The 5th

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 at

Stadion Neufeld Stadion Neufeld is a multi-use stadium in Bern, Switzerland. It is the home ground of FC Bern and the junior team of BSC Young Boys. The capacity of the stadium is 14,000 spectators, including 3000 seats. BSC Young Boys used the stadium from 2001/ ...

from 25–29 August 1954 in the

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capital

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. Contemporaneous reports on the event were given in the

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Medal summary

Complete results were published.

Men

Women

Medal table

Participation

According to an unofficial count, 689 athletes from 28 countries participated in the event, three athletes more than the official number of 686 as published. * (25) * (29) * (9) * (42) * (7) * (31) * (49) * (7) * (41) * (7) * (3) * (24) * (4) * (2) * (12) * (13) * (35) * (9) * (24) * (9) * (68) *

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(4) * (37) * (50) * (16) * (46) * (62) * (24)

References

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External links

EAA

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