe Dordoni	Italy	DNF
	Roger Chaylat	France	DNF

Participation

According to an unofficial count, 21 athletes from 13 countries participated in the event.

Belgium (1)  Bulgaria (1)  Czechoslovakia (1)  Finland (1)

France (2)  Hungary (2)  Italy (2)

Norway (2)  Romania (1)  Soviet Union (2)

Sweden (2)   Switzerland (2)  Great Britain (2)

References

1. European Athletics Championships Zürich 2014 - STATISTICS HANDBOOK (PDF), European Athletics Association, pp. 377–384, retrieved 13 August 2014