1971 European Athletics Championships – Men's marathon

The men's marathon at the 1971 European Athletics Championships was held in Helsinki, Finland, on 15 August 1971.

Medalists

Gold	Karel Lismont Belgium
Silver	Trevor Wright Great Britain
Bronze	Ron Hill Great Britain

Results

Final

15 August

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Karel Lismont	Belgium	2:13:09.0	CR
	Trevor Wright	Great Britain	2:13:59.62
	Ron Hill	Great Britain	2:14:34.83
4	Colin Kirkham	Great Britain	2:16:22.0
5	Gaston Roelants	Belgium	2:17:48.85
6	Pentti Rummakko	Finland	2:17:58.86
7	Lutz Philipp	West Germany	2:18:08.6
8	Agustín Fernández	Spain	2:18:26.6
9	Kalle Hakkarainen	Finland	2:18:45.0
10	Gyula Tóth	Hungary	2:18:59.6
11	Danny McDaid	Ireland	2:19:07.2
12	Antonio Brutti	Italy	2:19:34.8
13	Yuriy Volkov	Soviet Union	2:19:56.6
14	Bernard Caraby	France	2:19:59.0
15	Armando Aldegalega	Portugal	2:20:01.2
16	İsmail Akçay	Turkey	2:20:26.8
17	Giacomo Marietta	Italy	2:21:30.0
18	Fleming Kempel	Denmark	2:21:34.8
19	Yury Velikorodnykh	Soviet Union	2:21:59.0
20	Anatoliy Baranov	Soviet Union	2:22:16.0
21	Zdzisław Bogusz	Poland	2:22:16.0
22	Maurice Peiren	Belgium	2:22:36.4
23	Juan Hidalgo	Spain	2:22:42.4
24	Jan Wawrzuta	Poland	2:23:51.6
25	Manfred Steffny	West Germany	2:24:05.6
26	Jørgen Jensen	Denmark	2:24:33.2
27	Einar Weidemann	Norway	2:24:54.0
28	Mario Binato	Italy	2:24:57.8
29	René Combes	France	2:25:35.6
30	Hüseyin Aktaş	Turkey	2:25:39.8
31	Mogens Findal	Denmark	2:26:04.2
32	Jean-Pierre Spengler	Switzerland	2:26:12.8
33	Carlos Pérez	Spain	2:26:53.6
34	Bent Natvig	Norway	2:28:12.6
35	Ulf Håkansson	Sweden	2:28:37.8
36	Geert Jansen	Netherlands	2:29:14.4
37	Sven-Olof Lindvall	Sweden	2:30:38.6
38	Helmuth Kunisch	Switzerland	2:30:42.4
39	Patrick Coyle	Ireland	2:30:45.0
40	Josef Gwerder	Switzerland	2:33:06.6
41	Lajos Mecser	Hungary	2:34:35.2
	Pat McMahon	Ireland	DNF
	Peter Fredriksson	Sweden	DNF
	Bjarne Sletten	Norway	DNF
	Seppo Tuominen	Finland	DNF
	Paul Angenvoorth	West Germany	DNF
	Nedo Farčić	Yugoslavia	DNF
	Fernand Kolbeck	France	DNF
	Georg Förster	Austria	DNF
	Jürgen Busch	East Germany	DNF
	Edward Stawiarz	Poland	DNF
	Janos Szerenyi	Hungary	DNF

Participation

According to an unofficial count, 52 athletes from 21 countries participated in the event.

• Austria (1)
• Belgium (3)
• Denmark (3)
• East Germany (1)
• Finland (3)
• France (3)
• Hungary (3)
• Ireland (3)
• Italy (3)
• Netherlands (1)
• Norway (3)
• Poland (3)
• Portugal (1)
• Soviet Union (3)
• Spain (3)
• Sweden (3)
• Switzerland (3)
• Turkey (2)
• Great Britain (3)
• West Germany (3)
• Yugoslavia (1)