1986 European Athletics Championships
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| 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 |
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.
Contemporaneous reports were given in the Glasgow Herald.[1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9][10][11]
Men's results
[edit]Complete results were published.[12]
Track
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Field
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Women's results
[edit]Track
[edit]1978 | 1982 | 1986 | 1990 | 1994
Field
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| 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 medals https://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
[edit]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.[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
[edit]Notes
[edit]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.
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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