1946 European Athletics Championships – Men's marathon

Events at the 1946 European Athletics Championships
Track events
100 m		men		women
200 m		men		women
400 m		men
800 m		men
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
10,000 m track walk		men
4×100 m relay		men		women
4×400 m relay		men
Road events
Marathon		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
Decathlon		men

The men's marathon at the 1946 European Athletics Championships was held in Oslo, Norway, on 22 August 1946.

Medalists

Gold	Mikko Hietanen Finland
Silver	Väinö Muinonen Finland
Bronze	Yakov Punko Soviet Union

Results

It is reported that the event was held on a short course measuring only 40.1 kilometres. Therefore, the winning time is no new championship record.

Final

22 August

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Mikko Hietanen	Finland	2:24:55
	Väinö Muinonen	Finland	2:26:08
	Yakov Punko	Soviet Union	2:26:21
4	Pierre Cousin	France	2:27:05
5	Gösta Leandersson	Sweden	2:28:30
6	Erik Jonsson	Sweden	2:30:08
7	Squire Yarrow	United Kingdom	2:30:40
8	Henning Larsen	Denmark	2:32:50
9	Athanasios Ragazos	Greece	2:32:58
10	Kaspar Schiesser	Switzerland	2:36:42
11	Václav Weisshäutel	Czechoslovakia	2:37:07
12	John Systad	Norway	2:42:59
13	Robert Nevens	Belgium	2:50:23
14	Antonín Špiroch	Czechoslovakia	2:57:44
	Horace Oliver	United Kingdom	DNF
	Øivind Gundhu	Norway	DNF
	Stylianos Kiriakidis	Greece	DNF

Participation

According to an unofficial count, 17 athletes from 11 countries participated in the event.

• Belgium (1)
• Czechoslovakia (2)
• Denmark (1)

• Finland (2)
• France (1)
• Greece (2)

• Norway (2)
• Soviet Union (1)
• Sweden (2)

• Switzerland (1)
• United Kingdom (2)