22nd European Athletics Championships

Dates	12–17 August
Host city	Zürich, Switzerland
Venue	Letzigrund

Level	Senior
Type	Outdoor
Events	47
Participation	1,439 athletes from 50 nations
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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.

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.

Event schedule

Legend
Key	P	Q	H	½	F
Value	Preliminary round	Qualifiers	Heats	Semifinals	Final

Men^[2]
Date	Aug 12		Aug 13			Aug 14			Aug 15		Aug 16		Aug 17
Event	M	A	M	A		M	A		M	A	M	A	M	A
100 m		H		½	F
200 m						H	½			F
400 m	H			½						F
800 m	H			½						F
1500 m									H					F
5000 m									H					F
10,000 m				F
Marathon													F
110 m hurdles			H				½	F
400 m hurdles	H			½						F
3000 m steeplechase	H						F
4 × 100 m relay												H		F
4 × 400 m relay												H		F
20 km walk			F
50 km walk									F
Long jump										Q				F
Triple jump	Q						F
High jump			Q							F
Pole vault						Q						F
Shot put	Q	F
Discus throw		Q		F
Hammer throw						Q						F
Javelin throw							Q							F
Decathlon	F

Women^[2]
Date	Aug 12		Aug 13			Aug 14		Aug 15		Aug 16		Aug 17
Event	M	A	M	A		M	A	M	A	M	A	M	A
100 m	H			½	F
200 m						H	½		F
400 m		H		½					F
800 m			H				½				F
1500 m	H								F
5000 m						H					F
10,000 m		F
Marathon										F
100 m hurdles	H	½		F
400 m hurdles			H				½				F
3000 m steeplechase								H					F
4 × 100 m relay											H		F
4 × 400 m relay											H		F
20 km walk						F
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Long jump		Q		F
Triple jump				Q							F
High jump								Q					F
Pole vault	Q						F
Shot put								Q					F
Discus throw								Q			F
Hammer throw			Q						F
Javelin throw	Q						F
Heptathlon						F

Results

Men

Track

Chronology: 2010 \| 2012 \| 2014 \| 2016 \| 2018

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 metres details	James Dasaolu Great Britain & N.I. (GBR)	10.06	Christophe Lemaitre France (FRA)	10.13	Harry Aikines-Aryeetey Great Britain & N.I. (GBR)	10.22
200 metres details	Adam Gemili Great Britain & N.I. (GBR)	19.98 EL	Christophe Lemaitre France (FRA)	20.15	Serhiy Smelyk Ukraine (UKR)	20.30 PB
400 metres details	Martyn Rooney Great Britain & N.I. (GBR)	44.71 EL	Matthew Hudson-Smith Great Britain & N.I. (GBR)	44.75 PB	Donald Sanford Israel (ISR)	45.27 NR
800 metres details	Adam Kszczot Poland (POL)	1:44.15 SB	Artur Kuciapski Poland (POL)	1:44.89 PB	Mark English Ireland (IRL)	1:45.03 =SB
1500 metres details	Mahiedine Mekhissi-Benabbad France (FRA)	3:45.60	Henrik Ingebrigtsen Norway (NOR)	3:46.10	Chris O'Hare Great Britain & N.I. (GBR)	3:46.18
5000 metres details	Mo Farah Great Britain & N.I. (GBR)	14:05.82	Hayle Ibrahimov Azerbaijan (AZE)	14:08.32	Andy Vernon Great Britain & N.I. (GBR)	14:09.48
10,000 metres details	Mo Farah Great Britain & N.I. (GBR)	28:08.11	Andy Vernon Great Britain & N.I. (GBR)	28:08.66 SB	Ali Kaya Turkey (TUR)	28:08.72 PB
Marathon details	Daniele Meucci Italy (ITA)	2:11:08	Yared Shegumo Poland (POL)	2:12:00	Aleksey Reunkov Russia (RUS)	2:12:15
110 metres hurdles details	Sergey Shubenkov Russia (RUS)	13.19	William Sharman Great Britain & N.I. (GBR)	13.27	Pascal Martinot-Lagarde France (FRA)	13.29
400 metres hurdles details	Kariem Hussein Switzerland (SUI)	48.96	Rasmus Mägi Estonia (EST)	49.06	Denis Kudryavtsev Russia (RUS)	49.16
3000 metres steeplechase details^[a]	Yoann Kowal France (FRA)	8:26.66	Krystian Zalewski Poland (POL)	8:27.11	Ángel Mullera Spain (ESP)	8:29.16
4 × 100 metres relay details	Great Britain & N.I. (GBR) Adam Gemili Richard Kilty Harry Aikines-Aryeetey James Ellington Daniel Talbot*	37.93 EL	Germany (GER) Julian Reus Sven Knipphals Alexander Kosenkow Lucas Jakubczyk	38.09 SB	France (FRA) Pierre Vincent Christophe Lemaitre Teddy Tinmar Ben Bassaw	38.47
4 × 400 metres relay details	Great Britain & N.I. (GBR) Martyn Rooney Michael Bingham Conrad Williams Matthew Hudson-Smith Nigel Levine* Rabah Yousif*	2:58.79 EL	Poland (POL) Rafał Omelko Kacper Kozłowski Łukasz Krawczuk Jakub Krzewina Michał Pietrzak* Andrzej Jaros*	2:59.85 SB	France (FRA) Mame-Ibra Anne Teddy Atine-Venel Mamoudou Hanne Thomas Jordier	2:59.89 SB
20 kilometres walk details	Miguel Ángel López Spain (ESP)	1:19:44	Denis Strelkov Russia (RUS)	1:19:46 PB	Ruslan Dmytrenko Ukraine (UKR)	1:19:46
50 kilometres walk details	Yohann Diniz France (FRA)	3:32:33 WR	Matej Tóth Slovakia (SVK)	3:36:21 NR	Ivan Noskov Russia (RUS)	3:37:41
WR world record \| ER European record \| CR championship record \| NR national record \| WL world leading \| EL European leading \| PB personal best \| SB seasonal best

(*) 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

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
High jump details	Bohdan Bondarenko Ukraine (UKR)	2.35	Andriy Protsenko Ukraine (UKR)	2.33	Jaroslav Bába Czech Republic (CZE)	2.30
Pole vault details	Renaud Lavillenie France (FRA)	5.90	Paweł Wojciechowski Poland (POL)	5.70	Jan Kudlička Czech Republic (CZE) Kévin Menaldo France (FRA)	5.70
Long jump details	Greg Rutherford Great Britain & N.I. (GBR)	8.29	Louis Tsatoumas Greece (GRE)	8.15	Kafétien Gomis France (FRA)	8.14
Triple jump details	Benjamin Compaoré France (FRA)	17.46 EL	Aleksey Fyodorov Russia (RUS)	17.04	Yoann Rapinier France (FRA)	17.01
Shot put details	David Storl Germany (GER)	21.41	Borja Vivas Spain (ESP)	20.86	Tomasz Majewski Poland (POL)	20.83
Discus throw details	Robert Harting Germany (GER)	66.07	Gerd Kanter Estonia (EST)	64.75	Robert Urbanek Poland (POL)	63.81
Javelin throw details	Antti Ruuskanen Finland (FIN)	88.01 EL, PB	Vítězslav Veselý Czech Republic (CZE)	84.79	Tero Pitkämäki Finland (FIN)	84.40
Hammer throw details	Krisztián Pars Hungary (HUN)	82.69 WL, PB	Paweł Fajdek Poland (POL)	82.05	Sergej Litvinov Russia (RUS)	79.35 SB
Decathlon details	Andrei Krauchanka Belarus (BLR)	8616 WL	Kévin Mayer France (FRA)	8521 PB	Ilya Shkurenyov Russia (RUS)	8498 PB
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

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 metres details	Dafne Schippers Netherlands (NED)	11.12	Myriam Soumaré France (FRA)	11.16	Ashleigh Nelson Great Britain & N.I. (GBR)	11.22
200 metres details	Dafne Schippers Netherlands (NED)	22.03 WL, NR	Jodie Williams Great Britain & N.I. (GBR)	22.46 PB	Myriam Soumaré France (FRA)	22.58
400 metres details	Libania Grenot Italy (ITA)	51.10	Olha Zemlyak Ukraine (UKR)	51.36	Indira Terrero Spain (ESP)	51.38 SB
800 metres details	Maryna Arzamasava Belarus (BLR)	1:58.15 EL	Lynsey Sharp Great Britain & N.I. (GBR)	1:58.80 PB	Joanna Jóźwik Poland (POL)	1:59.63 PB
1500 metres details	Sifan Hassan Netherlands (NED)	4:04.18	Abeba Aregawi Sweden (SWE)	4:05.08	Laura Weightman Great Britain & N.I. (GBR)	4:06.32
5000 metres details	Meraf Bahta Sweden (SWE)	15:31.39	Sifan Hassan Netherlands (NED)	15:31.79	Susan Kuijken Netherlands (NED)	15:32.82
10,000 metres details	Joanne Pavey Great Britain & N.I. (GBR)	32:22.39	Clémence Calvin France (FRA)	32:23.58	Laila Traby France (FRA)	32:26.03 PB
Marathon details	Christelle Daunay France (FRA)	2:25:14 CR	Valeria Straneo Italy (ITA)	2:25:27	Jéssica Augusto Portugal (POR)	2:25:41
100 metres hurdles details	Tiffany Porter Great Britain & N.I. (GBR)	12.76	Cindy Billaud France (FRA)	12.79	Cindy Roleder Germany (GER)	12.82 PB
400 metres hurdles details	Eilidh Child Great Britain & N.I. (GBR)	54.48	Anna Titimets Ukraine (UKR)	54.56 PB	Denisa Rosolová Czech Republic (CZE)	54.70
3000 metres steeplechase details	Antje Möldner-Schmidt Germany (GER)	9:29:43 SB	Charlotta Fougberg Sweden (SWE)	9:30:16	Diana Martín Spain (ESP)	9:30:70 PB
4 × 100 metres relay details	Great Britain & N.I. (GBR) Asha Philip Ashleigh Nelson Jodie Williams Desirèe Henry Anyika Onuora*	42.24 EL NR	France (FRA) Céline Distel-Bonnet Ayodelé Ikuesan Myriam Soumaré Stella Akakpo	42.45	Russia (RUS) Marina Panteleyeva Natalia Rusakova Kristina Sivkova Yelizaveta Savlinis Yekaterina Vukolova*	43.22 SB
4 × 400 metres relay details	France (FRA) Marie Gayot Muriel Hurtis-Houairi Agnès Raharolahy Floria Gueï Estelle Perrossier* Phara Anacharsis*	3:24.27 EL	Ukraine (UKR) Nataliya Pyhyda Hrystyna Stuy Hanna Ryzhykova Olha Zemlyak Daryna Prystupa* Olha Lyakhova*	3:24.32 SB	Great Britain & N.I. (GBR) Eilidh Child Kelly Massey Shana Cox Margaret Adeoye Emily Diamond* Victoria Ohuruogu*	3:24.34 SB
20 kilometres walk details	Elmira Alembekova Russia (RUS)	1:27:56	Lyudmyla Olyanovska Ukraine (UKR)	1:28:07	Anežka Drahotová Czech Republic (CZE)	1:28:08 NR
WR world record \| ER European record \| CR championship record \| NR national record \| WL world leading \| EL European leading \| PB personal best \| SB seasonal best

(*) Heat only.

Field

Chronology: 2010 \| 2012 \| 2014 \| 2016 \| 2018

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
High jump details	Ruth Beitia Spain (ESP)	2.01 WL	Mariya Kuchina Russia (RUS)	1.99	Ana Šimić Croatia (CRO)	1.99 PB
Pole vault details	Anzhelika Sidorova Russia (RUS)	4.65	Katerina Stefanidi Greece (GRE)	4.60	Angelina Zhuk-Krasnova Russia (RUS)	4.60
Long jump details	Éloyse Lesueur France (FRA)	6.85	Ivana Španović Serbia (SRB)	6.81	Darya Klishina Russia (RUS)	6.65
Triple jump details	Olha Saladuha Ukraine (UKR)	14.73 SB	Ekaterina Koneva Russia (RUS)	14.69	Irina Gumenyuk Russia (RUS)	14.46 SB
Shot put details	Christina Schwanitz Germany (GER)	19.90	Yevgeniya Kolodko Russia (RUS)	19.39 SB	Anita Márton Hungary (HUN)	19.04 NR
Discus throw details	Sandra Perković Croatia (CRO)	71.08 WL, NR	Mélina Robert-Michon France (FRA)	65.33	Shanice Craft Germany (GER)	64.33
Javelin throw details	Barbora Špotáková Czech Republic (CZE)	64.41	Tatjana Jelača Serbia (SRB)	64.21 NR	Linda Stahl Germany (GER)	63.91
Hammer throw details	Anita Włodarczyk Poland (POL)	78.76 WL, CR, NR	Martina Hrašnová Slovakia (SVK)	74.66	Joanna Fiodorow Poland (POL)	73.67
Heptathlon details	Antoinette Nana Djimou France (FRA)	6551 SB	Nadine Broersen Netherlands (NED)	6498	Nafissatou Thiam Belgium (BEL)	6423
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 (Switzerland)


Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
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
21	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

Participating nations

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)

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