2018 European Championships
HostBerlin, Germany
Glasgow, Scotland, UK
Edinburgh, Scotland (diving)
Gleneagles, Scotland (golf)
Nations53
Athletes3,843
Sport7
Events187
Dates2–12 August
Websiteeuropeanchampionships.com
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The 2018 European Championships were the first edition of the European Championships. It was a multi-sport event which took place in Berlin, Germany, and Glasgow, Scotland, United Kingdom (with Edinburgh hosting the diving events and Gleneagles the golf) from 2 to 12 August 2018. Around 1,500 athletes competed at the European Athletics Championships in Berlin, whilst at the same time more than 3,000 took part in the other championships in Glasgow. Each European Championship will be organised by the respective federation and host city.

Development and preparation

Venues

10km
6miles
Athletics
Gymnastics
BMX
Mountain Bike
Road Cycling
Track Cycling
Synchronised Swimming
Swimming
Rowing & Triathlon
Golf Team
Diving
Open Water Swimming
Berlin
Glasgow
Map
Location of the events in Glasgow
5km
3miles
Athletics
Gymnastics
BMX
Mountain Bike
Road Cycling
Track Cycling
Synchronised Swimming
Swimming
Rowing & Triathlon
Golf Team
Diving
Open Water Swimming
Berlin
Glasgow
Map
Location of the events in Berlin

Most of the events took place in Glasgow and its close surroundings:

Two championships events were hosted at venues in different Scottish cities:

The athletics championships event were held in the second major host city, Berlin

European Championships Trophy

On 1 August 2018, at the "Great Big Opening Party" in Glasgow, a new European Championship Trophy was unveiled, to be awarded to the nation achieving the most gold medals across all seven sports during the Championships. It was presented by Katherine Grainger, Emma Fredh and Angelina Melnikova on behalf of the seven European federations involved in the event.[1] On 12 August, the trophy was presented to the leading nation on the overall table, Russia, in a ceremony in Glasgow.

List of individual Championships

The following Championships have been brought together in the 2018 European Championships:

Participating nations

52 nations, plus Authorised Neutral Athletes (Russian athletes competing in the European Athletics Championships under the European Athletics Flag) participated at the European Championships, including:

Schedule

The original schedule was released in February 2017.[6][7] The schedule was updated in June 2017 based on the Glasgow ticket schedule[8][9] and again in March 2018 when the Berlin timetable was released.[10]

● Event Competitions 1 Number of Gold Medal Events
August 2
Thu 		3
Fri 		4
Sat 		5
Sun 		6
Mon 		7
Tue 		8
Wed 		9
Thu 		10
Fri 		11
Sat 		12
Sun 		Gold medal events
Athletics ● 7 5 6 9 11 12 50
Aquatics Swimming 4 6 6 6 6 6 9 72
Diving 1 2 2 2 2 2 2
Synchronised Swimming 2 1 1 2 3
Open Water Swimming 2 2 1 2
Cycling Track ● 6 4 4 4 4 30
Road 1 2 1
Mountain Bike 2
BMX ● 2
Golf ● ● ● 1 2 3
Gymnastics Men's Artistic Gymnastics ● 1 6 12
Women's Artistic Gymnastics ● 1 4
Rowing ● ● 9 8 17
Triathlon 1 1 1 3
Total gold medal events 12 21 24 13 24 17 20 12 19 25 187
Cumulative total 12 33 57 70 94 111 131 143 162 187

Medal table

Mascot Bonnie, a female harbour seal
Mascot "Berlino", a bear from the city's coat of arms, first appeared as mascot of the 2009 IAAF World Championships in Athletics

Each sport maintained its own medal table,[11] but an overall medal table is also maintained,[12] the leader of which won the European Championship trophy. Russia won the inaugural trophy and topped the medal table by gold medals won with 31, whilst co-hosts Great Britain topped the total medals table with 74 medals, 26 of which were gold. A chasing pack consisting of Italy, the Netherlands, co-hosts Germany and France each won over 10 gold medals and 40 medals in total.

  *   Host nation (Host nations: United Kingdom and Germany)

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 Russia (RUS)31191666
2 Great Britain (GBR)*26262274
3 Italy (ITA)15172860
4 Netherlands (NED)15151343
5 Germany (GER)*13172454
6 France (FRA)13141542
7 Poland (POL)96621
8 Ukraine (UKR)812626
9  Switzerland (SUI)84719
10 Hungary (HUN)74415
11 Belgium (BEL)65819
12 Sweden (SWE)63110
13 Norway (NOR)5218
14 Greece (GRE)4329
15 Belarus (BLR)4239
16 Spain (ESP)37919
17 Romania (ROU)34310
18 Portugal (POR)2204
19 Croatia (CRO)2103
20 Denmark (DEN)1427
 Lithuania (LTU)1427
22 Turkey (TUR)1326
– Authorised Neutral Athletes (ANA)[1]1326
23 Ireland (IRL)1124
24 Iceland (ISL)1102
 Israel (ISR)1102
26 Czech Republic (CZE)0314
27 Austria (AUT)0134
28 Slovenia (SLO)0112
29 Azerbaijan (AZE)0101
 Bulgaria (BUL)0101
 Slovakia (SVK)0101
32 Armenia (ARM)0011
 Estonia (EST)0011
 Finland (FIN)0011
Totals (34 entries)187188186561
Notes

^[1] Not included in the official medal table.

In addition, while both the Men's and Women's Gymnastics events included junior competitions in line with previous editions, medals in those competitions are not included within the total.

Results and Standings

Official results and standings ec2018results.com

Broadcasting

All of Europe's major free-to-air broadcasters televised the European Championships in 2018.[13][14] The European Broadcasting Union, which holds the broadcast rights on all platforms, has confirmed coverage across the top five markets, BBC in the United Kingdom, ARD/ZDF in Germany, France Télévisions in France, RAI in Italy and TVE in Spain. Other EBU members already signed up include VRT (Belgium), HRT (Croatia), DR (Denmark), YLE (Finland), RTÉ (Ireland), NOS (Netherlands), NRK (Norway), TVP (Poland), RTP (Portugal), SRG SSR (Switzerland) and SVT (Sweden). The level of coverage is also enhanced by a deal with Eurosport. In total, over 40 EBU members have signed agreements as of April 2018. Discussions are ongoing with broadcasters in the remaining territories in Europe, plus other global territories like China, Japan and USA.[15]

Sponsorship

Glasgow 2018 had five Official Partners (People Make Glasgow, Scottish Government, Strathmore Water, Spar & Eurovision) and Berlin 2018 had six Official Partners (Spar, Le Gruyère, Nike, Toyo Tires, Generali & Eurovision) with another tier of Official Supporters across the two host cities. Overall over 56 companies have been signed up to support the inaugural event.[15][16]

References

  1. ^ European Championships opened by party in Glasgow as federations unveil winner's trophy, from insidethegames.biz
  2. ^ Snowball, Ben (31 July 2018). "Stars lead GB teams at 2018 European Championships". Eurosport. Retrieved 3 August 2018.
  3. ^ "European squad to take on marathon challenge". British Swimming. 15 June 2018. Retrieved 3 August 2018.
  4. ^ "British synchronised swimming squad named for Glasgow 2018 Europeans". Swimming.org. 19 June 2018. Archived from the original on 30 July 2018. Retrieved 3 August 2018.
  5. ^ Augustis, Mindaugas (1 August 2018). "Sporto G7 vienijasi prieš futbolo diktatą: grandioziniame eksperimente lietuvių – kaip olimpiadoje". Delfi. Retrieved 3 August 2018.
  6. ^ "European Championships Board Agrees 2018 Multi-sport Programme". europeanchampionships.com. 8 February 2017. Archived from the original on 21 February 2017. Retrieved 20 February 2017.
  7. ^ "Sports Programme 2-12 August 2018" (PDF). 8 February 2017. Archived from the original (PDF) on 29 July 2018. Retrieved 20 February 2017.
  8. ^ "Glasgow 2018 Ticket Schedule". glasgow2018.com. 13 June 2017. Archived from the original on 4 May 2018. Retrieved 3 May 2018.
  9. ^ "Glasgow 2018 Tickets on sale as swimmer Ross Murdoch named as Official Ambassador". glasgow2018.com. 13 June 2017. Archived from the original on 4 May 2018. Retrieved 3 May 2018.
  10. ^ "European Athletics 2018 European Championships Timetable" (PDF). european-athletics.org. 15 March 2018. Retrieved 3 May 2018.
  11. ^ "Meet Bonnie | Glasgow 2018". Archived from the original on 13 August 2018. Retrieved 12 August 2018.
  12. ^ "European Championships". www.ec2018results.com.
  13. ^ "Europe's major free to air broadcasters will televise the inaugural European Championships". europeanchampionships.com. 19 April 2016. Retrieved 6 December 2016.[dead link]
  14. ^ "EUROPEAN CHAMPIONSHIPS 2018 – BROADCASTERS". len.eu. Retrieved 6 December 2016.
  15. ^ a b "The antidote to football". sportcal.com. 25 April 2018. Archived from the original on 23 June 2018. Retrieved 31 May 2018.
  16. ^ "Sponsors". europeanchampionships.com. 31 May 2018. Retrieved 31 May 2018.

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