The 4th European Athletics Championship was held from August 23 to 27, 1950 at the Eisel Stadium in Brussels ( Belgium ).
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Overall Medal Score
| A place | A country | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| one | Great Britain | eight | 3 | 6 | 17 |
| 2 | the USSR | 6 | five | five | sixteen |
| 3 | France | four | eight | 3 | 15 |
| four | Netherlands | four | 3 | 2 | 9 |
| five | Italy | 3 | five | one | 9 |
| 6 | Czechoslovakia | 3 | 0 | 3 | 6 |
| 7 | Iceland | 2 | one | 0 | 3 |
| eight | Sweden | one | four | 7 | 12 |
| 9 | Finland | one | 3 | five | 9 |
| ten | Norway | one | 0 | 0 | one |
| Switzerland | one | 0 | 0 | one | |
| eleven | Austria | 0 | one | 0 | one |
| Yugoslavia | 0 | one | 0 | one | |
| 12 | Belgium | 0 | 0 | one | one |
| Turkey | 0 | 0 | one | one |
Medalists
Men
| Discipline | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| 100 m | Etienne Bally ( France ) | Franco Lecceze ( Italy ) | Vladimir Sukharev ( USSR ) |
| 200 m | Brian Chanton ( UK ) | Etienne Bally ( France ) | Jan Lammers ( Netherlands ) |
| 400 m | Derek Puff ( UK ) | Jacques Looney ( France ) | Lars Wolfbrandt ( Sweden ) |
| 800 m | John Parlett ( UK ) | Marcel Ansin ( France ) | Roger Bannister ( UK ) |
| 1500 m | Willem Slakehuis ( Netherlands ) | Patrick El Mulbrook ( France ) | Bill Nankevill ( Great Britain ) |
| 5000 m | Emil Zatopek ( Czechoslovakia ) | Alain Mimun ( France ) | Gaston Reiff ( Belgium ) |
| 10.000 m | Emil Zatopek ( Czechoslovakia ) | Alain Mimun ( France ) | Väinö Koskela ( Finland ) |
| Marathon | John Holden ( UK ) | Veikko Karvonen ( Finland ) | Theodosius Vanin ( USSR ) |
| 110 m hurdles | Andre-Jacques Marie ( France ) | Ragnar Lundberg ( Sweden ) | Peter Hildreth ( Great Britain ) |
| 400 m hurdles | Armando Filiput ( Italy ) | Yuri Lituev ( USSR ) | Harry Whittle ( UK ) |
| 3000 m with obstacles | Indřich Rudni ( Czechoslovakia ) | Petar Shegedin ( Yugoslavia ) | Eric Blomster ( Finland ) |
| 10 km walk | Fritz Schwab ( Switzerland ) | Emil Maji ( France ) | Johan Mikaelsson ( Sweden ) |
| 4 × 100 m relay | the USSR Vladimir Sukharev Leo Kalyaev Levan Sanadze Nikolay Karakulov | France Etienne Bally Jacques Perlot Yves Camus Jean-Pierre Guillon | Sweden Yete chelberg Leif Christerson Stig Danielsson Hans Ryuden |
| 4 × 400 m relay | Great Britain Martin Pike Lewis Forest Angus Scott Derek Puff | Italy Baldazare Porto Armando Filiput Luigi Paterlini Antonio Siddy | Sweden Jesta Brennström Tage Ekfeldt Rune Larsson Lars Wolfbrandt |
| High jump | Alan Paterson ( Great Britain ) | Per Arne Oman ( Sweden ) | Claude Benard ( France ) |
| Long jump | Torfi Bringairesson ( Iceland ) | Gerard Wessels ( Netherlands ) | Yaroslav Fikeyz ( Czechoslovakia ) |
| Pole vaulting | Ragnar Lundberg ( Sweden ) | Valto Olenius ( Finland ) | Juho Piironen ( Finland ) |
| Triple jump | Leonid Shcherbakov ( USSR ) | Valdemar Rautio ( Finland ) | Ruhi Saryalp ( Turkey ) |
| Shot put | Gunnar Husseby ( Iceland ) | Angolo Profeti ( Italy ) | Otto Grigalka ( USSR ) |
| Discus throw | Adolfo Conzolini ( Italy ) | Giuseppe Tosi ( Italy ) | Heikki Partanen ( Finland ) |
| Javelin-throwing | Toivo Hyutiyainen ( Finland ) | Pere Arne Berglund ( Sweden ) | Ragnar Ericsson ( Sweden ) |
| Hammer throwing | Sverre Strandley ( Norway ) | Teseo Taddia ( Italy ) | Jiri Dadak ( Czechoslovakia ) |
| Decathlon | Ignas Heinrich ( France ) | Ern Klausen ( Iceland ) | Chel Tonnander ( Sweden ) |
Women
| Discipline | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| 100 m | Fanny Blankers-Coon ( Netherlands ) | Evgenia Sechenova ( USSR ) | June Foulds ( UK ) |
| 200 m | Fanny Blankers-Coon ( Netherlands ) | Evgenia Sechenova ( USSR ) | Dorothy Hall ( UK ) |
| 80 m with barriers | Fanny Blankers-Coon ( Netherlands ) | Maureen Gardner ( UK ) | Micheline Ostermeyer ( France ) |
| 4 × 100 m relay | Great Britain Elspeth Hay Gene Disforges Dorothy Hall June Foulds | Netherlands Ksenia Stud de Jong Bertha Brower Shaving de jong Fanny Blankers-Coon | the USSR Elena Gokieli Sophia Malshina Sonya Duhovich Evgenia Sechenov |
| High jump | Sheila Lerville ( UK ) | Dorothy Tyler ( UK ) | Galina Ganeker ( USSR ) |
| Long jump | Valentina Bogdanova ( USSR ) | Wilhelmina Lust ( Netherlands ) | Maire Osterdal ( Finland ) |
| Shot put | Anna Andreeva ( USSR ) | Claudia Tochenova ( USSR ) | Micheline Ostermeyer ( France ) |
| Discus throw | Nina Dumbadze ( USSR ) | Rimma Shumskaya ( USSR ) | Edera Cordiale ( Italy ) |
| Javelin-throwing | Natalya Smirnitskaya ( USSR ) | Hermine Baum ( Austria ) | Galina Zybina ( USSR ) |
| Pentathlon | Arietta Ben Amot ( France ) | Bertha Crowther ( UK ) | Olga Modrahova ( Czechoslovakia ) |