1968 European Indoor Games
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The 3rd European Indoor Games were held in 1968 at Palacio de Deportes
, Madrid
, the capital of Spain
.
Palacio de Deportes de la Comunidad de Madrid
Palacio de Deportes de la Comunidad de Madrid is an indoor sporting arena located in the City of Madrid, Spain. Its capacity is 15,000 people for basketball matches, 14,000 for handball matches and 18,000 for concerts .The former building, which was built in 1960, was destroyed by a fire in 2001...
, Madrid
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Track
| Discipline | 1st | Time | 2nd | Time | 3rd | Time | |
| 50 m | M | Jobst Hirscht Jobst Hirscht Jobst Hirscht is a German former athlete who competed mainly in the 100 metres.Born in Schleswig, he competed for West Germany in the 1972 Summer Olympics held in Munich, Germany in the 4 x 100 metre relay where he won the bronze medal with his team mates Karlheinz Klotz, Gerhard Wucherer and... (FRG) |
5.77u | Bob Frith (GBR) | 5.83u | Günter Gollos (GDR) | 5.83u |
| F | Sylviane Telliez (FRA) | 6.29u | Erika Rost (FRG) | 6.43u | Hannelore Trabert (FRG) | 6.46u | |
| 400 m | M | Andrzej Badeński Andrzej Badenski Andrzej Badenski was a Polish sprinter who specialized in the 400 metres. He won a bronze medal in 400 metres run at the 1964 Summer Olympics, and multiple relay medals. He became European Indoor Champion in the 400 metres twice, in 1968 and in 1971.-Career:He was born in Warszawa and represented... (POL) |
47.09u CR | Aleksandr Bratchikov Aleksandr Bratchikov Aleksandr Bratchikov was a Soviet sprinter who specialized in the 200 and 400 metres.At the 1966 European Junior Championships he won the gold medal in the 400 metres, as well as a gold medal in the 4 x 400 metres relay. At the 1967 European Indoor Games he won a gold and a silver medal in relay... (URS) |
47.3 | Jan Balachowski Jan Balachowski Jan Balachowski is a retired Polish sprinter who specialized in the 400 metres.He was born in Kraków and represented the club Cracovia Kraków... (POL) |
47.3 |
| F | Natalya Pechonkina Natalya Pechonkina Natalya Pechonkina is a Soviet athlete who competed mainly in the 400 metres.Under maiden name Burda, she began athletics in Saratov, coached by B.Kolokolov... (URS) |
55.29u CR | Gisela Köpke (FRG) | 56.2 | Tatyana Arnautova (URS) | 56.3 | |
| 800 m | M | Noel Carroll (IRL) | 1:56.66u | Alberto Estebán (ESP) | 1:57.7 | Sergey Kryuchok (URS) | 1:58.1 |
| F | Karin Burneleit (GDR) | 2:07.65u CR | Alla Kolesnikova (URS) | 2:08.3 | Valentina Lukyanova (URS) | 2:09.4 | |
| 1500 m | M | John Whetton John Whetton John Whetton is a retired British athlete. He is best noted for winning gold in the 1500 metres at the 1969 European Athletics Championships and reaching the 1500 metre final in both the 1964 and 1968 Summer Olympics.-Athletics career:Whetton ran amateur athletics for local club Sutton-in-Ashfield... (GBR) |
3:50.99u | José María Morera (ESP) | 3:51.7 | Igor Potapchenko (URS) | 3:51.9 |
| 3000 m | M | Viktor Kudinskiy (URS) | 8:10.27u | Bernd Diessner (GDR) | 8:11.8 | Wolfgang Zur (FRG) | 8:11.8 |
| 50 m hurdles | M | Eddy Ottoz Eddy Ottoz Eddy Ottoz was an Italian athlete who competed mainly in the 110 metre hurdles.He competed for Italy in the 1964 Summer Olympics held in Tokyo, Japan, and in the 1968 Summer Olympics held in Mexico City, Mexico where he won the bronze medal in the 110 metre hurdles event.- Achievements... (ITA) |
6.57u | Günther Nickel (FRG) | 6.68u | Milan Kotík (TCH) | 6.73u |
| F | Karin Balzer Karin Balzer Karin Balzer is a former East German hurdler, one of the best in high hurdles event during the 1960s.She was born Karin Richert in Magdeburg, and competed in several track and field events when she was young... (GDR) |
7.08u | Bärbel Weidlich (GDR) | 7.12u | Lyudmila Iyevleva (URS) | 7.14u | |
| 4x364m relay | M | Poland Waldemar Korycki Waldemar Korycki Waldemar Korycki is a retired Polish sprinter who specialized in the 400 metres.He was a successful relay runner. At the 1968 European Indoor Games he won a gold medal in the short relay and a silver medal in the medley relay... , Jan Balachowski Jan Balachowski Jan Balachowski is a retired Polish sprinter who specialized in the 400 metres.He was born in Kraków and represented the club Cracovia Kraków... , Jan Werner Jan Werner (athlete) Jan Werner was a Polish sprinter who specialized in the 200 and 400 metres.He was born in Brzeziny and represented the club AZS Warszawa. At the 1966 European Championships he finished fourth in the 200 metres and won the 4 x 400 metres relay together with Edmund Borowski, Stanislaw Gredzinski and... , Andrzej Badenski Andrzej Badenski Andrzej Badenski was a Polish sprinter who specialized in the 400 metres. He won a bronze medal in 400 metres run at the 1964 Summer Olympics, and multiple relay medals. He became European Indoor Champion in the 400 metres twice, in 1968 and in 1971.-Career:He was born in Warszawa and represented... |
2:48.9 | West Germany Horst Daverkausen, Peter Bernreuther Peter Bernreuther Peter Bernreuther is a retired West German sprinter who specialized in the 400 metres.At the 1968 European Indoor Games he won a silver medal in the 4 x 364 metres relay, together with Horst Daverkausen, Ingo Röper and Martin Jellinghaus... , Ingo Roper, Martin Jellinghaus Martin Jellinghaus Martin Jellinghaus is a West German former athlete who competed mainly in the 400 metres.... |
2:49.7 | Soviet Union Boris Savchuk, Vassiliy Anisimov, Sergey Abalichin, Aleksandr Bratchikov Aleksandr Bratchikov Aleksandr Bratchikov was a Soviet sprinter who specialized in the 200 and 400 metres.At the 1966 European Junior Championships he won the gold medal in the 400 metres, as well as a gold medal in the 4 x 400 metres relay. At the 1967 European Indoor Games he won a gold and a silver medal in relay... |
2:51.1 |
| 4x182m relay | F | West Germany | 1:28.8 | none | |||
| 3x1000m relay | M | Soviet Union, Michail Shelobovskiy, Oleg Rayko, Anatoliy Verlan |
7:13.6 | Spain Alberto Esteban, Enrique Bondia, Virgilio González |
7:23.6 | Czechoslovakia Pavel Hruska, Ján Kasal, Miroslav Juza |
7:40.2 |
| Medley relay (1820 m) |
M | Soviet Union Alexander Lebedyev, Boris Savchuk, Igor Potapchenko, Sergey Kryuchek |
3:52.2 | Poland Marian Dudziak Marian Dudziak Marian Andrzej Dudziak was a Polish sprinter who specialized in the 100 metres.He was born in Wielichowo and represented the clubs Orkan Poznań and Olimpia Poznań. At the 1964 Summer Olympics he won a silver medal in the 4 x 100 metres relay with teammates Andrzej Zieliński, Wiesław Maniak and... , Waldemar Korycki Waldemar Korycki Waldemar Korycki is a retired Polish sprinter who specialized in the 400 metres.He was a successful relay runner. At the 1968 European Indoor Games he won a gold medal in the short relay and a silver medal in the medley relay... , Andrzej Badeński Andrzej Badenski Andrzej Badenski was a Polish sprinter who specialized in the 400 metres. He won a bronze medal in 400 metres run at the 1964 Summer Olympics, and multiple relay medals. He became European Indoor Champion in the 400 metres twice, in 1968 and in 1971.-Career:He was born in Warszawa and represented... , Edmund Borowski Edmund Borowski Edmund Borowski is a retired Polish sprinter who specialized in the 400 metres.At the 1966 European Championships he won a gold medal in the 4 x 400 metres relay together with Jan Werner, Stanisław Grędziński and Andrzej Badeński... |
3:54.6 | Spain José Luis Sánchez-Paraiso, Ramon Magarinos, Alfonso Gabernet, José María Reina |
4:02.8 |
| F | Soviet Union | 4:28.4 | Czechoslovakia | 4:39.0 | none | ||
Field
| Discipline | 1st | Meter | 2nd | Meter | 3rd | Meter | |
| High Jump | M | Valeriy Skvortsov Valeriy Skvortsov Valeriy Sergeyevich Skvortsov is a former high jumper who represented the USSR in the 1964 and 1968 Summer Olympics.Skvortsov was first noticed by Soviet high jump coach Viktor Lonsky, who offered him training in a converted sports gym located within the walls of an old Catholic cathedral... (URS) |
2.17 =CR | Valentin Gavrilov Valentin Gavrilov Valentin Aleksandrovich Gavrilov was a Soviet athlete who competed mainly in the high jump. He trained at Dynamo in Moscow.He competed for the USSR in the 1968 Summer Olympics held in Mexico City, Mexico in the high jump where he won the bronze medal.... (URS) |
2.17 =CR | Kenneth Lundmark (SWE) | 2.14 |
| F | Rita Schmidt (GDR) | 1.84 CR | Virginia Bonci (ROM) | 1.76 | Antonina Okorokova Antonina Okorokova Antonina Lazareva is a Soviet high jumper.She won the silver medal at the 1968 Summer Olympics held in Mexico City, Mexico. She won the bronze medal at the European Indoor Games in 1968 and 1969.... (URS) |
1.76 | |
| Long Jump | M | Igor Ter-Ovanesyan Igor Ter-Ovanesyan Igor Aramovich Ter-Ovanesyan is a Ukrainian athlete of Armenian ethnicity, and Olympic medalist in the long jump for the USSR.Ter-Ovanesyan trained at Burevestnik, first in Kiev, later in Lviv and then in Moscow. He participated in the Olympic Games five times and twice won a bronze medal... (URS) |
8.16 | Tõnu Lepik (URS) | 7.87 | Bernhard Stierle (FRG) | 7.59 |
| F | Berit Berthelsen Berit Berthelsen Berit Berthelsen, née Tøien is a retired athlete from Norway. She represented IL Tyrving.She dominated long jump and sprints events in the Nordic countries during the 1960s. At the Nordic Championships in 1965 she won five gold medals... (NOR) |
6.43 | Bärbel Löhnert (GDR) | 6.23 | Viorica Viscopoleanu Viorica Viscopoleanu Viorica Viscopoleanu is a Romanian athlete who competed mainly in the long jump.She was born in Budinet, then in Romania, now in Ukraine.... (ROM) |
6.23 | |
| Triple Jump | M | Nikolay Dudkin (URS) | 16.71 CR | Viktor Sanyeyev (URS) | 16.69 | Luis Felipe Areta Luis Felipe Areta Luis Felipe Areta Sampériz is a retired Spanish triple jumper.His personal best jump was 16.36 metres, achieved in July 1968 in Estocolmo. He had a better indoor mark with 16.47 metres, achieved at the 1968 European Indoor Games in Madrid. Both marks are former Spanish records.He is a numerary of... (ESP) |
16.47 |
| Pole Vault | M | Wolfgang Nordwig Wolfgang Nordwig Wolfgang Nordwig is a former East German pole vaulter who won gold at the 1972 Summer Olympics with a clearance of 5.50 m . He was born in Chemnitz, Saxony.-References:... (GDR) |
5.20 CR | Gennadiy Bliznetsov Gennadiy Bliznetsov Gennady Alexeyevich Bliznetsov is a retired pole vaulter who represented the USSR. He trained at Burevestnik and later at the Armed Forces sports society in Kharkov. -Achievements:-References:... (URS) |
5.10 | Jörge Milack (GDR) | 5.00 |
| Shot Put | M | Heinfried Birlenbach Heinfried Birlenbach Heinfried Birlenbach is a retired West German shot putter.He finished fifth at the 1966 European Championships, eighth at the 1968 Summer Olympics and seventh at the 1972 Summer Olympics, the latter in a career best throw of 20.37 metres... (FRG) |
18.65 CR | Władysław Komar (POL) | 18.40 | Nikolay Karasyov (URS) | 18.35 |
| F | Nadezhda Chizhova Nadezhda Chizhova Nadezhda Vladimirovna Chizhova is a Soviet shot putter who won three Olympic medals and set seven new world records. Nadezhda Chizhova trained at VSS Spartak. She became the first woman to break both the 20 metre and 21 metre barrier... (URS) |
18.18 CR | Margitta Gummel Margitta Gummel Margitta Gummel is a German former Olympic gold medalist. She competed for the Unified German team in the 1964 Summer Olympics, East Germany in the 1968 Summer Olympics, and East Germany again at the 1972 Summer Olympics... (GDR) |
17.62 | Marita Lange Marita Lange Marita Lange is a former athlete from East Germany, who won the silver medal behind team mate Margitta Gummel in the shot put event at the 1968 Summer Olympics held in Mexico City, Mexico.-References:... (GDR) |
17.19 |
Medal table
| 1 | 9 | 6 | 8 | 23 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 11 | |
| 3 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 10 | |
| 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 | |
| 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| 9 |  Spain |
0 | 3 | 2 | 5 |
| 10 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | |
| 11 |  Romania |
0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 12 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| 13 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
External links
- Results - men at GBRathletics.com
- Results - women at GBRathletics.com