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1982 Athens 1990 Split All 29 editions

Europe Continental championships · since 1934

1986 European Champs

Stuttgart, Germany 26–31 Aug 1986

events: 43
medals awarded: 129
nations on the podium: 17
world records: 2

Podiums

Sprints

100m

wind -0.1

1

Linford Christie CR 10.15

2

Steffen Bringmann 10.20

3

Bruno Marie-Rose 10.21

Sprints

200m

wind 0.0

1

Vladimir Krylov 20.52

2

Jürgen Evers Competed under FRG (West Germany) 20.75

3

Andrey Fedoriv 20.84

Sprints

400m

1

Roger Black CRNR 44.59

2

Thomas Schönlebe 44.63

3

Mathias Schersing 44.85

Middle & long

800m

1

Sebastian Coe 1:44.50

2

Tom McKean 1:44.61

3

Steve Cram 1:44.88

Middle & long

1500m

1

Steve Cram 3:41.09

2

Sebastian Coe 3:41.67

3

Han Kulker 3:42.11

Middle & long

5000m

1

Jack Buckner CR 13:10.15

2

Stefano Mei 13:11.57

3

Tim Hutchings 13:12.88

Middle & long

10,000m

1

Stefano Mei 27:56.79

2

Alberto Cova 27:57.93

3

Salvatore Antibo 28:00.25

Road

Marathon

1

Gelindo Bordin CR 2:10:54

2

Orlando Pizzolato 2:10:57

3

Herbert Steffny Competed under FRG (West Germany) 2:11:30

Middle & long

3000m steeplechase

1

Hagen Melzer 8:16.65

2

Francesco Panetta 8:16.85

3

Patriz Ilg Competed under FRG (West Germany) 8:16.92

Hurdles

110m hurdles

wind +2.0

1

Stephane Caristan CR/NR in semi-finals too: 13.28 (0.9) CRNR 13.20

2

Arto Bryggare 13.42

3

Carles Sala 13.50

Hurdles

400m hurdles

1

Harald Schmid Competed under FRG (West Germany) 48.65

2

Aleksandr Vasilyev 48.76

3

Sven Nylander 49.38

Jumps

High jump

1

Igor Paklin CR 2.34

2

Sergey Malchenko 2.31

3

Carlo Thranhardt Competed under FRG (West Germany) 2.31

Jumps

Pole vault

1

Sergey Bubka CR 5.85

2

Vasiliy Bubka 5.75

3

Philippe Collet 5.75

Jumps

Long jump

1

Robert Emmiyan CR 8.41 0.0

2

Sergey Layevskiy 8.01 0.0

3

Giovanni Evangelisti 7.92 +0.2

Jumps

Triple jump

1

Khristo Markov CR 17.66 +1.9

2

Maris Bruziks 17.33 +1.1

3

Oleg Protsenko 17.28 +2.6

Throws

Shot put

1

Werner Günthör CRNR 22.22

2

Ulf Timmermann 21.84

3

Udo Beyer 20.74

Throws

Discus throw

1

Romas Ubartas 67.08

2

Georgiy Kolnootchenko 67.02

3

Vaclavas Kidykas 66.32

Throws

Hammer throw

1

Yuriy Sedykh WR 86.74

2

Sergey Litvinov 85.74

3

Igor Nikulin 82.00

Throws

Javelin throw

1

Klaus Tafelmeier New system javelin / Competed under FRG (West Germany) CR 84.76

2

Detlef Michel New system javelin 81.90

3

Viktor Yevsyukov New system javelin 81.80

Race walks

20 km race walk

1

Jozef Pribilinec Competed under TCH (Czechoslovakia) CR 1:21:15

2

Maurizio Damilano 1:21:17

3

Miguel Angel Prieto 1:21:36

Race walks

50 km race walk

1

Hartwig Gauder CR 3:40:55

2

Vyacheslav Ivanenko 3:41:51

3

Valeriy Suntsov 3:42:38

Combined

Decathlon

1

Daley Thompson CR 8811

2

Jürgen Hingsen Competed under FRG (West Germany) 8730

3

Siegfried Wentz Competed under FRG (West Germany) 8676

Relays

4x100m

1

Soviet Union

Aleksandr Yevgenyev Nikolay Yushmanov Vladimir Muravyov Viktor Bryzgin Andrey Shlyapnikov

CR 38.29

2

Germany DR (1949-89)

Thomas Schroder Steffen Bringmann Olaf Prenzler Frank Emmelmann

38.64

3

Great Britain & NI

Elliot Bunney Daley Thompson Mike McFarlane Linford Christie

38.71

Relays

4x400m

1

Great Britain & NI

Derek Redmond Kriss Akabusi Brian Whittle Roger Black Phil Brown

CR 2:59.84

2

Germany

Klaus Just Edgar Itt Harald Schmid Ralf Lübke Jörg Vaihinger

NR 3:00.17

3

Soviet Union

Vladimir Prosin Vladimir Krylov Arkadiy Kornilov Aleksandr Kurochkin Vladimir Volodko

3:00.47

Medal table

17 nations · 129 medals

#	Nation				Total	Share
1	Soviet Union URS	11	13	12	36
2	Germany DR (1949-89) GDR	11	10	8	29
3	Great Britain & NI GBR	8	2	5	15
4	Bulgaria BUL	3	4	1	8
5	Italy ITA	2	6	2	10
6	Germany GER	2	4	5	11
7	France FRA	1	1	2	4
8	Spain ESP	1	0	2	3
9	Czech Republic CZE	1	0	0	1
10	Norway NOR	1	0	0	1
11	Portugal POR	1	0	0	1
12	Switzerland SUI	1	0	0	1
13	Sweden SWE	0	1	2	3
14	Romania ROU	0	1	1	2
15	Finland FIN	0	1	0	1
16	Netherlands NED	0	0	2	2
17	Poland POL	0	0	1	1

Records set

2 WR · 26 CR · 1 AR

WR Yuriy Sedykh Hammer throw · Men 86.74
WR Marina Stepanova 400m hurdles · Women 53.32
CR Linford Christie 100m · Men 10.15
CR Roger Black 400m · Men 44.59
CR Jack Buckner 5000m · Men 13:10.15
CR Gelindo Bordin Marathon · Men 2:10:54
CR Stephane Caristan 110m hurdles · Men 13.20
CR Igor Paklin High jump · Men 2.34
CR Sergey Bubka Pole vault · Men 5.85
CR Robert Emmiyan Long jump · Men 8.41
CR Khristo Markov Triple jump · Men 17.66
CR Werner Günthör Shot put · Men 22.22
CR Klaus Tafelmeier Javelin throw · Men 84.76
CR Jozef Pribilinec 20 km race walk · Men 1:21:15
CR Hartwig Gauder 50 km race walk · Men 3:40:55
CR Daley Thompson Decathlon · Men 8811
CR Soviet Union 4x100m · Men 38.29
CR Great Britain & NI 4x400m · Men 2:59.84
CR Marlies Göhr 100m · Women 10.91
AR Heike Drechsler 200m · Women 21.71
CR Heike Drechsler 200m · Women 21.71
CR Ingrid Kristiansen 10,000m · Women 30:23.25
CR Rosa Mota Marathon · Women 2:28:38
CR Yordanka Donkova 100m hurdles · Women 12.38
CR Diana Gansky Discus throw · Women 71.36
CR Mari Cruz Diaz 10 km race walk · Women 46:09
CR Anke Behmer Heptathlon · Women 6717
CR Germany DR (1949-89) 4x100m · Women 41.84
CR Germany DR (1949-89) 4x400m · Women 3:16.87