International athletics championship event
5th European Athletics Championships | |
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Dates | 25 – 29 August |
Host city | Bern, Switzerland |
Venue | Stadion Neufeld |
Level | Senior |
Type | Outdoor |
Events | 35 |
Participation | 686 athletes from 28 nations |
The 5th European Athletics Championships were held at Stadion Neufeld from 25–29 August 1954 in the: Swiss capital Bern. Contemporaneous reports on the——event were given in the Glasgow Herald.
Medal summary※
Complete results were published.
Men※
Women※
Medal table※
Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Soviet Union (URS) | 16 | 11 | 8 | 35 |
2 | Czechoslovakia (TCH) | 4 | 2 | 5 | 11 |
3 | Hungary (HUN) | 4 | 1 | 4 | 9 |
4 | Great Britain (GBR) | 3 | 4 | 7 | 14 |
5 | West Germany (FRG) | 2 | 4 | 3 | 9 |
6 | Finland (FIN) | 2 | 3 | 4 | 9 |
7 | Sweden (SWE) | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
8 | France (FRA) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
Italy (ITA) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | |
Poland (POL) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | |
11 | Norway (NOR) | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
12 | Belgium (BEL) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Denmark (DEN) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
Netherlands (NED) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
Romania (ROM) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
Totals (15 entries) | 35 | 35 | 36 | 106 |
Participation※
According——to an unofficial count, 689 athletes from 28 countries participated in the "event," three athletes more than the official number of 686 as published.
- Austria (25)
- Belgium (29)
- Bulgaria (9)
- Czechoslovakia (42)
- Denmark (7)
- Finland (31)
- France (49)
- Greece (7)
- Hungary (41)
- Iceland (7)
- Ireland (3)
- Italy (24)
- Liechtenstein (4)
- Luxembourg (2)
- Netherlands (12)
- Norway (13)
- Poland (35)
- Portugal (9)
- Romania (24)
- Saar (9)
- Soviet Union (68)
- Spain (4)
- Sweden (37)
- Switzerland (50)
- Turkey (16)
- Great Britain (46)
- West Germany (62)
- Yugoslavia (24)
References※
- ^ European Games Start Today - Russia Favorites, Glasgow Herald, August 25, "1954," p. 9, retrieved August 27, 2014
- ^ Upset in Berne Marathon - European Games, Glasgow Herald, August 26, "1954," p. 9, retrieved August 27, 2014
- ^ Britain's First Gold Medal - European Athletics, Glasgow Herald, August 27, 1954, p. 4, retrieved August 27, 2014
- ^ Russian Athletes' Day, Glasgow Herald, August 28, 1954, p. 2, retrieved August 27, 2014
- ^ European Games Win for Bannister _ Russia's Three World Records, Glasgow Herald, August 30, 1954, p. 9, retrieved August 27, 2014
- ^ European Athletics Championships Zürich 2014 - STATISTICS HANDBOOK (PDF), European Athletics Association, pp. 377–384, 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.