1st European Athletics Championships | |
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Dates | 7 – 9 September |
Host city | Turin, Italy |
Venue | Stadio Benito Mussolini |
Level | Senior |
Type | Outdoor |
Events | 22 |
Participation | 226 athletes from 23 nations |
The 1st European Athletics Championships were held in Turin, Italy, at the Stadio Benito Mussolini between 7 and 9 September 1934. A contemporaneous report on the event was given in the Glasgow Herald.[1]
There were no women's events.
Results
[edit]Medalists[2] and complete results were published.[3]
Track
[edit]Field
[edit]Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
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High jump |
Kalevi Kotkas![]() |
2.00 m | Birger Halvorsen![]() |
1.97 m | Veikko Peräsalo![]() |
1.97 m |
Long jump |
Wilhelm Leichum![]() |
7.45 m | Otto Berg![]() |
7.31 m | Luz Long![]() |
7.25 m |
Pole vault |
Gustav Wegner![]() |
4.00 m | Bo Ljungberg![]() |
4.00 m | John Lindroth![]() |
3.90 m |
Triple jump |
Willem Peters![]() |
14.89 m | Eric Svensson![]() |
14.83 m | Onni Rajasaari![]() |
14.74 m |
Shot put |
Arnold Viiding![]() |
15.19 m | Risto Kuntsi![]() |
15.19 m | František Douda![]() |
15.18 m |
Discus throw |
Harald Andersson![]() |
50.38 m | Paul Winter![]() |
47.09 m | István Donogán![]() |
45.91 m |
Javelin throw |
Matti Järvinen![]() |
76.66 m WR | Matti Sippala![]() |
69.97 m | Gustav Sule![]() |
69.31 m |
Hammer throw |
Ville Pörhölä![]() |
50.34 m | Fernando Vandelli![]() |
48.69 m | Gunnar Jansson![]() |
47.85 m |
Decathlon |
Hans-Heinrich Sievert![]() |
6858 pts | Leif Dahlgren![]() |
6666 pts | Jerzy Pławczyk![]() |
6399 pts |
Medal table
[edit]Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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1 | ![]() | 7 | 2 | 2 | 11 |
2 | ![]() | 5 | 4 | 4 | 13 |
3 | ![]() | 3 | 0 | 2 | 5 |
4 | ![]() | 2 | 3 | 2 | 7 |
5 | ![]() | 1 | 4 | 3 | 8 |
6 | ![]() | 1 | 3 | 1 | 5 |
7 | ![]() | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 |
8 | ![]() | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
9 | ![]() | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
10 | ![]() | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
11 | ![]() | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
12 | ![]() | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
13 | ![]() | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
![]() | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
![]() | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
Totals (15 entries) | 22 | 22 | 22 | 66 |
Participation
[edit]According to an unofficial count, 223 athletes from 23 countries participated in the event, three athletes less than the official number as published.[4]
Austria (AUT) (6)
Belgium (BEL) (3)
Bulgaria (BUL) (2)
Czechoslovakia (13)
Denmark (2)
Estonia (7)
Finland (20)
France (18)
Germany (27)
Greece (GRE) (2)
Hungary (17)
Italy (ITA) (41)
Latvia (6)
Lithuania (3)
Luxembourg (4)
Netherlands (8)
Norway (4)
Poland (POL) (5)
Portugal (1)
Romania (1)
Sweden (18)
Switzerland (11)
Yugoslavia (4)
References
[edit]- ^ European Athletic Championships - Germany wins six titles, Glasgow Herald, September 10, 1934, p. 19, archived from the original on 15 August 2022, retrieved 14 August 2014
- ^ "European Championships (Men)". gbrathletics.com. 2007. Archived from the original on 25 August 2008. Retrieved 26 August 2008.
- ^ European Athletics Championships Zürich 2014 - STATISTICS HANDBOOK (PDF), European Athletics Association, pp. 360–362, archived (PDF) from the original on 28 March 2019, retrieved 13 August 2014
- ^ European Athletics Championships Zürich 2014 - STATISTICS HANDBOOK (PDF), European Athletics Association, p. 4, archived (PDF) from the original on 28 March 2019, retrieved 13 August 2014