2014 European Athletics Championships

22nd European Athletics Championships
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Host city	Zürich, Switzerland
Date(s)	12–17 August
Main stadium	Letzigrund
Level	Senior
Type	Outdoor
Participation	1,439 athletes from 50 nations
Events	47
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The 2014 European Athletics Championships was held in Zürich, Switzerland, between 12–17 August 2014. It was the first time that Switzerland had hosted the European Athletics Championships since 1954.

Great Britain headed the medal table, with 12 gold medals, comfortably their best return from a European championships, despite winning only one field event medal. France, second on gold medals won with 9, were equal top with Great Britain on medals won, 23, only one ahead of Russia's 22.

Event schedule

H

Heats

Q

Qualifiers

½

Semi-finals

F

Final

Men

Date →	12		13			14			15		16		17
Event ↓	M	A	M	A		M	A		M	A	M	A	M	A
100 m		H		½	F
200 m						H	½			F
400 m	H			½						F
800 m	H			½						F
1500 m									H					F
5000 m									H					F
10,000 m				F
Marathon													F
110 m hurdles			H				½	F
400 m hurdles	H			½						F
3000 m steeplechase	H						F
4 × 100 m relay												H		F
4 × 400 m relay												H		F
20 km walk			F
50 km walk									F
Long jump										Q				F
Triple jump	Q						F
High jump			Q							F
Pole vault						Q						F
Shot put	Q	F
Discus throw		Q		F
Hammer throw						Q						F
Javelin throw							Q							F
Decathlon	F

Women

Date	12		13			14		15		16		17
Event ↓	M	A	M	A		M	A	M	A	M	A	M	A
100 m	H			½	F
200 m						H	½		F
400 m		H		½					F
800 m			H				½				F
1500 m	H								F
5000 m						H					F
10,000 m		F
Marathon										F
100 m hurdles	H	½		F
400 m hurdles			H				½				F
3000 m steeplechase								H					F
4 × 100 m relay											H		F
4 × 400 m relay											H		F
20 km walk						F
—
Long jump		Q		F
Triple jump				Q							F
High jump								Q					F
Pole vault	Q						F
Shot put								Q					F
Discus throw								Q			F
Hammer throw			Q						F
Javelin throw	Q						F
Heptathlon						F

Results

Men

Track

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 metres	Template:FlagATHCHathlete	10.06	Template:FlagATHCHathlete	10.13	Template:FlagATHCHathlete	10.22
200 metres	Template:FlagATHCHathlete	19.98 EL	Template:FlagATHCHathlete	20.15	Template:FlagATHCHathlete	20.30 PB
400 metres	Template:FlagATHCHathlete	44.71 EL	Template:FlagATHCHathlete	44.75 PB	Template:FlagATHCHathlete	45.27 NR
800 metres	Template:FlagATHCHathlete	1:44.15 SB	Template:FlagATHCHathlete	1:44.89 PB	Template:FlagATHCHathlete	1:45.03 =SB
1500 metres	Template:FlagATHCHathlete	3:45.60	Template:FlagATHCHathlete	3:46.10	Template:FlagATHCHathlete	3:46.18
5000 metres	Template:FlagATHCHathlete	14:05.82	Template:FlagATHCHathlete	14:08.32	Template:FlagATHCHathlete	14:09.48
10,000 metres	Template:FlagATHCHathlete	28:08.11	Template:FlagATHCHathlete	28:08.66 SB	Template:FlagATHCHathlete	28:08.72 PB
Marathon	Template:FlagATHCHathlete	2:11:08	Template:FlagATHCHathlete	2:12:00	Template:FlagATHCHathlete	2:12:15
110 metres hurdles	Template:FlagATHCHathlete	13.19	Template:FlagATHCHathlete	13.27	Template:FlagATHCHathlete	13.29
400 metres hurdles	Template:FlagATHCHathlete	48.96	Template:FlagATHCHathlete	49.06	Template:FlagATHCHathlete	49.16
3000 metres steeplechase	Template:FlagATHCHathlete	8:26.66	Template:FlagATHCHathlete	8:27.11	Template:FlagATHCHathlete	8:29.16
4 × 100 metres relay	Template:FlagATHCHathlete Adam Gemili Richard Kilty Harry Aikines-Aryeetey James Ellington Daniel Talbot*	37.93 EL	Template:FlagATHCHathlete Julian Reus Sven Knipphals Alexander Kosenkow Lucas Jakubczyk	38.09 SB	Template:FlagATHCHathlete Pierre Vincent Christophe Lemaitre Teddy Tinmar Ben Bassaw	38.47
4 × 400 metres relay	Template:FlagATHCHathlete Martyn Rooney Michael Bingham Conrad Williams Matthew Hudson-Smith Nigel Levine* Rabah Yousif*	2:58.79 EL	Template:FlagATHCHathlete Maksim Dyldin Pavel Ivashko Nikita Uglov Vladimir Krasnov Pavel Trenikhin*	2:59.38 SB	Template:FlagATHCHathlete Rafał Omelko Kacper Kozłowski Łukasz Krawczuk Jakub Krzewina Michał Pietrzak* Andrzej Jaros*	2:59.85 SB
20 kilometres walk	Template:FlagATHCHathlete	1:19:44	Template:FlagATHCHathlete	1:19:45 PB	Template:FlagATHCHathlete	1:19:46 PB
50 kilometres walk	Template:FlagATHCHathlete	3:32:33 WR	Template:FlagATHCHathlete	3:36:21 NR	Template:FlagATHCHathlete	3:37:41
WR world record | ER European record | CR championship record | NR national record | WL world leading | EL European leading | PB personal best | SB seasonal best

(*) Heat only.

^a In the 3000m steeplechase, Mahiedine Mekhissi-Benabbad of France won the race, but he was later disqualified after he took off his shirt while running down the home straight. Yoann Kowal (France) was then awarded gold, Krystian Zalewski (Poland) silver and Angel Mullera (Spain) bronze.

Field

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
High jump	Template:FlagATHCHathlete	2.35	Template:FlagATHCHathlete	2.33	Template:FlagATHCHathlete	2.30
Pole vault	Template:FlagATHCHathlete	5.90	Template:FlagATHCHathlete	5.70	Template:FlagATHCHathlete Template:FlagATHCHathlete	5.70
Long jump	Template:FlagATHCHathlete	8.29	Template:FlagATHCHathlete	8.15	Template:FlagATHCHathlete	8.14
Triple jump	Template:FlagATHCHathlete	17.46 EL	Template:FlagATHCHathlete	17.09	Template:FlagATHCHathlete	17.04
Shot put	Template:FlagATHCHathlete	21.41	Template:FlagATHCHathlete	20.86	Template:FlagATHCHathlete	20.83
Discus throw	Template:FlagATHCHathlete	66.07	Template:FlagATHCHathlete	64.75	Template:FlagATHCHathlete	63.81
Javelin throw	Template:FlagATHCHathlete	88.01 EL, PB	Template:FlagATHCHathlete	84.79	Template:FlagATHCHathlete	84.40
Hammer throw	Template:FlagATHCHathlete	82.69 WL, PB	Template:FlagATHCHathlete	82.05	Template:FlagATHCHathlete	79.35 SB
Decathlon	Template:FlagATHCHathlete	8616 WL	Template:FlagATHCHathlete	8521 PB	Template:FlagATHCHathlete	8498 PB
WR world record | ER European record | CR championship record | NR national record | WL world leading | EL European leading | PB personal best | SB seasonal best

Women

Track

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 metres	Template:FlagATHCHathlete	11.12	Template:FlagATHCHathlete	11.16	Template:FlagATHCHathlete	11.22
200 metres	Template:FlagATHCHathlete	22.03 WL, NR	Template:FlagATHCHathlete	22.46 PB	Template:FlagATHCHathlete	22.58
400 metres	Template:FlagATHCHathlete	51.10	Template:FlagATHCHathlete	51.36	Template:FlagATHCHathlete	51.38 SB
800 metres	Template:FlagATHCHathlete	1:58.15 EL	Template:FlagATHCHathlete	1:58.80 PB	Template:FlagATHCHathlete	1:59.63 PB
1500 metres	Template:FlagATHCHathlete	4:04.18	Template:FlagATHCHathlete	4:05.08	Template:FlagATHCHathlete	4:06.32
5000 metres	Template:FlagATHCHathlete	15:31.39	Template:FlagATHCHathlete	15:31.79	Template:FlagATHCHathlete	15:32.82
10,000 metres	Template:FlagATHCHathlete	32:22.39	Template:FlagATHCHathlete	32:23.58	Template:FlagATHCHathlete	32:26.03 PB
Marathon	Template:FlagATHCHathlete	2:25:14 CR	Template:FlagATHCHathlete	2:25:27	Template:FlagATHCHathlete	2:25:41
100 metres hurdles	Template:FlagATHCHathlete	12.76	Template:FlagATHCHathlete	12.79	Template:FlagATHCHathlete	12.82 PB
400 metres hurdles	Template:FlagATHCHathlete	54.48	Template:FlagATHCHathlete	54.56 PB	Template:FlagATHCHathlete	54.60 SB
3000 metres steeplechase	Template:FlagATHCHathlete	9:29:43 SB	Template:FlagATHCHathlete	9:30:16	Template:FlagATHCHathlete	9:30:70 PB
4 × 100 metres relay	Template:FlagATHCHathlete Asha Philip Ashleigh Nelson Jodie Williams Desiree Henry Anyika Onuora*	42.24 EL NR	Template:FlagATHCHathlete Céline Distel-Bonnet Ayodelé Ikuesan Myriam Soumaré Stella Akakpo	42.45	Template:FlagATHCHathlete Marina Panteleyeva Natalia Rusakova Kristina Sivkova Yelizaveta Savlinis Yekaterina Vukolova*	43.22 SB
4 × 400 metres relay	Template:FlagATHCHathlete Marie Gayot Muriel Hurtis-Houairi Agnès Raharolahy Floria Guei Estelle Perrossier* Phara Anacharsis*	3:24.27 EL	Template:FlagATHCHathlete Nataliya Pyhyda Hrystyna Stuy Hanna Ryzhykova Olha Zemlyak Daryna Prystupa* Olha Lyakhova*	3:24.32 SB	Template:FlagATHCHathlete Eilidh Child Kelly Massey Shana Cox Margaret Adeoye Emily Diamond* Victoria Ohuruogu*	3:24.34 SB
20 kilometres walk	Template:FlagATHCHathlete	1:27:56	Template:FlagATHCHathlete	1:28:07	Template:FlagATHCHathlete	1:28:08 NR
WR world record | ER European record | CR championship record | NR national record | WL world leading | EL European leading | PB personal best | SB seasonal best

(*) Heat only.

Field

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
High jump	Template:FlagATHCHathlete	2.01 WL	Template:FlagATHCHathlete	1.99	Template:FlagATHCHathlete	1.99 PB
Pole vault	Template:FlagATHCHathlete	4.65	Template:FlagATHCHathlete	4.60	Template:FlagATHCHathlete	4.60
Long jump	Template:FlagATHCHathlete	6.85	Template:FlagATHCHathlete	6.81	Template:FlagATHCHathlete	6.65
Triple jump	Template:FlagATHCHathlete	14.73 SB	Template:FlagATHCHathlete	14.69	Template:FlagATHCHathlete	14.46 SB
Shot put	Template:FlagATHCHathlete	19.90	Template:FlagATHCHathlete	19.39 SB	Template:FlagATHCHathlete	19.04 NR
Discus throw	Template:FlagATHCHathlete	71.08 WL, NR	Template:FlagATHCHathlete	65.33	Template:FlagATHCHathlete	64.33
Javelin throw	Template:FlagATHCHathlete	64.41	Template:FlagATHCHathlete	64.21 NR	Template:FlagATHCHathlete	63.91
Hammer throw	Template:FlagATHCHathlete	78.76 WL, CR, NR	Template:FlagATHCHathlete	74.66	Template:FlagATHCHathlete	73.67
Heptathlon	Template:FlagATHCHathlete	6551 SB	Template:FlagATHCHathlete	6498	Template:FlagATHCHathlete	6423
WR world record | ER European record | CR championship record | NR national record | WL world leading | EL European leading | PB personal best | SB seasonal best

Medal table

      Host nation

Dafne Schippers won the women's 100 and 200 metres

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Great Britain	12	5	6	23
2	France	9	8	6	23
3	Germany	4	1	3	8
4	Russia	3	6	13	22
5	Netherlands	3	2	1	6
6	Poland	2	5	5	12
7	Ukraine	2	5	1	8
8	Spain	2	1	3	6
9	Italy	2	1	0	3
10	Belarus	2	0	0	2
11	Sweden	1	2	0	3
12	Czech Republic	1	1	2	4
13	Croatia	1	0	1	2
13	Finland	1	0	1	2
13	Hungary	1	0	1	2
16	Switzerland	1	0	0	1
17	Estonia	0	2	0	2
17	Greece	0	2	0	2
17	Serbia	0	2	0	2
17	Slovakia	0	2	0	2
21	Azerbaijan	0	1	0	1
21	Norway	0	1	0	1
23	Belgium	0	0	1	1
23	Ireland	0	0	1	1
23	Israel	0	0	1	1
23	Portugal	0	0	1	1
23	Turkey	0	0	1	1
	Total	47	47	48	142

Participating nations

Athletes from a total of 50 member federations of the European Athletics Association are competing at these Championships.

• Albania (ALB) (2)
• Andorra (AND) (2)
• Armenia (ARM) (3)
• Austria (AUT) (13)
• Azerbaijan (AZE) (2)
• Belarus (BLR) (29)
• Belgium (BEL) (35)
• Bosnia and Herzegovina (BIH) (4)
• Bulgaria (BUL) (22)
• Croatia (CRO) (23)
• Cyprus (CYP) (7)
• Czech Republic (CZE) (42)
• Denmark (DEN) (14)
• Estonia (EST) (26)
• Finland (FIN) (36)
• France (FRA) (57)
• Georgia (GEO) (3)
• Germany (GER) (93)
• Gibraltar (GIB) (3)
• Great Britain (GBR) (74)
• Greece (GRE) (26)
• Hungary (HUN) (27)
• Iceland (ISL) (5)
• Ireland (IRL) (25)
• Israel (ISR) (10)
• Italy (ITA) (78)
• Latvia (LAT) (26)
• Liechtenstein (LIE) (1)
• Lithuania (LTU) (35)
• Luxembourg (LUX) (4)
• Macedonia (MKD) (2)
• Malta (MLT) (2)
• Moldova (MDA) (3)
• Monaco (MON) (1)
• Montenegro (MNE) (1)
• Netherlands (NED) (43)
• Norway (NOR) (40)
• Poland (POL) (62)
• Portugal (POR) (44)
• Romania (ROU) (20)
• Russia (RUS) (93)
• San Marino (SMR) (2)
• Serbia (SRB) (11)
• Slovakia (SVK) (25)
• Slovenia (SLO) (15)
• Spain (ESP) (74)
• Sweden (SWE) (60)
• Switzerland (SUI) (53) (host)
• Turkey (TUR) (29)
• Ukraine (UKR) (70)

See also

• 2014 African Championships in Athletics

External links

• Official website

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