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.

[edit] Summary of Championships

	Year	City	Country	Date	Venue
1	1934	Turin	Italy	7- 9 September	Stadio Benito Mussolini
2	1938	Paris	France	3 - 5 September	Stade Olympique Yves-du-Manoir, Colombes
2	1938	Vienna	Austria	17 - 18 September	Praterstadion
3	1946	Oslo	Norway	22 - 25 August	Bislett stadion
4	1950	Brussels	Belgium	23 - 27 August	Heysel Stadium
5	1954	Berne	Switzerland	25 - 29 August	Stadion Neufeld
6	1958	Stockholm	Sweden	19- 24 August	Stockholms Olympiastadion
7	1962	Belgrade	Yugoslavia	12- 16 September	Stadion JNA
8	1966	Budapest	Hungary	30 August - 4 September	Népstadion
9	1969	Athens	Greece	16 - 21 September	Karaïskákis Stadium
10	1971	Helsinki	Finland	10 - 15 August	Olympiastadion
11	1974	Rome	Italy	2 - 8 September	Stadio Olimpico
12	1978	Prague	Czechoslovakia	29 August - 3 September	Stadion Evžena Rošického
13	1982	Athens	Greece	3 - 9 September	Olympiakó Stádio
14	1986	Stuttgart	West Germany	29 August - 3 September	Neckarstadion
15	1990	Split	Yugoslavia	26 August - 2 September	Gradski stadion u Poljudu
16	1994	Helsinki	Finland	7-14 August	Olympiastadion
17	1998	Budapest	Hungary	18-23 August	Népstadion
18	2002	Munich	Germany	6-11 August	Olympiastadion
19	2006	Gothenburg	Sweden	7-13 August	Ullevi
20	2010	Barcelona	Spain	27 July - 1 August	Estadi Olímpic Lluís Companys

Total		729	732	728	2189
Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
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
38	Serbia	0	1	0	1

(as of 13 August 2006)

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

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

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

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