1986 European Athletics Championships
| 14th European Athletics Championships | |
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| Host city | Stuttgart, Baden-Württemberg, West Germany |
| Date(s) | 26 – 31 August 1986 |
| Main stadium | Neckarstadion |
| Level | Senior |
| Type | Outdoor |
| Participation |
906 athletes from 31 nations |
| Events | 43 |
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The 14th European Athletics Championships were held from 26 to 31 August 1986 at the Neckarstadion in Stuttgart, a city in West Germany. Contemporaneous reports on the event were given in the Glasgow Herald.[1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9][10][11][12][13][14][15]
Men's results
Complete results were published.[16]
Track
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Field
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Women's results
Track
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Field
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| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
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| High jump |
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| Long jump |
Heike Daute-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 | 77.44 | 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 |
Medals table
Host nation (West Germany)
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Soviet Union | 11 | 13 | 12 | 36 |
| 2 | East Germany | 11 | 10 | 8 | 29 |
| 3 | Great Britain | 8 | 2 | 5 | 15 |
| 4 | Bulgaria | 3 | 4 | 1 | 8 |
| 5 |  Italy | 2 | 6 | 2 | 10 |
| 6 | West Germany | 2 | 4 | 5 | 11 |
| 7 |  France | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 8 |  Spain | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 9 |  Czechoslovakia | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 9 |  Norway | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 9 |  Portugal | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 9 |  Switzerland | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 13 |  Sweden | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 14 | .svg.png){kind=small} Romania | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 15 |  Finland | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 16 |  Netherlands | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 17 |  Poland | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 17 | Total | 43 | 43 | 43 | 129 |
Participation
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.[17]
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Notes
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.
See also
References
- ↑ Gillon, Doug (August 25, 1986), Europe sprint place finally ends the Wells nightmare, Glasgow Herald, p. 9, retrieved September 21, 2014
- ↑ Gillon, Doug (August 26, 1986), Coe has unfinished business to settle, Glasgow Herald, p. 26, retrieved September 21, 2014
- ↑ 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), Disaster for Daley, but he still leads, Glasgow Herald, p. 21, 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
- ↑ Record throw by wounded Fatima, 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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