List of European Athletics Championships records
The European Athletics Championships is a quadrennial event which began in 1934. European Athletics accepts only athletes who are representing one of the organisation's European member states and the body recognises records set at editions of the European Athletics Championships. The Championships records in athletics are the best marks set in competitions at the event. The athletics events at the Championships are divided into four groups: track events (including sprints, middle- and long-distance running, hurdling and relays), field events (including javelin, discus, hammer, pole vault, long and triple jumps), road events and combined events (the heptathlon and decathlon).
Great Britain's athletes holds the greatest number of records at the Championships with a total of ten, followed by Russia (9), Germany (7), and Spain (4). Marita Koch and Heike Drechsler each hold multiple records, Koch having broken both the 400 metres record as an individual and as part of the East German relay team and Drechsler holding the records for both long jump and 200 m. World records have been set at the Championships: the French 4×100 metres relay team ran a world record 37.79 seconds at the 1990 Championships. Several athletics events no longer take place at the Championships and thus the events are deemed defunct, and their records unchallengeable.
No records were broken at the 2012 European Athletics Championships – the first time in the history of the event. The next edition takes place between in August 2014 in Zürich.
Contents
Men's records
Statistics are correct as of 19 August 2014
Women's records
Statistics are correct as of 19 August 2014
Statistics
Totals
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World records
Records in defunct events
Men's events
Event | Record | Name | Nation | Date | Venue | Ref |
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10,000 m walk (track) | 45:01.8 | Josef Doležal | Czechoslovakia | 1954 | 1954 Berne ( ) |
Women's events
Event | Record | Name | Nation | Date | Venue | Ref |
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3000 m | 8:30.28 | Svetlana Ulmasova | Soviet Union | 9 September 1982 | 1982 Athens ( ) |
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10 km walk (road) | 42:37 | Sari Essayah | Finland | 9 August 1994 | 1994 Helsinki ( ) |
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80 m hurdles | 10.6 | Teresa Ciepły | Poland | 1962 | 1962 Belgrade ( ) |
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Javelin throw (Old design) | 77.44 m | Fatima Whitbread | Great Britain | 1986 | 1986 Stuttgart ( ) |
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Pentathlon | 5299 pts | Heide Rosendahl | West Germany | 1971 | 1971 Helsinki ( ) |
References
General
- European Championships Best Performances Men. European Athletics (archived). Retrieved on 2009-07-13.
- European Championships Best Performances Women. European Athletics (archived). Retrieved on 2009-07-13.
- European Championships (Men). GBR Athletics. Retrieved on 2014-01-04.
- European Championships (Women). GBR Athletics. Retrieved on 2014-01-04.
Specific
- ↑ 400 metres hurdles All Time. IAAF (2009-05-09). Retrieved on 2009-07-13.
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