Host city Stockholm, Sweden Level Senior | Date(s) 19 – 24 August 1958 Type Outdoor | |
Main stadium Stockholms Olympiastadion Participation 626 athletes from
26 nations | ||
The 6th European Athletics Championships were held from 19–24 August 1958 in the Olympic Stadium of Stockholm, Sweden. Contemporaneous reports on the event were given in the Glasgow Herald.
Contents
Medal summary
Complete results were published.
Participation
According to an unofficial count, 629 athletes from 26 countries participated in the event, three athletes more than the official number of 626 as published. A joint German team comprising athletes from both East and West Germany was competing. Assignment of the athletes to East or West Germany was accomplished using the database of Deutsche Gesellschaft für Leichtathletik-Dokumentation 1990 e.V.
References
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