1974 European Athletics Championships – Men's marathon
The men's marathon at the 1974 European Athletics Championships was held in Rome, Italy, on 8 September 1974.Medalists
Results
Final
8 September
Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| Ian Thompson | GBR | 2:13:18.8 | |
| Eckhard Lesse | GDR | 2:14:57.4 | |
| Gaston Roelants | BEL | 2:16:29.6 | |
4 | Bernie Plain | GBR | 2:18:02.2 | |
5 | Jose Reveyn | BEL | 2:19:36.4 | |
6 | Ferenc Szekeres | | 2:20:12.8 | |
7 | Giuseppe Cindolo | ITA | 2:20:28.2 | |
8 | Neil Cusack | IRL | 2:22:05.0 | |
9 | Paavo Leiviskä | FIN | 2:22:45.6 | |
10 | Yuriy Laptyev | | 2:23:15.6 | |
11 | Paolo Accaputo | ITA | 2:24:06.0 | |
12 | Danny McDaid | IRL | 2:25:07.8 | |
13 | Jørgen Jensen | DEN | 2:26:54.2 | |
14 | Bob Sercombe | GBR | 2:27:13.0 | |
15 | Josef Jánský | TCH | 2:27:40.4 | |
16 | Edward Łęgowski | POL | 2:27:45.8 | |
17 | Václav Mládek | TCH | 2:30:16.8 | |
18 | Peter Suchán | TCH | 2:30:42.6 | |
19 | Reino Paukkonen | FIN | 2:31:11.2 | |
20 | Günter Mielke | FRG | 2:32:21.6 | |
21 | Ryszard Chudecki | POL | 2:34:15.0 | |
22 | Anatoliy Strelets | | 2:34:55.2 | |
| Antonio Mangano | ITA | DNF | |
| Yury Velikorodnykh | | DNF | |
| Karel Lismont | BEL | DNF | |
| Agustin Fernandez | | DNF | |
| Peter Helmer | DEN | DNF | |
| Atanas Galabov | | DNF | |
| Theofanis Tsimingatos | | DNF | |
| Fernand Kolbeck | FRA | DNF | |
Participation
According to an unofficial count, 30 athletes from 16 countries participated in the event.
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