The men's 50 kilometres race walk at the 1946 European Athletics Championships was held in Oslo, Norway, on 23 August 1946.[1]

Medalists

GoldJohn Ljunggren
 Sweden
SilverHarry Forbes
 Great Britain
BronzeCharles Megnin
 Great Britain

Results

Final

23 August

RankNameNationalityTimeNotes
1st place, gold medalist(s)John Ljunggren Sweden4:38:20CR
2nd place, silver medalist(s)Harry Forbes Great Britain4:42:58
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)Charles Megnin Great Britain4:57:04
4Oddvar Sponberg Norway5:00:27
5Harry Kristensen Denmark5:03:18
Harry Olsson SwedenDNF
Edgar Bruun NorwayDQ
Josef Doležal CzechoslovakiaDQ

Participation

According to an unofficial count, 8 athletes from 5 countries participated in the event.

References

  1. European Athletics Championships Zürich 2014 - STATISTICS HANDBOOK (PDF), European Athletics Association, pp. 367–372, retrieved 13 August 2014
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