The European Athletics Championships is a biennial (from 2010) athletics event organised by the European Athletics Association and is recognised as the elite continental outdoor athletics championships for Europe.[1]
First held, for men only, in 1934 in Turin, and separately for women for the first time in Vienna in 1938, the Championships took place every four years following the end of the World War II, with the exception of the 1969 and 1971 editions, becoming a joint men's and women's competition from the third edition in 1946 in Oslo. Since 2010, they have been organised every two years, and when they coincide with the Summer Olympics, the marathon and racewalking events are not contested. From 2016, a half-marathonevent has been held in those Olympic years, and both the marathon and half-marathon events held as part of the Championships also function as the principle European elite team events at those distances.
In 2018 and 2022, the European Athletics Championships formed part of the quadrennial multi-sport European Championships, a new event designed and held by individual European sports federations. In 2022, European Athletics announced its intention to withdraw from the multi-sport event for 2026.[2][3]
The 2020 edition set for Charlety Stadium in Paris was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic, making this the first cancellation of the event since the 1942 championship was abandoned due to World War II. The event was not moved to an alternative date, with Munich continuing as the scheduled host in 2022.[4][5][6]
While the European Games of 2015 featured athletics, and shall do so again in 2023, these events are not editions of the European Athletics Championships.
The championships were long dominated, especially on the women's side by Eastern Bloc countries, and especially the Soviet Union and East Germany. About 30 years after the dissolution of both countries, Great Britain & Northern Ireland finally took the lead in the all-time medal table following the 2022 edition although German athletes who historically completed for various national teams (Nazi Germany, West Germany, East Germany and present-day reunified Germany) won much more medals in total.
^[1]ANA was the name, under which Russian athletes competed in the 2016 and 2018 Championships. Their medals were not included in the official medal table.
Boldface denotes active athletes and highest medal count among all athletes (including these who not included in these tables) per type.
Discus thrower Sandra Perković of Croatia holds the record for most gold medals at six. Marita Koch of East Germany is the only other athlete to have won 6 gold medals, winning the 400 metres and 4 x 400 metres relay double on three occasions between 1978 and 1986. French steeple-chaser Mahiedine Mekhissi-Benabbad won six finals at European championships, but was disqualified post-race having won the 2014 men's steeplechase in Zurich for removing his vest in the home straight.
A total of 17 men and 8 women have won four or more medals in the same event.[8]Sandra Perković of Croatia is the only athlete, male or female, to win the same event, the women's discus throw six times between 2010 and 2022.
^European Athletics Championships Zürich 2014 – STATISTICS HANDBOOK(PDF), European Athletics Association, retrieved 13 August 2014
^de 2022, Por Matt Nelsen20 de Junio. "European Athletics moving away from multi-sport European Championships". infobae (in European Spanish). Retrieved 2022-08-24.
^"European Athletics Championships to revert to stand-alone model post-Munich 2022". www.insidethegames.biz. 2022-06-20. Retrieved 2022-08-24.
^"European Athletics Championships cancelled because of coronavirus". BBC Sport. 23 April 2020. Retrieved 23 April 2020.
^"Paris 2020 European Athletics Championships cancelled". European Athletics. 23 April 2020. Retrieved 20 April 2020.
^"Paris will host the European Athletics Championships 2020". european-athletics. 28 April 2017. Retrieved 2019-06-06.
^"THE SILESIAN STADIUM TO ORGANIZE THE 2028 EUROPEAN ATHLETICS CHAMPIONSHIPS!". Retrieved 24 July 2022.
^ abcdStatistics Handbook 2022 European Athletics Championships. European Athletics (2022). Retrieved on 2022-08-15.
^"2022 medal table". munich22results.european-athletics.com. Retrieved 15 August 2022.
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The European Athletics Championships is a biennial from 2010 athletics event organised by the European Athletics Association and is recognised as the elite continental outdoor athletics championships for Europe 1 European Athletics ChampionshipsStatusactiveGenresports eventFrequencybiennialLocation s variousInaugurated1934Most recent2022Organised byEuropean Athletic AssociationWebsitewww wbr european athletics wbr org2022 Contents 1 Editions 2 All time medal table 3 Championship records 4 Multiple winners 4 1 Men 4 2 Women 5 Multiple medallists 5 1 Men 5 2 Women 5 3 Most medals in the same event 5 3 1 Men 5 3 2 Women 6 Most appearances 6 1 Men 6 2 Women 7 See also 8 Notes 9 References 10 External linksEditions EditFirst held for men only in 1934 in Turin and separately for women for the first time in Vienna in 1938 the Championships took place every four years following the end of the World War II with the exception of the 1969 and 1971 editions becoming a joint men s and women s competition from the third edition in 1946 in Oslo Since 2010 they have been organised every two years and when they coincide with the Summer Olympics the marathon and racewalking events are not contested From 2016 a half marathon event has been held in those Olympic years and both the marathon and half marathon events held as part of the Championships also function as the principle European elite team events at those distances In 2018 and 2022 the European Athletics Championships formed part of the quadrennial multi sport European Championships a new event designed and held by individual European sports federations In 2022 European Athletics announced its intention to withdraw from the multi sport event for 2026 2 3 The 2020 edition set for Charlety Stadium in Paris was cancelled due to the COVID 19 pandemic making this the first cancellation of the event since the 1942 championship was abandoned due to World War II The event was not moved to an alternative date with Munich continuing as the scheduled host in 2022 4 5 6 An indoor equivalent the European Athletics Indoor Championships is organised by the European Athletic Association in odd numbered years While the European Games of 2015 featured athletics and shall do so again in 2023 these events are not editions of the European Athletics Championships The championships were long dominated especially on the women s side by Eastern Bloc countries and especially the Soviet Union and East Germany About 30 years after the dissolution of both countries Great Britain amp Northern Ireland finally took the lead in the all time medal table following the 2022 edition although German athletes who historically completed for various national teams Nazi Germany West Germany East Germany and present day reunified Germany won much more medals in total Notes men women Edition Year Host City Host Country Date Venue Events Nations Athletes Top of the medal table1 1934 Turin Italy 7 9 September Stadio Benito Mussolini 22 23 226 Germany2 1938 Paris France 3 5 September Stade Olympique de Colombes 23 23 272 Germany1938 Vienna Germany nb 1 17 18 September Praterstadion 9 14 803 1946 Oslo Norway 22 25 August Bislett Stadium 33 20 353 Sweden4 1950 Brussels Belgium 23 27 August Heysel Stadium 34 24 454 Great Britain amp N I 5 1954 Bern Switzerland 25 29 August Stadion Neufeld 35 28 686 Soviet Union6 1958 Stockholm Sweden 19 24 August Stockholm Olympic Stadium 36 26 626 Soviet Union7 1962 Belgrade Yugoslavia 12 16 September Stadion JNA 36 29 670 Soviet Union8 1966 Budapest Hungary 30 August 4 September Nepstadion 36 30 769 East Germany9 1969 Piraeus Greece 16 21 September Karaiskakis Stadium 38 30 674 East Germany10 1971 Helsinki Finland 10 15 August Olympiastadion 38 29 857 East Germany11 1974 Rome Italy 2 8 September Stadio Olimpico 39 29 745 East Germany12 1978 Prague Czechoslovakia 29 August 3 September Stadion Evzena Rosickeho 40 29 1004 Soviet Union13 1982 Athens Greece 6 12 September Olympiako Stadio 41 29 756 East Germany14 1986 Stuttgart West Germany 26 31 August Neckarstadion 43 31 906 Soviet Union15 1990 Split Yugoslavia 26 August 2 September Stadion Poljud 43 33 952 East Germany16 1994 Helsinki Finland 7 14 August Olympiastadion 44 44 1113 Russia17 1998 Budapest Hungary 18 23 August Nepstadion 46 44 1259 Great Britain amp N I 18 2002 Munich Germany 6 11 August Olympiastadion 46 48 1244 Russia19 2006 Gothenburg Sweden 7 13 August Ullevi 47 48 1288 Russia20 2010 Barcelona Spain 27 July 1 August Estadi Olimpic Lluis Companys 47 50 1323 France21 2012 Helsinki Finland 27 June 1 July Olympiastadion 42 50 1230 Germany22 2014 Zurich Switzerland 12 17 August Letzigrund 47 50 1439 Great Britain amp N I 23 2016 Amsterdam Netherlands 6 10 July Olympisch Stadion 44 50 1329 Poland24 2018 a Berlin Germany 7 12 August Olympiastadion 48 49 b 1439 Great Britain amp N I 2020 Paris France 26 30 August Stade Sebastien Charlety Cancelled due to COVID 19 pandemic25 2022 c Munich Germany 15 21 August Olympiastadion 48 48 1495 Germany26 2024 Rome Italy 7 12 June Stadio Olimpico27 2026 Birmingham 1 Great Britain 3 9 August Alexander Stadium28 2028 Chorzow 7 Poland 22 27 August Stadion SlaskiAll time medal table EditUpdated after 2022 European Athletics Championships 8 9 Former countries are pointed in italic Team medals in half marathon and marathon are not included into this table see European Half Marathon Cup and European Marathon Cup RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal1 Great Britain amp Northern Ireland124961063262 Soviet Union1201101013313 East Germany9083662394 Germany7070632035 France6969652036 Poland5758641797 Russia4951521528 Italy4444531419 West Germany36445113110 Finland35294110511 Spain3225369312 Sweden30444011413 Netherlands3024247814 Ukraine2229207115 Hungary1822256516 Czechoslovakia1616275917 Norway1615195018 Portugal161483819 Greece158113420 Belgium1314113821 Bulgaria1216124022 Turkey12993023 Belarus1013103324 Romania821103925 Switzerland815153826 Croatia8231327 Czech Republic714143528 Yugoslavia6631529 Denmark4741530 Latvia4331031 Ireland3771732 Estonia3651433 Lithuania3341034 Israel324935 Iceland311536 Serbia2631137 Slovenia223738 Austria216939 Slovakia1416 Authorised Neutral Athletes 1 132640 Albania110241 Azerbaijan022442 Luxembourg0101 Montenegro010144 Moldova0011Totals 44 entries 1005101110053021 1 ANA was the name under which Russian athletes competed in the 2016 and 2018 Championships Their medals were not included in the official medal table As of 2022 Andorra Armenia Bosnia and Herzegovina Cyprus Georgia Gibraltar Kosovo Liechtenstein Malta Monaco North Macedonia and San Marino have yet to win a medal Saar competed once in 1954 European Athletics Championships without winning a medal Championship records EditMain article List of European Athletics Championships recordsMultiple winners EditBoldface denotes active athletes and highest medal count among all athletes including these who not included in these tables per type Discus thrower Sandra Perkovic of Croatia holds the record for most gold medals at six Marita Koch of East Germany is the only other athlete to have won 6 gold medals winning the 400 metres and 4 x 400 metres relay double on three occasions between 1978 and 1986 French steeple chaser Mahiedine Mekhissi Benabbad won six finals at European championships but was disqualified post race having won the 2014 men s steeplechase in Zurich for removing his vest in the home straight Men Edit Rank Athlete Country Events From To Gold Silver Bronze Total1 Roger Black Great Britain amp N I 400 m 4 400 m relay 1986 1994 5 1 6Mo Farah Great Britain amp N I 5000 m 10 000 m 2006 2014 5 1 6Harald Schmid West Germany 400 m hurdles 4 400 m relay 1978 1986 5 1 64 Mahiedine Mekhissi Benabbad France 3000 m steeplechase 1500 m 2010 2018 5 55 Christophe Lemaitre France 100 m 200 m 4 100 m relay 2010 2014 4 2 2 86 Kevin Borlee Belgium 400 m 4 400 m relay 2010 2022 4 2 1 7Matthew Hudson Smith Great Britain amp N I 400 m 4 400 m relay 2014 2022 4 2 1 78 Valeriy Borzov Soviet Union 100 m 200 m 4 100 m relay 1969 1974 4 1 5Zharnel Hughes Great Britain amp N I 100 m 200 m 4 100 m relay 2018 2022 4 1 510 Steve Backley Great Britain amp N I Javelin throw 1990 2002 4 4Adam Gemili Great Britain amp N I 200 m 4 100 m relay 2014 2018 4 4Jakob Ingebrigtsen Norway 1500 m 5000 m 2018 2022 4 4Colin Jackson Great Britain amp N I 110 m hurdles 1990 2002 4 4Janis Lusis Soviet Union Javelin throw 1962 1971 4 4Women Edit Rank Athlete Country Events From To Gold Silver Bronze Total1 Marita Koch East Germany 400 m 4 400 m relay 1978 1986 6 6Sandra Perkovic Croatia Discus throw 2010 2022 6 63 Irena Szewinska Kirszenstein Poland 100 m 200 m 400 m 4 100 m relay 4 400 m relay Long jump 1966 1978 5 1 4 104 Fanny Blankers Koen Netherlands 100 m 200 m 80 m hurdles 4 100 m relay 1938 1950 5 1 2 85 Marlies Gohr East Germany 100 m 200 m 4 100 m relay 1978 1986 5 1 1 76 Grit Breuer East Germany Germany 400 m 4 400 m relay 1990 2002 5 1 6Heike Drechsler East Germany Germany 200 m Long jump 1986 1998 5 1 68 Renate Stecher Meissner East Germany 100 m 200 m 4 100 m relay 1969 1974 4 4 89 Dafne Schippers Netherlands 100 m 200 m 4 100 m relay 2012 2018 4 3 1 810 Dina Asher Smith Great Britain amp N I 100 m 200 m 4 100 m relay 2016 2022 4 2 6Multiple medallists EditSee also List of European Athletics Championships medalists men and List of European Athletics Championships medalists women A total of 11 men and 13 women have won six or more medals at the competition 8 Men Edit Name Country Total Gold Silver Bronze YearsChristophe Lemaitre France 8 4 2 2 2010 2014Kevin Borlee Belgium 7 4 2 1 2010 2022Matthew Hudson Smith Great Britain amp N I 7 4 2 1 2014 2022Roger Black Great Britain amp N I 6 5 1 0 1986 1994Mo Farah Great Britain amp N I 6 5 1 0 2006 2014Harald Schmid West Germany 6 5 1 0 1978 1986Pietro Mennea Italy 6 3 2 1 1971 1978Martyn Rooney Great Britain amp N I 6 3 2 1 2010 2018Jonathan Borlee Belgium 6 3 1 2 2010 2022Linford Christie Great Britain amp N I 6 3 1 2 1986 1994Jimmy Vicaut France 6 1 3 2 2010 2022Women Edit Name Country Total Gold Silver Bronze YearsIrena Szewinska Kirszenstein Poland 10 5 1 4 1966 1978Fanny Blankers Koen Netherlands 8 5 1 2 1938 1950Renate Stecher Meissner East Germany 8 4 4 0 1969 1974Dafne Schippers Netherlands 8 4 3 1 2012 2018Marlies Gohr East Germany 7 5 1 1 1978 1986Myriam Soumare France 7 1 3 3 2010 2014Marita Koch East Germany 6 6 0 0 1978 1986Sandra Perkovic Croatia 6 6 0 0 2010 2022Grit Breuer East Germany Germany 6 5 1 0 1990 2002Heike Drechsler East Germany Germany 6 5 1 0 1986 1998Dina Asher Smith Great Britain amp N I 6 4 2 0 2016 2022Irina Privalova Russia 6 3 2 1 1994 1998Yevgeniya Sechenova Soviet Union 6 2 2 2 1946 1950Most medals in the same event Edit A total of 17 men and 8 women have won four or more medals in the same event 8 Sandra Perkovic of Croatia is the only athlete male or female to win the same event the women s discus throw six times between 2010 and 2022 Men Edit No G S B Athlete Country Years Event5 3 2 0 Igor Ter Ovanesyan Soviet Union 1958 1971 Long jump5 3 1 1 Jonathan Borlee Belgium 2010 2022 4 400 m5 3 1 1 Kevin Borlee Belgium 2010 2022 4 400 m4 4 0 0 Steve Backley Great Britain amp N I 1990 2002 Javelin throw4 4 0 0 Colin Jackson Great Britain amp N I 1990 2002 110 m hurdles4 4 0 0 Janis Lusis Soviet Union 1962 1974 Javelin throw4 4 0 0 Mahiedine Mekhissi Benabbad France 2010 2018 3000 m steeplechase4 3 1 0 Mo Farah Great Britain amp N I 2006 2014 5000 m4 3 0 1 Adam Kszczot Poland 2010 2018 800 m4 3 0 1 Renaud Lavillenie France 2010 2018 Pole vault4 3 0 1 David Storl Germany 2010 2018 Shot put4 2 2 0 Viktor Saneyev Soviet Union 1969 1978 Triple jump4 2 1 1 Matthew Hudson Smith Great Britain amp N I 2014 2022 4 x 400 m4 1 2 1 Jimmy Vicaut France 2010 2022 4 100 m4 0 3 1 Gerd Kanter Estonia 2006 2016 Discus throw4 0 2 2 Alexander Kosenkow Germany 2002 2014 4 100 m4 0 1 3 Lothar Milde East Germany 1962 1971 Discus throwWomen Edit No G S B Athlete Country Years Event6 6 0 0 Sandra Perkovic Croatia 2010 2022 Discus throw5 4 0 1 Anita Wlodarczyk Poland 2010 2018 Hammer throw4 4 0 0 Nadezhda Chizhova Soviet Union 1966 1974 Shot put4 4 0 0 Heike Drechsler East Germany Germany 1986 2002 Long jump4 2 2 0 Katerina Stefanidi Greece 2014 2022 Pole vault4 1 3 0 Floria Guei France 2012 2018 4 400 m4 1 1 2 Barbora Spotakova Czech Republic 2010 2022 Javelin throw4 1 1 2 Linda Stahl Germany 2010 2016 Javelin throwMost appearances EditA total of 36 men and 29 women have at least 6 appearances 8 Men Edit No Name Country Years7 Jesus Angel Garcia Spain 1994 2018Zoltan Kovago Hungary 1998 2018Joao Vieira Portugal 1998 2022Jesus Espana Spain 2002 2018Gerd Kanter Estonia 2002 2018Marian Oprea Romania 2002 2018David Soderberg Finland 2002 20186 Abdon Pamich Italy 1954 1971Ludvik Danek Czechoslovakia 1962 1978Nenad Stekic Yugoslavia 1969 1990Virgilijus Alekna Lithuania 1994 2014Dwain Chambers Great Britain amp N I 1998 2014Serhiy Lebid Ukraine 1998 2014Nicola Vizzoni Italy 1998 2014Szymon Ziolkowski Poland 1998 2014Gregory Sedoc Netherlands 2002 2016Johan Wissman Sweden 2002 2016Hamza Alic Bosnia and Herzegovina 2002 2018Fabrizio Donato Italy 2002 2018Angel David Rodriguez Spain 2002 2018Konstantinos Filippidis Greece 2006 2018Kafetien Gomis France 2006 2018Daniele Meucci Italy 2006 2022Mustafa Mohamed Sweden 2006 2022Jonathan Borlee Belgium 2010 2022Kevin Borlee Belgium 2010 2022Javier Cienfuegos Spain 2010 2022Eivind Henriksen Norway 2010 2022Asmir Kolasinac Serbia 2010 2022Stefano La Rosa Italy 2010 2022Renaud Lavillenie France 2010 2022Apostolos Parellis Cyprus 2010 2022Andriy Protsenko Ukraine 2010 2022Dimitrios Tsiamis Greece 2010 2022Jimmy Vicaut France 2010 2022Andreas Vojta Austria 2010 2022 including participation at one European Championships at which he was disqualified for a doping offence Women Edit No Name Country Years7 Melina Robert Michon France 1998 2022Krisztina Papp Hungary 2002 2018Martina Ratej Slovenia 2006 2022Dragana Tomasevic Serbia 2006 20226 Helena Fibingerova Czechoslovakia 1969 1986Heike Drechsler Daute East Germany Germany 1982 2002Fernanda Ribeiro Portugal 1986 2010Felicia Țilea Moldovan Romania 1990 2010Nuria Fernandez Spain 1998 2014Ruth Beitia Spain 2002 2016Berta Castells Spain 2002 2016Merja Korpela Finland 2002 2016Dana Veldakova Slovakia 2002 2016Martina Hrasnova Slovakia 2002 2018Ines Henriques Portugal 2002 2022Barbora Spotakova Czech Republic 2002 2022Asdis Hjalmsdottir Iceland 2006 2018Kathrin Klaas Germany 2006 2018Eva Orban Hungary 2006 2018Olha Saladukha Ukraine 2006 2018Patricia Sarrapio Spain 2006 2018Fionnuala McCormack Ireland 2006 2022Patricia Mamona Portugal 2010 2022Sara Moreira Portugal 2010 2022Madara Palameika Latvia 2010 2022Sandra Perkovic Croatia 2010 2022Jamile Samuel Netherlands 2010 2022Tina Sutej Slovenia 2010 2022Ivana Vuleta Spanovic Serbia 2010 2022 including participation at one European Championships at which she was disqualified for a doping offenceSee also EditEuropean Athletics Indoor Championships International Athletics Championships and Games List of European Athletics Championships medalists men List of European Athletics Championships medalists women List of European records in athletics List of stripped European Athletics Championships medals World Para Athletics European ChampionshipsNotes Edit Part of the 2018 European Championships Not including the ANA Athletes and the ART refugee athlete DNS Part of the 2022 European Championships Nazi Germany had occupied Austria in March 1938 References Edit European Athletics Championships Zurich 2014 STATISTICS HANDBOOK PDF European Athletics Association retrieved 13 August 2014 de 2022 Por Matt Nelsen20 de Junio European Athletics moving away from multi sport European Championships infobae in European Spanish Retrieved 2022 08 24 European Athletics Championships to revert to stand alone model post Munich 2022 www insidethegames biz 2022 06 20 Retrieved 2022 08 24 European Athletics Championships cancelled because of coronavirus BBC Sport 23 April 2020 Retrieved 23 April 2020 Paris 2020 European Athletics Championships cancelled European Athletics 23 April 2020 Retrieved 20 April 2020 Paris will host the European Athletics Championships 2020 european athletics 28 April 2017 Retrieved 2019 06 06 THE SILESIAN STADIUM TO ORGANIZE THE 2028 EUROPEAN ATHLETICS CHAMPIONSHIPS Retrieved 24 July 2022 a b c d Statistics Handbook 2022 European Athletics Championships European Athletics 2022 Retrieved on 2022 08 15 2022 medal table munich22results european athletics com Retrieved 15 August 2022 External links Edit Wikimedia Commons has media related to European Championships in Athletics Official European Athletics website Berlin 2018 official website Paris 2020 official website Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title European Athletics Championships amp oldid 1129814190, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, 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