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The 16th European Championships in Athletics were in held in Helsinki, Finland. The European Championships in Athletics is an event organized by the European Athletic Association. ... It has been suggested that Hietaniemi beach be merged into this article or section. ...

1 Men's Results
- 1.1 Track
- 1.2 Field
2 Women's Results
- 2.1 Track
- 2.2 Field
3 Medals Table
4 Notes

Men's Results

Track

1986 |1990 |1994 |1998 |2002 | The 14th European Championships in Athletics. ... The 15th European Championships in Athletics were in held in Split a city in Yugoslavia. ... The 17th European Championships in Athletics were in held in Budapest a city in Hungary. ... The 18th European Championships in Athletics were in held in Munich a city in Germany. ...

Event:	Gold:		Silver:		Bronze:
100 m	Linford Christie Great Britain & NI	10.14	Geir Moen Norway	10.20	Aleksander Porhomovskiy Russia	10.31
200 m	Geir Moen Norway	20.30	Vladislav Dologotin Ukraine	20.47	Patrick Stevens Belgium	20.68
400 m	Duaine Ladejo Great Britain & NI	45.09	Roger Black Great Britain & NI	45.20	Matthias Rusterholtz Switzerland	45.96
800 m	Andrea Benvenuti Italy	1:46.12	Vebjørn Rodal Norway	1:46.53	Tomas de Teresa Spain	1:46.56
1500 m	Fermin Cacho Spain	3:35.27	Isaac Viciosa Spain	3:36.01	Branko Zorko Croatia	3:36.88
5000 m	Dieter Baumann Germany	13:36.93	Rob Denmark Great Britain & NI	13:37.50	Abel Anton Spain	13:38.04
10 000 m	Abel Anton Spain	28:06.03	Vincent Rousseau Belgium	28:06.63	Stefan Franke Germany	28:07.95
Marathon	Martin Fiz Spain	2: 10:31	Diego Garcia Spain	2: 10:46	Alberto Juzdado Spain	2: 11:18
110 m H	Colin Jackson Great Britain & NI	13.08	Florian Schwarthoff Germany	13.16	Tony Jarrett Great Britain & NI	13.23
400 m H	Oleg Tverdokhleb Ukraine	48.06	Sven Nylander Sweden	48.22	Stéphane Diagana France	48.23
3000 m St.	Alessandro Labruschini Italy	8:28.68	Angelo Carosi Italy	8:29.81	William Van Dijck Belgium	8:30.93
20 km Walk	Mikhail Shchennikov Russia	1: 18:45	Yevgeniy Misyulya Belarus	1: 19:22	Valentin Massana Spain	1: 20:33
50 km Walk	Valeriy Spitsyn Russia	3: 41:07	Thierry Toutain France	3: 43:52	Giovanni Perricelli Italy	3: 43:55
4 X 100 m	France	38.57	Ukraine	38.98	Italy	38.99
4 X 400 m	Great Britain & NI	2:59.13	France	3:01.11	Russia	3:03.10

Sprints are races in athletics. ... Linford Christie Linford Christie (born April 2, 1960) is a former British athlete. ... Geir Moen (born June 6, 1969) is a former sprint athlete from Moss, Norway. ... Sprints are races in athletics. ... Geir Moen (born June 6, 1969) is a former sprint athlete from Moss, Norway. ... Sprints are races in athletics. ... Roger Anthony Black (born March 31, 1966) is a former Olympic athlete and now works as a television presenter and motivational speaker. ... Middle distance track events are track races longer than sprints up to (and arguably including) 5000 meters. ... VebjÃ¸rn Rodal (born September 16, 1972) is a former Norwegian middle distance athlete, his career high point coming when he won the gold medal in the 800 m at the 1996 Summer Olympics. ... Middle distance track events are track races longer than sprints up to (and arguably including) 5000 meters. ... Fermín Cacho Ruiz (born February 16, 1969) is a Spanish athlete, winner of 1500 m at the 1992 Summer Olympics. ... Branko Zorko (born 1967-07-01) is a Croatian middle distance runner. ... Long-distance track event races require runners to balance their energy. ... Dieter Baumann (born February 9, 1965) is a former German athlete, winner of 5000 m at the 1992 Summer Olympics. ... Long-distance track event races require runners to balance their energy. ... Modern day marathon runners 1896 Olympic marathon The word marathon refers to a long-distance road running event of 42. ... Hurdling is running over obstacles. ... This article is about the Welsh athlete. ... Florian Schwarthoff (born May 7, 1968 in Dortmund) is a former German hurdler best known for winning a bronze medal at the 1996 Summer Olympics. ... Tony Jarrett (born: August 13, 1968 in Enfield, London, England) was a sprint and hurdling athlete. ... Hurdling is running over obstacles. ... Long-distance track event races require runners to balance their energy. ... Mens 20 km walk during the 2005 World Championships in Athletics in Helsinki, Finland. ... Mens 20 km walk during the 2005 World Championships in Athletics in Helsinki, Finland. ... During a relay race, members of a team take turns swimming or running (usually with a baton) parts of a circuit or performing a certain action. ... During a relay race, members of a team take turns swimming or running (usually with a baton) parts of a circuit or performing a certain action. ...

Field

Event:	Gold:		Silver:		Bronze:
High Jump	Steinar Hoen Norway	2.35	Artur Partyka Poland	2.33	Steve Smith Great Britain & NI	2.33 (silver)
Long Jump	Ivailo Mladenov Bulgaria	8.09	Milan Gombala Czech	8.04	Costas Koukodimos Greece	8.01
Pole Vault	Rodion Gataullin Russia	6.00	Igor Trandenkov Russia	5.90	Jean Galfione France	5.85
Triple Jump	Dennis Kapustin Russia	17.62	Serge Helan France	17.55	Maris Bruziks Latvia	17.20
Shot Put	Aleksandar Klimenko Ukraine	20.78	Aleksandar Bagach Ukraine	20.34	Roman Virastyuk Ukraine	19.59
Discus	Vladimir Dubrovshchik Belarus	64.78	Dmitriy Shevchenko Russia	64.56	Jürgen Schult Germany	64.18
Javelin	Steve Backley Great Britain & NI	85.20	Seppo Räty Finland	82.90	Jan Zelezny Czech	82.58
Hammer	Vasiliy Sidorenko Russia	81.10	Igor Astapkovich Belarus	80.40	Heinz Weis Germany	78.48
Decathlon	Alain Blondel France	8453	Henrik Dagård Sweden	8362	Lev Lobodin Ukraine	8201

Gold medal winner Ethel Catherwood of Canada scissors over the bar at the 1928 Summer Olympics. ... Flag of Norway, large The Norwegian flag is high red with a white-bordered, dark blue cross. ... Steinar Hoen (born February 8, 1971) is a former athlete from Norway. ... Large flag of Poland Image originally derived from the public domain flags of the CIA World Factbook. ... Image File history File links Uk_flag_large. ... Officials watch as Salim Sdiri of France jumps at the GE Money Grand Prix in Helsinki, July 2005. ... Pole vaulting is an athletics event where competitors use a long, flexible pole as an aid to leap over a bar, similar to the high jump, but at much greater heights. ... Igor Trandenkov (born August 17, 1966) is a retired Russian pole vaulter best known for winning two Olympic silver medals. ... Jean Galfione ( 9 June 1971 in Paris) is a french athlete. ... The triple jump is an athletics (track and field) event, previously also known as hop, step and jump, whose various names describe the actions a competitor takes. ... Denis Kapustin (born October 5, 1970 in Kazan) is a retired triple jumper from Russia. ... Shot put The shot put is an athletics (track and field) event involving putting (throwing in a pushing motion) a heavy metal ball, also called the shot, as far as possible. ... The discus throw is an athletics (track and field) throwing event. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Belarus_1991. ... Vladimir Dubrovshchik (born January 7, 1972 in Grodno) is a former Belarusian discus thrower who won the Olympic silver medal in 1996. ... File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... {{JESUS TOOK THE FLAG}} He stole it and sold it to some asian drug dealers from the atlantic, hmm? File links The following pages link to this file: Arsenal F.C. Berlin Brandenburg Chelsea F.C. European Peoples Party (Christian Democrats) and European Democrats Fulham F.C. Football World... The javelin throw is an athletics (track and field) throwing event where the object to be thrown is the javelin, a spear-like object made of metal, fibreglass and in some javelins, carbon fibre. ... Stephen James Steve Backley (born 12 February 1969) is a former British athlete specialising in the javelin. ... Seppo RÃ¤ty is a Finnish javelin thrower born April 27, 1962. ... The title given to this article is incorrect due to technical limitations. ... Insert non-formatted text herehrown is a heavy steel ball attached to a wire rope, maximum 4 ft (1. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Belarus_1991. ... Igor Astapkovich (born January 4, 1963 in Minsk) is a hammer thrower who won two Olympic medals, first representing USSR and later his homecountry Belarus. ... A decathlon is a sportive contest made up of 10 events. ... Lev Lobodin (born April 1, 1969 in Voronezh) is a decathlete from Russia, having changed nationality from Ukraine at the end of 1996. ...

Women's Results

Track

Event:	Gold:		Silver:		Bronze:
100 m	Irina Privalova Russia	11.02	Zhanna Tarnopolskaya Ukraine	11.10	Melanie Paschke Germany	11.28
200 m	Irina Privalova Russia	22.32	Zhanna Tarnopolskaya Ukraine	22.77	Galina Maltchugina Russia	22.90
400 m	Marie-Jose Perec France	50.33	Svetlana Goncharenko Russia	51.24	Phylis Smith Great Britain & NI	51.30
800 m	Lyubov Gurina Russia	1:58.55	Natalya Dukhnona Belarus	1:58.55	Lyudmila Rogachova Russia	1:58.69
1500 m	Lyudmila Rogachova Russia	4:18.93	Kelly Holmes Great Britain & NI	4:19.30	Yekaterina Podkopayeva Russia	4:19.37
3000 m	Sonia O'Sullivan Ireland	8:31.84	Yvonne Murray Great Britain & NI	8:36.48	Gabriela Szabo Romania	8:40.08
10 000 m	Fernanda Ribeiro Portugal	31:08.75	Conceicao Ferreira Portugal	31:32.82	Daria Nauer Switzerland	31:35.96
Marathon	Manuela Machado Portugal	2: 29:54	Maria Curatolo Italy	2: 30:33	Adriana Barbu Romania	2: 30:55
100 m H	Svetla Dimitrova Bulgaria	12.72	Yuliya Graudyn Russia	12.93	Yordanka Donkova Bulgaria	12.93
400 m H	Sally Gunnell Great Britain & NI	53.33	Silvia Rieger Germany	54.68	Anna Knoroz Russia	54.68
10 km Walk	Sari Essayah Finland	42:37	Annarita Sidoti Italy	42:43	Yelena Nikolayeva Russia	42:43
4 X 100 m	Germany	42.90	Russia	42.96	Bulgaria	43.00
4 X 400 m	France	3:22.34	Russia	3:24.06	Germany	3:24.10

Sprints are races in athletics. ... Irina Privalova (born November 22, 1968) is a Russian athlete who was born in Malakhova. ... Zhanna Pintusevych-Blok (nÃ©e Tarnopolska) (Ukrainian: Ð–Ð°Ð½Ð½Ð° ÐŸÐ¸Ð½Ñ‚ÑƒÑÐµÐ²Ð¸Ñ‡-Ð‘Ð»Ð¾Ðº; born July 6, 1972, in Nizhyn, Ukraine) is a sprinter who has competed in the Olympic Games. ... Sprints are races in athletics. ... Irina Privalova (born November 22, 1968) is a Russian athlete who was born in Malakhova. ... Zhanna Pintusevych-Blok (nÃ©e Tarnopolska) (Ukrainian: Ð–Ð°Ð½Ð½Ð° ÐŸÐ¸Ð½Ñ‚ÑƒÑÐµÐ²Ð¸Ñ‡-Ð‘Ð»Ð¾Ðº; born July 6, 1972, in Nizhyn, Ukraine) is a sprinter who has competed in the Olympic Games. ... Sprints are races in athletics. ... Marie-José Perec (born May 9, 1968) is a French athlete, specialised in the 200 and 400 m, and triple Olympic champion. ... Svetlana Goncharenko (born May 28, 1971 in Rostov-na-Donu) is a former Russian athlete who mainly competed in in the 200 metres. ... Phylis Smith (born September 29, 1965) is a former sprinter from Great Britain who won an Olympic bronze medal in 4 x 400 metres relay in Barcelona 1992. ... Middle distance track events are track races longer than sprints up to (and arguably including) 5000 meters. ... Middle distance track events are track races longer than sprints up to (and arguably including) 5000 meters. ... Dame Kelly Holmes, DBE (born 19 April 1970) is a British middle distance athlete. ... Middle distance track events are track races longer than sprints up to (and arguably including) 5000 meters. ... Sonia OSullivan (1969-) is an Irish runner from Cobh, County Cork. ... Gabriela Szabo (born November 14, 1975) is a Romanian track and field athlete, winner of the gold medal in the 2000 Summer Olympics in 5000 m and winner of bronze and silver medals in 1996 Summer Olympics and 2000 Summer Olympics in 1500 m, respectively. ... Long-distance track event races require runners to balance their energy. ... Maria Fernanda Moreira Ribeiro (born June 23rd, 1969), a long-distance runner, born in Penafiel, Portugal. ... Modern day marathon runners 1896 Olympic marathon The word marathon refers to a long-distance road running event of 42. ... Hurdling is running over obstacles. ... Yordanka Donkova (born September 28, 1961 in Yana, Sofia, Bulgaria) is a former hurdling athlete notable for winning an Olympic gold medal and bronze medal as well as 9 medals at European indoor and outdoor championships. ... Hurdling is running over obstacles. ... Sally Jane Janet Gunnell, OBE (born 29 July 1966 in Chigwell, Essex, England) was a sprint and hurdling athlete and now works mainly as a television presenter predominantly for the BBC. Sally started out in athletics as an accomplished long jumper and pentathlete before turning to the sprints and hurdling... Mens 20 km walk during the 2005 World Championships in Athletics in Helsinki, Finland. ... During a relay race, members of a team take turns swimming or running (usually with a baton) parts of a circuit or performing a certain action. ... During a relay race, members of a team take turns swimming or running (usually with a baton) parts of a circuit or performing a certain action. ...

Field

Event:	Gold:		Silver:		Bronze:
High Jump	Britta Bilac Slovenia	2.00	Yelena Gulyayeva Russia	1.96	Nele Zilinskiene Latvia	1.93
Long Jump	Heike Drechsler Germany	7.14	Inessa Kravets Ukraine	6.99	Fiona May Italy	6.90
Triple Jump	Anna Biryukova Russia	14.89	Inna Lasovskaya Russia	14.85	Inessa Kravets Ukraine	14.67
Shot Put	Viktoriya Pavlysh Ukraine	19.61	Astrid Kumbernuss Germany	19.49	Svetla Mitkova Bulgaria	19.45
Discus	Ilke Wyludda Germany	68.72	Elina Zvereva Belarus	64.46	Mette Bergmann Norway	64.34
Javelin	Trine Hattestad Norway	68.00	Karen Forgel Germany	66.10	Felicia Tilea Romania	64.34
Heptathlon	Sabine Braun Germany	6.419	Rita Ivansci Hungary	6.404	Urszula Wlodarczyk Poland	6.322

Gold medal winner Ethel Catherwood of Canada scissors over the bar at the 1928 Summer Olympics. ... Britta BilaÄ, nÃ©e VÃ¶rÃ¶s (born December 4, 1968 in East Germany) is a retired high jumper from Slovenia. ... Officials watch as Salim Sdiri of France jumps at the GE Money Grand Prix in Helsinki, July 2005. ... Heike Drechsler (born December 16, 1964 Gera) is a German athlete, who has won 2 Olympic gold medals. ... The Ukrainian triple jumper Inessa Kravets (Інеса Кравець, born October 5, 1966) jumped the world record at the 1995 world championships after studying a picture of Jonathan Edwards. ... Fiona May (born December 12, 1969 in Slough, England) is an Italian athlete competing in the long jump. ... The triple jump is an athletics (track and field) event, previously also known as hop, step and jump, whose various names describe the actions a competitor takes. ... The Ukrainian triple jumper Inessa Kravets (Інеса Кравець, born October 5, 1966) jumped the world record at the 1995 world championships after studying a picture of Jonathan Edwards. ... Shot put The shot put is an athletics (track and field) event involving putting (throwing in a pushing motion) a heavy metal ball, also called the shot, as far as possible. ... Vita Pavlysh (Ð’Ñ–Ñ‚Ð° ÐŸÐ°Ð²Ð»Ð¸Ñˆ in Ukrainian, born January 15, 1969 in Ukraine) is a former athlete who specialised in the shot put. ... The discus throw is an athletics (track and field) throwing event. ... Ilke Wyludda (born March 28, 1969 in Leipzig) is a former discus thrower from Germany. ... Ellina Zvereva (born November 16, 1960 in Dolgoprudny) is a Belarusian discus thrower best known for winning the gold medal at the 2000 Summer Olympics. ... The javelin throw is an athletics (track and field) throwing event where the object to be thrown is the javelin, a spear-like object made of metal, fibreglass and in some javelins, carbon fibre. ... Trine Hattestad is a Norwegian javelin thrower, born on 18 April, 1966 in Lørenskog, Norway, as Elsa Katrine Solberg. ... A heptathlon is a sportive contest made up of seven events (from the Greek hepta (seven) and athlon (contest)). More specifically, the term heptathlon refers to an athletic (track and field) event consisting of seven events. ...

Medals Table

Position:	Nation:	Gold:	Silver:	Bronze:	Total:
1.	Russia	10	8	7	25
2.	Great Britain & NI	6	5	2	13
3.	Germany	5	4	5	14
4.	France	4	3	2	9
5.	Ukraine	3	6	3	12
6.	Spain	3	2	4	9
7.	Norway	3	2	1	6
8.	Italy	2	3	3	8
9.	Portugal	2	1	0	3
10.	Bulgaria	2	0	3	5
11.	Belarus	1	4	0	5
12.	Finland	1	1	0	2
13.	Ireland	1	0	0	1
14.	Slovenia	1	0	0	1
15.	Sweden	0	2	0	2
16.	Belgium	0	1	2	3
17=	Poland	0	1	0	1
17=	Czech	0	1	0	1
17=	Hungary	0	1	0	1
20.	Romania	0	0	3	3
21=	Latvia	0	0	2	2
21=	Switzerland	0	0	2	2
23=	Greece	0	0	1	1
23=	Croatia	0	0	1	1

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European Athletic Association

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The European Athletic Association is the European governing body for the sport of athletics. ... The European Championships in Athletics is an event organized by the European Athletic Association. ... The 1st European Championships in Athletics were held in Turin, Italy in 1934. ... The 2nd European Championships in Athletics were held in two places in 1938. ... The 3rd European Championships in Athletics were held in 1946. ... The 4th European Championships in Athletics were held in the Belgian capital Brussels in 1950. ... The 5th European Championships in Athletics were held in Bern, the Swiss capital, in 1954. ... The 6th European Championships in Athletics were held in 1958. ... The 7th European Championships in Athletics were held in 1962. ... The 8th European Championships in Athletics were held in Budapest, Hungary in 1966. ... The 9th European Championships in Athletics were held in Athens, the capital ofGreece in 1969. ... The 10th European Championships in Athletics were held in Helsinki, the capitalFinland, in 1971. ... The 11th European Championships in Athletics were in held in Rome, the capital of Italy in 1974. ... The 12th European Championships in Athletics were held in Prague, a city in Czechoslovakia. ... The 13th European Championships in Athletics were in held at the Olympic Stadium in Athens, a city in Greece. ... The 14th European Championships in Athletics. ... The 15th European Championships in Athletics were in held in Split a city in Yugoslavia. ... The 17th European Championships in Athletics were in held in Budapest a city in Hungary. ... The 18th European Championships in Athletics were in held in Munich a city in Germany. ... The 2006 European Championships in Athletics were in held in Gothenburg a city in Sweden. ... The European Indoor Championships were held for the first time in 1970. ... The 17th European Indoor Championships in Athletics were held in Madrid, a city in Spain, in 1986. ... The 18th European Indoor Championships in Athletics were held in Lievin, a city in France, in 1987. ... The 19th European Indoor Championships in Athletics were held in Budapest, a city in Hungary, in 1988. ... The 20th European Indoor Championships in Athletics were held in The Hague, a city in The Netherlands, in 1989. ... The 21st European Indoor Championships in Athletics were held in Glasgow, the capital of Scotland (Great Britain), in 1990. ... The 22nd European Indoor Championships in Athletics were held in Genova, a city in Italy, in 1992. ... The 23rd European Indoor Championships in Athletics were held in Paris, the capital of France in 1994. ... The 24th European Indoor Championships in Athletics were held in Stockholm, the capital of Sweden in 1996. ... The 1998 European Indoor Championships in athletics were in held in Valencia, a city in Spain. ... The 2000 European Indoor Championships in athletics were in held in Ghent, Belgium. ... The 2002 European Indoor Championships in athletics were in held in Vienna, the capital of Austria. ... The 2005 European Indoor Championships in Athletics were in held in Madrid, the capital of Spain, between March 4 and March 6, 2005. ... The 29th European Indoor Championships in Athletics are being held in Birmingham, a city in England (UK), in 2007. ...

Notes

Differences to competition format since the 1990 European Championships: The 15th European Championships in Athletics were in held in Split a city in Yugoslavia. ...

Women's Triple Jump was added as a new event.
East and West Germany competed as one team.
Countries that made up the Soviet Union competed as separate teams.
Countries that made up Yugoslavia competed as separate teams.

Category: European Championships in Athletics

Results from FactBites:

Trine Hattestad - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (224 words)
	Trine Hattestad is a former Norwegian javelin thrower, born on April 18, 1966 in Lørenskog, Norway, as Elsa Katrine Solberg.
	The follow year she also competed in the European Championships for seniors.
	At the 1999 World Championships, she lost the title again, finishing third, but in 2000 she won the only title missing in her career as she won the Olympic Games in Sydney.

Kelly Holmes - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (1391 words)
	In the army she was initially a lorry driver in the Women's Royal Army Corps, and when that corps was disbanded in 1992 she transferred to the Adjutant General's Corps as a physical trainer, reaching the rank of sergeant.
	She also became British Army judo champion, and in army athletics events once competed in the men's 800 metres at a meeting, as it was considered that for her to run in the women's event would be too embarrassing for the other competitors.
	At the 2002 European Championships in Munich, Holmes won a bronze medal in the 800 m, behind Jolanda Čeplak and Mayte Martinez.

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Track

Field

Women's Results

Track

Field

Medals Table

Notes

Men's Results