1950 European Athletics Championships – Men's 50 kilometres walk

Events at the 1950 European Athletics Championships
Track events
100 m		men		women
200 m		men		women
400 m		men
800 m		men
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 50 kilometres race walk at the 1950 European Athletics Championships was held in Bruxelles, Belgium, on 25 August 1950.^[1]

Medalists

Gold	Giuseppe Dordoni  Italy
Silver	John Ljunggren  Sweden
Bronze	Verner Ljunggren  Sweden

Results

Final

25 August

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
01 !	Giuseppe Dordoni	Italy	4:40:43
02 !	John Ljunggren	Sweden	4:43:25
03 !	Verner Ljunggren	Sweden	4:49:28
4	Josef Doležal	Czechoslovakia	4:55:49
5	John Proctor	United Kingdom	4:58:01
6	Alfred Cotton	United Kingdom	5:03:30
7	Claude Hubert	France	5:07:49
8	Georges Pouchet	France	5:12:16
9	Salvatore Cascino	Italy	5:17:15
10	Anton Kluyskens	Netherlands	5:18:31
11	Harry Kristensen	Denmark	5:18:55
12	Oddvar Sponberg	Norway	5:22:41
13	Jules Thibaut	Belgium	5:23:47
14	Oddvar Sandvik	Norway	5:24:46
15	Louis Philippen	Belgium	5:41:15
16	René Charrière	Switzerland	DQ
17	Louis Marquis	Switzerland	DQ

Participation

According to an unofficial count, 17 athletes from 10 countries participated in the event.

References