| 3rd European Athletics Championships | |
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| Dates | 22 – 25 August |
| Host city | Oslo, Norway |
| Venue | Bislett Stadion |
| Level | Senior |
| Type | Outdoor |
| Events | 33 |
| Participation | 354 athletes from 20 nations |
The 3rd European Athletics Championships were held from 22 August to 25 August 1946 in the Bislett StadioninOslo, Norway. For the first time it was a combined event for men and women, and for the first time a city in Scandinavia hosted the championships. Contemporaneous reports on the event were given in the Glasgow Herald.[1][2]
Two of the women's medalists from France underwent sex change later. Claire Brésolles became Pierre Brésolles, and Léa Caurla became Léon Caurla.[3]
Complete results were published.[4]
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
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| High jump details |
 Anton Bolinder (SWE) |
1.99 |  Alan Paterson (GBR) |
1.96 |  Nils Nicklén (FIN) |
1.93 |
| Long jump details |
Olle Laessker (SWE) |
7.42 |  Lucien Graff (SUI) |
7.40 |  Miroslav Řihošek (TCH) |
7.29 |
| Pole vault details |
Allan Lindberg (SWE) |
4.17 CR |  Nikolay Ozolin (URS) |
4.10 | Jan Bém (TCH) |
4.10 |
| Triple jump details |
Valdemar Rautio (FIN) |
15.17 | Bertil Johnsson (SWE) |
15.15 | Arne Åhman (SWE) |
14.96 |
| Shot put details |
 Gunnar Huseby (ISL) |
15.56 | Dmitriy Goryainov (URS) |
15.25 | Yrjö Lehtilä (FIN) |
15.23 |
| Discus throw details |
 Adolfo Consolini (ITA) |
53.23 CR | Giuseppe Tosi (ITA) |
50.39 | Veikko Nyqvist (FIN) |
48.14 |
| Javelin throw details |
Lennart Atterwall (SWE) |
68.74 | Yrjö Nikkanen (FIN) |
67.50 | Tapio Rautavaara (FIN) |
66.40 |
| Hammer throw details |
Bo Ericson (SWE) |
56.44 | Eric Johansson (SWE) |
53.54 | Duncan Clark (GBR) |
51.32 |
| Decathlon details |
 Godtfred Holmvang (NOR) |
6987 CR | Sergey Kuznetsov (URS) |
6930 | Göran Waxberg (SWE) |
6504 |
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
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| 100 metres details |
Yevgeniya Sechenova (URS) |
11.9 =CR | Winifred Jordan (GBR) |
12.1 |  Claire Brésolles (FRA) |
12.2 |
| 200 metres details |
Yevgeniya Sechenova (URS) |
25.4 | Winifred Jordan (GBR) |
25.6 | Léa Caurla (FRA) |
25.6 |
| 80 metres hurdles details |
 Fanny Blankers-Koen (NED) |
11.8 | Elene Gokieli (URS) |
11.9 | Valentina Fokina (URS) |
11.9 |
| 4 × 100 metres relay details |
Netherlands Gerda van der Kade-Koudijs Netty Witziers-Timmer Marta Adema Fanny Blankers-Koen |
47.8 | France Léa Caurla Anne-Marie Colchen Claire Brésolles Monique Drilhon |
48.5 | Soviet Union Yevgeniya Sechenova Valentina Fokina Elene Gokieli Valentina Vasilyeva |
48.7 |
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High jump details |
Anne-Marie Colchen (FRA) |
1.60 | Aleksandra Chudina (URS) |
1.57 |  Anne Iversen (DEN) |
1.57 |
| Long jump details |
Gerda van der Kade-Koudijs (NED) |
5.67 | Lidija Gaile (URS) |
5.67 | Valentina Vasilyeva (URS) |
5.63 |
| Shot put details |
Tatyana Sevryukova (URS) |
14.16 CR | Micheline Ostermeyer (FRA) |
12.84 | Amelia Piccinini (ITA) |
12.22 |
| Discus throw details |
Nina Dumbadze (URS) |
44.21 | Ann Niesink (NED) |
40.46 |  Jadwiga Wajs (POL) |
39.37 |
| Javelin throw details |
Klavdiya Mayuchaya (URS) |
46.25 CR | Lyudmila Anokhina (URS) |
45.84 | Johanna Koning (NED) |
43.24 |
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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| 1 | Sweden (SWE) | 11 | 5 | 6 | 22 |
| 2 | Soviet Union (URS) | 6 | 7 | 4 | 17 |
| 3 | Finland (FIN) | 4 | 3 | 5 | 12 |
| 4 | France (FRA) | 3 | 4 | 4 | 11 |
| 5 | Netherlands (NED) | 3 | 2 | 1 | 6 |
| 6 | Great Britain (GBR) | 2 | 5 | 3 | 10 |
| 7 | Norway (NOR) | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| 8 | Denmark (DEN) | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| Italy (ITA) | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | |
| 10 | Iceland (ISL) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 11 |  Switzerland (SUI) | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 12 |  Belgium (BEL) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 13 | Czechoslovakia (TCH) | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 |
| 14 |  Hungary (HUN) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Poland (POL) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Totals (15 entries) | 33 | 33 | 33 | 99 | |
According to an unofficial count, 354 athletes from 20 countries participated in the event, one athlete more than the official number of 353 as published.[5]
Belgium (11) Czechoslovakia (29) Denmark (23) Finland (20) France (31)
Greece (5) Hungary (11) Iceland (10)
Ireland (1) Italy (15)
Liechtenstein (2)
Luxembourg (5) Netherlands (17) Norway (38) Poland (18)
Soviet Union (19) Sweden (54) Switzerland (14) Great Britain (24)
Yugoslavia (7)|
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