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Europe Continental championships · since 1966

1968 European Indoor Games

Madrid, Spain 9–10 Mar 1968

events: 23
medals awarded: 66
nations on the podium: 13
world record: 1

Podiums

Sprints

50m

1

Jobst Hirscht Competed under FRG (West Germany) 5.77 i

2

Bob Frith 50 metres 5.83 i

3

Günther Gollos 50 metres 5.83 i

Sprints

400m

1

Andrzej Badenski WB 47.09 i

2

Aleksandr Bratchikov 47.3 i

3

Jan Balachowski 47.3 i

Middle & long

800m

1

Noel Carroll 1:56.66 i

2

Alberto Esteban 1:57.7 i

3

Sergey Kryuchok 1:58.1 i

Middle & long

1500m

1

John Whetton 3:50.99 i

2

Jose Maria Morera 3:51.7 i

3

Igor Potapchenko 3:51.9 i

Middle & long

3000m

1

Viktor Kudinskiy 8:10.37 i

2

Bernd Diessner 8:11.8 i

3

Wolfgang Zur Competed under FRG (West Germany) 8:11.8 i

Hurdles

50m hurdles

1

Eddy Ottoz 50m hurdles 6.57 i

2

Günther Nickel Competed under FRG (West Germany) 6.68 i

3

Milan Kotik Competed under TCH (Czechoslovakia) 6.73 i

Jumps

High jump

1

Valeriy Skvortsov 2.17 i

2

Valentin Gavrilov 2.17 i

3

Kenneth Lundmark 2.14 i

Jumps

Pole vault

1

Wolfgang Nordwig 5.20 i

2

Gennadiy Bliznetsov 5.10 i

3

Jorge Milack 5.00 i

Jumps

Long jump

1

Igor Ter-Ovanesyan 8.16 i

2

Tonu Lepik 7.87 i

3

Bernhard Stierle Competed under FRG (West Germany) 7.59 i

Jumps

Triple jump

1

Nikolay Dudkin 16.71 i

2

Viktor Saneyev 16.69 i

3

Luis Felipe Areta 16.47 i

Throws

Shot put

1

Heinfried Birlenbach Competed under FRG (West Germany) 18.65 i

2

Wladyslaw Komar 18.40 i

3

Nikolay Karasyov 18.35 i

Relays

4x4 laps

1

Poland

Waldemar Korycki Jan Balachowski Jan Werner Andrzej Badenski

2.48.9 i

2

Germany

Horst Daverkausen Peter Bernreuther Ingo Roper Martin Jellinghaus

2.49.7 i

3

Soviet Union

Boris Savchuk Vasiliy Anisimov Sergey Abalikhin Aleksandr Bratchikov

2.51.1 i

Relays

Medley relay

1

Soviet Union

Aleksandr Lebedev Boris Savchuk Igor Potapchenko Sergey Kryuchok

3.52.2 i

2

Poland

Marian Dudziak Waldemar Korycki Andrzej Badenski Edmund Borowski

3.54.6 i

3

Spain

Jose Luis Sanchez Ramon Magarinos Alfonso Gabernet Jose Maria Reina

4.02.8 i

Middle & long

3x1000m

1

Soviet Union

Mikhail Zhelobovskiy Oleg Rayko Anatoliy Verlan

7:13.6 i

2

Spain

Alberto Esteban Enrique Bondia Virgilio Gonzalez

7:23.6 i

3

Czech Republic

Pavel Hruska Jan Kasal Miroslav Juza

7:40.2 i

Medal table

13 nations · 66 medals

#	Nation				Total	Share
1	Soviet Union URS	9	6	8	23
2	Germany DR (1949-89) GDR	4	4	3	11
3	Germany GER	3	4	3	10
4	Poland POL	2	2	1	5
5	Great Britain & NI GBR	1	1	0	2
6	France FRA	1	0	0	1
7	Ireland IRL	1	0	0	1
8	Italy ITA	1	0	0	1
9	Norway NOR	1	0	0	1
10	Spain ESP	0	3	2	5
11	Czech Republic CZE	0	1	2	3
12	Romania ROU	0	1	1	2
13	Sweden SWE	0	0	1	1

Records set

1 WB · 4 CR

WB Andrzej Badenski 400m · Men 47.09
CR Natalya Chistyakova 400m · Women 55.29
CR Karin Burneleit 800m · Women 2:07.65
CR Rita Kirst High jump · Women 1.84
CR Nadezhda Chizhova Shot put · Women 18.18