Europe Continental championships · since 1934 
Athens, Greece 16–21 Sep 1969
1969 European Champs
Athens, Greece 16–21 Sep 1969- events
- 38
- medals awarded
- 114
- nations on the podium
- 21
- world records
- 7
Podiums
200m
400m
800m
1500m
5000m
10,000m
Marathon
3000m steeplechase
110m hurdles
wind 0.0400m hurdles
High jump
Pole vault
Long jump
Triple jump
Shot put
Discus throw
Hammer throw
Javelin throw
20 km race walk
50 km race walk
Decathlon
4x100m
4x400m
GermanyMedal table
21 nations · 114 medals| # | Nation | Total | Share | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Germany DR (1949-89) GDR | 11 | 7 | 7 | 25 | |
| 2 |  Soviet Union URS | 9 | 7 | 8 | 24 | |
| 3 |  Great Britain & NI GBR | 6 | 4 | 7 | 17 | |
| 4 |  France FRA | 3 | 4 | 0 | 7 | |
| 5 |  Czech Republic CZE | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | |
| 6 |  Poland POL | 2 | 0 | 5 | 7 | |
| 7 |  Hungary HUN | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | |
| 8 |  Switzerland SUI | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | |
| 9 |  Italy ITA | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 | |
| 10 |  Austria AUT | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
| 11 |  Bulgaria BUL | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 12 |  Finland FIN | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
Netherlands 
Denmark 
Yugoslavia SR 
Norway Records set
7 WR · 25 CR- WR Anatoliy Bondarchuk Hammer throw · Men 74.68
- WR= Nicole Duclos 400m · Women 51.7
- WR= Colette Besson 400m · Women 51.7
- WR Jaroslava Jehlickova 1500m · Women 4:10.7
- WR Nadezhda Chizhova Shot put · Women 20.43
- WR Great Britain & NI 4x400m · Women 3:30.82
- WR France 4x400m · Women 3:30.85
- CR Philippe Clerc 200m · Men 20.70
- CR Jan Werner 400m · Men 45.7
- CR= Dieter Fromm 800m · Men 1:45.9
- CR John Whetton 1500m · Men 3:39.4
- CR Mikhail Zhelev 3000m steeplechase · Men 8:25.0
- CR Eddy Ottoz 110m hurdles · Men 13.59
- CR Wolfgang Nordwig Pole vault · Men 5.30
- CR* Viktor Saneyev Triple jump · Men 17.34
- CR Dieter Hoffmann Shot put · Men 20.12
- CR Hartmut Losch Discus throw · Men 61.82
- CR* Reinhard Theimer Hammer throw · Men 72.02
- CR Janis Lusis Javelin throw · Men 91.52
- CR Christoph Höhne 50 km race walk · Men 4:12:33
- CR Joachim Kirst Decathlon · Men 8041
- CR France 4x100m · Men 38.8
- CR France 4x400m · Men 3.02.3
- CR Lillian Board 800m · Women 2:01.4
- CR Karin Balzer 100m hurdles · Women 13.29
- CR= Miloslava Rezkova High jump · Women 1.83
- CR= Antonina Okorokova-Lazareva High jump · Women 1.83
- CR= Maria Mracnova High jump · Women 1.83
- CR Tamara Danilova Discus throw · Women 59.28
- CR Angela Ranky-Nemeth Javelin throw · Women 59.76
- CR Liese Prokop Pentathlon · Women 4419
- CR Germany DR (1949-89) 4x100m · Women 43.61