2014 European Athletics Championships
| 22nd European Athletics Championships | |
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| Host city | Zürich, Switzerland |
| Date(s) | 12–17 August |
| Main stadium | Letzigrund |
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| Level | Senior |
| Type | Outdoor |
| Participation |
1,439 athletes from 50 nations |
| Events | 47 |
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The 2014 European Athletics Championships was held in Zürich, Switzerland, between 12–17 August 2014.[1] It was the first time that Switzerland had hosted the European Athletics Championships since 1954.
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, were equal top with Great Britain on medals won, 23, only one ahead of Russia's 22.
Event schedule
| H | Heats | Q | Qualifiers | ½ | Semi-finals | F | Final |
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Results
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.[2]
Field
| Chronology: 2010 | 2012 | 2014 | 2016 | 2018 |
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| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
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| High jump |
 Bohdan Bondarenko (UKR) | 2.35 | Andriy Protsenko (UKR) | 2.33 |  Ivan Ukhov (RUS) | 2.30 |
| Pole vault |
 Renaud Lavillenie (FRA) | 5.90 |  Paweł Wojciechowski (POL) | 5.70 |  Jan Kudlička (CZE) Kévin Menaldo (FRA) | 5.70 |
| Long jump |
 Greg Rutherford (GBR) | 8.29 |  Louis Tsatoumas (GRE) | 8.15 | Kafétien Gomis (FRA) | 8.14 |
| Triple jump |
Benjamin Compaoré (FRA) | 17.46 EL | Lyukman Adams (RUS) | 17.09 | Aleksey Fyodorov (RUS) | 17.04 |
| Shot put |
 David Storl (GER) | 21.41 |  Borja Vivas (ESP) | 20.86 | Tomasz Majewski (POL) | 20.83 |
| Discus throw |
Robert Harting (GER) | 66.07 |  Gerd Kanter (EST) | 64.75 | Robert Urbanek (POL) | 63.81 |
| Javelin throw |
 Antti Ruuskanen (FIN) | 88.01 EL, PB | Vítězslav Veselý (CZE) | 84.79 | Tero Pitkämäki (FIN) | 84.40 |
| Hammer throw |
 Krisztián Pars (HUN) | 82.69 WL, PB | Paweł Fajdek (POL) | 82.05 | Sergej Litvinov (RUS) | 79.35 SB |
| Decathlon |
 Andrei Krauchanka (BLR) | 8616 WL | Kévin Mayer (FRA) | 8521 PB | Ilya Shkurenyov (RUS) | 8498 PB |
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WR world record | ER European record | CR championship record | NR national record | WL world leading | EL European leading | PB personal best | SB seasonal best | ||||||
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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| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
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| High jump |
Ruth Beitia (ESP) | 2.01 WL | Mariya Kuchina (RUS) | 1.99 |  Ana Šimić (CRO) | 1.99 PB |
| Pole vault |
Anzhelika Sidorova (RUS) | 4.65 | Ekateríni Stefanídi (GRE) | 4.60 | Angelina Zhuk-Krasnova (RUS) | 4.60 |
| Long jump |
Éloyse Lesueur (FRA) | 6.85 |  Ivana Španović (SRB) | 6.81 | Darya Klishina (RUS) | 6.65 |
| Triple jump |
Olha Saladuha (UKR) | 14.73 SB | Ekaterina Koneva (RUS) | 14.69 | Irina Gumenyuk (RUS) | 14.46 SB |
| Shot put |
Christina Schwanitz (GER) | 19.90 | Yevgeniya Kolodko (RUS) | 19.39 SB | Anita Márton (HUN) | 19.04 NR |
| Discus throw |
Sandra Perković (CRO) | 71.08 WL, NR | Mélina Robert-Michon (FRA) | 65.33 | Shanice Craft (GER) | 64.33 |
| Javelin throw |
Barbora Špotáková (CZE) | 64.41 | Tatjana Jelača (SRB) | 64.21 NR | Linda Stahl (GER) | 63.91 |
| Hammer throw |
Anita Włodarczyk (POL) | 78.76 WL, CR, NR |  Martina Hrašnová (SVK) | 74.66 | Joanna Fiodorow (POL) | 73.67 |
| Heptathlon |
Antoinette Nana Djimou (FRA) | 6551 SB |  Nadine Broersen (NED) | 6498 | .svg.png){kind=small} Nafissatou Thiam (BEL) | 6423 |
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WR world record | ER European record | CR championship record | NR national record | WL world leading | EL European leading | PB personal best | SB seasonal best | ||||||
Medal table
Host nation
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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| 1 | Great Britain | 12 | 5 | 6 | 23 |
| 2 | France | 9 | 8 | 6 | 23 |
| 3 | Germany | 4 | 1 | 3 | 8 |
| 4 | Russia | 3 | 6 | 13 | 22 |
| 5 | Netherlands | 3 | 2 | 1 | 6 |
| 6 | Poland | 2 | 5 | 5 | 12 |
| 7 | Ukraine | 2 | 5 | 1 | 8 |
| 8 | Spain | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 |
| 9 |  Italy | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| 10 | Belarus | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 11 |  Sweden | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| 12 | Czech Republic | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 13 | Croatia | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 13 | Finland | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 13 | Hungary | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 16 |  Switzerland | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 17 | Estonia | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 17 | Greece | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 17 | Serbia | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 17 | Slovakia | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 21 |  Azerbaijan | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 21 |  Norway | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 23 | Belgium | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 23 |  Ireland | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 23 |  Israel | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 23 |  Portugal | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 23 |  Turkey | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Total | 47 | 47 | 48 | 142 |
Participating nations
Athletes from a total of 50 member federations of the European Athletics Association are competing at these Championships.[3]
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 (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 (ROU) (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)
See also
References
- ↑ "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.
- ↑ Final Entries List
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