European Championships

Oslo 1946

Bislett Stadium, 22 - 25 August

Men's results

100 m.

1.	John Archer	Great Britain & NI	10'' 6
2.	Haakon Trandberg	Norway	10'' 7
3.	Lennart Strandberg	Sweden

200 m.

1.	Nikolay Karakulov	Soviet Union	21'' 6
2.	Haakon Trandberg	Norway	21'' 7
3.	Jiri David	Czechoslovakia	21'' 8

400 m.

1.	Niels Holst Sorensen	Denmark	47'' 9
2.	Jacques Lunis	France	48'' 3
3.	Derek Pugh	Great Britain & NI	48'' 9

800 m.

1.	Rune Gustavsson	Sweden	1' 51'' 0
2.	Nils Holst Serensen	Denmark	1' 51'' 1
3.	Marcel Hansenne	France	1' 51'' 2

1.500 m.

1.	Lennart Strand	Sweden	3' 48'' 0
2.	Henry Eriksson	Sweden	3' 48'' 8
3.	Erik Jorgensen	Denmark	3' 52'' 8

5.000 m.

1.	Sydney Wooderson	Great Britain & NI	14' 08'' 6
2.	Willelm Slykhuis	Holland	14' 14'' 0
3.	Evert Nyberg	Sweden	14' 23'' 2

10.000 m.

1.	Viljo Heino	Finland	29' 52'' 0
2.	Helge Perala	Finland	30' 31'' 4
3.	Andras Csaplar	Hungary	30' 35'' 2

Marathon*

1.	Mikko Hietanen	Finland	2: 24' 55'' 0
2.	Vaino Muinonen	Finland	2: 26' 08'' 0
3.	Yakov Punko	Soviet Union	2: 26' 21'' 0

* short distance, about 40,2 km.

110 m. hurdles

1.	Hakan Lidman	Sweden	14'' 6
2.	Pol Braekman	Belgium	14'' 9
3.	Vainio Suvivio	Finland	15'' 0

400 m. hurdles

1.	Bertel Storskrubb	Finland	52'' 2
2.	Sixten Larsson	Sweden	52'' 4
3.	Rune Larsson	Sweden	52'' 5

3.000 m. steeple

1.	Paphael Pujason	France	9' 01'' 4
2.	Erik Elmsater	Sweden	9' 11'' 0
3.	Thore Sjostrand	Sweden	9' 14'' 0

High Jump

1.	Anton Bolinder	Sweden	1, 99 m.
2.	Alan Paterson	Great Britain & NI	1, 96 m.
3.	Nils Nicklen	Finland	1, 93 m.

Long Jump

1.	Olle Laessker	Sweden	7, 42 m.
2.	Lucien Graff	Switzerland	7, 40 m.
3.	Miroslav Rihosec	Czechoslovakia	7, 29 m.

Pole Vault

1.	Allan Lindberg	Sweden	4, 17 m.
2.	Nikolay Ozolin	Soviet Union	4, 10 m.
3.	Jan Bem	Czechoslovakia	4, 10 m.

Triple Jump

1.	Valdemar Rautio	Finland	15, 17 m.
2.	Bertil Johansson	Sweden	15, 15 m.
3.	Arne Ahman	Sweden	14, 96 m.

Shot Put

1.	Gunnar Huseby	Iceland	15, 56 m.
2.	Dmitryi Goryainov	Soviet Union	15, 25 m.
3.	Yrjo Lahtila	Finland	15, 23 m.

Discus Throw

1.	Adolfo Consolini	Italy	53, 23 m.
2.	Giuseppe Tosi	Italy	50, 39 m.
3.	Veikko Nyqvist	Finland	48, 14 m.

Javelin Throw

1.	Lennart Atterwal	Sweden	68, 74 m.
2.	Yrjo Nikkanen	Finland	67, 50 m.
3.	Tapio Rautavaara	Finland	66, 40 m.

Hammer Throw

1.	Bo Ericson	Sweden	56, 44 m.
2.	Erik Johansson	Sweden	53, 54 m.
3.	Dunkan Mc Dougall Clark	Great Britain & NI	51, 32 m.

Decathlon

1.	Godfrie Holmvang	Norway	6. 987 p.
2.	Sergey Kuznetsov	Soviet Union	6. 930 p.
3.	Goran Waxberg	Sweden	6. 661 p.

10.000 m. Walk

1.	Jan Mikaelsson	Sweden	46' 05'' 2
2.	Alfred Schwab	Switzerland	47' 03'' 6
3.	Eric Magie	France	48' 10'' 4

50.000 m. Walk

1.	Jan Ljunggren	Sweden	4: 38' 20'' 0
2.	Henry Forbs	Great Britain & NI	4: 42' 58'' 0
3.	Chris Menin	Great Britain & NI	4: 57' 04'' 0

4 X 100 m.

1.		Sweden	41'' 5
2.		France	42'' 0
3.		Czechoslovakia	42'' 2

4 X 400 m.

1.		France	3' 14'' 4
2.		Great Britain & NI	3' 14'' 5
3.		Sweden	3' 15'' 0