European_championships_athletics_2014
2014 European Athletics Championships
International athletics championship event
The 2014 European Athletics Championships was held in Zürich, Switzerland, between 12 and 17 August 2014.[1] It was the first time that Switzerland had hosted the European Athletics Championships since 1954.
22nd European Athletics Championships | |
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Dates | 12–17 August |
Host city | Zürich, Switzerland |
Venue | Letzigrund |
Level | Senior |
Type | Outdoor |
Events | 47 |
Participation | 1,439 athletes from 50 nations |
Great Britain headed the medal table, with 12 gold medals, comfortably their best return from a European championships, despite winning only one field event medal. France, second on gold medals won with 9, won the most medals, 25.
Key | P | Q | H | ½ | F |
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Value | Preliminary round | Qualifiers | Heats | Semifinals | Final |
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Men
Track
Chronology: 2010 | 2012 | 2014 | 2016 | 2018 |
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(*) Heat only.
a In the 3000m steeplechase, Mahiedine Mekhissi-Benabbad of France won the race, but he was later disqualified after he took off his shirt while running down the home straight. Yoann Kowal (France) was then awarded gold, Krystian Zalewski (Poland) silver and Angel Mullera (Spain) bronze.[3]
Field
Chronology: 2010 | 2012 | 2014 | 2016 | 2018 |
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Women
Track
Chronology: 2010 | 2012 | 2014 | 2016 | 2018 |
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(*) Heat only.
Field
Chronology: 2010 | 2012 | 2014 | 2016 | 2018 |
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* Host nation (Switzerland)
Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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1 | Great Britain & N.I. (GBR) | 12 | 5 | 6 | 23 |
2 | France (FRA) | 9 | 8 | 8 | 25 |
3 | Germany (GER) | 4 | 1 | 3 | 8 |
4 | Russia (RUS) | 3 | 5 | 9 | 17 |
5 | Netherlands (NED) | 3 | 2 | 1 | 6 |
6 | Poland (POL) | 2 | 6 | 4 | 12 |
7 | Ukraine (UKR) | 2 | 5 | 2 | 9 |
8 | Spain (ESP) | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 |
9 | Italy (ITA) | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
10 | Belarus (BLR) | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
11 | Sweden (SWE) | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
12 | Czech Republic (CZE) | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 |
13 | Croatia (CRO) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
Finland (FIN) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
Hungary (HUN) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
16 | Switzerland (SUI)* | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
17 | Estonia (EST) | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
Greece (GRE) | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | |
Serbia (SRB) | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | |
Slovakia (SVK) | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | |
21 | Azerbaijan (AZE) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Norway (NOR) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
23 | Belgium (BEL) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Ireland (IRL) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
Israel (ISR) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
Portugal (POR) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
Turkey (TUR) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
Totals (27 entries) | 47 | 47 | 48 | 142 |
Athletes from a total of 50 member federations of the European Athletics Association are competing at these Championships.[4]
- Albania (ALB) (2)
- Andorra (AND) (2)
- Armenia (ARM) (3)
- Austria (AUT) (13)
- Azerbaijan (AZE) (2)
- Belarus (BLR) (29)
- Belgium (BEL) (35)
- Bosnia and Herzegovina (BIH) (4)
- Bulgaria (BUL) (22)
- Croatia (CRO) (23)
- Cyprus (CYP) (7)
- Czech Republic (CZE) (42)
- Denmark (DEN) (14)
- Estonia (EST) (26)
- Finland (FIN) (36)
- France (FRA) (57)
- Georgia (GEO) (3)
- Germany (GER) (93)
- Gibraltar (GIB) (3)
- Great Britain & N.I. (GBR) (74)
- Greece (GRE) (26)
- Hungary (HUN) (27)
- Iceland (ISL) (5)
- Ireland (IRL) (25)
- Israel (ISR) (10)
- Italy (ITA) (78)
- Latvia (LAT) (26)
- Liechtenstein (LIE) (1)
- Lithuania (LTU) (35)
- Luxembourg (LUX) (4)
- Macedonia (MKD) (2)
- Malta (MLT) (2)
- Moldova (MDA) (3)
- Monaco (MON) (1)
- Montenegro (MNE) (1)
- Netherlands (NED) (43)
- Norway (NOR) (40)
- Poland (POL) (62)
- Portugal (POR) (44)
- Romania (ROM) (20)
- Russia (RUS) (93)
- San Marino (SMR) (2)
- Serbia (SRB) (11)
- Slovakia (SVK) (25)
- Slovenia (SLO) (15)
- Spain (ESP) (74)
- Sweden (SWE) (60)
- Switzerland (SUI) (53) (host)
- Turkey (TUR) (29)
- Ukraine (UKR) (70)
- "Zürich to host 2014 European Championships". IAAF. 1 May 2010. Retrieved 30 July 2010.
- "European Championships: Athlete loses gold for removing shirt". BBC Sport. Retrieved 15 August 2014.