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1938 European Athletics Championships – Men's marathon

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Men's marathon
at the European Athletics Championships

The men's marathon at the 1938 European Athletics Championships was held in Paris, France, on 4 September 1938.[1]

Medalists

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Gold Väinö Muinonen
 Finland
Silver Squire Yarrow
 Great Britain
Bronze Henry Palme
 Sweden

Results

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Final

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4 September

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) Väinö Muinonen  Finland 2:37:28.8 CR
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Squire Yarrow  Great Britain 2:39:03.0
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Henry Palme  Sweden 2:42:13.6
4 Maurice Waltispurger  France 2:44:28.0
5 Erich Puch  Germany 2:45:08.8
6 Eugen Bertsch  Germany 2:45:21.0
7 Desire Leriche  France 2:48:21.6
8 Umberto De Florentis  Italy 2:49:29.6
9 Giovanni Balbusse  Italy 2:50:40.4
10 Felix Meskens  Belgium 2:51:15.0
11 Ernst Meier   Switzerland 2:54:28.0
12 József Mucsi  Hungary 3:03:14.6
13 Francis O'Sullivan  Great Britain 3:05:06.4
14 Jean Mutti   Switzerland 3:07:25.4
Robert Nevens  Belgium DNF

Participation

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According to an unofficial count, 15 athletes from 9 countries participated in the event.

References

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  1. ^ European Athletics Championships Zürich 2014 - STATISTICS HANDBOOK (PDF), European Athletics Association, pp. 363–367, retrieved 13 August 2014