EUROPEAN CHAMPIONSHIPS IN ATHLETICS

The 'European Championships in Athletics' is an event organized by the European Athletic Association. It is organised every four years, the same year as the Commonwealth Games and between the summer Olympic Games cycle.

Contents

Summary of Championships

All-time medal table 1934-2006

Championships' Best Performances

Men's Track

Men's Field

Women's Track

Women's Field

See also

External links

Summary of Championships

	Year	City	Country	Date	Venue	No. of Events	No. of Athletes
1	1934	Turin		7- 9 September	Stadio Benito Mussolini
2	1938	Paris		3 - 5 September	Stade Olympique Yves-du-Manoir, Colombes
	1938	Vienna		17 - 18 September	Praterstadion
3	1946	Oslo		22 - 25 August	Bislett stadion
4	1950	Brussels		23 - 27 August	Heysel Stadium
5	1954	Berne		25 - 29 August	Stadion Neufeld
6	1958	Stockholm		19- 24 August	Stockholms Olympiastadion
7	1962	Belgrade		12- 16 September	Stadion JNA
8	1966	Budapest		30 August - 4 September	Népstadion
9	1969	Athens		16 - 21 September	Karaïskákis Stadium
10	1971	Helsinki		10 - 15 August	Olympiastadion
11	1974	Rome		2 - 8 September	Stadio Olimpico
12	1978	Prague		29 August - 3 September	Stadion Evžena Rošického
13	1982	Athens		3 - 9 September	Olympiakó Stádio
14	1986	Stuttgart		29 August - 3 September	Neckarstadion
15	1990	Split		26 August - 2 September	Gradski stadion u Poljudu
16	1994	Helsinki		7-14 August	Olympiastadion
17	1998	Budapest		18-23 August	Népstadion
18	2002	Munich		6-11 August	Olympiastadion
19	2006	Gothenburg		7-13 August	Ullevi
20	2010	Barcelona			Estadi Olímpic Lluís Companys

All-time medal table 1934-2006

'1'	Soviet Union	121	109	103	'333'
'2'	East Germany	91	82	65	'238'
'3'	Great Britain	84	64	73	'221'
'4'	France	42	38	38	'118'
'5'	Germany	38	37	34	'109'
'6'	West Germany	35	44	51	'130'
'7'	Russia	35	38	32	'105'
'8'	Poland	35	36	45	'116'
'9'	Italy	34	36	37	'107'
'10'	Finland	31	29	35	'95'
'11'	Sweden	26	35	35	'96'
'12'	Spain	17	13	23	'53'
'13'	Czechoslovakia	16	16	27	'59'
'14'	Hungary	15	18	19	'52'
'15'	Netherlands	15	14	13	'42'
'16'	Bulgaria	11	11	12	'34'
'17'	Portugal	10	6	4	'20'
'18'	Ukraine	9	12	7	'28'
'19'	Romania	7	19	10	'36'
'20'	Norway	7	11	12	'30'
'21'	Greece	7	3	8	'18'
'22'	Yugoslavia	6	6	2	'14'
'23'	Belgium	5	10	7	'22'
'24'	Belarus	5	7	5	'17'
'25'	Switzerland	3	10	9	'22'
'26'	Denmark	3	5	4	'12'
'27'	Ireland	3	5	2	'10'
'28'	Estonia	3	3	2	'8'
'29'	Iceland	3	1	1	'5'
'30'	Czech Republic	2	6	3	'11'
'31'	Latvia	2	2	1	'5'
'32'	Austria	2	1	3	'6'
'33'	Slovenia	2	1	1	'4'
'34'	Israel	2	0	0	'2'
'35'	Lithuania	1	1	2	'4'
'36'	Turkey	1	0	2	'3'
'37'	Croatia	0	1	1	'2'
'38'	Luxembourg	0	1	0	'1'
	Serbia	0	1	0	'1'
Total		729	732	728	2189

Championships' Best Performances

(as of 13 August 2006)

Men's Track

Event	Record	Athlete	Country	Venue	Date	Year
100 m	9.99	Francis Obikwelu		Gothenburg	8 August	2006
200 m	19.85	Konstantinos Kenteris		Munich	9 August	2002
400 m	44.52	Iwan Thomas		Budapest	21 August	1998
800 m	1:43.84	Olaf Beyer		Prague	31 August	1978
1500 m	3:35.27	Fermin Cacho		Helsinki	9 August	1994
5000 m	13:10.15	Jack Buckner		Stuttgart	31 August	1986
10 000 m	27:30.99	Martti Vainio		Prague	29 August	1978
3000 m Steeplechase	8:12.66	Francesco Panetta		Split	30 August	1990
110 m Hurdles	13:02	Colin Jackson		Budapest	22 August	1998
400 m Hurdles	47.48	Harald Schmid		Athens	8 September	1982
4 x 100 m Relay	37.79	Moriniere, Sangouma, Trouabal, Marie-Rose		Split	1 September	1990
4 x 400 m Relay	2:58.22	Sanders, Akabusi, Regis, Black		Split	1 September	1990
Marathon	2:10:31	Martin Fiz		Helsinki	14 August	1994
20 km walk	1:18:37	Francisco Fernandez		Munich	6 August	2002
50 km walk	3:36:39	Robert Korzeniowski		Munich	8 August	2002

Men's Field

Event	Record	Athlete	Country	Venue	Date	Year
High Jump	2.36	Andrey Silnov		Goteborg	9 August	2006
Pole Vault	6.00	Rodion Gataullin		Helsinki	11 August	1994
Long Jump	8.41	Robert Emmiyan		Stuttgart	29 August	1986
Triple Jump	17.99	Jonathan Edwards		Budapest	23 August	1998
Shot Put	22.22	Werner Günthör		Stuttgart	28 August	1986
Discus	68.83	Róbert Fazekas		Munich	11 August	2002
Hammer	86.74	Yuriy Sedykh		Stuttgart	30 August	1986
Javelin	89.72	Steve Backley		Budapest	23 August	1998
Decathlon	8811	Daley Thompson		Stuttgart	28 August	1986

Women's Track

Event	Record	Athlete	Country	Venue	Date	Year
100 m	10.73	Christine Arron		Budapest	19 August	1998
200 m	21.71	Heike Drechsler		Stuttgart	29 August	1986
400 m	48.16	Marita Koch		Athens	8 September	1982
800 m	1:55.41	Olga Mineyeva		Athens	8 September	1982
1500 m	3:56.91	Tatyana Tomashova		Goteborg	13 August	2006
3000 m	8:30.28	Svetlana Ulmasova		Athens	9 September	1982
5000 m	14:56.18	Marta Dominguez		Goteborg	12 August	2006
10 000 m	30:01.09	Paula Radcliffe		Munich	6 August	2002
3000 m Steeplechase	9:26.05	Alesya Turava		Goteborg	12 August	2006
100 m Hurdles	12.38	Yordanka Donkova		Stuttgart	29 August	1986
400 m Hurdles	53.32	Marina Stepanova		Stuttgart	30 August	1986
4 x 100 m	41.68	Möller, Krabbe, Behrendt, Gunther		Split	1 September	1990
4 x 400 m	3:16.87	Emmelmann, Busch, Müller, Koch		Stuttgart	31 August	1986
Marathon	2:26:05	Maria Guida		Munich	10 August	2002
10 km walk	42:37	Sari Essayah		Helsinki	9 August	1994
20 km walk	1:26:42	Olimpiada Ivanova		Munich	7 August	2002

Women's Field

Event	Record	Athlete	Country	Venue	Date	Year
High Jump	2.03	Tia Hellebaut		Gothenburg	11 August	2006
Pole Vault	4.80	Yelena Isinbayeva		Gothenburg	13 August	2006
Long Jump	7.30	Heike Drechsler		Split	28 August	1990
Triple Jump	15.15	Tatyana Lebedeva		Helsinki	9 August	2006
Shot Put	21.69	Vita Pavlysh		Budapest	20 August	1998
Discus	71.36	Diana Sachse		Stuttgart	28 August	1986
Hammer	76.67	Tatyana Lysenko		Goteborg	8 August	2006
Javelin	67.47	Mirela Manjani		Munich	8 August	2002
(old Javelin)	77.44	Fatima Whitbread		Stuttgart	28 August	1986
Heptathlon	6740	Carolina Klüft		Gothenburg	8 August	2006

See also

★ European records in athletics

External links

★ Results of the past European Championships

★ Official site of the 19th European Athletic Championships 2006

★ Statistics all European Athletics Championships