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European Athletics - History of the European Athletics Championships (4401 words) |
 | The idea of holding a European Athletics Championships was devised in 1933, with Hungarian official Szilard Stankovits as the prime mover, and the first Championships took place in Torino, Italy, in 1934. |
| The European Athletic Association would like to thank former General Secretary Till Lufft and athletics statistician Bob Phillips for their work in putting together this review of the 18 European Athletics Championships that have taken place to date. |
| Both Wooderson and Harbig set new championship records, as did Wooderson’s team mates Godfrey Brown in the 400m and Don Finlay in 110m hurdles (his time of 14.3 was also a European record); Harbig’s team mate Karl Hein in the hammer; and Finns Taisto Mäki in the 5000m and Ilmari Salminen in the 10000m. |
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IAAF International Association of Athletics Federations - World Championships in Athletics 2003 - News (1883 words) |
| In the 1938 European Championships, Britains Sydney Wooderson won the 1500m, while eight years later after WWII had postponed all competition he won the 5000m in 14:08.6 at the 1946 European Championships. |
| However, since the introduction of the 5000m in the major championships in 1995, no woman has successfully doubled in the both events at the major championships. |
| He also won silver in the 5000m in the 1946 European Championships, before winning gold in the 1500m in the 1950 Europeans. |
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