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

Gold	Ian Thompson Great Britain
Silver	Eckhard Lesse East Germany
Bronze	Gaston Roelants Belgium

Results

Final

8 September

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Ian Thompson	Great Britain	2:13:18.8
	Eckhard Lesse	East Germany	2:14:57.4
	Gaston Roelants	Belgium	2:16:29.6
4	Bernie Plain	Great Britain	2:18:02.2
5	Jose Reveyn	Belgium	2:19:36.4
6	Ferenc Szekeres	Hungary	2:20:12.8
7	Giuseppe Cindolo	Italy	2:20:28.2
8	Neil Cusack	Ireland	2:22:05.0
9	Paavo Leiviskä	Finland	2:22:45.6
10	Yuriy Laptyev	Soviet Union	2:23:15.6
11	Paolo Accaputo	Italy	2:24:06.0
12	Danny McDaid	Ireland	2:25:07.8
13	Jørgen Jensen	Denmark	2:26:54.2
14	Bob Sercombe	Great Britain	2:27:13.0
15	Josef Jánský	Czechoslovakia	2:27:40.4
16	Edward Łęgowski	Poland	2:27:45.8
17	Václav Mládek	Czechoslovakia	2:30:16.8
18	Peter Suchán	Czechoslovakia	2:30:42.6
19	Reino Paukkonen	Finland	2:31:11.2
20	Günter Mielke	West Germany	2:32:21.6
21	Ryszard Chudecki	Poland	2:34:15.0
22	Anatoliy Strelets	Soviet Union	2:34:55.2
	Antonio Mangano	Italy	DNF
	Yury Velikorodnykh	Soviet Union	DNF
	Karel Lismont	Belgium	DNF
	Agustin Fernandez	Spain	DNF
	Peter Helmer	Denmark	DNF
	Atanas Galabov	Bulgaria	DNF
	Theofanis Tsimingatos	Greece	DNF
	Fernand Kolbeck	France	DNF

Participation

According to an unofficial count, 30 athletes from 16 countries participated in the event.

• Belgium (3)
• Bulgaria (1)
• Czechoslovakia (3)
• Denmark (2)
• East Germany (1)
• Finland (2)
• France (1)
• Greece (1)
• Hungary (1)
• Ireland (2)
• Italy (3)
• Poland (2)
• Soviet Union (3)
• Spain (1)
• Great Britain (3)
• West Germany (1)