1950 European Athletics Championships – Men's marathon

The men's marathon at the 1950 European Athletics Championships was held in Brussels, Belgium, on 23 August 1950.

Men's marathon at the European Athletics Championships

Medalists

Gold	Jack Holden Great Britain
Silver	Veikko Karvonen Finland
Bronze	Feodosiy Vanin Soviet Union

Results

Final

23 August

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Jack Holden	Great Britain	2:32:14	CR
	Veikko Karvonen	Finland	2:32:45
	Feodosiy Vanin	Soviet Union	2:33:47
4	Gösta Leandersson	Sweden	2:34:26
5	Vasiliy Gordiyenko	Soviet Union	2:34:37
6	Charles Cérou	France	2:36:09
7	Jean Leblond	Belgium	2:36:55
8	Étienne Gailly	Belgium	2:38:24
9	John Systad	Norway	2:39:50
10	Gustav Östling	Sweden	2:41:18
11	Edward Denison	Great Britain	2:44:31
12	Vilho Partanen	Finland	2:45:26
13	Miroslav Glogonjac	Yugoslavia	2:55:41
14	Luka Bosanac	Yugoslavia	2:59:05
15	Alfons Zwicker	Switzerland	3:01:04
16	Adri Moons	Netherlands	3:01:50
17	Athanasios Ragazos	Greece	3:01:52
18	Behzat Akdeniz	Turkey	NT
19	Gottfried Knecht	Switzerland	NT
	René Josset	France	DNF
	Joop Overdyk	Netherlands	DNF
	Ludwig Jahn	Austria	DNF

Participation

According to an unofficial count, 22 athletes from 13 countries participated in the event.

• Austria (1)
• Belgium (2)
• Finland (2)
• France (2)
• Greece (1)
• Netherlands (2)
• Norway (1)
• Soviet Union (2)
• Sweden (2)
• Switzerland (2)
• Turkey (1)
• Great Britain (2)
• Yugoslavia (2)