European Championships in Athletics

The European Championships in Athletics is an event organized by the European Athletic Association. It is organised every four years, the same year as the Commonwealth Games and between the summer Olympic Games cycle.

	Year	City	Date	Venue
1	1934	Turin	7- 9 September	Comunale Stadium
2	1938	Paris	3 - 5 September	Colombes Stadium
3	1946	Oslo	22 - 25 August	Bislett Stadium
4	1950	Brussels	23 - 27 August	Heyzel Stadium
5	1954	Berne	25 - 29 August
6	1958	Stockholm	19- 24 August	Olympic Stadium
7	1962	Belgrade	12- 16 September	Partizan Stadium
8	1966	Budapest	30 August - 4 September	Nep Stadium
9	1969	Athens	16 - 21 September	Karaïskákis Stadium
10	1971	Helsinki	10 - 15 August	Olympic Stadium
11	1974	Rome	2 - 8 September	Olympic Stadium
12	1978	Prague	29 August - 3 September	Stadion Evžena Rošického
13	1982	Athens	3 - 9 September	Olympic Stadium
14	1986	Stuttgart	29 August - 3 September	Gottlieb Daimler Stadium
15	1990	Split	26 August - 2 September	Poljud Stadium
16	1994	Helsinki	7-14 August	Olympic Stadium
17	1998	Budapest	18-23 August	Nep Stadium
18	2002	Munich	6-11 August	Olympic Stadium
19	2006	Gothenburg	7-13 August	Ullevi

(as at 01 January 2003)

Event	Record	Athlete	Country	Venue	Date	Year
100 m	10.04	Darren Campbell	GBR	Budapest	19 August	1998
200 m	19.85	Konstantinos Kenteris	GRE	München	9 August	2002
400 m	44.52	Iwan Thomas	GBR	Budapest	21 August	1998
800 m	1:43.84	Olaf Beyer	GDR	Prague	31 August	1978
1500 m	3:35.27	Fermin Cacho	ESP	Helsinki	9 August	1994
5000 m	13:10.15	Jack Buckner	GBR	Stuttgart	31 August	1986
10 000 m	27:30.99	Martti Vainio	FIN	Prague	29 August	1978
3000 m St.	8:12.66	Francesco Panetta	ITA	Split	30 August	1990
110 m H	13:02	Colin Jackson	GBR	Budapest	22 August	1998
400 m H	47.48	Harald Schmid	FRG	Athinai	8 September	1982
4 x 100 m	37.79	Moriniere, Sangouma, Trouabal, Marie-Rose	FRA	Split	1 September	1990
4 x 400 m	2:58.22	Sanders, Akabusi, Regis, Black	GBR	Split	1 September	1990
Marathon	2:10:31	Martin Fiz	ESP	Helsinki	14 August	1994
20 km walk	1:18:37	Francisco Fernandez	ESP	München	6 August	2002
50 km walk	3:36:39	Robert Korzeniowski	POL	München	8 August	2002

Event	Record	Athlete	Country	Venue	Date	Year
High Jump	2.35	Steinar Hoen	NOR	Helsinki	9 August	1994
Pole Vault	6.00	Radion Gataulin	RUS	Helsinki	11 August	1994
Long Jump	8.41	Robert Emmiyan	URS	Stuttgart	29 August	1986
Triple Jump	17.99	Jonathan Edwards	GBR	Budapest	23 August	1998
Shot Put	22.22	Werner Günthör	SUI	Stuttgart	28 August	1986
Discus	68.83	Robert Fazekas	HUN	München	11 August	2002
Hammer	86.74	Yuriy Sedykh	URS	Stuttgart	30 August	1986
Javelin	89.72	Steve Backley	GBR	Budapest	23 August	1998
Decathlon	8811	Daley Thompson	GBR	Stuttgart	28 August	1986

Event	Record	Athlete	Country	Venue	Date	Year
100 m	10.73	Christine Arron	FRA	Budapest	19 August	1998
200 m	21.71	Heike Drechsler	GDR	Stuttgart	29 August	1986
400 m	48.16	Marita Koch	GDR	Athinai	8 September	1982
800 m	1:55.41	Olga Mineyeva	URS	Athinai	8 September	1982
1500 m	3:57.80	Olga Dvirna	URS	Athinai	11 September	1982
3000 m	8:30.28	Svetlana Ulmasova	URS	Athinai	9 September	1982
5000 m	15:06.50	Sonia O'Sullivan	IRL	Budapest	23 August	1998
10 000 m	30:01.09	Paula Radcliffe	GBR	München	6 August	2002
100 m H	12.38	Yordanka Donkova	BUL	Stuttgart	29 August	1986
400 m H	53.32	Marina Stepanova	URS	Stuttgart	30 August	1986
4 x 100 m	41.68	Möller, Krabbe, Behrendt, Gunther	GDR	Split	1 September	1990
4 x 400 m	3:16.87	Emmelmann, Busch, Müller, Koch	GDR	Stuttgart	31 August	1986
Marathon	2:26:05	Maria Guida	ITA	München	10 August	2002
10 km walk	42:37	Sari Essayah	FIN	Helsinki	9 August	1994
20 km walk	1:26:42	Olimpiada Ivanova	RUS	München	7 August	2002

Event	Record	Athlete	Country	Venue	Date	Year
High Jump	2.02	Ulrike Meyfarth	FRG	Athinai	8 September	1982
Pole Vault	4.60	Svetlana Feofanova	RUS	München	9 August	2002
Long Jump	7.30	Heike Drechsler	GDR	Split	28 August	1990
Triple Jump	14.89	Anna Biryukova	RUS	Helsinki	8 August	1994
Shot Put	21.69	Vita Pavlysh	UKR	Budapest	20 August	1998
Discus	71.36	Diana Sachse	GDR	Stuttgart	28 August	1986
Hammer	72.94	Olga Kuzenkova	RUS	München	9 August	2002
Javelin	67.47	Mirela Manjani	GRE	München	8 August	2002
(old Javelin)	77.44	Fatima Whitbread	GBR	Stuttgart	28 August	1986
Heptathlon	6717	Anke Behmer	GDR	Stuttgart	30 August	1986

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