1950 European Athletics Championships – Men's marathon
# 1950 European Athletics Championships – Men's marathon

The men's marathon at the 1950 European Athletics Championships was held in Brussels, Belgium, on 23 August 1950.

## Medalists

| Gold | Jack Holden Great Britain |
| - | - |
| Silver | Veikko Karvonen Finland |
| Bronze | Feodosiy Vanin Soviet Union |

## Results

### Final

23 August

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| | Jack Holden | Great Britain | 2:32:14 | CR |
| | Veikko Karvonen | Finland | 2:32:45 | |
| | Feodosiy Vanin | Soviet Union | 2:33:47 | |
| 4 | Gösta Leandersson | Sweden | 2:34:26 | |
| 5 | Vasiliy Gordiyenko | Soviet Union | 2:34:37 | |
| 6 | Charles Cérou | France | 2:36:09 | |
| 7 | Jean Leblond | Belgium | 2:36:55 | |
| 8 | Étienne Gailly | Belgium | 2:38:24 | |
| 9 | John Systad | Norway | 2:39:50 | |
| 10 | Gustav Östling | Sweden | 2:41:18 | |
| 11 | Edward Denison | Great Britain | 2:44:31 | |
| 12 | Vilho Partanen | Finland | 2:45:26 | |
| 13 | Miroslav Glogonjac | Yugoslavia | 2:55:41 | |
| 14 | Luka Bosanac | Yugoslavia | 2:59:05 | |
| 15 | Alfons Zwicker | Switzerland | 3:01:04 | |
| 16 | Adri Moons | Netherlands | 3:01:50 | |
| 17 | Athanasios Ragazos | Greece | 3:01:52 | |
| 18 | Behzat Akdeniz | Turkey | NT | |
| 19 | Gottfried Knecht | Switzerland | NT | |
| | René Josset | France | DNF | |
| | Joop Overdyk | Netherlands | DNF | |
| | Ludwig Jahn | Austria | DNF | |

## Participation

According to an unofficial count, 22 athletes from 13 countries participated in the event.

* Austria (1)
* Belgium (2)
* Finland (2)
* France (2)
* Greece (1)
* Netherlands (2)
* Norway (1)
* Soviet Union (2)
* Sweden (2)
* Switzerland (2)
* Turkey (1)
* Great Britain (2)
* Yugoslavia (2)
