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{{Infobox Athletics Championships
|Name = 2nd European Championships
|Logo = 1938 European Athletics Championships logo.png
|Size = 98px
|Stadium image = 
|Optional caption =  Logo for the women's competition in Vienna
|Host city = [[Paris]], [[French Third Republic|France]] (men)<br> [[Vienna]], [[Nazi Germany|Germany]] (women)
|Dates = 3–5 September (men) <br>17–18 September (women)
|Stadium = [[Stade Olympique de Colombes]] (men)<br>[[Ernst-Happel-Stadion|Praterstadion]] (women)
|Nations participating = 23
|Athletes participating = 352
|Events = 32
|Records set = 1 [[list of world records in athletics|world record]]<br>1 [[List of European records in athletics|European record]]
|Previous = [[1934 European Athletics Championships|1934 Turin]]
|Next = [[1946 European Athletics Championships|1946 Oslo]]
}}
[[File:Stade de Colombes 1924.jpg|thumb|The host stadium in Paris]]
The '''2nd [[European Athletics Championships]]''' was a continental [[athletics (sport)|athletics]] competition for [[Europe]]an athletes which was held in two places in 1938. The men's event took place in [[Paris]], [[French Third Republic|France]] between 3–5 September while the women's events were in [[Vienna]], [[Nazi Germany|Germany]] on 17 and 18 September. A total of 32 events were contested at the two competitions, containing 23 events for men and 9 for women. This was the first time that events for women were held and the only occasion on which the competition was held in two separate locations.<ref name=History>[http://www.european-athletics.org/history-of-the-european-athletics-championships.html History of the European Athletics Championships] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100930022818/http://www.european-athletics.org/history-of-the-european-athletics-championships.html |date=30 September 2010 }}. [[European Athletics]] (25 July 2006). Retrieved 21 August 2010.</ref>

Germany topped the medals table with twelve [[Olympic medal|gold medal]]s and 32 in total. [[Finland]] won the second greatest number of gold medals (five) and eleven medals in total. The next most successful nations were [[United Kingdom|Great Britain]] (four golds and eight overall) and [[Sweden]] (three golds and a total of thirteen medals). France won a medal of each colour in Paris, with [[Prudent Joye]] the sole Frenchman to win a gold for the hosts of the men's championships.

In the men's competition at [[Stade Olympique de Colombes]] in Paris, [[Donald Finlay]] of Great Britain broke the [[List of European records in athletics|European record]] to win the [[110 metres hurdles]]. [[Tinus Osendarp]] of the [[Netherlands]] won a [[sprint (athletics)|sprint]] double, breaking two [[List of European Athletics Championships records|championship records]]. World record holder [[Sydney Wooderson]] took victory in the [[1500 metres]] while Olympic gold medallists [[Matti Järvinen (javelin)|Matti Järvinen]] (javelin), [[Karl Hein (athlete)|Karl Hein]] (hammer) and [[Harold Whitlock]] (50&nbsp;km walk) won their specialities. Finnish runners [[Taisto Mäki]], [[Ilmari Salminen]] and [[Väinö Muinonen]] won all three of the [[long distance running]] events at the championships, upholding the country's reputation as the [[Flying Finn]]s.<ref name=History/> Contemporaneous reports on the men's event were given in the [[Glasgow Herald]].<ref name=herald_01>
{{ Citation 
| date = 5 September 1938
| title = Three Athletics Titles Won by Britain - European Record for Finlay: Carstairs Sixth in 5000 Metres
| url = https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=e0BAAAAAIBAJ&sjid=e1kMAAAAIBAJ&hl=de&pg=5176%2C677617
| work = [[Glasgow Herald]]
| page = 19
| access-date = 21 August 2014
}}
</ref><ref name=herald_02>
{{ Citation 
| date = 6 September 1938
| title = Lovelock Record Still Stands - Wind Handicaps Wooderson - Britain's Athletic Success
| url = https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=fEBAAAAAIBAJ&sjid=e1kMAAAAIBAJ&hl=de&pg=6368%2C717274
| work = [[Glasgow Herald]]
| page = 2
| access-date = 21 August 2014
}}
</ref>

[[Stanisława Walasiewicz]] of [[Poland]] excelled in the women's events at the [[Ernst-Happel-Stadion|Praterstadion]] in Vienna, winning both the [[100 metres|100]] and [[200 metres]], as well as silver medals in the [[long jump]] and [[4 x 100 metres relay]]. [[Fascist Italy|Italian]] athlete [[Claudia Testoni]] set a [[List of world records in athletics|world record]] of 11.6&nbsp;seconds over the [[80 metres hurdles]]. Outside these highlights, the German women dominated the competition by winning 15 of the 27 women's medals on offer. Among them were [[Käthe Krauß]] (who won two silvers in the sprints), [[1936 Berlin Olympics]] champion [[Gisela Mauermayer]] (who won the discus and a silver in the shot put) and [[Lisa Gelius]], who completed a usual double of silver in the hurdles and gold in the [[javelin throw]].<ref name=History/> Among the minor medallists was [[Fanny Blankers-Koen]], who won the first international medals of her highly successful career. [[Dora Ratjen]] was the initial winner of the women's [[high jump]], but this was rescinded after it was discovered that he was in fact a man.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20200417222356/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ra/dora-ratjen-1.html Dora Ratjen Biography]. Sports-reference. Retrieved 21 August 2010.</ref> A contemporaneous report on the women's event was given in the [[Glasgow Herald]].<ref name=herald_03>
{{ Citation 
| date = 19 September 1938
| title = European Women's Championship
| url = https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=h0BAAAAAIBAJ&sjid=e1kMAAAAIBAJ&hl=de&pg=6336%2C2888996
| work = [[Glasgow Herald]]
| page = 19
| access-date = 21 August 2014
}}
</ref>

==Medal summary==
Complete results were published.<ref name=eaa_01>
{{ Citation 
| title = European Athletics Championships Zürich 2014 - STATISTICS HANDBOOK
| url = http://www.european-athletics.org/mm/Document/EventsMeetings/General/01/27/31/44/StatisticsHandbookZ%C3%BCrich2014_Neutral.pdf
| pages = 363–367
| publisher = [[European Athletics Association]]
| access-date = 13 August 2014
}}
</ref>

===Men===
{| {{MedalistTable|type=Event|columns=2}}
|-
|{{AthleticsLink|100 metres|Men}}
|{{flagathlete|[[Tinus Osendarp]]|NED}} ||10.5 {{AthAbbr|CR|European Athletics Championships}}
|{{flagathlete|[[Orazio Mariani]]|ITA|1861}} ||10.6
|{{flagathlete|[[Lennart Strandberg]]|SWE}} ||10.6
|-
|{{AthleticsLink|200 metres|Men}}
|{{flagathlete|[[Tinus Osendarp]]|NED}} ||21.2 {{AthAbbr|CR|European Athletics Championships}}
|{{flagathlete|[[Jakob Scheuring]]|GER|1935}} ||21.6
|{{flagathlete|[[Alan Pennington]]|GBR}} ||21.6
|-
|{{AthleticsLink|400 metres|Men}}
|{{flagathlete|[[Godfrey Brown (athlete)|Godfrey Brown]]|GBR}} ||47.4 {{AthAbbr|CR|European Athletics Championships}}
|{{flagathlete|[[Karl Baumgarten]]|NED}} ||48.2
|{{flagathlete|[[Erich Linnhoff]]|GER|1935}} ||48.8
|-
|{{AthleticsLink|800 metres|Men}}
|{{flagathlete|[[Rudolf Harbig]]|GER|1935}} ||1:50.6 {{AthAbbr|CR|European Athletics Championships}}
|{{flagathlete|[[Jacques Levèque]]|FRA}} ||1:51.6
|{{flagathlete|[[Mario Lanzi]]|ITA|1861}} ||1:52.0
|-
|{{AthleticsLink|1500 metres|Men}}
|{{flagathlete|[[Sydney Wooderson]]|GBR}} ||3:53.6 {{AthAbbr|CR|European Athletics Championships}}
|{{flagathlete|[[Joseph Mostert]]|BEL}} ||3:54.5
|{{flagathlete|[[Luigi Beccali]]|ITA|1861}} ||3:55.2
|-
|{{AthleticsLink|5000 metres|Men}}
|{{flagathlete|[[Taisto Mäki]]|FIN}} ||14:26.8 {{AthAbbr|CR|European Athletics Championships}}
|{{flagathlete|[[Henry Jonsson]]|SWE}} ||14:27.4
|{{flagathlete|[[Kauko Pekuri]]|FIN}} ||14:29.2
|-
|{{AthleticsLink|10,000 metres|Men}}
|{{flagathlete|[[Ilmari Salminen]]|FIN}} ||30:52.0 {{AthAbbr|CR|European Athletics Championships}}
|{{flagathlete|[[Giuseppe Beviacqua]]|ITA|1861}} ||30:53.2
|{{flagathlete|[[Max Syring]]|GER|1935}} ||30:57.8
|-
|{{AthleticsLink|110 metres hurdles|Men}}
|{{flagathlete|[[Don Finlay]]|GBR}} || 14.3 {{AthAbbr|CR|European Athletics Championships}}, {{AthAbbr|AR|European}}
|{{flagathlete|[[Håkan Lidman]]|SWE}} ||14.5
|{{flagathlete|[[Reinden Brasser]]|NED}} ||14.8
|-
|{{AthleticsLink|400 metres hurdles|Men}}
|{{flagathlete|[[Prudent Joye]]|FRA}} ||53.1 {{AthAbbr|CR|European Athletics Championships}}
|{{flagathlete|[[József Kovács (hurdler)|József Kovács]]|HUN|1920}} ||53.3
|{{flagathlete|[[Kell Areskoug]]|SWE}} ||53.6
|-
|{{AthleticsLink|3000 metres steeplechase|Men}}
|{{flagathlete|[[Lars Larsson (athlete)|Lars Larsson]]|SWE}} ||9:16.2
|{{flagathlete|[[Ludwig Kaindl]]|GER|1935}} ||9:19.2
|{{flagathlete|[[Alf Lindblad]]|FIN}} ||9:21.4
|-
|{{AthleticsLink|4 × 100 metres relay|Men}}
| {{flagteam|GER|1935}}<br>[[Manfred Kersch]]<br />[[Gerd Hornberger]]<br />[[Karl Neckermann]]<br />[[Jakob Scheuring]]||40.9 {{AthAbbr|CR|European Athletics Championships}}
| {{flagteam|SWE}}<br>[[Gösta Klemming]]<br />[[Åke Stenqvist]]<br />[[Lennart Lindgren]]<br />[[Lennart Strandberg]]||41.1
| {{flagteam|GBR}}<br>[[Maurice Scarr]]<br />[[Godfrey Brown (athlete)|Godfrey Brown]]<br />[[Arthur Sweeney]]<br />[[Ernest Page (athlete)|Ernest Page]]||41.2
|-
|{{AthleticsLink|4 × 400 metres relay|Men}}
| {{flagteam|GER|1935}}<br>[[Hermann Blazejezak]]<br />[[Manfred Bues]]<br />[[Erich Linnhoff]]<br />[[Rudolf Harbig]]|| 3:13.7 {{AthAbbr|CR|European Athletics Championships}}
| {{flagteam|GBR}}<br>[[Jack Barnes (athlete)|Jack Barnes]]<br />[[Alfred Baldwin (athlete)|Alfred Baldwin]]<br />[[Alan Pennington]]<br />[[Godfrey Brown (athlete)|Godfrey Brown]]||3:14.9
| {{flagteam|SWE}}<br>[[Lars Nilsson (athlete)|Lars Nilsson]]<br />[[Carl Hendrik Gustafsson]]<br />[[Börje Thomasson]]<br />[[Bertil von Wachenfeldt]]||3:17.3
|-
|{{AthleticsLink|Marathon|Men}}
|{{flagathlete|[[Väinö Muinonen]]|FIN}} ||2:37:28.8 {{AthAbbr|CR|European Athletics Championships}}
|{{flagathlete|[[Squire Yarrow]]|GBR}} ||2:39:03.0
|{{flagathlete|[[Henry Palmé]]|SWE}} ||2:42:13.6
|-
|{{AthleticsLink|50 kilometres walk|Men}}
|{{flagathlete|[[Harold Whitlock]]|GBR}} ||4:41:51 {{AthAbbr|CR|European Athletics Championships}}
|{{flagathlete|[[Herbert Dill]]|GER|1935}} ||4:43:54
|{{flagathlete|[[Edgar Bruun]]|NOR}} ||4:44:35
|-
|{{AthleticsLink|High jump|Men}}
|{{flagathlete|[[Kurt Lundqvist]]|SWE}} ||1.97 m
|{{flagathlete|[[Kalevi Kotkas]]|FIN}} ||1.94 m
|{{flagathlete|[[Lauri Kalima]]|FIN}} ||1.94 m
|-
|{{AthleticsLink|Pole vault|Men}}
|{{flagathlete|[[Karl Sutter]]|GER|1935}} ||4.05 m {{AthAbbr|CR|European Athletics Championships}}
|{{flagathlete|[[Bo Ljungberg]]|SWE}} ||4.00 m
|{{flagathlete|[[Pierre Ramadier]]|FRA}} ||4.00 m
|-
|{{AthleticsLink|Long jump|Men}}
|{{flagathlete|[[Wilhelm Leichum]]|GER|1935}} ||7.65 m {{AthAbbr|CR|European Athletics Championships}}
|{{flagathlete|[[Arturo Maffei]]|ITA|1861}} ||7.61 m
|{{flagathlete|[[Luz Long]]|GER|1935}} ||7.56 m
|-
|{{AthleticsLink|Triple jump|Men}}
|{{flagathlete|[[Onni Rajasaari]]|FIN}} ||15.32 m {{AthAbbr|CR|European Athletics Championships}}
|{{flagathlete|[[Jouko Norén]]|FIN}} ||14.95 m
|{{flagathlete|[[Karl Kotratschek]]|GER|1935}} ||14.73 m
|-
|{{AthleticsLink|Shot put|Men}}
|{{flagathlete|[[Aleksander Kreek]]|EST}} ||15.83 m {{AthAbbr|CR|European Athletics Championships}}
|{{flagathlete|[[Gerhard Stöck]]|GER|1935}} ||15.59 m
|{{flagathlete|[[Hans Woellke]]|GER|1935}} ||15.52 m
|-
|{{AthleticsLink|Discus throw|Men}}
|{{flagathlete|[[Willy Schröder]]|GER|1935}} ||49.70 m
|{{flagathlete|[[Giorgio Oberweger]]|ITA|1861}} ||49.48 m
|{{flagathlete|[[Gunnar Bergh]]|SWE}} ||48.72 m
|-
|{{AthleticsLink|Hammer throw|Men}}
|{{flagathlete|[[Karl Hein (athlete)|Karl Hein]]|GER|1935}} ||58.77 m {{AthAbbr|CR|European Athletics Championships}}
|{{flagathlete|[[Erwin Blask]]|GER|1935}} ||57.34 m
|{{flagathlete|[[Oscar Malmbrant]]|SWE}} ||51.23 m
|-
|{{AthleticsLink|Javelin throw|Men}}
|{{flagathlete|[[Matti Järvinen (javelin)|Matti Järvinen]]|FIN}} ||76.87 m {{AthAbbr|CR|European Athletics Championships}}
|{{flagathlete|[[Yrjö Nikkanen]]|FIN}} ||75.00 m
|{{flagathlete|[[József Várszegi]]|HUN|1920}} ||72.78 m
|-
|{{AthleticsLink|Decathlon|Men}}
|{{flagathlete|[[Olle Bexell]]|SWE}} ||6870 pts {{AthAbbr|CR|European Athletics Championships}}
|{{flagathlete|[[Witold Gerutto]]|POL}} ||6661 pts
|{{flagathlete|[[Josef Neumann]]|SUI}} ||6444 pts
|- bgcolor= e8e8e8
|colspan=7|{{Sports record codes}}
|}

===Women===
{| {{MedalistTable|type=Event|columns=2}}
|-
|{{AthleticsLink|100 metres|Women}}
|{{flagathlete|[[Stanisława Walasiewicz]]|POL}} ||11.9
|{{flagathlete|[[Käthe Krauß]]|GER|1935}} ||12.0
|{{flagathlete|[[Fanny Blankers-Koen]]|NED}} ||12.0
|-
|{{AthleticsLink|200 metres|Women}}
|{{flagathlete|[[Stanisława Walasiewicz]]|POL}} ||23.8
|{{flagathlete|[[Käthe Krauß]]|GER|1935}} ||24.4
|{{flagathlete|[[Fanny Blankers-Koen]]|NED}} ||24.9
|-
|{{AthleticsLink|80 metres hurdles|Women}}
|{{flagathlete|[[Claudia Testoni]]|ITA|1861}} ||11.6 {{AthAbbr|WR}}
|{{flagathlete|[[Lisa Gelius]]|GER|1935}} ||11.7
|{{flagathlete|[[Kitty ter Braake|Catharina Ter Braake]]|NED}} ||11.8
|-
|{{AthleticsLink|4 × 100 metres relay|Women}}
| {{flagteam|GER|1935}}<br>[[Josefine Kohl]]<br />[[Käthe Krauß]]<br />[[Emmy Albus]]<br />[[Ida Kühnel]]||46.8
| {{flagteam|POL}}<br>[[Jadwiga Gawronska]]<br />[[Barbara Ksiazkiewicz]]<br />[[Otylia Kaluzowa]]<br />[[Stanisława Walasiewicz]]||48.2
| {{flagteam|ITA|1861}}<br>[[Maria Alfero]]<br />[[Maria Apollonio]]<br />[[Rosetta Cattaneo]]<br />[[Italia Lucchini]]||49.4
|-
|{{AthleticsLink|High jump|Women}}
|{{flagathlete|[[Ibolya Csák]]|HUN|1920}} ||1.64 m
|{{flagathlete|[[Nelly van Balen-Blanken]]|NED}} ||1.64 m
|{{flagathlete|[[Feodora Schenk|Feodora zu Solms]]|GER|1935}} ||1.64 m
|-
|{{AthleticsLink|Long jump|Women}}
|{{flagathlete|[[Irmgard Praetz]]|GER|1935}} ||5.88 m
|{{flagathlete|[[Stanisława Walasiewicz]]|POL}} ||5.81 m
|{{flagathlete|[[Gisela Voß]]|GER|1935}} ||5.47 m
|-
|{{AthleticsLink|Shot put|Women}}
|{{flagathlete|[[Hermine Schröder]]|GER|1935}} ||13.29 m
|{{flagathlete|[[Gisela Mauermayer]]|GER|1935}} ||13.27 m
|{{flagathlete|[[Wanda Flakowicz]]|POL}} ||12.55 m
|-
|{{AthleticsLink|Discus throw|Women}}
|{{flagathlete|[[Gisela Mauermayer]]|GER|1935}} ||44.80 m
|{{flagathlete|[[Hilde Sommer]]|GER|1935}} ||40.95 m
|{{flagathlete|[[Paula Mollenhauer]]|GER|1935}} ||39.81 m
|-
|{{AthleticsLink|Javelin throw|Women}}
|{{flagathlete|[[Lisa Gelius]]|GER|1935}} ||45.58 m
|{{flagathlete|[[Susanne Pastoors]]|GER|1935}} ||44.14 m
|{{flagathlete|[[Luise Krüger]]|GER|1935}} ||42.49 m
|- bgcolor= e8e8e8
|colspan=7|{{Sports record codes}}
|}

==Medal table==
[[File:Finlay spitfire ii crop.jpg|thumb|Great Britain's [[Donald Finlay]] set a European record to win the 110&nbsp;m hurdles.]]
[[File:Bundesarchiv Bild 183-C10379, Hermann Ratjen alias "Dora Ratjen".jpg|thumb|[[Dora Ratjen]]'s medal in the women's high jump was removed after he revealed himself to be male.]]
{{Medals table
 | caption        = 
 | host           = Host nations ([[Nazi Germany|Germany]] & [[Third French Republic|France]])
 | flag_template  = 
 | event          = 
 | team           = 
 | gold_GER = 12 | silver_GER = 11 | bronze_GER = 9 | host_GER = yes  | name_GER = {{flagteam|GER|1935}}
 | gold_FIN = 5 | silver_FIN = 3 | bronze_FIN = 3
 | gold_UKB = 4 | silver_UKB = 2 | bronze_UKB = 2 | name_UKB = {{flagicon|UKB}} [[Great Britain and Northern Ireland]]
 | gold_SWE = 3 | silver_SWE = 4 | bronze_SWE = 6
 | gold_POL = 2 | silver_POL = 3 | bronze_POL = 1
 | gold_NED = 2 | silver_NED = 2 | bronze_NED = 4
 | gold_ITA = 1 | silver_ITA = 4 | bronze_ITA = 3 | name_ITA = {{flagteam|ITA|1861}}
 | gold_FRA = 1 | silver_FRA = 1 | bronze_FRA = 1 | host_FRA = yes 
 | gold_HUN = 1 | silver_HUN = 1 | bronze_HUN = 1 | name_HUN = {{flagteam|HUN|1920}}
 | gold_EST = 1 | silver_EST = 0 | bronze_EST = 0
 | gold_BEL = 0 | silver_BEL = 1 | bronze_BEL = 0
 | gold_SUI = 0 | silver_SUI = 0 | bronze_SUI = 1
 | gold_NOR = 0 | silver_NOR = 0 | bronze_NOR = 1
}}

==Participation==
According to an unofficial count, 350 athletes from 23 countries participated in the event, two athletes less than the official number of 352 as published.<ref name=eaa_ref>
{{ Citation 
| title = European Athletics Championships Zürich 2014 - STATISTICS HANDBOOK
| url = http://www.european-athletics.org/mm/Document/EventsMeetings/General/01/27/31/44/StatisticsHandbookZ%C3%BCrich2014_Neutral.pdf
| page = 4
| publisher = [[European Athletics Association]]
| access-date = 13 August 2014
}}
</ref>
{{div col|colwidth=22em}}
*{{flagcountry|ALB|1928}} (2)
*{{flagcountry|BEL}} (13)
*{{flagcountry|TCH}} (3)
*{{flagcountry|DEN}} (3)
*{{flagcountry|EST}} (7)
*{{flagcountry|FIN}} (21)
*{{flagcountry|FRA}} (43)
*{{flagcountry|GER|1935}} (50)
*{{flagcountry|GBR}} (35)
*{{flagcountry|GRE|old}} (5)
*{{flagcountry|HUN|1920}} (25)
*{{flagcountry|ITA|1861}} (37)
*{{flagcountry|LAT}} (3)
*{{flagcountry|LIE}} (2)
*{{flagcountry|LUX}} (5)
*{{flagcountry|NED}} (14)
*{{flagcountry|NOR}} (10)
*{{flagcountry|POL}} (15)
*{{flagcountry|POR}} (1)
*{{flagcountry|ROU}} (2)
*{{flagcountry|SWE}} (35)
*{{flagcountry|SUI}} (17)
*{{flagcountry|Kingdom of Yugoslavia}} (2)
{{div col end}}

==References==
{{reflist}}
*{{cite web|year=2007|title=European Championships (Men)| work=gbrathletics.com|url=http://www.gbrathletics.com/ic/ec.htm|access-date=21 August 2010| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20100902061940/http://www.gbrathletics.com/ic/ec.htm| archive-date= 2 September 2010 | url-status= live}}
*{{cite web|year=2007|title=European Championships (Women)| work=gbrathletics.com|url=http://www.gbrathletics.com/ic/ecw.htm|access-date=21 August 2010| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20100922003729/http://gbrathletics.com/ic/ecw.htm| archive-date= 22 September 2010 | url-status= live}}

== External links ==
* [http://www.european-athletics.org/ European Athletics]
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