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The 18th European Championships in Athletics were in held in Munich a city in Germany. The European Championships in Athletics is an event organized by the European Athletic Association. ... Munich: Frauenkirche and Town Hall steeple Munich (German: München (pronounced listen) is the state capital of the German state of Bavaria. ...

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Men's Results

Track

1994 |1998 |2002 |2006 |2010 | The 16th European Championships in Athletics were in held in Helsinki, Finland. ... The 17th European Championships in Athletics were in held in Budapest a city in Hungary. ... The 2006 European Championships in Athletics were in held in Gothenburg a city in Sweden. ...

Event: Gold: Silver: Bronze:
100 m Dwain Chambers, Great Britain Francis Obikwelu, Portugal Darren Campbell, Great Britain
200 m Konstantinos Kenteris, Greece Marlon Devonish, Great Britain
400 m Ingo Schultz, Germany David Canal, Spain Daniel Caines, Great Britain
800 m Wilson Kipketer
DEN
1:47.25 Andre Bucher
SUI
1:47.43 Nils Schumann
GER
1:47.60
1500 m Mehdi Baala
FRA
3:45.25 Reyes Estevez
ESP
3:45.25 Rui Silva
POR
3:45.43
5000 m Alberto Garcia
ESP
13:38.18 Ismail Sghyr
FRA
13:39.81 Sergey Lebed
UKR
13:40.00
10 000 m Jose Manuel Martinez
ESP
27:47.65 Dieter Baumann
GER
27:47.87 Jose Rios
ESP
27:48.29
Marathon Janne Holmen
FIN
2: 12:14 Pavel Loskutov
EST
2: 13:18 Julio Rey
ESP
2: 12:53
110 m H Colin Jackson
GBR
13.11 Stanislav Olijars
LAT
13.22 Artur Kohutek
POL
13.32
400 m H Stephane Diagana
FRA
47.58 Jiri Muzik
CZE
48.43 Pawel Januszewski
POL
48.46
3000 m St. Antonio Jimenez
ESP
8:24.34 Simon Vroemen
NED
8:24.45 Luis Miguel Martin
ESP
8:24.72
20 km Walk Francisco Fernandez
ESP
1: 18:37 Vladimir Andreyev
RUS
1: 19:56 Juan Manuel Molina
ESP
1: 20:36
50 km Walk Robert Korzeniowski
POL
3: 36:39
world best time
Aleksey Voyevodin
RUS
3: 40:16 Jesus Angel Garcia
ESP
3: 44:33
4 X 100 m Christian Malcolm,
Darren Campbell,
Marlon Devonish,
Dwain Chambers, GBR
38.19 Konstantin Vasyukov,
Konstantin Rurak,
Anotoliy Dovgal,
Aleksandr Kaydash, UKR
38.53 Ryszard Pilarczyk,
Lukasz Chyla,
Marcin Nowak,
Marcin Urbas, POL
38.71
4 X 400 m Jared Deacon,
Matt Elias,
Jamie Baulch,
Daniel Caines, GBR
3:01.25 Oleg Mishukov,
Andrey Semyonov,
Ruslan Mashchenko,
Yuriy Borzakovskiy, RUS
3:01.34 Leslie Djhone,
Ahmed Douhou,
Naman Keita,
Ibrahima Wade, FRA
3:02.76

Sprints are races in athletics. ... Image File history File links Union Flag / Union Jack: Flag of the United Kingdom For more information, see Court of the Lord Lyon, Flags. ... Dwain Anthony Chambers (born 5th April 1978) is a British sprinter. ... File links The following pages link to this file: Austria A.C. Milan Belgium Czech Republic Cyprus Economy of the Czech Republic Chelsea F.C. European Union Estonia European Parliament Talk:European Union European Peoples Party (Christian Democrats) and European Democrats Finland France Fulham F.C. Football World Cup... Francis Obirah Obikwelu, born 22 November 1978 in Nigeria and Portuguese citizen since 2001 is a sprint athlete specializing in 100 m. ... Image File history File links Union Flag / Union Jack: Flag of the United Kingdom For more information, see Court of the Lord Lyon, Flags. ... Darren Campbell (born September 12, 1973) is a British sprint athlete. ... Sprints are races in athletics. ... Large flag of Greece Image originally derived from the public domain flags of the CIA World Factbook. ... Konstantinos Kenteris, also spelt as Konstadinos Kederis (in Greek: Κωνσταντίνος Κεντέρης; born July 11, 1973) is a Greek athlete. ... Image File history File links Union Flag / Union Jack: Flag of the United Kingdom For more information, see Court of the Lord Lyon, Flags. ... Marlon Devonish (born 1 June 1976 in Coventry, England, UK) is a British sprint athlete. ... Sprints are races in athletics. ... {{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... Source: Sodipodis Clipart Gallery. ... Image File history File links Union Flag / Union Jack: Flag of the United Kingdom For more information, see Court of the Lord Lyon, Flags. ... Middle distance track events are track races longer than sprints up to (and arguably including) 5000 meters. ... Wilson Kipketer (born December 12, 1972 in Kapchemoyiwo, Kenya into the Kalenjin tribe) is a middle distance runner. ... 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. ... Mehdi Baala (born August 17, 1978 in Strasbourg) is a French middle-distance athlete competing mainly in the 800 m and 1500 m tracks, but his main distance is 1500 m. ... 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). ... A hurdling World Champion, Perdita Felicien, Canada. ... This article is about the Welsh athlete. ... A hurdling World Champion, Perdita Felicien, Canada. ... 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. ... 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. ... Marlon Devonish (born 1 June 1976 in Coventry, England, UK) is a British sprint athlete. ... Dwain Anthony Chambers (born 5th April 1978) is a British sprinter. ... 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. ... Yuriy Borzakovskiy (Russian: Юрий Борзаковский) (born 12 April, 1981 in Kratovo, Russia) is a Russian athlete. ... Naman Keita (born April 9, 1978 in Paris, France) is a track and field athlete, competing internationally for the France. ...

Field

1994 |1998 |2002 |2006 |2010 | The 16th European Championships in Athletics were in held in Helsinki, Finland. ... The 17th European Championships in Athletics were in held in Budapest a city in Hungary. ... The 2006 European Championships in Athletics were in held in Gothenburg a city in Sweden. ...

Event: Gold: Silver: Bronze:
High Jump Jaroslav Rybakov
RUS
2.31 Stefan Holm
SWE
2.29 Steffan Strand
SWE
2.27
Long Jump Aleksey Lukashevich
UKR
8.08 Sinisa Ergotic
CRO
8.00 Yago Lamela
ESP
7.99
Pole Vault Aleksandr Averbukh
ISR
5.85 Lars Borgeling
GER
5.80 Tim Lobinger
GER
5.80
Triple Jump Christian Olsson
SWE
17.53 Charles Friedek
GER
17.33 Jonathan Edwards
GBR
17.32
Shot Put Yuriy Bilonog
UKR
21.37 Joachim Olsen
DEN
21.16 Ralf Bartels
GER
20.58
Discus Robert Fazekas
HUN
68.83 Virgilijus Alekna
LTU
66.62 Michael Mollenbeck
GER
66.37
Javelin Steve Backley
GBR
88.54 Sergey Makarov
RUS
88.05 Boris Henry
GER
85.33
Hammer Adrián Annus
HUN
81.17 Vladislav Piskunov
UKR
80.39 Alexandros Papadimitriou
GRE
80.21
Decathlon Roman Šebrle
CZE
8800 Erki Nool
EST
8438 Lev Lobodin
UKR
8390

Gold medal winner Ethel Catherwood of Canada scissors over the bar at the 1928 Summer Olympics. ... Stefan Holm (born May 25, 1976) is a Swedish high jumper and an olympic gold medalist. ... 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. ... Christian Olsson (born January 25, 1980) is a Swedish athlete and triple jumper from Gothenburg. ... For other persons named Jonathan Edwards, see Jonathan Edwards Jonathan David Edwards (born May 10, 1966 in London, England) is a former British triple jumper and widely regarded as the finest triple jumper of all time. ... 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. ... Joachim B. Olsen (born May 31, 1977 in Aalborg, Denmark is one of the worlds leading shot putters. ... The discus throw is an athletics (track and field) throwing event. ... Famous Lithuanian Athlete, Born on Sunday, 13th February 1972 in Terpeikiai, Kupiskis, Lithuania. ... 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. ... Sergey Makarov (born March 19, 1973 in Podolsk) is a Russian javelin thrower. ... 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. ... Adrián Annus (born June 28, 1973, Szeged, Hungary) is a hammer thrower from Hungary. ... A decathlon is a sportive contest made up of 10 events. ... Roman Šebrle (born 26 November 1974 in Lanškroun) is an athlete from the Czech Republic. ... 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

1994 |1998 |2002 |2006 |2010 | The 16th European Championships in Athletics were in held in Helsinki, Finland. ... The 17th European Championships in Athletics were in held in Budapest a city in Hungary. ... The 2006 European Championships in Athletics were in held in Gothenburg a city in Sweden. ...

Event: Gold: Silver: Bronze:
100 m Ekaterini Thanou
GRE
11.10 Kim Gevaert
BEL
11.22 Manuela Levorato
ITA
11.23
200 m Muriel Hurtis
FRA
22.43 Kim Gevaert
BEL
22.53 Manuela Levorato
ITA
22.75
400 m Olesya Zykina
RUS
50.45 Grit Breuer
GER
50.70 Lee McConnell
GBR
51.02
800 m Jolanda Ceplak
SLO
1:57.65 Mayte Martinez
ESP
1:58.86 Kelly Holmes
GBR
1:59.83
1500 m Sureyya Ayhan
TUR
3:58.79 Gabriela Szabo
ROM
3:58.81 Tatyana Tomashova
RUS
4:01.28
5000 m Marta Dominguez
ESP
15:14.76 Sonia O'Sullivan
IRL
15:14.85 Yelena Zadorozhnaya
RUS
15:15.22
10 000 m Paula Radcliffe
GBR
30:01.09 Sonia O'Sullivan
IRL
30:47.59 Lyudmila Biktasheva
RUS
31:04.00
Marathon Maria Guida
ITA
2: 26:05 Luminita Zaituc
GER
2: 26:58 Sonja Oberem
GER
2: 28:45
100 m H Glory Alozie
ESP
12.73 Yelena Krasovskaya
UKR
12.88 Yana Kasova
BUL
12.91
400 m H Ionela Tirlea
ROM
54.95 Heike Meissner
GER
55.89 Anna Olichwierczuk
POL
56.18
20 km Walk Olimpiada Ivanova
RUS
1: 26:42 Yelena Nikolayeva
RUS
1: 28:20 Erica Alfridi
ITA
1: 28:33
4 X 100 m Delphine Combe,
Muriel Hurtis,
Sylviane Felix,
Odiah Sidibe, FRA
42.46 Melanie Paschke,
Gabi Rockmeier,
Sina Schielke,
Marion Wagner, GER
42.54 Natalya Ignatova,
Yuliya Tabakova,
Irina Khabarova,
Larisa Kruglova, RUS
43.11
4 X 400 m Florence Ekpo-Umoh,
Birgit Rockmeier,
Claudia Marx,
Grit Breuer, GER
3:25.10 Natalya Antyukh,
Natalya Nazarova,
Anastasiya Kapachinskaya,
Olesya Zykina, RUS
3:25.59 Zuzanna Radecka,
Grazyna Prokopek,
Malgorzata Pskit,
Anna Olichwierczuk, POL
3:26.15

Sprints are races in athletics. ... Ekaterini Thanou (In Greek: Αικατερίνη Θάνου; born February 1, 1975) is a Greek athlete. ... Kim Gevaert (born: August 5, 1978 in Leuven, Belgium) is a sprint athlete. ... Sprints are races in athletics. ... Muriel Hurtis is a French athlete born on March 25, 1979 at Bondy, France. ... Kim Gevaert (born: August 5, 1978 in Leuven, Belgium) is a sprint athlete. ... Sprints are races in athletics. ... Middle distance track events are track races longer than sprints up to (and arguably including) 5000 meters. ... Photo finish in Athens 2004 Jolanda Čeplak (pronounciation) (born Jolanda Steblovnik, September 12, 1976) is a Slovenian middle distance athlete. ... Dame Kelly Holmes 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. ... Süreyya Ayhan at ISTAF 2003 in Berlin, Germany Sureyya Ayhan (Turkish full name: Süreyya Ayhan Kop) is a Turkish middle distance track runner and was an European record holder, born on September 6, 1978 in Korgun, Çankırı, Turkey. ... 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. ... 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. ... Paula Radcliffe Paula Jane Radcliffe (born 17 December 1973) is a British long-distance runner. ... Sonia OSullivan is an Irish runner from Cobh. ... 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). ... A hurdling World Champion, Perdita Felicien, Canada. ... A hurdling World Champion, Perdita Felicien, Canada. ... 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. ... Muriel Hurtis is a French athlete born on March 25, 1979 at Bondy, France. ... Sylviane Felix (born October 31, 1977 in Créteil, France) is a track and field sprint athlete, competing internationally for France. ... Yuliya Tabakova (born May 1, 1980 in Kaluga, Russia) is a track and field sprint athlete, competing internationally for Russia. ... 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. ... Claudia Marx, born September 16, 1978 in Berlin, is a German sprint athlete. ... Natalya Nazarova (born: May 24, 1979 in Moscow, Russia. ... Anastasiya Kapachinskaya (born: November 20, 1979 in Moscow, Russia) is a sprint athlete. ...

Field

1994 |1998 |2002 |2006 |2010 | The 16th European Championships in Athletics were in held in Helsinki, Finland. ... The 17th European Championships in Athletics were in held in Budapest a city in Hungary. ... The 2006 European Championships in Athletics were in held in Gothenburg a city in Sweden. ...

Event: Gold: Silver: Bronze:
High Jump Kajsa Bergqvist
SWE
1.98 Marina Kuptsova
RUS
1.92 Olga Kaliturina
RUS
1.89
Pole Vault Svetlana Feofanova
RUS
4.60 Yelena Isinbayeva
RUS
4.55 Yvonne Buschbaum
GER
4.50
Long Jump Tatyana Kotova
RUS
6.85 Jade Johnson
GBR
6.73 Tunde Vaszi
HUN
1.89
Triple Jump Ashia Hansen
GBR
15.00 Heli Koivula
FIN
14.83 Yelena Oleynikova
RUS
14.54
Shot Put Irina Korzhanyenko
RUS
20.64 Vita Pavlysh
UKR
20.02 Svetlana Krivelyova
RUS
19.56
Discus Ekaterini Voggoli
GRE
64.31 Natalya Sadova
RUS
64.12 Anastasia Kelesidou
GRE
63.92
Hammer Olga Kuzenkova
RUS
72.94 Kamila Skolimowska
POL
72.46 Manuela Montebrun
FRA
72.04
Javelin Mirela Manjani (Tzelili)
GRE
67.47 Steffi Nerius
GER
64.09 Mikaela Ingberg
FIN
63.50
Heptathlon Carolina Klüft
SWE
6542 Sabine Braun
GER
6434 Natalya Sazanovich
BLR
6341

Gold medal winner Ethel Catherwood of Canada scissors over the bar at the 1928 Summer Olympics. ... Kajsa Bergqvist (born October 12, 1976) is a Swedish high jumper. ... 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. ... Svetlana Feofanova (Russian: Светлана Евгеньевна Феофанова; born 16 July 1980) in Moscow, she is a Russian pole vaulter. ... Yelena Isinbayeva Yelena Isinbayeva (Russian: Елена Исинбаева; born June 3, 1982 in Volgograd) is a Russian pole vaulter. ... Officials watch as Salim Sdiri of France gives his all at the GE Money Grand Prix in Helsinki, July 2005. ... 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. ... Ashia Hansen (born 5 December 1971 in Evansville, Indiana, USA) is an athlete who is considered Britains greatest-ever female triple jumper. ... 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. ... Svetlana Krivelyova (born: June 13, 1969 in Bryansk, Russia) is an athlete who specialises in the shot put. ... The discus throw is an athletics (track and field) throwing event. ... 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. ... 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. ... Mikaela Ingberg, born July 29, 1974, in Vasa, Finland, is a Finland-Swedish athlete, competing in javelin throw. ... 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. ... Carolina Evelyn Klüft (born February 2, 1983 in Sandhult, Sweden) is an athlete competing in heptathlon, long jump and pentathlon. ...

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:
1970 | 1971 | 1972 | 1973 | 1974 | 1975 | 1976 | 1977 | 1978 | 1979 | 1980 | 1981 | 1982 | 1983 | 1984 | 1985 | 1986 | 1987 | 1988 | 1989 | 1990 | 1992 | 1994 | 1996 | 1998 | 2000 | 2002 | 2005 | 2007

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 16th European Championships in Athletics were in held in Helsinki, Finland. ... The 17th European Championships in Athletics were in held in Budapest a city in Hungary. ... 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 1998 European Championships The 17th European Championships in Athletics were in held in Budapest a city in Hungary. ...


New event added:

Womens 20 km Walk replaces the 10 km Walk.

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