1982 European Athletics Championships – Men's marathon

Events at the 1982 European Athletics Championships
Track events
100 m		men		women
200 m		men		women
400 m		men		women
800 m		men		women
1500 m		men		women
3000 m				women
5000 m		men
10,000 m		men
100 m hurdles				women
110 m hurdles		men
400 m hurdles		men		women
3000 m steeplechase		men
4×100 m relay		men		women
4×400 m relay		men		women
Road events
Marathon		men		women
20 km walk		men
50 km walk		men
Field events
Long jump		men		women
Triple jump		men
High jump		men		women
Pole vault		men
Shot put		men		women
Discus throw		men		women
Javelin throw		men		women
Hammer throw		men
Combined events
Heptathlon				women
Decathlon		men

These are the official results of the Men's marathon event at the 1982 European Championships in Athens, Greece, held on 12 September 1982.

Medalists

Gold	Gerard Nijboer Netherlands (NED)
Silver	Armand Parmentier Belgium (BEL)
Bronze	Karel Lismont Belgium (BEL)

Abbreviations

• All times shown are in hours:minutes:seconds

DNS	did not start
NM	no mark
WR	world record
AR	area record
NR	national record
PB	personal best
SB	season best

Final ranking

Rank	Athlete	Time	Note
	Gerard Nijboer (NED)	2:15:16
	Armand Parmentier (BEL)	2:15:51
	Karel Lismont (BEL)	2:16:04
4	Pertti Tiainen (FIN)	2:16:27
5	Jukka Toivola (FIN)	2:17:31
6	Waldemar Cierpinski (GDR)	2:17:50
7	Ryszard Marczak (POL)	2:17:53
8	Giampaolo Messina (ITA)	2:18:20
9	Øyvind Dahl (NOR)	2:19:49
10	Kjell-Erik Ståhl (SWE)	2:20:36
11	Dick Hooper (IRL)	2:20:51
12	David Cannon (GBR)	2:21:33
13	Giovanni Poli (ITA)	2:22:27
14	Dominique Chauvelier (FRA)	2:22:40
15	Janos Szekeres (HUN)	2:22:41
16	Leonid Moseyev (URS)	2:24:00
17	Mehmet Terzi (TUR)	2:24:06
18	Richard Umberg (SUI)	2:24:54
19	Delfim Moreira (POR)	2:26:08
20	Michael Koussis (GRE)	2:26:22
21	Bernard Bobes (FRA)	2:26:37
22	Ralf Salzmann (FRG)	2:27:24
23	Freddy Vandervennet (BEL)	2:27:44
24	Vadim Sidorov (URS)	2:31:29
25	Theofanis Tsimingatos (GRE)	2:35:41
DID NOT FINISH (DNF)
—	Richard Kopijasz (POL)	DNF
—	Tommy Persson (SWE)	DNF
—	Allan Zachariassen (DEN)	DNF
—	Svend-Erik Kristensen (DEN)	DNF
—	Kyriakos Lazaridis (GRE)	DNF
—	Cor Vriend (NED)	DNF
—	Santiago de la Parte (ESP)	DNF
—	Niilo Kemppe (FIN)	DNF
—	Steve Kenyon (GBR)	DNF
—	Vladimir Kotov (URS)	DNF

Participation

According to an unofficial count, 35 athletes from 20 countries participated in the event.

• Belgium (3)
• Denmark (2)
• East Germany (1)
• Finland (3)
• France (2)

• Greece (3)
• Hungary (1)
• Ireland (1)
• Italy (2)
• Netherlands (2)

• Norway (1)
• Poland (2)
• Portugal (1)
• Soviet Union (3)
• Spain (1)

• Sweden (2)
• Switzerland (1)
• Turkey (1)
• United Kingdom (2)
• West Germany (1)

See also

• 1980 Men's Olympic Marathon (Moscow)
• 1982 Marathon Year Ranking
• 1983 Men's World Championships Marathon (Helsinki)
• 1984 Men's Olympic Marathon (Los Angeles)
• 1987 Men's World Championships Marathon (Rome)
• 1988 Men's Olympic Marathon (Seoul)

References

• Results
• marathonspiegel