1934 European Athletics Championships
# 1934 European Athletics Championships

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.

## Results

Medalists and complete results were published.

### Track

| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 100 metres details | Chris Berger Netherlands | 10.6 | Erich Borchmeyer Germany | 10.7 | József Sir Hungary | 10.7 |
| 200 metres details | Chris Berger Netherlands | 21.5 | József Sir Hungary | 21.5 | Tinus Osendarp Netherlands | 21.6 |
| 400 metres details | Adolf Metzner Germany | 47.9 | Pierre Skawinski France | 48.0 | Bertil von Wachenfeldt Sweden | 48.0 |
| 800 metres details | Miklós Szabó Hungary | 1:52.0 | Mario Lanzi Italy | 1:52.0 | Wolfgang Dessecker Germany | 1:52.2 |
| 1500 metres details | Luigi Beccali Italy | 3:54.6 | Miklós Szabó Hungary | 3:55.2 | Roger Normand France | 3:57.0 |
| 5000 metres details | Roger Rochard France | 14:36.8 | Janusz Kusociński Poland | 14:41.2 | Ilmari Salminen Finland | 14:43.6 |
| 10,000 metres details | Ilmari Salminen Finland | 31:02.6 | Arvo Askola Finland | 31:03.3 | Henry Nielsen Denmark | 31:27.4 |
| Marathon details | Armas Toivonen Finland | 2:52:29 | Thore Enochsson Sweden | 2:54:36 | Aurelio Genghini Italy | 2:55:04 |
| 110 metres hurdles details | József Kovács Hungary | 14.8 | Erwin Wegner Germany | 14.9 | Holger Albrechtsen Norway | 15.0 |
| 400 metres hurdles details | Hans Scheele Germany | 53.2 | Akilles Järvinen Finland | 53.7 | Christos Mantikas Greece | 54.9 |
| 50 kilometres walk details | Jānis Daliņš Latvia | 4:49:53 | Arthur Tell Schwab Switzerland | 4:53:09 | Ettore Rivolta Italy | 4:54:06 |
| 4 × 100 metres relay details | Germany Egon Schein Erwin Gillmeister Gerd Hornberger Erich Borchmeyer | 41.0 | Hungary László Forgács József Kovács József Sir Gyula Gyenes | 41.4 | Netherlands Tinus Osendarp Tjeerd Boersma Robert Jansen Chris Berger | 41.6 |
| 4 × 400 metres relay details | Germany Helmut Hamann Hans Scheele Harry Voigt Adolf Metzner | 3:14.1 | France Robert Paul Georges Guillez Raymond Boisset Pierre Skawinski | 3:15.6 | Sweden Sven Strömberg Pelle Pihl Gustaf Eriksson Bertil von Wachenfeldt | 3:16.6 |

### Field

| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| High jump details | Kalevi Kotkas Finland | 2.00 m | Birger Halvorsen Norway | 1.97 m | Veikko Peräsalo Finland | 1.97 m |
| Long jump details | Wilhelm Leichum Germany | 7.45 m | Otto Berg Norway | 7.31 m | Luz Long Germany | 7.25 m |
| Pole vault details | Gustav Wegner Germany | 4.00 m | Bo Ljungberg Sweden | 4.00 m | John Lindroth Finland | 3.90 m |
| Triple jump details | Willem Peters Netherlands | 14.89 m | Eric Svensson Sweden | 14.83 m | Onni Rajasaari Finland | 14.74 m |
| Shot put details | Arnold Viiding Estonia | 15.19 m | Risto Kuntsi Finland | 15.19 m | František Douda Czechoslovakia | 15.18 m |
| Discus throw details | Harald Andersson Sweden | 50.38 m | Paul Winter France | 47.09 m | István Donogán Hungary | 45.91 m |
| Javelin throw details | Matti Järvinen Finland | 76.66 m WR | Matti Sippala Finland | 69.97 m | Gustav Sule Estonia | 69.31 m |
| Hammer throw details | Ville Pörhölä Finland | 50.34 m | Fernando Vandelli Italy | 48.69 m | Gunnar Jansson Sweden | 47.85 m |
| Decathlon details | Hans-Heinrich Sievert Germany | 6858 pts | Leif Dahlgren Sweden | 6666 pts | Jerzy Pławczyk Poland | 6399 pts |

## Medal table

| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Germany (GER) | 7 | 2 | 2 | 11 |
| 2 | Finland (FIN) | 5 | 4 | 4 | 13 |
| 3 | Netherlands (NED) | 3 | 0 | 2 | 5 |
| 4 | Hungary (HUN) | 2 | 3 | 2 | 7 |
| 5 | Sweden (SWE) | 1 | 4 | 3 | 8 |
| 6 | France (FRA) | 1 | 3 | 1 | 5 |
| 7 | Italy (ITA) | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 |
| 8 | Estonia (EST) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 9 | Latvia (LAT) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | Norway (NOR) | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 11 | Poland (POL) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 12 | Switzerland (SUI) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 13 | Czechoslovakia (TCH) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 13 | Denmark (DEN) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 13 | Greece (GRE) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (15 entries) | Totals (15 entries) | 22 | 22 | 22 | 66 |

## Participation

According to an unofficial count, 223 athletes from 23 countries participated in the event, three athletes less than the official number as published.

* Austria (AUT) (6)
* Belgium (BEL) (3)
* Bulgaria (BUL) (2)
* Czechoslovakia (13)
* Denmark (2)
* Estonia (7)
* Finland (20)
* France (18)
* Germany (27)
* Greece (GRE) (2)
* Hungary (17)
* Italy (ITA) (41)
* Latvia (6)
* Lithuania (3)
* Luxembourg (4)
* Netherlands (8)
* Norway (4)
* Poland (POL) (5)
* Portugal (1)
* Romania (1)
* Sweden (18)
* Switzerland (11)
* Yugoslavia (4)
