1st European Athletics Championships | |
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Size: | 244 |
Host City: | Turin, Italy |
Dates: | 7 – 9 September |
Stadium: | Stadio Benito Mussolini |
Level: | Senior |
Type: | Outdoor |
Nations Participating: | 23 |
Athletes Participating: | 226 |
Events: | 22 |
Next: | 1938 Paris/Vienna |
The 1st European Athletics Championships were held in Turin, Italy, at the Stadio Benito Mussolini between 7 and 9 September 1934. A contemporaneous report on the event was given in the Glasgow Herald.
There were no women's events.
Medalists[1] and complete results were published.
Kalevi Kotkas | 2.00 m | Birger Halvorsen | 1.97 m | Veikko Peräsalo | 1.97 m | ||
Wilhelm Leichum | 7.45 m | Otto Berg | 7.31 m | Luz Long | 7.25 m | ||
Gustav Wegner | 4.00 m | Bo Ljungberg | 4.00 m | John Lindroth | 3.90 m | ||
Willem Peters | 14.89 m | Eric Svensson | 14.83 m | Onni Rajasaari | 14.74 m | ||
Arnold Viiding | 15.19 m | Risto Kuntsi | 15.19 m | František Douda | 15.18 m | ||
Harald Andersson | 50.38 m | Paul Winter | 47.09 m | István Donogán | 45.91 m | ||
Matti Järvinen | 76.66 m | Matti Sippala | 69.97 m | Gustav Sule | 69.31 m | ||
Ville Pörhölä | 50.34 m | Fernando Vandelli | 48.69 m | Gunnar Jansson | 47.85 m | ||
Hans-Heinrich Sievert | 6858 pts | Leif Dahlgren | 6666 pts | Jerzy Pławczyk | 6399 pts |
According to an unofficial count, 223 athletes from 23 countries participated in the event, three athletes less than the official number as published.