1986 European Athletics Championships
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| 14th European Athletics Championships | |
|---|---|
 The logo of the 1986 European Athletics Championships | |
| Dates | 26 – 31 August |
| Host city | Stuttgart, Baden-Württemberg, West Germany |
| Venue | Neckarstadion |
| Level | Senior |
| Type | Outdoor |
| Events | 43 |
| Participation | 906 athletes from 31 nations |
The 14th European Athletics Championships were held from 26 to 31 August 1986 at the Neckarstadion, now known as MHPArena, in Stuttgart, a city in West Germany.
Contemporaneous reports were given in the Glasgow Herald.[1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9][10][11]
Men's results
[edit]Complete results were published.[12]
Track
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Field
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Women's results
[edit]Track
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Field
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| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High jump |
Stefka Kostadinova Bulgaria |
2.00 | Svetlana Isaeva-Leseva Bulgaria |
1.93 | Olga Turchak Soviet Union |
1.93 |
| Long jump |
Heike Drechsler East Germany |
7.27 | Galina Chistyakova Soviet Union |
7.09 | Helga Radtke East Germany |
6.89 |
| Shot put |
Heidi Krieger East Germany |
21.10 | Ines Müller East Germany |
20.81 | Natalya Akhrimenko Soviet Union |
20.68 |
| Discus throw |
Diana Sachse East Germany |
71.36 | Tsvetanka Khristova Bulgaria |
69.52 | Martina Opitz East Germany |
68.26 |
| Javelin throw |
Fatima Whitbread Great Britain |
76.32 | Petra Felke East Germany |
72.52 | Beate Peters West Germany |
68.04 |
| Heptathlon |
Anke Behmer East Germany |
6717 | Natalya Schubenkova Soviet Union |
6645 | Judy Simpson Great Britain |
6623 |
All the medals https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z1dLKh0aH1U&list=PLK1QYHf4OvhN6ydKbmo2wLecwCOef15SL
Medal table
[edit]* Host nation (West Germany)
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Soviet Union (URS) | 11 | 13 | 12 | 36 |
| 2 | East Germany (GDR) | 11 | 10 | 8 | 29 |
| 3 | Great Britain (GBR) | 8 | 2 | 5 | 15 |
| 4 | Bulgaria (BUL) | 3 | 4 | 1 | 8 |
| 5 |  Italy (ITA) | 2 | 6 | 2 | 10 |
| 6 | West Germany (FRG)* | 2 | 4 | 5 | 11 |
| 7 |  France (FRA) | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 8 |  Spain (ESP) | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 9 |  Czechoslovakia (TCH) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
 Norway (NOR) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
 Portugal (POR) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
 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 |
| Totals (17 entries) | 43 | 43 | 43 | 129 | |
Participation
[edit]According to an unofficial count, 878 athletes from 31 countries participated in the event, 28 athletes less than the official number of 906 as published.[13]
Austria (17)
Belgium (20)- Bulgaria (34)
Cyprus (6)- Czechoslovakia (29)
Denmark (17)- East Germany (65)
- Finland (31)
- France (59)
Gibraltar (1)
Greece (6)
Hungary (24)
Iceland (3)
Ireland (12)- Italy (47)
Liechtenstein (2)
Luxembourg (2)
Malta (1)- Netherlands (16)
- Norway (30)
- Poland (34)
- Portugal (21)
- Romania (16)
- Soviet Union (98)
- Spain (33)
- Sweden (49)
Switzerland (26)
Turkey (6)- United Kingdom (79)
- West Germany (82)
Yugoslavia (12)
See also
[edit]Notes
[edit]Differences to competition format since the 1982 European Championships:
- New events added:
- Women's 20 km walk replaces the 10 km walk .
- Women's 10 000m.
References
[edit]- ^ Cova loses, but Italians still celebrate treble, Glasgow Herald, August 27, 1986, p. 24, retrieved September 21, 2014
- ^ Gillon, Doug (August 27, 1986), Wells canters his way towards European final, Glasgow Herald, p. 24, retrieved September 21, 2014
- ^ Gillon, Doug (August 28, 1986), Triumphant Christie's tribute to Wells, Glasgow Herald, p. 22, retrieved September 21, 2014
- ^ Gillon, Doug (August 29, 1986), McKean's moment of glory, Glasgow Herald, p. 1, retrieved September 21, 2014
- ^ Gillon, Doug (August 29, 1986), Silver stunner from McKean - First medal treble for Britain as Scot splits Coe and Cram, Glasgow Herald, p. 28, retrieved September 21, 2014
- ^ Thompson silences Germans, Glasgow Herald, August 29, 1986, p. 28, retrieved September 21, 2014
- ^ Gillon, Doug (August 30, 1986), No medal - but Wells regains his self-respect, Glasgow Herald, p. 20, retrieved September 21, 2014
- ^ Whitbread and Black rewrite record book, Glasgow Herald, August 30, 1986, p. 20, retrieved September 21, 2014
- ^ Daley turns to coaches in pursuit of perfection, Glasgow Herald, August 30, 1986, p. 20, retrieved September 21, 2014
- ^ Gillon, Doug (September 1, 1986), Whittle unshod hero of Britain's relay triumph - Cram and Buckner add to record-equalling gold haul, Glasgow Herald, p. 7, retrieved September 21, 2014
- ^ Hurdles no barrier for Stepanova, Glasgow Herald, September 1, 1986, p. 7, retrieved September 21, 2014
- ^ European Athletics Championships Zürich 2014 - STATISTICS HANDBOOK (PDF), European Athletics Association, pp. 443–451, retrieved 13 August 2014
- ^ European Athletics Championships Zürich 2014 - STATISTICS HANDBOOK (PDF), European Athletics Association, p. 4, retrieved 13 August 2014
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