European_Indoor_Championships_in_Athletics

European Athletics Indoor Championships
European Athletics Indoor Championships
Status	active
Genre	sports event
Frequency	biannual
Location(s)	various
Inaugurated	1970
Most recent	2023
Next event	2025
Organised by	European Athletic Association
Website	european-athletics.org

European Athletics Indoor Championships

International European track and field athletics indoor competitions

The European Athletics Indoor Championships is a biennial indoor track and field competition for European athletes that is organised by the European Athletic Association. It was held for the first time in 1970, replacing the European Indoor Games, its predecessor event first held in 1966.^[1]

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The championships was an annual event until 1990, when it was changed to its current biennial format. A gap of three years occurred after the 2002 edition to synchronize the event with the other major championships of international athletics. The event is hosted by a different European city each year.^[2]

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#	Year	City	Country	Dates	Venue	Events	Countries	Athletes	Top of the medal table
1	1966	Dortmund	West Germany	27 March	Westfalenhalle	21	22	186	West Germany
2	1967	Prague	Czechoslovakia	11–12 March	Sportovni hala	23	23	244	Soviet Union
3	1968	Madrid	Spain	9–10 March	Palacio de los Deportes	23	20	205	Soviet Union
4	1969	Belgrade	Yugoslavia	8–9 March	Hala I Beogradskog sajma	23	22	220	East Germany

#	Year	City	Country	Dates	Venue	Events	Countries	Athletes	Top of the medal table
1	1970	Vienna	Austria	14–15 March	Stadthalle	22	22^[3]	279^[3]	Soviet Union
2	1971	Sofia	Bulgaria	13–14 March	Festivalna	23	23^[4]	323^[4]	Soviet Union
3	1972	Grenoble	France	11–12 March	Palais des Sports	23	23^[4]	263^[4]	East Germany
4	1973	Rotterdam	Netherlands	10–11 March	Ahoy	23	24^[4]	307^[4]	West Germany
5	1974	Gothenburg	Sweden	9–10 March	Scandinavium	21	25^[4]	263^[4]	Poland
6	1975	Katowice	Poland	8–9 March	Spodek	21	24	270	East Germany
7	1976	Munich	West Germany	21–22 February	Olympiahalle	19	25	226	Soviet Union
8	1977	San Sebastián	Spain	12–13 March	Velódromo de Anoeta	19	24	240	East Germany
9	1978	Milan	Italy	11–12 March	Palasport di San Siro	19	25	252	East Germany
10	1979	Vienna	Austria	24–25 February	Ferry-Dusika-Hallenstadion	19	24	208	East Germany
11	1980	Sindelfingen	West Germany	1–2 March	Glaspalast Sindelfingen	19	26	234	West Germany
12	1981	Grenoble	France	21–22 February	Palais des Sports	20	23	255	East Germany
13	1982	Milan	Italy	6–7 March	Palasport di San Siro	23	23	282	West Germany
14	1983	Budapest	Hungary	5–6 March	Budapest Sportcsarnok	23	24	261	Soviet Union
15	1984	Gothenburg	Sweden	3–4 March	Scandinavium	22	26	240	Czechoslovakia
16	1985	Piraeus	Greece	2–3 March	Peace and Friendship Stadium	22	26	290	East Germany
17	1986	Madrid	Spain	22–23 February	Palacio de los Deportes	22	26	270	East Germany
18	1987	Liévin	France	21–22 February	Stade Couvert Régional	24	26	339	Soviet Union
19	1988	Budapest	Hungary	5–6 March	Budapest Sportcsarnok	24	27	358	East Germany
20	1989	The Hague	Netherlands	18–19 February	Houtrust	24	27	323	Soviet Union
21	1990	Glasgow	United Kingdom	3–4 March	Kelvin Hall Arena	25	28	370	Soviet Union
22	1992	Genoa	Italy	28 February – 1 March	Palasport di Genova	27	35	439	Unified Team
23	1994	Paris	France	11–13 March	Palais omnisports de Paris-Bercy	27	40	499	Russia
24	1996	Stockholm	Sweden	8–10 March	Globen	26	44	463	Germany
25	1998	Valencia	Spain	27 February – 1 March	Palau Velódrom Lluís Puig	26	39	484	Germany
26	2000	Ghent	Belgium	25–27 February	Flanders Sports Arena	28	44	546	Russia
27	2002	Vienna	Austria	1–3 March	Ferry-Dusika-Hallenstadion	28	45	558	Russia
28	2005	Madrid	Spain	4–6 March	Palacio de los Deportes	28	41	563	Russia
29	2007	Birmingham	United Kingdom	2–4 March	National Indoor Arena	26	47	519	Great Britain
30	2009	Turin	Italy	6–8 March	Oval Lingotto	26	45	530	Russia
31	2011	Paris	France	4–6 March	Palais omnisports de Paris-Bercy	26	46	577	France
32	2013	Gothenburg	Sweden	1–3 March	Scandinavium	26	47	578	Russia
33	2015	Prague	Czech Republic	5–8 March	O2 Arena	26	49	614	Russia
34	2017	Belgrade	Serbia	3–5 March	Belgrade Arena	26	48	525	Poland
35	2019	Glasgow	United Kingdom	1–3 March	Emirates Arena	26	47	582	Poland
36	2021	Toruń	Poland	4–7 March	Arena Toruń	26	46	659	Netherlands
37	2023	Istanbul	Turkey	2–5 March	Ataköy Athletics Arena	26	47	550	Norway
38	2025	Apeldoorn	Netherlands	6–9 March	Omnisport Apeldoorn

Event	Record	Athlete	Nation	Date	Championships	Place	Ref
60 m	6.75	Karl Saluri	Estonia	2 March 2019	2019 Championships	Glasgow, United Kingdom	^[18]
60 m	6.75	Simon Ehammer ^{[lower-alpha 1]}	Switzerland	6 March 2021	2021 Championships	Toruń, Poland	^[19]
Long jump	7.97 m	Mikk Pahapill	Estonia	7 March 2009	2009 Championships	Turin, Italy
Shot put	16.82 m	Tomáš Dvořák	Czech Republic	26 February 2000	2000 Championships	Ghent, Belgium
High jump	2.19 m	Sander Skotheim	Norway	4 March 2023	2023 Championships	Istanbul, Turkey	^[20]
60 m hurdles	7.67	Arthur Abele	Germany	8 March 2015	2015 Championships	Prague, Czech Republic
Pole vault	5.60 m	Alex Averbukh	Russia	1 March 1998	1998 Championships	Valencia, Spain
1000 m	2:34.19	Nadir El Fassi	France	6 March 2011	2011 Championships	Paris, France

Event	Record	Athlete	Nation	Date	Championships	Place	Ref
60 m hurdles	8.09	Solène Ndama	France	1 March 2019	2019 Championships	Glasgow, United Kingdom	^[21]
High jump	1.96 m	Nafissatou Thiam	Belgium	3 March 2017	2017 Championships	Belgrade, Serbia	^[22]
High jump	1.96 m	Katarina Johnson-Thompson	Great Britain	1 March 2019	2019 Championships	Glasgow, United Kingdom	^[23]
Shot put	17.53 m	Austra Skujytė	Lithuania	4 March 2011	2011 Championships	Paris, France
Long jump	6.89 m	Katarina Johnson-Thompson	Great Britain	6 March 2015	2015 Championships	Prague, Czech Republic
800 m	2:07.17	Adrianna Sułek	Poland	3 March 2023	2023 Championships	Istanbul, Turkey	^[24]

Nation	Male	Female	Total
Great Britain	2	5	7
Belgium	1	2	3
France	3	0	3
East Germany	1	1	2
Czechoslovakia	0	2	2
Germany	1	0	1
Czech Republic	1	0	1
Poland	1	0	1
Sweden	1	0	1
Turkey	1	0	1
Ukraine	1	0	1
Netherlands	0	1	1
Romania	0	1	1
Russia	0	1	1
Slovenia	0	1	1
Soviet Union	0	1	1

European_Indoor_Championships_in_Athletics

European Athletics Indoor Championships

Editions

European Indoor Games

European Indoor Championships

Championship records

Men

Women

Heptathlon disciplines

Pentathlon disciplines

By country

Records in defunct events

Men's events

Women's events

All-time medal table

Multiple medallists

Men

Women

Notes

See also

References

External links

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Event	Record	Name	Nation	Date	Venue	Notes
50 m	5.65	Marian Woronin	Poland	21 February 1981	1981 Grenoble	(details)
200 m	20.36	Bruno Marie-Rose	France	22 February 1987	1987 Liévin	(details)
50 m hurdles	6.47	Arto Bryggare	Finland	21 February 1981	1981 Grenoble	(details)
5000 m walk	18:19.97	Giovanni De Benedictis	Italy	28 February 1992	1992 Genova	(details)

Event	Record	Name	Nation	Date	Venue	Notes
50 m	6.17†	Linda Haglund	Sweden	22 February 1981	1981 Grenoble	(details)
		Sofka Popova	Bulgaria
		Linda Haglund	Sweden
200 m	22.39	Marita Koch	East Germany	5 March 1983	1983 Budapest	(details)
50 m hurdles	6.74	Zofia Bielczyk	Poland	22 February 1981	1981 Grenoble	(details)
3000 m walk	11:49.99	Alina Ivanova	Unified Team	29 February 1992	1992 Genova	(details)

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Soviet Union	116	107	104	327
2	East Germany	87	83	58	228
3	Great Britain	77	70	54	201
4	West Germany	72	72	58	202
5	Poland	68	65	82	215
6	Russia	59	50	42	151
7	France	54	43	72	169
8	Italy	36	41	33	110
9	Spain	34	49	38	121
10	Czechoslovakia	31	32	36	99
11	Germany	30	43	44	117
12	Bulgaria	29	32	36	97
13	Romania	25	36	41	102
14	Netherlands	25	20	25	70
15	Sweden	23	27	27	77
16	Belgium	22	17	14	53
17	Portugal	17	9	4	30
18	Hungary	16	23	20	59
19	Switzerland	15	10	13	38
20	Czech Republic	14	16	20	50
21	Ukraine	13	16	20	49
22	Finland	12	9	13	34
23	Unified Team	12	8	7	27
24	Norway	10	6	8	24
25	Greece	8	17	12	37
26	Belarus	8	8	10	26
27	Ireland	8	5	12	25
28	Austria	7	9	13	29
29	Yugoslavia	6	6	13	25
30	Latvia	5	1	1	7
31	Serbia	4	1	4	9
32	Turkey	3	5	1	9
33	Estonia	3	0	3	6
34	Denmark	2	2	2	6
35	Azerbaijan	2	2	0	4
36	Slovakia	2	1	3	6
37	Serbia and Montenegro^[a]	2	1	2	5
38	Iceland	2	0	4	6
–	Authorised Neutral Athletes	2	0	1	3
39	Slovenia	1	6	3	10
40	Cyprus	1	2	0	3
41	Lithuania	1	1	1	3
42	Israel	1	0	1	2
43	Albania	1	0	0	1
44	Croatia	0	1	2	3
45	Bosnia and Herzegovina	0	1	0	1
46	Armenia	0	0	1	1
46	Moldova	0	0	1	1
Totals (47 entries)		966	953	959	2878

Name	Country	Years	Total	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Thomas Wessinghage	West Germany	1972–1986	12	6	5	1
Dietmar Mögenburg	West Germany	1980–1990	8	5	1	2
Valeriy Borzov	Soviet Union	1970–1977	7	7	0	0
Viktor Saneyev	Soviet Union	1970–1977	6	6	0	0
Jakob Ingebrigtsen	Norway	2019-2023	6	5	1	0
Marian Woronin	Poland	1975–1987	6	5	0	1
José Luís González	Spain	1982–1992	6	5	0	1
Roman Šebrle	Czech Republic	1998–2011	6	3	1	2
Geoff Capes	Great Britain	1971–1979	6	2	3	1
László Szalma	Hungary	1976–1990	6	2	3	1
Béla Bakosi	Hungary	1979–1988	6	2	1	3
Colin Jackson	Great Britain	1987–2002	5	4	1	0
Jason Gardener	Great Britain	1998–2007	5	4	1	0
Thomas Munkelt	East Germany	1973–1983	5	4	0	1
Andrzej Badeński	Poland	1970–1972	5	3	2	0
Hans Baumgartner	West Germany	1971–1977	5	3	2	0
Paul-Heinz Wellmann	West Germany	1971–1977	5	3	1	1
Arto Bryggare	Finland	1977–1987	5	2	2	1
Carlo Thränhardt	West Germany	1977–1988	5	1	4	0
Antti Kalliomäki	Finland	1971–1980	5	1	3	1
Ronald Desruelles	Belgium	1977–1989	5	1	2	2
John Mayock	Great Britain	1992–2005	5	1	2	2

Name	Country	Years	Total	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Helena Fibingerová	Czechoslovakia	1970–1985	11	8	3	0
Marlies Göhr	East Germany	1977–1988	9	5	2	2
Nelli Fiere	Netherlands	1984–1994	8	6	0	2
Brigitte Kraus	West Germany	1976–1988	8	3	1	4
Doina Melinte	Romania	1982–1992	7	5	1	1
Heike Drechsler	East Germany & Germany	1982–2000	7	4	1	2
Grażyna Rabsztyn	Poland	1972–1982	7	2	4	1
Galina Chistyakova	Soviet Union	1985–1990	6	4	2	0
Marita Koch	East Germany	1977–1986	6	4	1	1
Lidia Chojecka	Poland	1998–2011	6	3	3	0
Yordanka Donkova	Bulgaria	1982–1994	6	3	0	3
Jarmila Nygrýnová	Czechoslovakia	1971–1980	6	2	3	1
Laura Muir	Great Britain	2019–2023	5	5	0	0
Rita Wilden	West Germany	1972–1976	5	4	1	0
Jarmila Kratochvílová	Czechoslovakia	1977–1984	5	4	1	0
Stefka Kostadinova	Bulgaria	1984–1994	5	4	1	0
Claudia Losch	West Germany	1984–1990	5	3	2	0
Elly van Hulst	Netherlands	1984–1994	5	3	2	0
Verona Elder	Great Britain	1973–1981	5	3	1	1
Nadezhda Ilyina	Soviet Union	1970–1975	5	1	3	1
Ruth Beitia	Spain	2005–2015	5	1	3	1
Sylviane Telliez	France	1970–1976	5	1	2	2
Urszula Włodarczyk	Poland	1992–2000	5	1	1	3
Marta Domínguez	Spain	1996–2007	5	1	1	3
Helga Radtke	East Germany & Germany	1983–1994	5	0	3	2