European Athletics Championships
Status	active
Genre	sports event
Frequency	biannual
Location(s)	various
Inaugurated	1934
Most recent	2018
Next event	2022
Organised by	European Athletic Association
Website	www.european-athletics.org

The European Athletics Championships is a biennial (from 2010) athletics event organised by the European Athletics Association.^[1] First held in 1934 in Turin, the Championships have taken place every four years, with a few exceptions. Since 2010, they have been organised every two years, and when they coincide with the Summer Olympics, the marathon and racewalking events are not contested. From 2018, European Championships not held in an Olympic year will form part of the European Championships, a new quadrennial multi-sport event designed and held by individual European sports federations.

The 2020 edition set for Charlety Stadium in Paris was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic, making this the first cancellation of the event since the 1942 championship was abandoned due to World War II. The event was not moved to an alternative date, with Munich continuing as host in 2022.^[2][3][4]

Editions

Notes: ♂ – men, ♀ – women

Edition	Year	Host City	Host Country	Date	Venue	Events	Nations	Athletes	Champions
1	1934 ♂	Turin	Italy	7–9 September	Stadio Benito Mussolini	22	23	226	Germany
2	1938 ♂	Paris	France	3–5 September	Stade Olympique de Colombes	23	23	272	Germany
	1938 ♀	Vienna	Austria[nb 1]	17–18 September	Praterstadion	9	14	80
3	1946	Oslo	Norway	22–25 August	Bislett stadion	33	20	353	Sweden
4	1950	Brussels	Belgium	23–27 August	Heysel Stadium	34	24	454	Great Britain
5	1954	Bern	Switzerland	25–29 August	Stadion Neufeld	35	28	686	Soviet Union
6	1958	Stockholm	Sweden	19–24 August	Stockholms Olympiastadion	36	26	626	Soviet Union
7	1962	Belgrade	Yugoslavia	12–16 September	Stadion JNA	36	29	670	Soviet Union
8	1966	Budapest	Hungary	30 August – 4 September	Népstadion	36	30	769	East Germany
9	1969	Piraeus	Greece	16–21 September	Karaiskakis Stadium	38	30	674	East Germany
10	1971	Helsinki	Finland	10–15 August	Olympiastadion	38	29	857	East Germany
11	1974	Rome	Italy	2–8 September	Stadio Olimpico	39	29	745	East Germany
12	1978	Prague	Czechoslovakia	29 August – 3 September	Stadion Evžena Rošického	40	29	1004	Soviet Union
13	1982	Athens	Greece	6–12 September	Olympiakó Stàdio	41	29	756	East Germany
14	1986	Stuttgart	West Germany	26–31 August	Neckarstadion	43	31	906	Soviet Union
15	1990	Split	Yugoslavia	26 August – 2 September	Stadion Poljud	43	33	952	East Germany
16	1994	Helsinki	Finland	7–14 August	Olympiastadion	44	44	1113	Russia
17	1998	Budapest	Hungary	18–23 August	Népstadion	44	44	1259	Great Britain
18	2002	Munich	Germany	6–11 August	Olympiastadion	46	48	1244	Russia
19	2006	Gothenburg	Sweden	7–13 August	Ullevi	47	48	1288	Russia
20	2010	Barcelona	Spain	27 July – 1 August	Estadi Olímpic Lluís Companys	47	50	1323	France
21	2012	Helsinki	Finland	27 June – 1 July	Olympiastadion	42	50	1230	Germany
22	2014	Zürich	Switzerland	12–17 August	Letzigrund	47	50	1439	Great Britain
23	2016	Amsterdam	Netherlands	6–10 July	Olympisch Stadion	46	50	1329	Poland
24	2018 [a]	Berlin	Germany	7–12 August	Olympiastadion	50	49[b]	1439	Great Britain
—	2020	Paris	France	26–30 August	Stade Sébastien Charléty	Cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic
25	2022 [c]	Munich	Germany	15–21 August	Olympiastadion
26	2024	Rome	Italy	27 August – 1 September	Stadio Olimpico
27	2026	Paris	France	11–16 August	Stade Sébastien Charléty
28	2028	Chorzów	Poland	22–27 August	Silesian Stadium

All-time medal table

Updated after 2018 European Athletics Championships.^[5][6] Former countries in italic.

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Soviet Union	120	110	101	331
2	Great Britain	118	90	96	304
3	East Germany	89	75	62	226
4	Germany	75	80	78	233
5	France	69	65	60	194
6	Poland	54	52	60	166
7	Russia	50	51	53	154
8	Italy	42	44	48	134
9	Finland	33	28	40	101
10	Sweden	29	42	42	113
11	Spain	28	24	36	88
12	West Germany	27	36	37	100
13	Netherlands	26	25	22	73
14	Ukraine	20	29	18	67
15	Hungary	18	20	24	62
16	Czechoslovakia	16	16	27	59
17	Portugal	16	13	8	37
18	Norway	13	14	17	44
19	Bulgaria	12	16	12	40
20	Belgium	12	13	11	36
21	Belarus	11	13	10	34
22	Turkey	11	8	9	28
23	Greece	11	7	11	29
24	Switzerland	8	12	13	33
25	Romania	7	21	10	38
26	Czech Republic	6	14	10	30
27	Yugoslavia	6	6	3	15
28	Croatia	6	1	3	10
29	Denmark	4	7	3	14
30	Latvia	4	3	3	10
31	Ireland	3	6	6	15
32	Estonia	3	6	4	13
33	Iceland	3	1	1	5
	Israel	3	1	1	5
35	Lithuania	2	3	4	9
36	Austria	2	1	7	10
37	Slovenia	2	1	2	5
38	Serbia	1	4	2	7
39	Slovakia	1	4	1	6
–	Authorised Neutral Athletes[1]	1	3	2	6
40	Azerbaijan	0	2	2	4
41	Albania	0	1	0	1
	Luxembourg	0	1	0	1
43	Moldova	0	0	1	1
Totals (43 nations)		962	969	960	2891

• ^[1]  ANA was the name, under which Russian athletes competed in the 2016 and 2018 Championships. Their medals were not included in the official medal table.

As of 2018, Andorra, Armenia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Cyprus, Georgia, Gibraltar, Kosovo, Liechtenstein, Macedonia, Malta, Monaco, Montenegro and San Marino have yet to win a medal. Saar competed once in 1954 European Athletics Championships without winning a medal.

Championship records

Multiple medallists

A total of 8 men and 11 women have won six or more medals at the competition.^[5]

Men

Name	Country	Total	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Years
Christophe Lemaitre	France	8	4	2	2	2010–2014
Harald Schmid	West Germany	6	5	1	0	1978–1986
Roger Black	Great Britain	6	5	1	0	1986–1994
Mohamed Farah	Great Britain	6	5	1	0	2006–2014
Kevin Borlée	Belgium	6	4	1	1	2010–2018
Martyn Rooney	Great Britain	6	3	2	1	2010–2018
Pietro Mennea	Italy	6	3	2	1	1971–1978
Linford Christie	Great Britain	6	3	1	2	1986–1994

Women

Name	Country	Total	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Years
Irena Szewińska	Poland	10	5	1	4	1966–1978
Fanny Blankers-Koen	Netherlands	8	5	1	2	1938–1950
Renate Stecher	East Germany	8	4	4	0	1969–1974
Dafne Schippers	Netherlands	8	4	3	1	2012–2018
Marlies Göhr	East Germany	7	5	1	1	1978–1986
Myriam Soumaré	France	7	1	3	3	2010–2014
Marita Koch	East Germany	6	6	0	0	1978–1986
Heike Drechsler	East Germany &  Germany	6	5	1	0	1986–1998
Grit Breuer	East Germany &  Germany	6	5	1	0	1990–2002
Irina Privalova	Soviet Union &  Russia	6	3	2	1	1994–1998
Yevgeniya Sechenova	Soviet Union	6	2	2	2	1946–1950

Most medals at one event

A total of 12 men and 5 women have won four or more medals at one event.^[5]

Men

No	G/S/B	Athlete	Country	Years	Event
5	(3/2/0)	Igor Ter-Ovanesyan	Soviet Union	1958–1971	Long jump
4	(4/0/0)	Jānis Lūsis	Soviet Union	1962–1974	Javelin throw
4	(4/0/0)	Colin Jackson	Great Britain	1990–2002	110 m hurdles
4	(4/0/0)	Steve Backley	Great Britain	1990–2002	Javelin throw
4	(4/0/0)	Mahiedine Mekhissi-Benabbad	France	2010–2018	3000 m steeplechase
4	(3/1/0)	Mohamed Farah	Great Britain	2006–2014	5000 m
4	(3/1/0)	Kevin Borlée	Belgium	2010–2018	4 × 400 m
4	(3/0/1)	Adam Kszczot	Poland	2010–2018	800 m
4	(2/2/0)	Viktor Sanejev	Soviet Union	1969–1978	Triple jump
4	(0/3/1)	Gerd Kanter	Estonia	2002–2016	Discus throw
4	(0/2/2)	Alexander Kosenkow	Germany	2002–2014	4 × 100 m
4	(0/1/3)	Lothar Milde	Germany &  East Germany	1962–1971	Discus throw

Women

No	G/S/B	Athlete	Country	Years	Event
5	(5/0/0)	Sandra Perković	Croatia	2010–2018	Discus throw
5	(4/0/1)	Anita Włodarczyk	Poland	2010–2018	Hammer throw
4	(4/0/0)	Nadezhda Chizhova	Soviet Union	1966–1974	Shot put
4	(4/0/0)	Heike Drechsler	East Germany &  Germany	1982–2002	Long jump
4	(1/1/2)	Linda Stahl	Germany	2010–2016	Javelin throw

Most appearances

A total of 16 men and 11 women have at least 6 appearances. Updated after 2016 Championships.^[5]

Men

No	Name	Country	Years
7	Zoltán Kővágó	Hungary	1998–2018
	Gerd Kanter	Estonia	2002–2018
	David Söderberg	Finland	2002–2018
	Jesús España	Spain	2002–2018
	Marian Oprea	Romania	2002–2018
6	Abdon Pamich	Italy	1954–1971
	Ludvík Danek	Czechoslovakia	1962–1978
	Nenad Stekic	Yugoslavia	1969–1990
	Jesús Ángel García	Spain	1994–2014
	Virgilijus Alekna	Lithuania	1994–2014
	Dwain Chambers	Great Britain	1998–2014
	Nicola Vizzoni	Italy	1998–2014
	Serhiy Lebid	Ukraine	1998–2014
	Szymon Ziółkowski	Poland	1998–2014
	Gregory Sedoc	Netherlands	2002–2016
	Johan Wissman	Sweden	2002–2016

Women

No	Name	Country	Years
7	Krisztina Papp	Hungary	2002–2018
6	Helena Fibingerová	Czechoslovakia	1969–1986
	Heike Drechsler	East Germany &  Germany	1982–2002
	Fernanda Ribeiro	Portugal	1986–2010
	Felicia Tilea	Romania	1990–2010
	Mélina Robert-Michon	France	1998–2016
	Nuria Fernández	Spain	1998–2014
	Berta Castells	Spain	2002–2016
	Dana Velďáková	Slovakia	2002–2016
	Merja Korpela	Finland	2002–2016
	Ruth Beitia	Spain	2002–2016