1962 European Athletics Championships – Men's marathon

Events at the 1962 European Athletics Championships
Track events
100 m		men		women
200 m		men		women
400 m		men		women
800 m		men		women
1500 m		men
5000 m		men
10,000 m		men
80 m hurdles				women
110 m hurdles		men
400 m hurdles		men
3000 m steeplechase		men
4×100 m relay		men		women
4×400 m relay		men
Road events
Marathon		men
20 km walk		men
50 km walk		men
Field events
High jump		men		women
Pole vault		men
Long jump		men		women
Triple jump		men
Shot put		men		women
Discus throw		men		women
Hammer throw		men
Javelin throw		men		women
Combined events
Pentathlon				women
Decathlon		men

The men's marathon at the 1962 European Athletics Championships was held in Beograd, then Yugoslavia, on 16 September 1962.

Medalists

Gold	Brian Kilby United Kingdom
Silver	Aurèle Vandendriessche Belgium
Bronze	Viktor Baykov Soviet Union

Results

Final

16 September

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Brian Kilby	United Kingdom	2:23:18.8
	Aurèle Vandendriessche	Belgium	2:24:02.0
	Viktor Baykov	Soviet Union	2:24:19.8
4	Alistair Wood	United Kingdom	2:25:57.8
5	Pavel Kantorek	Czechoslovakia	2:26:54.4
6	Sergey Popov	Soviet Union	2:27:46.8
7	Thyge Thøgersen	Denmark	2:30:04.8
8	Ivan Mustapić	Yugoslavia	2:30:23.4
9	Stanisław Ożóg	Poland	2:30:32.2
10	Václav Chudomel	Czechoslovakia	2:30:33.0
11	Tenho Salakka	Finland	2:33:00.0
12	Eino Oksanen	Finland	2:33:40.8
13	Albert Messitt	Ireland	2:34:55.2
14	Franjo Škrinjar	Yugoslavia	2:36:14.8
15	Béla Szalay	Hungary	2:36:38.0
16	Bruno Bartholome	East Germany	2:37:37.6
17	Gerhard Hönicke	East Germany	2:43:31.6
18	Evert Nyberg	Sweden	2:44:55.8
19	Paul Genève	France	2:45:08.0
20	Werner Zylka	West Germany	2:47:40.0
21	Guido Vögele	Switzerland	2:48:11.6
22	Niilo Sorrela	Finland	2:48:43.2
	Nikolay Rumyantsev	Soviet Union	DNF
	Ron Hill	United Kingdom	DNF
	Miguel Navarro	Spain	DNF
	Franjo Mihalić	Yugoslavia	DNF
	Haydar Erturan	Turkey	DNF
	Salvatore Cuccuru	Italy	DNF

Participation

According to an unofficial count, 28 athletes from 18 countries participated in the event.

• Belgium (1)
• Czechoslovakia (2)
• Denmark (1)
• East Germany (2)
• Finland (3)

• France (1)
• Hungary (1)
• Ireland (1)
• Italy (1)
• Poland (1)

• Soviet Union (3)
• Spain (1)
• Sweden (1)
• Switzerland (1)

• Turkey (1)
• United Kingdom (3)
• West Germany (1)
• Yugoslavia (3)