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List of European Champions in Athletics

The European Championships in Athletics is a quadrennial athletics competition which features a number of track and field and road events. It is the top-level outdoor athletics competition in Europe and is run by the European Athletic Association (EAA). The championships began in 1934, initially comprising only men's events. The following championships in 1938 were hosted by two separate cities, Paris and Vienna, with the men's and women's championships running concurrently. The two championships combined to form a single event in the first post-war championships in 1946. The event broke with the quadrennial format for a short period, with championships in 1969, 1971 and 1974. From the 2010 Championships onwards, the event will be held biennially.

The track and field events featured in the European Championships are similar to those of the Olympic Games, with competitions for both men and women in most events. A number of events have been added to, and dropped from, the schedule over the course of the competition's history. Athletes eligible to compete are those who belong to a national athletic association which is a member of the EAA. World, area and national records have been set by athletes at the championships in a variety of events. European Champions have been stripped of their titles in the past due to the use of banned substances.

Champions by event – Track

Key:
World record		European record		National record		CR Championship record	PB Personal best	W Wind-assisted run

100 metres

Championships	Male athlete	Nationality	Time (seconds)	Female athlete	Nationality	Time (seconds)
1934 Turin	Christiaan Berger	Netherlands	10.6	—	—	—
1938 Paris/Vienna	Martinus Osendarp	Netherlands	10.5	Stella Walasiewicz	Poland	11.9
1946 Oslo	Jack Archer	United Kingdom	10.6	Yevgeniya Sechenova	Soviet Union	11.9
1950 Brussels	Étienne Bally	France	10.7	Fanny Blankers-Koen	Netherlands	11.7
1954 Berne	Heinz Fütterer	West Germany	10.5	Irina Turova	Soviet Union	11.8
1958 Stockholm	Armin Hary	West Germany	10.3	Heather Young	United Kingdom	11.8
1962 Belgrade	Claude Piquemal	France	10.4	Dorothy Hyman	United Kingdom	11.3[W]
1966 Budapest	Wieslaw Maniak	Poland	10.60	Ewa Klobukowska	Poland	11.5
1969 Athens	Valeriy Borzov	Soviet Union	10.49	Petra Vogt	East Germany	11.66
1971 Helsinki	Valeriy Borzov	Soviet Union	10.26	Renate Stecher	East Germany	11.35
1974 Rome	Valeriy Borzov	Soviet Union	10.27	Irena Szewinska	Poland	11.13
1978 Prague	Pietro Mennea	Italy	10.27	Marlies Göhr	East Germany	11.13
1982 Athens	Frank Emmelmann	East Germany	10.21	Marlies Göhr	East Germany	11.01
1986 Stuttgart	Linford Christie	United Kingdom	10.15	Marlies Göhr	East Germany	10.91
1990 Split	Linford Christie	United Kingdom	10.00[W]	Katrin Krabbe	East Germany	10.89
1994 Helsinki	Linford Christie	United Kingdom	10.14	Irina Privalova	Russia	11.02
1998 Budapest	Darren Campbell	United Kingdom	10.04	Christine Arron	France	10.73
2002 Munich	Francis Obikwelu	Portugal	10.06[nb]	Ekaterini Thanou	Greece	11.10
2006 Gothenburg	Francis Obikwelu	Portugal	9.99	Kim Gevaert	Belgium	11.06

• ^nb Dwain Chambers won the event with a championship record and personal best of 9.96 s but later tested positive for banned substances and was stripped of both the record and the gold medal. Obikwelu was upgraded to first place.

200 metres

Championships	Male athlete	Nationality	Time (seconds)	Female athlete	Nationality	Time (seconds)
1934 Turin	Christiaan Berger	Netherlands	21.5	—	—	—
1938 Paris/Vienna	Martinus Osendarp	Netherlands	21.2	Stella Walasiewicz	Poland	23.8
1946 Oslo	Nikolay Karakulov	Soviet Union	21.6	Yevgeniya Sechenova	Soviet Union	25.4
1950 Brussels	Brian Shenton	United Kingdom	21.5	Fanny Blankers-Koen	Netherlands	24.0
1954 Berne	Heinz Fütterer	West Germany	20.9[CR]	Mariya Itkina	Soviet Union	24.3
1958 Stockholm	Manfred Germar	West Germany	21.0	Barbara Janiszewska	Poland	24.1
1962 Belgrade	Owe Jonsson	Sweden	20.7	Jutta Heine	West Germany	23.5
1966 Budapest	Roger Bambuck	France	20.93	Irena Kirszenstein	Poland	23.1
1969 Athens	Philippe Clerc	Switzerland	20.70	Petra Vogt	East Germany	23.30
1971 Helsinki	Valeriy Borzov	Soviet Union	20.30	Renate Stecher	East Germany	22.70
1974 Rome	Pietro Mennea	Italy	20.60	Irena Szewinska	Poland	22.51
1978 Prague	Pietro Mennea	Italy	20.16	Lyudmila Kondratyeva	Soviet Union	22.52
1982 Athens	Olaf Prenzler	East Germany	20.46	Bärbel Wöckel	East Germany	22.04
1986 Stuttgart	Vladimir Krylov	Soviet Union	20.52	Heike Drechsler	East Germany	21.71[CR]
1990 Split	John Regis	United Kingdom	20.11	Katrin Krabbe	East Germany	21.95
1994 Helsinki	Geir Moen	Norway	20.30	Irina Privalova	Russia	22.32
1998 Budapest	Dougie Walker	United Kingdom	20.53	Irina Privalova	Russia	22.62
2002 Munich	Konstantinos Kenteris	Greece	19.85	Muriel Hurtis	France	22.34
2006 Gothenburg	Francis Obikwelu	Portugal	20.01	Kim Gevaert	Belgium	22.68

400 metres

Championships	Male athlete	Nationality	Time (seconds)	Female athlete	Nationality	Time (seconds)
1934 Turin	Adolf Metzner	Germany	47.9	—	—	—
1938 Paris/Vienna	Godfrey Brown	United Kingdom	47.4	—	—	—
1946 Oslo	Niels Holst Sørensen	Soviet Union	47.9	—	—	—
1950 Brussels	Derek Pugh	United Kingdom	47.3	—	—	—
1954 Berne	Ardalion Ignatyev	Soviet Union	46.6	—	—	—
1958 Stockholm	John Wrighton	United Kingdom	46.3	Mariya Itkina	Soviet Union	53.7
1962 Belgrade	Robbie Brightwell	United Kingdom	45.9	Mariya Itkina	Soviet Union	53.4[CR]
1966 Budapest	Stanislaw Gredzinski	Poland	46.0	Anna Chmelková	Czechoslovakia	52.9
1969 Athens	Jan Werner	Poland	45.75	Nicole Duclos	France	51.77[CR]
1971 Helsinki	David Jenkins	United Kingdom	45.45	Helga Seidler	East Germany	52.14
1974 Rome	Karl Honz	West Germany	45.04	Riitta Salin	Finland	50.14[CR]
1978 Prague	Franz-Peter Hofmeister	West Germany	45.73	Marita Koch	East Germany	48.94[CR]
1982 Athens	Hartmut Weber	West Germany	44.72	Marita Koch	East Germany	48.16[CR]
1986 Stuttgart	Roger Black	United Kingdom	44.59	Marita Koch	East Germany	48.22
1990 Split	Roger Black	United Kingdom	45.08	Grit Breuer	East Germany	49.50
1994 Helsinki	Du'aine Ladejo	United Kingdom	45.09	Marie-José Pérec	France	50.33
1998 Budapest	Iwan Thomas	United Kingdom	44.52	Grit Breuer	East Germany	49.93
2002 Munich	Ingo Schultz	Germany	45.14	Olesya Zykina	Russia	50.45
2006 Gothenburg	Marc Raquil	France	45.02	Vanya Stambolova	Bulgaria	49.85

800 metres

Championships	Male athlete	Nationality	Time (seconds)	Female athlete	Nationality	Time (minutes)
1934 Turin	Miklós Szabó	Hungary	1:52.0	—	—	—
1938 Paris/Vienna	Rudolf Harbig	Germany	1:50.6	—	—	—
1946 Oslo	Rune Gustafsson	Sweden	1:51.0	—	—	—
1950 Brussels	John Parlett	United Kingdom	1:50.5	—	—	—
1954 Berne	Lajos Szentgáli	Hungary	1:47.1	Nina Otkalenko	Soviet Union	2:08.8
1958 Stockholm	Mike Rawson	United Kingdom	1:47.8	Yelizaveta Yermolayeva	Soviet Union	2:06.3
1962 Belgrade	Manfred Matuschewski	East Germany	1:50.5	Gerda Kraan	Netherlands	2:02.8
1966 Budapest	Manfred Matuschewski	East Germany	1:45.9	Vera Nikolic	Yugoslavia	2:02.8
1969 Athens	Dieter Fromm	East Germany	1:45.98	Lillian Board	United Kingdom	2:01.50
1971 Helsinki	Yevgeniy Arzhanov	Soviet Union	1:45.61	Vera Nikolic	Yugoslavia	2:00.00
1974 Rome	Luciano Sušanj	Yugoslavia	1:44.07	Lilyana Tomova	Bulgaria	1:58.14
1978 Prague	Olaf Beyer	East Germany	1:43.84	Tatyana Providokhina	Soviet Union	1:55.80
1982 Athens	Hans-Peter Ferner	West Germany	1:46.332	Olga Mineyeva	Soviet Union	1:55.41
1986 Stuttgart	Sebastian Coe	United Kingdom	1:44.50	Nadezhda Olizarenko	Soviet Union	1:57.15
1990 Split	Tom McKean	United Kingdom	1:44.76	Sigrun Wodars	East Germany	1:55.87
1994 Helsinki	Andrea Benvenuti	Italy	1:46.12	Lyubov Gurina	Russia	1:58.55
1998 Budapest	Nils Schumann	Germany	1:44.89	Yelena Afanasyeva	Russia	1:58.50
2002 Munich	Wilson Kipketer	Denmark	1:47.25	Jolanda Ceplak	Slovenia	1:57.65
2006 Gothenburg	Bram Som	Netherlands	1:46.56	Olga Kotlyarova	Russia	1:57.38

1500 metres

Championships	Male athlete	Nationality	Time (seconds)	Female athlete	Nationality	Time (minutes)
1934 Turin	Luigi Beccali	Italy	3:54.6	—	—	—
1938 Paris/Vienna	Sydney Wooderson	United Kingdom	3:53.6	—	—	—
1946 Oslo	Lennart Strand	Sweden	3:48.0	—	—	—
1950 Brussels	Willem Slijkhuis	Netherlands	3:47.2	—	—	—
1954 Berne	Roger Bannister	United Kingdom	3:43.8	—	—	—
1958 Stockholm	Brian Hewson	United Kingdom	3:41.9	—	—	—
1962 Belgrade	Michel Jazy	France	3:40.9	—	—	—
1966 Budapest	Bodo Tümmler	West Germany	3:41.9	—	—	—
1969 Athens	John Whetton	United Kingdom	3:39.45	Jaroslava Jehlicková	Czechoslovakia	4:10.77
1971 Helsinki	Francesco Arese	Italy	3:38.43	Karin Burneleit	East Germany	4:09.62 WR
1974 Rome	Klaus-Peter Justus	East Germany	3:40.55	Gunhild Hoffmeister	East Germany	4:02.25
1978 Prague	Steve Ovett	United Kingdom	3:35.59	Giana Romanova	Soviet Union	3:59.01
1982 Athens	Steve Cram	United Kingdom	3:36.49	Olga Dvirna	Soviet Union	3:57.80
1986 Stuttgart	Steve Cram	United Kingdom	3:41.09	Ravilya Agletdinova	Soviet Union	4:01.19
1990 Split	Jens-Peter Herold	East Germany	3:38.35	Snežana Pajkic	Yugoslavia	4:08.12
1994 Helsinki	Fermín Cacho	Spain	3:35.27	Lyudmila Rogachova	Russia	4:18.93
1998 Budapest	Reyes Estévez	Spain	3:41.31	Svetlana Masterkova	Russia	4:11.91
2002 Munich	Mehdi Baala	France	3:45.25	Süreyya Ayhan	Turkey	3:58.79
2006 Gothenburg	Mehdi Baala	France	3:39.02	Tatyana Tomashova	Russia	3:56.91

5000 metres

Championships	Male athlete	Nationality	Time (seconds)	Female athlete	Nationality	Time (minutes)
1934 Turin	Roger Rochard	France	14:36.8	—	—	—
1938 Paris/Vienna	Taisto Mäki	Finland	14:26.8	—	—	—
1946 Oslo	Sydney Wooderson	United Kingdom	14:08.6	—	—	—
1950 Brussels	Emil Zátopek	Czechoslovakia	14:03.0	—	—	—
1954 Berne	Vladimir Kuts	Soviet Union	13:56.6	—	—	—
1958 Stockholm	Zdzislaw Krzyszkowiak	Poland	13:53.4	—	—	—
1962 Belgrade	Bruce Tulloh	United Kingdom	14:00.6	—	—	—
1966 Budapest	Michel Jazy	France	13:42.8	—	—	—
1969 Athens	Ian Stewart	United Kingdom	13:44.8WIND AS	—	—	—
1971 Helsinki	Juha Väätäinen	Finland	13:32.48	—	—	—
1974 Rome	Brendan Foster	United Kingdom	13:17.21	—	—	—
1978 Prague	Venanzio Ortis	Italy	13:28.57	—	—	—
1982 Athens	Thomas Wessinghage	West Germany	13:28.90	—	—	—
1986 Stuttgart	Jack Buckner	United Kingdom	13:10.15	—	—	—
1990 Split	Salvatore Antibo	Italy	13:22.00	—	—	—
1994 Helsinki	Dieter Baumann	Germany	13:36.93	—	—	—
1998 Budapest	Isaac Viciosa	Spain	13:37.46	Sonia O'Sullivan	Ireland	15:06.50
2002 Munich	Alberto García	Spain	13:38.18	Marta Domínguez	Spain	15:14.76
2006 Gothenburg	Jesús España	Spain	13:44.70	Marta Domínguez	Spain	14:56.18

10000 metres

Working

Championships	Male athlete	Nationality	Time (seconds)	Female athlete	Nationality	Time (minutes)
1934 Turin	Ilmari Salminen	Finland	31:02.6	—	—	—
1938 Paris/Vienna	Ilmari Salminen	Finland	30:52.4	—	—	—
1946 Oslo	Viljo Heino	Finland	29:52.0	—	—	—
1950 Brussels	Emil Zátopek	Czechoslovakia	29:12.0	—	—	—
1954 Berne	Emil Zátopek	Czechoslovakia	28:58.0	—	—	—
1958 Stockholm	Zdzislaw Krzyszkowiak	Poland	28:56.0	—	—	—
1962 Belgrade	Pyotr Bolotnikov	Soviet Union	28:54.0	—	—	—
1966 Budapest	Jürgen Haase	East Germany	28:26.0	—	—	—
1969 Athens	Jürgen Haase	East Germany	28:41.6WIND AS	—	—	—
1971 Helsinki	Juha Väätäinen	Finland	27:52.78	—	—	—
1974 Rome	Manfred Kuschmann	East Germany	28:25.75	—	—	—
1978 Prague	Martti Vainio	Finland	27:30.99	—	—	—
1982 Athens	Alberto Cova	Italy	27:41.03	—	—	—
1986 Stuttgart	Stefano Mei	Italy	27:56.79	Ingrid Kristiansen	Norway	30:23.25
1990 Split	Salvatore Antibo	Italy	27:41.27	Yelena Romanova	Soviet Union	31:46.83
1994 Helsinki	Abel Antón	Spain	28:06.03	Fernanda Ribeiro	Portugal	31:08.75
1998 Budapest	António Pinto	Portugal	27:48.62	Sonia O'Sullivan	Ireland	31:29.33
2002 Munich	José Manuel Martínez	Spain	27:47.65	Paula Radcliffe	United Kingdom	30:01.09
2006 Gothenburg	Jan Fitschen	Germany	28:10.94 PB	Inga Abitova	Russia	30:31.42 PB

50 kilometres road walk

(Men only event)

3000 metres steeplechase

(Men only event)

4 x 100 metres relay

Championships	Nation	Time (seconds)	Nation	Time (seconds)
1934 Turin	Germany	41.0	—	—
1938 Paris/Vienna	Germany	40.9	Germany	46.8
1946 Oslo	Sweden	41.5	Netherlands	47.8
1950 Brussels	Soviet Union	41.5	United Kingdom	47.4
1954 Berne	Hungary	40.6	Soviet Union	45.8
1958 Stockholm	West Germany	40.2	Soviet Union	45.3
1962 Belgrade	West Germany	39.5	Poland	44.5
1966 Budapest	France	39.4	Poland	44.49
1969 Athens	France	38.89	East Germany	43.61
1971 Helsinki	Czechoslovakia	39.32	West Germany	43.23
1974 Rome	France	38.69	East Germany	42.51
1978 Prague	Poland	38.58	Soviet Union	42.54
1982 Athens	Soviet Union	38.60	East Germany	42.19
1986 Stuttgart	Soviet Union	38.29	East Germany	41.84
1990 Split	France	37.79	East Germany	41.68
1994 Helsinki	France	38.57	Germany	42.90
1998 Budapest	United Kingdom	38.52	France	42.59
2002 Munich	Ukraine	38.53	France	42.46
2006 Gothenburg	United Kingdom	38.91	Russia	42.71

4 x 400 metres relay

Championships	Nation	Time (minutes)	Nation	Time (minutes)
1934 Turin	Germany	3:14.1	—	—
1938 Paris/Vienna	Germany	3:13.7	—	—
1946 Oslo	France	3:14.4	—	—
1950 Brussels	United Kingdom	3:10.2	—	—
1954 Berne	France	3:08.7	—	—
1958 Stockholm	United Kingdom	3:07.9	—	—
1962 Belgrade	West Germany	3:05.8	—	—
1966 Budapest	Poland	3:04.5	—	—
1969 Athens	France	3:02.30	United Kingdom	3:30.82
1971 Helsinki	West Germany	3:02.94	East Germany	3:29.28
1974 Rome	United Kingdom	3:03.33	East Germany	3:25.21
1978 Prague	West Germany	3:02.03	East Germany	3:21.20
1982 Athens	West Germany	3:00.51	East Germany	3:19.04
1986 Stuttgart	United Kingdom	2:59.84	East Germany	3:16.87
1990 Split	United Kingdom	2:58.22	East Germany	3:21.02
1994 Helsinki	United Kingdom	2:59.13	France	3:22.34
1998 Budapest	United Kingdom	2:58.68	Germany	3:23.03
2002 Munich	United Kingdom	3:01.25	Germany	3:25.10
2006 Gothenburg	France	3:01.10	Russia	3:25.12

• European record progression

Champions by event – Field

Decathlon

(Men only event)

Heptathlon

(Women only event)

Discontinued events

80 metres hurdles

Women only event – superseded by 100 metres hurdles

Championships	Athlete	Nationality	Time (seconds)
1938 Paris/Vienna	Claudia Testoni	Italy	11.6
1946 Oslo	Fanny Blankers-Koen	Netherlands	11.8
1950 Brussels	Fanny Blankers-Koen	Netherlands	11.1
1954 Berne	Mariya Golubnichaya	Soviet Union	11.0
1958 Stockholm	Galina Bystrova	Soviet Union	10.9
1962 Belgrade	Teresa Ciepla	Poland	10.6
1966 Budapest	Karin Balzer	East Germany	10.7

3000 metres

Women only event – superseded by 5000 metres

Championships	Athlete	Nationality	Time (minutes)
1974 Rome	Nina Holmén	Finland	8:55.10
1978 Prague	Svetlana Ulmasova	Soviet Union	8:33.16
1982 Athens	Svetlana Ulmasova	Soviet Union	8:30.28
1986 Stuttgart	Olga Bondarenko	Soviet Union	8:33.99
1990 Split	Yvonne Murray	United Kingdom	8:43.06
1994 Helsinki	Sonia O'Sullivan	Ireland	8:31.84

10000 metres track walk

Men only event – superseded by 20 kilometres road walk

Championships	Athlete	Nationality	Time (minutes)
1946 Oslo	John Mikaelsson	Sweden	46:05.2
1950 Brussels	Fritz Schwab	Switzerland	46:01.8
1954 Berne	Josef Doležal	Czechoslovakia	45:01.8

10 kilometres road walk

Women only event – superseded by 20 kilometres road walk

Championships	Athlete	Nationality	Time (minutes)
1986 Stuttgart	Marí Cruz Díaz	Spain	46:09
1990 Split	Annarita Sidoti	Italy	44:00
1994 Helsinki	Sari Essayah	Finland	42:37
1998 Budapest	Annarita Sidoti	Italy	42:49

Pentathlon

Women only event – superseded by Heptathlon

Championships	Athlete	Nationality	Score
1950 Brussels	Arlette Ben Hamo	France	3204
1954 Berne	Aleksandra Chudina	Soviet Union	4526
1958 Stockholm	Galina Bystrova	Soviet Union	4733
1962 Belgrade	Galina Bystrova	Soviet Union	4833
1966 Budapest	Valentina Tikhomirova	Soviet Union	4787
1969 Athens	Liese Prokop	Austria	5030
1971 Helsinki	Heide Rosendahl	West Germany	5299
1974 Rome	Nadezhda Tkachenko	Soviet Union	4776
1978 Prague	Margit Papp	Hungary	4655

• Note: Comparison of the results are difficult as major changes to the points scoring system were made in the 1954 Championships, and again in 1971. Similarly, the events comprising the pentathlon were changed over the competition's history, with the 100 metres hurdles replacing the defunct 80 metres hurdles in 1969, and the 800 metres event taking the place of the 200 metres in 1978.

Champions by country

Country	Male Champions	Female Champions	Total

References

General

• GBR athletics men
• GBR athletics women
• EAA 2006 Champs
• EAA 2006 complete results

Specific

External links

• EAA Database search

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