1982 European Athletics Championships
| 13th European Athletics Championships | |
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 The logo of the 1982 European Athletics Championships | |
| Host city | Athens, Greece |
| Date(s) | 6 – 12 September 1982 |
| Main stadium | Athens Olympic Stadium |
| Level | Senior |
| Type | Outdoor |
| Participation |
756 athletes from 29 nations |
| Events | 41 |
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The 13th European Athletics Championships were held from 6 September to 12 September 1982 at the Olympic Stadium in Athens, Greece. Contemporaneous reports on the event were given in the Glasgow Herald.[1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9][10][11][12]
Men's results
Complete results were published.[13]
Track
1974 | 1978 | 1982 | 1986 | 1990 |
Field
1974 | 1978 | 1982 | 1986 | 1990 |
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
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| High jump |
Dietmar Mögenburg West Germany | 2.30 | Janusz Trzepizur  Poland | 2.27 | Gerd Nagel West Germany | 2.24 |
| Long jump |
Lutz Dombrowski East Germany | 8.41 | Antonio Corgos  Spain | 8.19 | Jan Leitner  Czechoslovakia | 8.08 |
| Pole vault |
Aleksandr Krupskiy Soviet Union | 5.60 | Vladimir Polyakov Soviet Union | 5.60 | Atanas Tarev .svg.png){kind=small} Bulgaria | 5.60 |
| Triple jump |
Keith Connor Great Britain | 17.29 | Vasiliy Grishchenkov Soviet Union | 17.15 | Béla Bakosi  Hungary | 17.04 |
| Shot put |
Udo Beyer East Germany | 21.50 | Jānis Bojārs Soviet Union | 20.81 | Remigius Machura Czechoslovakia | 20.59 |
| Discus throw |
Imrich Bugár Czechoslovakia | 66.64 | Ihor Duhinets Soviet Union | 65.60 | Wolfgang Warnemünde East Germany | 64.20 |
| Javelin throw |
Uwe Hohn East Germany | 91.34 | Heino Puuste Soviet Union | 89.56 | Detlef Michel East Germany | 89.32 |
| Hammer throw |
Yuriy Sedykh Soviet Union | 81.66 | Igor Nikulin Soviet Union | 79.44 | Sergey Litvinov Soviet Union | 78.66 |
| Decathlon |
Daley Thompson Great Britain | 8774 | Jürgen Hingsen West Germany | 8517 | Siegfried Stark East Germany | 8433 |
Women's results
Track
1974 | 1978 | 1982 | 1986 | 1990 |
Field
1974 | 1978 | 1982 | 1986 | 1990 |
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
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| High jump |
Ulrike Meyfarth West Germany | 2.02 | Tamara Bykova Soviet Union | 1.97 | Sara Simeoni  Italy | 1.97 |
| Long jump |
Vali Ionescu.svg.png){kind=small} Romania | 6.79 | Anişoara Cuşmir-Stanciu Romania | 6.73 | Yelena Ivanova Soviet Union | 6.73 |
| Shot put |
Ilona Slupianek East Germany | 21.59 | Helena Fibingerová Czechoslovakia | 20.94 | Nunu Abashidze Soviet Union | 20.82 |
| Discus throw |
Tsvetanka Khristova Bulgaria | 68.34 | Mariya Petkova Bulgaria | 67.94 | Galina Savinkova Soviet Union | 67.82 |
| Javelin throw |
Anna Verouli Greece | 70.02 | Antje Kempe East Germany | 67.94 | Sofia Sakorafa Greece | 67.04 |
| Heptathlon |
Ramona Neubert East Germany | 6664 | Sabine Mobius-Paetz East Germany | 6594 | Sabine Everts West Germany | 6418 |
Medals table
Host nation (Greece)
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | East Germany |
13 | 8 | 7 | 28 |
| 2 | West Germany |
8 | 1 | 4 | 13 |
| 3 | Soviet Union |
6 | 12 | 8 | 26 |
| 4 | Great Britain |
3 | 5 | 1 | 9 |
| 5 | Czechoslovakia |
1 | 4 | 4 | 9 |
| 6 | Italy |
1 | 2 | 2 | 5 |
| 6 | Spain |
1 | 2 | 2 | 5 |
| 8 | Bulgaria |
1 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
| 8 | Poland |
1 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
| 10 | Romania |
1 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| 11 |  Finland |
1 | 0 | 3 | 4 |
| 12 | Greece |
1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 12 |  Sweden |
1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 14 |  Netherlands |
1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 14 |  Portugal |
1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 16 | .svg.png){kind=small} Belgium |
0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 17 |  France |
0 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 18 | Hungary |
0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 18 |  Norway |
0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 19 | Total | 41 | 41 | 41 | 123 |
Participation
According to an unofficial count, 777 athletes from 30 countries participated in the event, 21 athletes more than the official number of 756, and one country more than the official number of 29 as published.[14]
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See also
Notes
Differences to competition format since the 1978 European Championships:
- New events added:
- Women's marathon
- Women's heptathlon replaces the pentathlon
References
- ↑ Gillon, Doug (September 6, 1982), Coe's hunger undiminished by late scare, Glasgow Herald, p. 18, retrieved September 13, 2014
- ↑ Gillon, Doug (September 7, 1982), Battle of the decathlon giants, Glasgow Herald, p. 25, retrieved September 13, 2014
- ↑ Gillon, Doug (September 7, 1982), Sharp second fastes in heats, Glasgow Herald, p. 26, retrieved September 13, 2014
- ↑ All in order for Coe to run in 1500, Glasgow Herald, September 7, 1982, p. 26, retrieved September 13, 2014
- ↑ Gillon, Doug (September 8, 1982), Moorcroft fostering a drem in Athens, Glasgow Herald, p. 19, retrieved September 13, 2014
- ↑ Gillon, Doug (September 8, 1982), Thompson fights off injury to take lead, Glasgow Herald, p. 20, retrieved September 13, 2014
- ↑ Sharp edged out in a photo finish, Glasgow Herald, September 8, 1982, p. 20, retrieved September 13, 2014
- ↑ Gillon, Doug (September 9, 1982), Thompson's gold but silver for Coe, Glasgow Herald, p. 18, retrieved September 13, 2014
- ↑ Gillon, Doug (September 10, 1982), Sharp's best is not quite good enough, Glasgow Herald, p. 26, retrieved September 13, 2014
- ↑ Gillon, Doug (September 11, 1982), Connor collects gold with a hop, skip and a jump, Glasgow Herald, retrieved September 13, 2014
- ↑ Dutch write-off wins marathon, Glasgow Herald, September 13, 1982, p. 16, retrieved September 13, 2014
- ↑ Gillon, Doug (September 13, 1982), Triumph and tragedy for young British pair, Glasgow Herald, retrieved September 13, 2014
- ↑ European Athletics Championships Zürich 2014 - STATISTICS HANDBOOK (PDF), European Athletics Association, pp. 436–443, 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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