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The 2nd European Athletics Championships, from 3 September to 5 September were held in two places in 1938. The men's event took place in Paris, France while the women's events were in Vienna, Austria (at the time part of German Reich).

[edit] Results

(WR): World Record
(ER): European Record
(CR): Championship Record

[edit] Men^[1]

[edit] 100 m

Place	Nation	Athlete	Time
1	NED	Tinus Osendarp	10.5 (CR)
2	ITA	Orazio Mariani	10.6
3	SWE	Lennart Strandberg	10.6

[edit] 200 m

Place	Nation	Athlete	Time
1	NED	Tinus Osendarp	21.2 (CR)
2	GER	Jakob Scheuring	21.6
3	GBR	Alan Pennington	21.6

[edit] 400 m

Place	Nation	Athlete	Time
1	GBR	Godfrey Brown	47.4 (CR)
2	NED	Karl Baumgarten	48.2
3	GER	Erich Linnhoff	48.8

[edit] 800 m

Place	Nation	Athlete	Time
1	GER	Rudolf Harbig	1:50.6 (CR)
2	FRA	Jacques Levèque	1:51.6
3	ITA	Mario Lanzi	1:52.0

[edit] 1500 m

Place	Nation	Athlete	Time
1	GBR	Sydney Wooderson	3:53.6 (CR)
2	BEL	Joseph Mostert	3:54.5
3	ITA	Luigi Beccali	3:55.2

[edit] 5000 m

Place	Nation	Athlete	Time
1	FIN	Taisto Mäki	14:26.8 (CR)
2	SWE	Henry Jonsson	14:27.4
3	FIN	Kauko Pekuri	14:29.2

[edit] 10000 m

Place	Nation	Athlete	Time
1	FIN	Ilmari Salminen	30:52.0 (CR)
2	ITA	Giuseppe Beviacqua	30:53.2
3	GER	Max Syring	30:57.8

[edit] Marathon

Place	Nation	Athlete	Time
1	FIN	Väinö Muinonen	2:37:28.8
2	GBR	Squire Yarrow	2:39:03.0
3	SWE	Henry Palmé	2:42:13.6

[edit] 50 km Road Walk

Place	Nation	Athlete	Time
1	GBR	Harold Whitlock	4:41:51
2	GER	Herbert Dill	4:43:54
3	NOR	Edgar Bruun	4:44:35

[edit] 110 metre hurdles

Place	Nation	Athlete	Time
1	GBR	Donald Finlay	14.3 (ER)
2	SWE	Håkan Lidman	14.5
3	NED	Reinden Brasser	14.8

[edit] 400 metre hurdles

Place	Nation	Athlete	Time
1	FRA	Prudent Joye	53.1 (CR)
2	HUN	József Kovács	53.3
3	SWE	Kell Areskoug	53.6

[edit] 3000 m steeplechase

Place	Nation	Athlete	Time
1	SWE	Lars Larsson	9:16.2
2	GER	Ludwig Kaindl	9:19.2
3	FIN	Alf Lindblad	9:21.4

[edit] 4 x 100 metres relay

Place	Nation	Athlete	Time
1	GER	Manfred Kersch Gerd Hornberger Karl Neckermann Jakob Scheuring	40.9 (CR)
2	SWE	Gösta Klemming Åke Stenqvist Lennart Lindgren Lennart Strandberg	41.1
3	GBR	Maurice Scarr Godfrey Brown Arthur Sweeney Ernest Page	41.2

[edit] 4 x 400 metres relay

Place	Nation	Athlete	Time
1	GER	Hermann Blazejezak Manfred Bues Erich Linnhoff Rudolf Harbig	3:13.7 (CR)
2	GBR	John Barnes Alfred Baldwin Alan Pennington Godfrey Brown	3:14.9
3	SWE	Lars Nilsson Carl Hendrik Gustafsson Börje Thomasson Bertil von Wachenfeldt	3:17.3

[edit] High jump

Place	Nation	Athlete	Height
1	SWE	Kurt Lundqvist	1.97
2	FIN	Kalevi Kotkas	1.94
3	FIN	Lauri Kalima	1.94

[edit] Long jump

Place	Nation	Athlete	Distance
1	GER	Wilhelm Leichum	7.65 (CR)
2	ITA	Arturo Maffei	7.61
3	GER	Luz Long	7.56

[edit] Pole vault

Place	Nation	Athlete	Height
1	GER	Karl Sutter	4.05 (CR)
2	SWE	Bo Ljungberg	4.00
3	FRA	Piere Ramadier	4.00

[edit] Triple jump

Place	Nation	Athlete	Distance
1	FIN	Onni Rajasaari	15.32 (CR)
2	FIN	Jouko Norén	14.95
3	GER	Karl Kotratschek	14.73

[edit] Javelin

Place	Nation	Athlete	Distance
1	FIN	Matti Järvinen	76.87 (CR)
2	FIN	Yrjö Nikkanen	75.00
3	HUN	József Várszegi	72.78

[edit] Discus

Place	Nation	Athlete	Distance
1	GER	Willy Schröder	49.70
2	ITA	Giorgio Oberweger	49.48
3	SWE	Gunnar Bergh	48.72

[edit] Shot put

Place	Nation	Athlete	Distance
1	EST	Aleksander Kreek	15.83 (CR)
2	GER	Gerhard Stöck	15.59
3	GER	Hans Woellke	15.52

[edit] Hammer

Place	Nation	Athlete	Distance
1	GER	Karl Hein	58.77 (CR)
2	GER	Erwin Blask	57.34
3	SWE	Oscar Malmbrant	51.23

[edit] Decathlon

Place	Nation	Athlete	Points
1	SWE	Olle Bexell	6870 (EMR)
2	POL	Witold Gierutto	6661
3	SUI	Josef Neumann	6444

[edit] Women^[2]

[edit] 100 m

Place	Nation	Athlete	Time
1	POL	Stanisława Walasiewicz	11.9
2	GER	Käthe Krauß	12.0
3	NED	Fanny Blankers-Koen	12.0

[edit] 200 m

Place	Nation	Athlete	Time
1	POL	Stanisława Walasiewicz	23.8
2	GER	Käthe Krauß	24.4
3	NED	Fanny Blankers-Koen	24.9

[edit] 80 m Hurdles

Place	Nation	Athlete	Time
1	ITA	Claudia Testoni	11.6 (WR)
2	GER	Lisa Gelius	11.7
3	NED	Catherina Ter Braake	11.8

[edit] 4 x 100 metres relay

Place	Nation	Athlete	Time
1	GER	Josefine Kohl Käthe Krauß Emmy Albus Ida Kühnel	46.8
2	POL	Jadwiga Gawronska Barbara Ksiazkiewicz Otylia Kaluzowa Stanisława Walasiewicz	48.2
3	ITA	Maria Alfero Maria Apollonio Rosetta Cattaneo Italia Lucchini	49.4

[edit] High jump

Place	Nation	Athlete	Height
1	HUN	Ibolya Csák	1.64
2	NED	Nelly van Balen-Blanken	1.64
3	GER	Feodora zu Solms	1.64

[edit] Long jump

Place	Nation	Athlete	Distance
1	GER	Irmgard Praetz	5.88
2	POL	Stanisława Walasiewicz	5.81
3	GER	Gisela Voß	5.47

[edit] Javelin

Place	Nation	Athlete	Distance
1	GER	Lisa Gelius	45.58
2	GER	Susanne Pastoors	44.14
3	GER	Luise Krüger	42.49

[edit] Discus

Place	Nation	Athlete	Distance
1	GER	Gisela Mauermayer	44.80
2	GER	Hilde Sommer	40.95
3	GER	Paula Mollenhauer	39.81

[edit] Shot put

Place	Nation	Athlete	Distance
1	GER	Hermine Schröder	13.29
2	GER	Gisela Mauermayer	13.27
3	POL	Wanda Flakowicz	12.55

[edit] References

^ "European Championships (Men)". gbrathletics.com. 2007. http://www.gbrathletics.com/ic/ec.htm. Retrieved 26 August 2008.
^ "European Championships (Women)". gbrathletics.com. 2007. http://www.gbrathletics.com/ic/ecw.htm. Retrieved 26 August 2008.

[edit] External links

European Athletics

[0] "European Championships (Men)". gbrathletics.com. 2007. http://www.gbrathletics.com/ic/ec.htm. Retrieved 26 August 2008.

[1] "European Championships (Women)". gbrathletics.com. 2007. http://www.gbrathletics.com/ic/ecw.htm. Retrieved 26 August 2008.

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Contents

[edit] Results

[edit] Men[1]

[edit] 100 m

[edit] 200 m

[edit] 400 m

[edit] 800 m

[edit] 1500 m

[edit] 5000 m

[edit] 10000 m

[edit] Marathon

[edit] 50 km Road Walk

[edit] 110 metre hurdles

[edit] 400 metre hurdles

[edit] 3000 m steeplechase

[edit] 4 x 100 metres relay

[edit] 4 x 400 metres relay

[edit] High jump

[edit] Long jump

[edit] Pole vault

[edit] Triple jump

[edit] Javelin

[edit] Discus

[edit] Shot put

[edit] Hammer

[edit] Decathlon

[edit] Women[2]

[edit] 100 m

[edit] 200 m

[edit] 80 m Hurdles

[edit] 4 x 100 metres relay

[edit] High jump

[edit] Long jump

[edit] Javelin

[edit] Discus

[edit] Shot put

[edit] References

[edit] External links

[edit] Men^[1]

[edit] Women^[2]