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1958 European Athletics Championships

6th European Athletics Championships
1958 European Athletics Championships logo.png
Host city , Sweden
Date(s) 19 – 24 August 1958
Main stadium
Level Senior
Type Outdoor
Participation 626 athletes from
26 nations
Events 36


The 6th European Athletics Championships were held from 19–24 August 1958 in the of , Sweden. Contemporaneous reports on the event were given in the Glasgow Herald.

Complete results were published.

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.


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