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The 17th European Championships in Athletics were in held in Budapest a city in Hungary. The European Championships in Athletics is an event organized by the European Athletic Association. ... Budapest (pronounced ) is the capital city of Hungary and the countrys principal political, industrial, commercial and transportation centre. ...

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
5 Internal links

Men's Results

Track

1990 |1994 |1998 |2002 |2006 | The 15th European Championships in Athletics were in held in Split a city in Yugoslavia. ... The 16th European Championships in Athletics were in held in Helsinki, Finland. ... The 2002 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. ...

Event:	Gold:		Silver:		Bronze:
100 m	Darren Campbell GBR	10.04	Dwain Chambers GBR	10.10	Charalambos Papadias GRE	10.17
200 m	Doug Walker GBR	20.53	Doug Turner GBR	20.64	Julian Golding GBR	20.72
400 m	Iwan Thomas GBR	44.52	Robert Mackowiak POL	45.04	Mark Richardson GBR	45.14
800 m	Nils Schumann GER	1:44.89	Andre Bucher SUI	1:45.04	Lukas Vydra CZE	1:45.23
1500 m	Reyes Estevez ESP	3:41.31	Rui Silva POR	3:41.84	Fermin Cacho ESP	3:42.43
5000 m	Isaac Viciosa ESP	13:37.46	Manuel Pancorbo ESP	13:38.03	Mark Carroll IRL	13:38.15
10 000 m	Antonio Pinto POR	27:48.62	Dieter Baumann GER	27:56.75	Stephane Franke GER	27:59.90
Marathon	Stefano Baldini ITA	2:12:01	Danilo Goffi ITA	2:12:11	Vincenzo Modica ITA	2:12:53
110 m H	Colin Jackson GBR	13.02	Falk Balzer GER	13.12	Robin Korving NED	13.20
400 m H	Pawel Januszewski POL	48.18	Ruslan Mashchenko RUS	48.25	Fabrizio Mori ITA	48.71
3000 m St.	Damian Kallabis GER	8:13.10	Alessandro Lambruschini ITA	8:16.70	Jim Svenoy NOR	8:18.97
20 km Walk	Ilya Markov RUS	1:21:10	Aigars Fadejevs LAT	1:21:29	Francisco Fernandez ESP	1:21:39
50 km Walk	Robert Korzeniowski POL	3:43:51	Valentin Kononen FIN	3:44:29	Andrey Plotnikov RUS	3:45:53
4 X 100 m	Allyn Condon, Darren Campbell, Doug Walker, Julian Golding, GBR	38.52 Sprints are races in athletics. ... Darren Campbell (born September 12, 1973) is a British sprint athlete. ... Dwain Anthony Chambers (born 5th April 1978) is a British sprinter. ... Sprints are races in athletics. ... Sprints are races in athletics. ... Middle distance track events are track races longer than sprints up to (and arguably including) 5000 meters. ... Nils Schumann (born May 20, 1978) is a German athlete, winner of the 800 m at the 2000 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. ... Long-distance track event races require runners to balance their energy. ... 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. ... Although marathon sometimes refers to any athletic event requiring great endurance, more specifically it refers to a long-distance road running event of 42,195 m (26 miles and 385 yards). ... Stefano Baldini breaking the winning tape in the mens marathon event at the 2004 Summer Olympics. ... Hurdling is running over obstacles. ... This article is about the Welsh athlete. ... Hurdling is running over obstacles. ... Long-distance track event races require runners to balance their energy. ... 20 km walk in Mannerheimintie street in Helsinki, August 6, 2005 Race walking is a special long distance race event in athletics in which the participants must walk. ... Aigars Fadejevs (born December 27, Latvian athlete, competing in 20 km and 50 km walk. ... 20 km walk in Mannerheimintie street in Helsinki, August 6, 2005 Race walking is a special long distance race event in athletics in which the participants must walk. ... Robert Korzeniowski (born July 30, 1968 in Lubaczow, Poland) is a Polish racewalker. ... 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. ... Darren Campbell (born September 12, 1973) is a British sprint athlete. ...	Thierry Lubin, Frederic Krantz, Christophe Cheval, Needdy Guims, FRA	38.87	Marcin Krzywanski, Marcin Nowak, Piotr Balcerzak, Ryszard Pilarczyk, POL	38.98
4 X 400 m	Mark Hylton, Jamie Baulch, Iwan Thomas, Mark Richardson GBR	2.:8.68	Piotr Rysiukiewicz, Tomasz Czubak, Piotr Haczek, Robert Mackowiak POL	2:58.88	Antonio Andres, Juan Trull, Andres Martinez, David Canal ESP	3:02.47

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. ... Jamie Baulch (born: May 3, 1973) in Nottingham, England is a British sprint athlete. ...

Field

Event:	Gold:		Silver:		Bronze:
High Jump	Artur Partyka POL	2.34	Dalton Grant GBR	2.34	Sergey Klyugin RUS	2.32
Long Jump	Kirill Sosunov RUS	8.28	Bogdan Tarus ROM	8.21	Petko Dachev BUL	8.06
Pole Vault	Maksim Tarasov RUS	5.81	Tim Lobinger GER	5.81	Jean Galfione FRA	5.76
Triple Jump	Jonathan Edwards GBR	19.99	Denis Kapustin RUS	17.45	Rostislav Dimitrov BUL	17.26
Shot Put	Aleksandr Bagsch UKR	21.17	Oliver-Sven Buder GER	20.98	Yuriy Belonog UKR	20.92
Discus	Lars Riedel GER	67.07	Jurgen Schult GER	66.69	Virgilijus Alekna LTU	66.46
Javelin	Steve Backley GBR	89.72	Mick Hill GBR	86.92	Raymond Hecht GER	86.63
Hammer	Tibor Gecsek HUN	82.87	Balazs Kiss HUN	81.26	Karsten Kobs GER	80.13
Decathlon	Erki Nool EST	8667	Eduard Hamalainen BLR	8587	Lev Lobodin UKR	8571

Gold medal winner Ethel Catherwood of Canada scissors over the bar at the 1928 Summer Olympics The high jump is an athletics/track and field event in which competitors must jump over a horizontal bar placed at measured heights. ... Officials watch as Salim Sdiri of France gives his all 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. ... 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. ... Jonathan Edwards is the name of several individuals: An American theologian in the 18th century; see Jonathan Edwards (theology). ... 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. ... 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. ... The modern or Olympic hammer throw is an athletic throwing event where the object to be thrown is a heavy steel ball attached to a wire rope (max 4 long) with a handle on the end of the rope. ... A decathlon is a sportive contest made up of 10 events. ... Erki Nool (born June 25, 1970) is an Estonian decathlete and winner of the gold medal for Decathlon in the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney. ...

Women's Results

Track

Event:	Gold:		Silver:		Bronze:
100 m	Christine Arron FRA	10.73	Irina Privalova RUS	10.83	Ekaterini Thanou GRE	10.87
200 m	Irina Privalova RUS	22.62	Zhanna Pintusevich-Block (Tarnopolskaya) UKR	22.74	Melanie Paschke GER	22.78
400 m	Grit Breuer GER	49.93	Elena Fuchsova CZE	50.21	Olga Kotlyarova RUS	50.38
800 m	Yelena Afanasyeva RUS	1:58.50	Malin Ewerlof SWE	1:59.61	Stephanie Graf AUT	2:00.11
1500 m	Svetlana Masterkova RUS	4:11.91	Carla Sacramento POR	4:12.62	Anita Weyermann SUI	4:13.06
5000 m	Sonia O'Sullivan IRL	15:06.50	Gabriela Szabo ROM	15:08.31	Marta Dominguez ESP	15:10.54
10 000 m	Sonia O'Sullivan IRL	31:29.33	Fernanda Ribeiro POR	31:32.42	Lidia Simon ROM	31:32.64
Marathon	Manuela Machado POR	2:27:10	Madina Biktagirova RUS	2:28:01	Maura Viceconte ITA	2:28:31
100 m H	Svetla Dimitrova BUL	12.56	Brigita Bukovec SLO	12.65	Irina Korotya RUS	12.85
400 m H	Ionela Tirlea ROM	53.37	Tetyana Tereshchuk UKR	54.07	Silvia Rieger GER	54.45
10 km Walk	Annarita Sidoti ITA	42:49	Erica Alfridi ITA	42:54	Susana Feitor POR	42:55
4 X 100 m	Katia Benth, Frederique Bangue, Sylviane Felix, Christine Arron, FRA	42.59	Melanie Paschke, Gabi Rockmeier, Birgit Rockmeier, Andrea Philip, GER	42.68	Olga Ekk, Galina Malchugina, Natalya Voronova (Pomoshchnikova), Irina Privalova, RUS	42.73
4 X 400 m	Anke Feller, Uta Rohlaender, Silvia Rieger, Grit Breuer, GER	3:23.03	Natalya Khrushchelyova, Svetlana Goncharenko, Yekaterina Bakhvalova, Olga Kotlyarova, RUS	3:23.56	Donna Fraser, Vikki Jamison, Katharine Merry, Allison Curbishley, GBR	3:25.66

Sprints are races in athletics. ... Christine Arron (born September 13, 1973 in Les Abymes, Guadeloupe) is a track and field sprint athlete, competing internationally for France. ... Irina Privalova (born November 22, 1968) is a Russian athlete who was born in Malakhova. ... Ekaterini Thanou (In Greek: Αικατερίνη Θάνου; born February 1, 1975) is a Greek athlete. ... Sprints are races in athletics. ... Irina Privalova (born November 22, 1968) is a Russian athlete who was born in Malakhova. ... Sprints are races in athletics. ... Middle distance track events are track races longer than sprints up to (and arguably including) 5000 meters. ... This article is not about the tennis player Steffi Graf. ... Middle distance track events are track races longer than sprints up to (and arguably including) 5000 meters. ... Svetlana Alexandrovna Masterkova (born January 17, 1968) is former Russian middle distance runner. ... Carla Cristina Paquete Sacramento (born 10 December 1971, SÃ£o SebastiÃ£o da Pedreira) is a middle distance runner from Portugal. ... Middle distance track events are track races longer than sprints up to (and arguably including) 5000 meters. ... Sonia OSullivan is an Irish runner from Cobh. ... Long-distance track event races require runners to balance their energy. ... Sonia OSullivan is an Irish runner from Cobh. ... Maria Fernanda Moreira Ribeiro (born June 23rd, 1969), a long-distance runner, born in Penafiel, Portugal. ... Although marathon sometimes refers to any athletic event requiring great endurance, more specifically it refers to a long-distance road running event of 42,195 m (26 miles and 385 yards). ... Hurdling is running over obstacles. ... Hurdling is running over obstacles. ... Ionela Tirlea-Manolache (born February 9, 1976) is a track and field athlete, competing internationally for the Romania. ... 20 km walk in Mannerheimintie street in Helsinki, August 6, 2005 Race walking is a special long distance race event in athletics in which the participants must walk. ... 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. ... Sylviane Felix (born October 31, 1977 in Créteil, France) is a track and field sprint athlete, competing internationally for France. ... Christine Arron (born September 13, 1973 in Les Abymes, Guadeloupe) is a track and field sprint athlete, competing internationally for France. ... Irina Privalova (born November 22, 1968) is a Russian athlete who was born in Malakhova. ... 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. ... Katharine Merry (born September 21, 1974 at Dunchurch near Rugby, England) is a British female sprinter, who is most notable for winning an Olympic bronze medal for the 400 metre sprint at the 2000 Summer Olympics at Sydney, Australia. ...

Field

Event:	Gold:		Silver:		Bronze:
High Jump	Monica Dinescu ROM	1.97	Donata Jancewicz POL	1.95	Alina Astafei GER	1.95
Long Jump	Heike Drechsler (Daute) GER	7.16	Fiona May ITA	7.11	Lyudmila Galkina RUS	1.95
Pole Vault	Anzhela Balakhonova UKR	4.31	Nicole Humbert (Rieger) GER	4.31	Yvonne Buschbaum GER	4.31
Triple Jump	Olga Vasdeki GRE	14.55	Sarka Kasparkova CZE	14.53	Tereza Marinova BUL	14.50
Shot Put	Vita Pavlysh UKR	21.69	Irina Korzhanyenko RUS	19.71	Yanina Korolchik BLR	19.23
Discus	Franka Dietzsch GER	67.49	Natalya Sadova RUS	66.94	Nicoleta Grasu ROM	65.94
Javelin	Tanja Damaske GER	69.10	Tatyana Shikolenko BLR	66.92	Mikaela Ingberg FIN	64.92
Hammer	Mihaela Melinte ROM	71.17	Olga Kuzenkova RUS	69.28	Kirsten Munchow GER	65.61
Heptathlon	Denise Lewis GBR	6559	Urszula Wlodarczyk POL	6460	Natalya Sazanovich BLR	6410

Gold medal winner Ethel Catherwood of Canada scissors over the bar at the 1928 Summer Olympics The high jump is an athletics/track and field event in which competitors must jump over a horizontal bar placed at measured heights. ... Officials watch as Salim Sdiri of France gives his all 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. ... 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. ... Å Ã¡rka KaÅ¡parkovÃ¡ (born May 20, 1971 in KarvinÃ¡) is a Czech athlete, competing in the 100m hurdles, high-, long- and triple-jumps. ... 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 (born: January 15, 1969 in Ukraine) was an athlete who specialised in the shot put. ... The discus throw is an athletics (track and field) throwing event. ... 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. ... The modern or Olympic hammer throw is an athletic throwing event where the object to be thrown is a heavy steel ball attached to a wire rope (max 4 long) with a handle on the end of the rope. ... Olga Kuzenkova (born October 4, 1970) is a Russian athlete, the first woman to throw the hammer more than 70 meters. ... 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. ... Denise Lewis Denise Lewis (born August 27, 1972, in West Bromwich, England) is a British athlete who specialises in the heptathlon. ...

Medals Table

Position:	Nation:	Gold:	Silver:	Bronze:	Total:

European Athletic Association

Outdoor:

1934 | 1938 | 1946 | 1950 | 1954 | 1958 | 1962 | 1966 | 1969 | 1971 | 1974 | 1978 | 1982 | 1986 | 1990 | 1994 | 1998 | 2002 | 2006

Indoor:

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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 1982 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 16th European Championships in Athletics were in held in Helsinki, Finland. ... The 2002 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 1994 European Championships The 16th European Championships in Athletics were in held in Helsinki, Finland. ...

New events added:

Womens 5000 m replaces the 3000 m.

Womens Pole Vault

Womens Hammer Throw

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Track

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Women's Results

Track

Field

Medals Table

Notes

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