2010_European_Athletics_Championships

2010 European Athletics Championships

2010 European Athletics Championships

2010 edition of the European Athletics Championships

The 2010 European Athletics Championships were the 20th edition of the European Athletics Championships, organised under the supervision of the European Athletic Association. They were held at the Estadi Olímpic Lluís Companys in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain from 27 July to 1 August 2010. Barcelona was the first Spanish city to host the European Championships.

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Barni was the mascot of the event, he was the main promotional tool of the Championship. His name comes from Barna and was designed by the workshop Dortoka.

Event schedule

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Men's results

Christophe Lemaitre

Track

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1 Stanislav Emelyanov of Russia originally won the 20 km walk gold medal with a time of 1:20:10, but he was disqualified in 2014 after he tested positive for drugs.[2]

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2 Andrei Mikhnevich of Belarus originally won the gold medal in 21.01 m, but was disqualified in 2013 (all his results starting from the 2005 World Championships were canceled).

Women's results

Verena Sailer

Doping cases

The women's medal standings were significantly altered after various post-race doping controversies. The following medals were revoked years after the event for doping cases, and assigned to the athletes who followed in the ranking.[3][4]

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Track

2002 | 2006 | 2010 | 2012 | 2014

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Field

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Participating nations

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Medal table

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  • † = Totals following the removal of José Luis Blanco bronze medal in the steeplechase due to positive doping test.[9]
  • †2 = Totals following the removal of Nailya Yulamanova gold medal in the marathon due to positive doping test.[10]
  • †3 = Totals following the removal of Andrei Mikhnevich gold medal in the shot put due to positive doping test.[11]
  • †4 = Totals following the disqualification of Marta Domínguez.[12]

See also

References

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    "Barcelona 2010 set to take off with highest ever athlete participation". European Athletic Association. Archived from the original on 22 July 2010. Retrieved 27 July 2010.
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    "List of athletes currently serving a period of ineligibility as a result of an Anti-Doping Rule Violation under IAAF Rules as at: 28.07.14". IAAF. 28 July 2014. Retrieved 31 July 2014.
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    "20th European championships 2010 - women". run123.one. 5 April 2011. Archived from the original on 26 June 2021. Retrieved 27 August 2018.
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    "A Grenot il bronzo europeo di Barcellona 2010" (in Italian). fidal.it. Retrieved 22 September 2019.
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    European marathon champion Balciunaite given doping ban, bbc.com, 5 April 2011
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    Associated Press: Zivile Balciunaite loses appeal, espn.com, 4 February 2012
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    London 2012 Olympics: Russian athletics trio banned for doping offences. Daily Telegraph (3 July 2012). Retrieved on 17 July 2014
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    "The Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) imposes four-year period of ineligibility on Russian Athlete Mariya Savinova-Farnosova" (PDF). Lausanne: Court of Arbitration for Sport. 10 February 2017.
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    IAAF Newsletter Ed. 119 Archived 2011-03-03 at the Wayback Machine. IAAF (2011-01-25). Retrieved on 2011-01-25.
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    "London 2012 Olympics: Russian athletics trio banned for doping offences".
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    Shot-putter Majewski takes belated gold after doping ruling. 13 June 2013
  12. [12]
    "Marta Domínguez Banned for 3 Years by the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS)" (PDF) (Press release). Court of Arbitration for Sport. November 19, 2015. Archived from the original (PDF) on November 28, 2015. Retrieved 2015-11-19.
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