2014 European Athletics Championships

22nd European Athletics Championships
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


The 2014 European Athletics Championships was held in Zürich, Switzerland, between 12–17 August 2014.[1] 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

HHeats QQualifiers ½Semi-finals FFinal

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

Chronology: 2010 | 2012 | 2014 | 2016 | 2018
Event Gold Silver Bronze
100 metres
United Kingdom James Dasaolu (GBR) 10.06 France Christophe Lemaitre (FRA) 10.13 United Kingdom Harry Aikines-Aryeetey (GBR) 10.22
200 metres
United Kingdom Adam Gemili (GBR) 19.98 EL France Christophe Lemaitre (FRA) 20.15 Ukraine Serhiy Smelyk (UKR) 20.30 PB
400 metres
United Kingdom Martyn Rooney (GBR) 44.71 EL United Kingdom Matthew Hudson-Smith (GBR) 44.75 PB Israel Donald Sanford (ISR) 45.27 NR
800 metres
Poland Adam Kszczot (POL) 1:44.15 SB Poland Artur Kuciapski (POL) 1:44.89 PB Republic of Ireland Mark English (IRL) 1:45.03 =SB
1500 metres
France Mahiedine Mekhissi-Benabbad (FRA) 3:45.60 Norway Henrik Ingebrigtsen (NOR) 3:46.10 United Kingdom Chris O'Hare (GBR) 3:46.18
5000 metres
United Kingdom Mo Farah (GBR) 14:05.82 Azerbaijan Hayle Ibrahimov (AZE) 14:08.32 United Kingdom Andy Vernon (GBR) 14:09.48
10,000 metres
United Kingdom Mo Farah (GBR) 28:08.11 United Kingdom Andy Vernon (GBR) 28:08.66 SB Turkey Ali Kaya (TUR) 28:08.72 PB
Marathon
Italy Daniele Meucci (ITA) 2:11:08 Poland Yared Shegumo (POL) 2:12:00 Russia Aleksey Reunkov (RUS) 2:12:15
110 metres hurdles
Russia Sergey Shubenkov (RUS) 13.19 United Kingdom William Sharman (GBR) 13.27 France Pascal Martinot-Lagarde (FRA) 13.29
400 metres hurdles
Switzerland Kariem Hussein (SUI) 48.96 Estonia Rasmus Mägi (EST) 49.06 Russia Denis Kudryavtsev (RUS) 49.16
3000 metres steeplechase
[a]
France Yoann Kowal (FRA) 8:26.66 Poland Krystian Zalewski (POL) 8:27.11 Spain Ángel Mullera (ESP) 8:29.16
4 × 100 metres relay
United Kingdom Great Britain (GBR)
Adam Gemili
Richard Kilty
Harry Aikines-Aryeetey
James Ellington
Daniel Talbot*
37.93 EL Germany Germany (GER)
Julian Reus
Sven Knipphals
Alexander Kosenkow
Lucas Jakubczyk
38.09 SB France France (FRA)
Pierre Vincent
Christophe Lemaitre
Teddy Tinmar
Ben Bassaw
38.47
4 × 400 metres relay
United Kingdom Great Britain (GBR)
Martyn Rooney
Michael Bingham
Conrad Williams
Matthew Hudson-Smith
Nigel Levine*
Rabah Yousif*
2:58.79 EL Russia Russia (RUS)
Maksim Dyldin
Pavel Ivashko
Nikita Uglov
Vladimir Krasnov
Pavel Trenikhin*
2:59.38 SB Poland Poland (POL)
Rafał Omelko
Kacper Kozłowski
Łukasz Krawczuk
Jakub Krzewina
Michał Pietrzak*
Andrzej Jaros*
2:59.85 SB
20 kilometres walk
Spain Miguel Ángel López (ESP) 1:19:44 Russia Aleksandr Ivanov (RUS) 1:19:45 PB Russia Denis Strelkov (RUS) 1:19:46 PB
50 kilometres walk
France Yohann Diniz (FRA) 3:32:33 WR Slovakia Matej Tóth (SVK) 3:36:21 NR Russia Ivan Noskov (RUS) 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.[2]

Field

Chronology: 2010 | 2012 | 2014 | 2016 | 2018
Event Gold Silver Bronze
High jump
Ukraine Bohdan Bondarenko (UKR) 2.35 Ukraine Andriy Protsenko (UKR) 2.33 Russia Ivan Ukhov (RUS) 2.30
Pole vault
France Renaud Lavillenie (FRA) 5.90 Poland Paweł Wojciechowski (POL) 5.70 Czech Republic Jan Kudlička (CZE)
France Kévin Menaldo (FRA)
5.70
Long jump
United Kingdom Greg Rutherford (GBR) 8.29 Greece Louis Tsatoumas (GRE) 8.15 France Kafétien Gomis (FRA) 8.14
Triple jump
France Benjamin Compaoré (FRA) 17.46 EL Russia Lyukman Adams (RUS) 17.09 Russia Aleksey Fyodorov (RUS) 17.04
Shot put
Germany David Storl (GER) 21.41 Spain Borja Vivas (ESP) 20.86 Poland Tomasz Majewski (POL) 20.83
Discus throw
Germany Robert Harting (GER) 66.07 Estonia Gerd Kanter (EST) 64.75 Poland Robert Urbanek (POL) 63.81
Javelin throw
Finland Antti Ruuskanen (FIN) 88.01 EL, PB Czech Republic Vítězslav Veselý (CZE) 84.79 Finland Tero Pitkämäki (FIN) 84.40
Hammer throw
Hungary Krisztián Pars (HUN) 82.69 WL, PB Poland Paweł Fajdek (POL) 82.05 Russia Sergej Litvinov (RUS) 79.35 SB
Decathlon
Belarus Andrei Krauchanka (BLR) 8616 WL France Kévin Mayer (FRA) 8521 PB Russia Ilya Shkurenyov (RUS) 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

Chronology: 2010 | 2012 | 2014 | 2016 | 2018
Event Gold Silver Bronze
100 metres
Netherlands Dafne Schippers (NED) 11.12 France Myriam Soumaré (FRA) 11.16 United Kingdom Ashleigh Nelson (GBR) 11.22
200 metres
Netherlands Dafne Schippers (NED) 22.03 WL, NR United Kingdom Jodie Williams (GBR) 22.46 PB France Myriam Soumaré (FRA) 22.58
400 metres
Italy Libania Grenot (ITA) 51.10 Ukraine Olha Zemlyak (UKR) 51.36 Spain Indira Terrero (ESP) 51.38 SB
800 metres
Belarus Maryna Arzamasava (BLR) 1:58.15 EL United Kingdom Lynsey Sharp (GBR) 1:58.80 PB Poland Joanna Jóźwik (POL) 1:59.63 PB
1500 metres
Netherlands Sifan Hassan (NED) 4:04.18 Sweden Abeba Aregawi (SWE) 4:05.08 United Kingdom Laura Weightman (GBR) 4:06.32
5000 metres
Sweden Meraf Bahta (SWE) 15:31.39 Netherlands Sifan Hassan (NED) 15:31.79 Netherlands Susan Kuijken (NED) 15:32.82
10,000 metres
United Kingdom Joanne Pavey (GBR) 32:22.39 France Clémence Calvin (FRA) 32:23.58 France Laila Traby (FRA) 32:26.03 PB
Marathon
France Christelle Daunay (FRA)2:25:14 CR Italy Valeria Straneo (ITA)2:25:27 Portugal Jéssica Augusto (POR)2:25:41
100 metres hurdles
United Kingdom Tiffany Porter (GBR) 12.76 France Cindy Billaud (FRA) 12.79 Germany Cindy Roleder (GER) 12.82 PB
400 metres hurdles
United Kingdom Eilidh Child (GBR) 54.48 Ukraine Anna Titimets (UKR) 54.56 PB Russia Irina Davydova (RUS) 54.60 SB
3000 metres steeplechase
Germany Antje Möldner-Schmidt (GER) 9:29:43 SB Sweden Charlotta Fougberg (SWE) 9:30:16 Spain Diana Martín (ESP) 9:30:70 PB
4 × 100 metres relay
United Kingdom Great Britain (GBR)
Asha Philip
Ashleigh Nelson
Jodie Williams
Desiree Henry
Anyika Onuora*
42.24 EL NR France France (FRA)
Céline Distel-Bonnet
Ayodelé Ikuesan
Myriam Soumaré
Stella Akakpo
42.45 Russia Russia (RUS)
Marina Panteleyeva
Natalia Rusakova
Kristina Sivkova
Yelizaveta Savlinis
Yekaterina Vukolova*
43.22 SB
4 × 400 metres relay
France France (FRA)
Marie Gayot
Muriel Hurtis-Houairi
Agnès Raharolahy
Floria Guei
Estelle Perrossier*
Phara Anacharsis*
3:24.27 EL Ukraine Ukraine (UKR)
Nataliya Pyhyda
Hrystyna Stuy
Hanna Ryzhykova
Olha Zemlyak
Daryna Prystupa*
Olha Lyakhova*
3:24.32 SB United Kingdom Great Britain (GBR)
Eilidh Child
Kelly Massey
Shana Cox
Margaret Adeoye
Emily Diamond*
Victoria Ohuruogu*
3:24.34 SB
20 kilometres walk
Russia Elmira Alembekova (RUS) 1:27:56 Ukraine Lyudmyla Olyanovska (UKR) 1:28:07 Czech Republic Anežka Drahotová (CZE) 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

Chronology: 2010 | 2012 | 2014 | 2016 | 2018
Event Gold Silver Bronze
High jump
Spain Ruth Beitia (ESP) 2.01 WL Russia Mariya Kuchina (RUS) 1.99 Croatia Ana Šimić (CRO) 1.99 PB
Pole vault
Russia Anzhelika Sidorova (RUS) 4.65 Greece Ekateríni Stefanídi (GRE) 4.60 Russia Angelina Zhuk-Krasnova (RUS) 4.60
Long jump
France Éloyse Lesueur (FRA) 6.85 Serbia Ivana Španović (SRB) 6.81 Russia Darya Klishina (RUS) 6.65
Triple jump
Ukraine Olha Saladuha (UKR) 14.73 SB Russia Ekaterina Koneva (RUS) 14.69 Russia Irina Gumenyuk (RUS) 14.46 SB
Shot put
Germany Christina Schwanitz (GER) 19.90 Russia Yevgeniya Kolodko (RUS) 19.39 SB Hungary Anita Márton (HUN) 19.04 NR
Discus throw
Croatia Sandra Perković (CRO) 71.08 WL, NR France Mélina Robert-Michon (FRA) 65.33 Germany Shanice Craft (GER) 64.33
Javelin throw
Czech Republic Barbora Špotáková (CZE) 64.41 Serbia Tatjana Jelača (SRB) 64.21 NR Germany Linda Stahl (GER) 63.91
Hammer throw
Poland Anita Włodarczyk (POL) 78.76 WL, CR, NR Slovakia Martina Hrašnová (SVK) 74.66 Poland Joanna Fiodorow (POL) 73.67
Heptathlon
France Antoinette Nana Djimou (FRA) 6551 SB Netherlands Nadine Broersen (NED) 6498 Belgium Nafissatou Thiam (BEL) 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

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.[3]

See also

References

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