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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.
| 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 |
Contemporaneous reports were given in the Glasgow Herald.[1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9][10][11]
Men's results
editComplete results were published.[12]
Track
edit1978 | 1982 | 1986 | 1990 | 1994
Field
edit1978 | 1982 | 1986 | 1990 | 1994
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High jump | Igor Paklin Soviet Union | 2.34 | Sergey Malchenko Soviet Union | 2.31 | Carlo Thränhardt West Germany | 2.31 |
| Long jump | Robert Emmiyan Soviet Union | 8.41 | Sergey Layevskiy Soviet Union | 8.01 | Giovanni Evangelisti Italy | 7.92 |
| Pole vault | Sergey Bubka Soviet Union | 5.85 | Vasiliy Bubka Soviet Union | 5.75 | Philippe Collet France | 5.75 |
| Triple jump | Khristo Markov Bulgaria | 17.66 | Māris Bružiks Soviet Union | 17.33 | Oleg Protsenko Soviet Union | 17.28 |
| Shot put | Werner Günthör Switzerland | 22.22 | Ulf Timmermann East Germany | 21.84 | Udo Beyer East Germany | 20.74 |
| Discus throw | Romas Ubartas Soviet Union | 67.08 | Georgiy Kolnootchenko Soviet Union | 66.32 | Vaclavas Kidykas Soviet Union | 65.60 |
| Javelin throw | Klaus Tafelmeier West Germany | 84.76 | Detlef Michel East Germany | 81.90 | Viktor Yevsyukov Soviet Union | 81.80 |
| Hammer throw | Yuriy Sedykh Soviet Union | 86.74 WR | Sergey Litvinov Soviet Union | 85.74 | Igor Nikulin Soviet Union | 82.20 |
| Decathlon | Daley Thompson Great Britain | 8811 | Jürgen Hingsen West Germany | 8730 | Siegfried Wentz West Germany | 8676 |
Women's results
editTrack
edit1978 | 1982 | 1986 | 1990 | 1994
Field
edit1978 | 1982 | 1986 | 1990 | 1994
| 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 medalshttps://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
editAccording 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
editNotes
editDifferences 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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