1938 European Athletics Championships
Track events
100 m	men	women
200 m	men	women
400 m	men
800 m	men
1500 m	men
5000 m	men
10,000 m	men
80 m hurdles		women
110 m hurdles	men
400 m hurdles	men
3000 m steeplechase	men
4 × 100 m relay	men	women
4 × 400 m relay	men
Road events
Marathon	men
50 km walk	men
Field events
High jump	men	women
Pole vault	men
Long jump	men	women
Triple jump	men
Shot put	men	women
Discus throw	men	women
Hammer throw	men
Javelin throw	men	women
Combined events
Decathlon	men
v t e

The men's marathon at the 1938 European Athletics Championships was held in Paris, France, on 4 September 1938.^[1]

Gold	Väinö Muinonen  Finland
Silver	Squire Yarrow  Great Britain
Bronze	Henry Palme  Sweden

4 September

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Väinö Muinonen	Finland	2:37:28.8	CR
	Squire Yarrow	Great Britain	2:39:03.0
	Henry Palme	Sweden	2:42:13.6
4	Maurice Waltispurger	France	2:44:28.0
5	Erich Puch	Germany	2:45:08.8
6	Eugen Bertsch	Germany	2:45:21.0
7	Desire Leriche	France	2:48:21.6
8	Umberto De Florentis	Italy	2:49:29.6
9	Giovanni Balbusse	Italy	2:50:40.4
10	Felix Meskens	Belgium	2:51:15.0
11	Ernst Meier	Switzerland	2:54:28.0
12	József Mucsi	Hungary	3:03:14.6
13	Francis O'Sullivan	Great Britain	3:05:06.4
14	Jean Mutti	Switzerland	3:07:25.4
	Robert Nevens	Belgium	DNF

According to an unofficial count, 15 athletes from 9 countries participated in the event.