European Athletics Championships | |
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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 |
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]
Notes: ♂ – men, ♀ – women
Updated after 2018 European Athletics Championships.[5][6] Former countries in italic.
Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | ![]() | 120 | 110 | 101 | 331 |
2 | ![]() | 118 | 90 | 96 | 304 |
3 | ![]() | 89 | 75 | 62 | 226 |
4 | ![]() | 75 | 80 | 78 | 233 |
5 | ![]() | 69 | 65 | 60 | 194 |
6 | ![]() | 54 | 52 | 60 | 166 |
7 | ![]() | 50 | 51 | 53 | 154 |
8 | ![]() | 42 | 44 | 48 | 134 |
9 | ![]() | 33 | 28 | 40 | 101 |
10 | ![]() | 29 | 42 | 42 | 113 |
11 | ![]() | 28 | 24 | 36 | 88 |
12 | ![]() | 27 | 36 | 37 | 100 |
13 | ![]() | 26 | 25 | 22 | 73 |
14 | ![]() | 20 | 29 | 18 | 67 |
15 | ![]() | 18 | 20 | 24 | 62 |
16 | ![]() | 16 | 16 | 27 | 59 |
17 | ![]() | 16 | 13 | 8 | 37 |
18 | ![]() | 13 | 14 | 17 | 44 |
19 | ![]() | 12 | 16 | 12 | 40 |
20 | ![]() | 12 | 13 | 11 | 36 |
21 | ![]() | 11 | 13 | 10 | 34 |
22 | ![]() | 11 | 8 | 9 | 28 |
23 | ![]() | 11 | 7 | 11 | 29 |
24 | ![]() | 8 | 12 | 13 | 33 |
25 | ![]() | 7 | 21 | 10 | 38 |
26 | ![]() | 6 | 14 | 10 | 30 |
27 | ![]() | 6 | 6 | 3 | 15 |
28 | ![]() | 6 | 1 | 3 | 10 |
29 | ![]() | 4 | 7 | 3 | 14 |
30 | ![]() | 4 | 3 | 3 | 10 |
31 | ![]() | 3 | 6 | 6 | 15 |
32 | ![]() | 3 | 6 | 4 | 13 |
33 | ![]() | 3 | 1 | 1 | 5 |
![]() | 3 | 1 | 1 | 5 | |
35 | ![]() | 2 | 3 | 4 | 9 |
36 | ![]() | 2 | 1 | 7 | 10 |
37 | ![]() | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 |
38 | ![]() | 1 | 4 | 2 | 7 |
39 | ![]() | 1 | 4 | 1 | 6 |
– | ![]() | 1 | 3 | 2 | 6 |
40 | ![]() | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
41 | ![]() | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
![]() | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
43 | ![]() | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Totals (43 nations) | 962 | 969 | 960 | 2891 |
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.
Main article: List of European Athletics Championships records |
See also: List of European Athletics Championships medalists (men) and List of European Athletics Championships medalists (women) |
A total of 8 men and 11 women have won six or more medals at the competition.[5]
Name | Country | Total | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Years |
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Christophe Lemaitre | ![]() |
8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 2010–2014 |
Harald Schmid | ![]() |
6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1978–1986 |
Roger Black | ![]() |
6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1986–1994 |
Mohamed Farah | ![]() |
6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 2006–2014 |
Kevin Borlée | ![]() |
6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2010–2018 |
Martyn Rooney | ![]() |
6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 2010–2018 |
Pietro Mennea | ![]() |
6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1971–1978 |
Linford Christie | ![]() |
6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1986–1994 |
Name | Country | Total | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Years |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Irena Szewińska | ![]() |
10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 1966–1978 |
Fanny Blankers-Koen | ![]() |
8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 1938–1950 |
Renate Stecher | ![]() |
8 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 1969–1974 |
Dafne Schippers | ![]() |
8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 2012–2018 |
Marlies Göhr | ![]() |
7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1978–1986 |
Myriam Soumaré | ![]() |
7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 2010–2014 |
Marita Koch | ![]() |
6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1978–1986 |
Heike Drechsler | ![]() ![]() |
6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1986–1998 |
Grit Breuer | ![]() ![]() |
6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1990–2002 |
Irina Privalova | ![]() ![]() |
6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1994–1998 |
Yevgeniya Sechenova | ![]() |
6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1946–1950 |
A total of 12 men and 5 women have won four or more medals at one event.[5]
No | G/S/B | Athlete | Country | Years | Event |
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5 | (3/2/0) | Igor Ter-Ovanesyan | ![]() |
1958–1971 | Long jump |
4 | (4/0/0) | Jānis Lūsis | ![]() |
1962–1974 | Javelin throw |
4 | (4/0/0) | Colin Jackson | ![]() |
1990–2002 | 110 m hurdles |
4 | (4/0/0) | Steve Backley | ![]() |
1990–2002 | Javelin throw |
4 | (4/0/0) | Mahiedine Mekhissi-Benabbad | ![]() |
2010–2018 | 3000 m steeplechase |
4 | (3/1/0) | Mohamed Farah | ![]() |
2006–2014 | 5000 m |
4 | (3/1/0) | Kevin Borlée | ![]() |
2010–2018 | 4 × 400 m |
4 | (3/0/1) | Adam Kszczot | ![]() |
2010–2018 | 800 m |
4 | (2/2/0) | Viktor Sanejev | ![]() |
1969–1978 | Triple jump |
4 | (0/3/1) | Gerd Kanter | ![]() |
2002–2016 | Discus throw |
4 | (0/2/2) | Alexander Kosenkow | ![]() |
2002–2014 | 4 × 100 m |
4 | (0/1/3) | Lothar Milde | ![]() ![]() |
1962–1971 | Discus throw |
No | G/S/B | Athlete | Country | Years | Event |
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5 | (5/0/0) | Sandra Perković | ![]() |
2010–2018 | Discus throw |
5 | (4/0/1) | Anita Włodarczyk | ![]() |
2010–2018 | Hammer throw |
4 | (4/0/0) | Nadezhda Chizhova | ![]() |
1966–1974 | Shot put |
4 | (4/0/0) | Heike Drechsler | ![]() ![]() |
1982–2002 | Long jump |
4 | (1/1/2) | Linda Stahl | ![]() |
2010–2016 | Javelin throw |
A total of 16 men and 11 women have at least 6 appearances. Updated after 2016 Championships.[5]
No | Name | Country | Years |
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7 | Zoltán Kővágó | ![]() |
1998–2018 |
Gerd Kanter | ![]() |
2002–2018 | |
David Söderberg | ![]() |
2002–2018 | |
Jesús España | ![]() |
2002–2018 | |
Marian Oprea | ![]() |
2002–2018 | |
6 | Abdon Pamich | ![]() |
1954–1971 |
Ludvík Danek | ![]() |
1962–1978 | |
Nenad Stekic | ![]() |
1969–1990 | |
Jesús Ángel García | ![]() |
1994–2014 | |
Virgilijus Alekna | ![]() |
1994–2014 | |
Dwain Chambers | ![]() |
1998–2014 | |
Nicola Vizzoni | ![]() |
1998–2014 | |
Serhiy Lebid | ![]() |
1998–2014 | |
Szymon Ziółkowski | ![]() |
1998–2014 | |
Gregory Sedoc | ![]() |
2002–2016 | |
Johan Wissman | ![]() |
2002–2016 |
No | Name | Country | Years |
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7 | Krisztina Papp | ![]() |
2002–2018 |
6 | Helena Fibingerová | ![]() |
1969–1986 |
Heike Drechsler | ![]() ![]() |
1982–2002 | |
Fernanda Ribeiro | ![]() |
1986–2010 | |
Felicia Tilea | ![]() |
1990–2010 | |
Mélina Robert-Michon | ![]() |
1998–2016 | |
Nuria Fernández | ![]() |
1998–2014 | |
Berta Castells | ![]() |
2002–2016 | |
Dana Velďáková | ![]() |
2002–2016 | |
Merja Korpela | ![]() |
2002–2016 | |
Ruth Beitia | ![]() |
2002–2016 |