# 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)