The 1st

European Athletics Championships The European Athletics Championships is a biennial (from 2010) athletics event organised by the European Athletics Association and is recognised as the elite continental outdoor athletics championships for Europe. Editions First held, for men ...

were held in

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, at the Stadio Benito Mussolini between 7 and 9 September 1934. A contemporaneous report on the event was given in the

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Results

Medalists and complete results were published.

Track

Field

Medal table

Participation

According to an unofficial count, 223 athletes from 23 countries participated in the event, three athletes less than the official number as published. * * * * (13) * (2) * (7) * (20) * (18) * (27) * * (17) * * (6) * (3) * (4) * (8) * (4) * * (1) * (1) * (18) * (11) * (4)

References

External links

European Athletics website
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1934 in European sport International athletics competitions hosted by Italy Sports competitions in Turin 1930s in Turin September 1934 sports events