1954 European Athletics Championships – Men's 10,000 metres track walk

Events at the 1954 European Athletics Championships
Track events
100 m		men		women
200 m		men		women
400 m		men
800 m		men		women
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
Pentathlon				women
Decathlon		men

The men's 10,000 metres track walk at the 1954 European Athletics Championships was held in Bern, Switzerland, at Stadion Neufeld.^[1]

Medalists

Gold	Josef Doležal  Czechoslovakia
Silver	Anatoliy Yegorov  Soviet Union
Bronze	Sergey Lobastov  Soviet Union

Results

Final

23 August

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Josef Doležal	Czechoslovakia	45:01.8	CR
	Anatoliy Yegorov	Soviet Union	45:53.0
	Sergey Lobastov	Soviet Union	46:21.8
4	Åke Rundlof	Sweden	46:48.8
5	Bryan Hawkins	United Kingdom	46:52.8
6	Gabriel Reymond	Switzerland	47:09.8
7	Louis Chevalier	France	47:12.0
8	Fritz Schwab	Switzerland	47:21.6
9	George Coleman	United Kingdom	47:37.4
10	Jindřich Malý	Czechoslovakia	48:35.8
11	Roland Griset	France	48:38.2
12	Ragnvald Thunestvedt	Denmark	49:00.4
13	Gunnar Ljunggren	Sweden	49:19.6
14	Leo Rosschou	Denmark	50:52.6
15	Claus Biethan	West Germany	DNF
16	Haralambie Racescu	Romania	DQ

Participation

According to an unofficial count, 16 athletes from 9 countries participated in the event.

Denmark (2)  Czechoslovakia (2)  France (2)

Romania (1)  Soviet Union (2)

Sweden (2)   Switzerland (2)

United Kingdom (2)  West Germany (1)

References

1. European Athletics Championships Zürich 2014 - STATISTICS HANDBOOK (PDF), European Athletics Association, pp. 377–384, retrieved 13 August 2014