The 3rd European Athletics Championships were held from 22 August to 25 August 1946 in the Bislett Stadion in Oslo, Norway.

For the first time it was a combined event for men and women, and for the first time a city in Scandinavia hosted the championships.

Contemporaneous reports on the event were given in the Glasgow Herald.

[1][2] Two of the women's medalists from France underwent sex change later.

[4] According to an unofficial count, 354 athletes from 20 countries participated in the event, one athlete more than the official number of 353 as published.