1969 European Indoor Games
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The 4th European Indoor Games were held in 1969 in Belgrade
, the capital of Yugoslavia. In 1970 the European Indoor Games were replaced by the European Athletics Indoor Championships.
Belgrade
Belgrade is the capital and largest city of Serbia. It is located at the confluence of the Sava and Danube rivers, where the Pannonian Plain meets the Balkans. According to official results of Census 2011, the city has a population of 1,639,121. It is one of the 15 largest cities in Europe...
, the capital of Yugoslavia. In 1970 the European Indoor Games were replaced by the European Athletics Indoor Championships.
Track
| Discipline | 1st | Time | 2nd | Time | 3rd | Time | |
| 50 m | M | Zenon Nowosz Zenon Nowosz Zenon Nowosz is a Polish sprinter who participated in world athletics for Poland in the late 1960s and 1970s. He competed in the 60 metres, 100 metres and 200 metres.... (POL) |
5.8 | Valeriy Borzov (URS) | 5.8 | Bob Frith (GBR) | 5.8 |
| F | Irena Szewińska Irena Szewinska Irena Szewińska is a retired Polish Jewish sprinter who was one of the world's foremost athletes for nearly two decades, in multiple events.... (POL) |
6.4 | Sylviane Telliez (FRA) | 6.5 | Madeleine Cobb (GBR) | 6.5 | |
| 400 m | M | 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 | 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... (POL) |
47.4 | Yuriy Zorin Yuriy Zorin Yuriy Zorin was a Russian athlete who participated in world athletics representing the Soviet Union in the late 1960s and 1970s. He specialized in the 400-meter and won a bronze medal in Vienna at the 1970 European Indoor Championships in Athletics. He also won a gold medal in the 4x200m relay with... (URS) |
47.4 |
| F | Colette Besson Colette Besson Colette Besson was a French athlete, the surprise winner of the 400 m at the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City.-Athletic career:... (FRA) |
54.0 CR | Christel Frese Christel Frese Christel Frese is a German former athlete who was successful as a 400-meter runner in the late 1960s and early 1970s. She competed for the Federal Republic of Germany in the 1972 Olympics. She won one silver and one bronze medal at European Championships with the 4x400-meter relay of the Federal... (FRG) |
54.8 | Rosemary Stirling (GBR) | 54.8 | |
| 800 m | M | Dieter Fromm Dieter Fromm Dieter Fromm is a retired East German middle distance runner who specialized in the 800 metres... (URS) |
1:46.6 CR | Henryk Szordykowski Henryk Szordykowski Henryk Jan Szordykowski is a retired Polish runner who specialized in the 800 metres and 1500 metres.He was born in Iłowo and represented the club Wawelu Kraków... (POL) |
1:47.1 | Noel Carroll (IRL) | 1:47.6 |
| F | Barbara Wieck (GDR) | 2:05.3 CR | Magdolna Kulcsár (HUN) | 2:07.5 | Anna Zimina (URS) | 2:08.0 | |
| 1500 m | M | Edgard Salvé (BEL) | 3:45.9 | Knut Brustad Knut Brustad Knut Brustad is a former Norwegian middle distance runner who specialized in the 800 and 1500 metres. He represented Frosta IL and IL i BUL during his active career.... (NOR) |
3:46.2 | Walter Wilkinson (GBR) | 3:46.4 |
| 3000 m | M | Ian Stewart Ian Stewart (athlete) Ian Stewart is a Scottish athlete. Ian Stewart was one of the world's leading distance runners between the late 1960s and mid-1970s. Stewart won the bronze medal in the Men's 5000 metres at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich... (GBR) |
7:55.4 CR | Javier Álvarez (ESP) | 7:56.2 | Werner Girke (FRG) | 7:56.8 |
| 50 m hurdles | M | Alan Pascoe Alan Pascoe Alan Peter Pascoe, MBE was a British athlete who gained success in hurdles. After his athletics career, he has been successful in events marketing and consulting.-Early life and education:... (GBR) |
6.6 | Werner Trzmiel (FRG) | 6.6 | Nicolae Pertea (ROM) | 6.7 |
| 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) |
7.2 | Meta Antenen (SUI) | 7.3 | Christine Perera (GBR) | 7.4 | |
| 4x390m relay | M | Poland 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... , Jan Radomski, 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... , 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... |
3:01.9 | Soviet Union Leonid Mikishev, Alexander Bratchikov, Valeriy Borzov, Yuriy Zorin Yuriy Zorin Yuriy Zorin was a Russian athlete who participated in world athletics representing the Soviet Union in the late 1960s and 1970s. He specialized in the 400-meter and won a bronze medal in Vienna at the 1970 European Indoor Championships in Athletics. He also won a gold medal in the 4x200m relay with... |
3:01.9 | West Germany Dieter Hübner, Herbert Moser, 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... , Manfred Kinder Manfred Kinder Manfred Kinder is a West German former athlete who mainly competed in the 400 metres.He was born in Königsberg.... |
3:04.5 |
| 4x195m relay | F | France | 1:34.3 | Soviet Union | 1:34.6 | Yugoslavia | 1:36.9 |
| 3x1000m relay | M | West Germany Anton Adam, Walter Adams Walter Adams (athlete) Walter Adams is a retired West German middle distance runner who specialized in the 800 metres.He finished fourth at the 1968 Olympic Games, and won a gold medal in 3 x 1000 metres relay at the 1969 European Indoor Games together with teammates Peter Adam and Harald Norpoth... , Harald Norpoth Harald Norpoth Harald Norpoth is a West German former middle and long distance runner. Born in Münster, he won the silver medal over 5000m at the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo as a member of the United Team of Germany. He had already competed in the 1962 European Athletics Championships, where he had fallen and... |
7:08.0 | Czechoslovakia Jan Sisovsky, Petr Blaha, Pavel Penkava |
7:23.1 | Yugoslavia Radovan Piplovic, Slavko Koprivica, Adam Ladik |
7:42.8 |
| Medley relay (1950 m) |
M | Poland Edward Romanowski, 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... , Henryk Szordykowski Henryk Szordykowski Henryk Jan Szordykowski is a retired Polish runner who specialized in the 800 metres and 1500 metres.He was born in Iłowo and represented the club Wawelu Kraków... , Jan Radomski |
4:16.4 | . | . | . | . |
| F | Soviet Union | 4:52.4 | Poland | 4:53.2 | Yugoslavia | 5:05.9 |
Field
| Discipline | 1st | Meter | 2nd | Meter | 3rd | Meter | |
| High Jump | M | 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) |
2.14 | Henry Elliott (FRA) | 2.14 | Serban Ioan (ROM) | 2.14 |
| F | Rita Schmidt (GDR) | 1.82 | Yordanka Blagoeva Yordanka Blagoeva Yordanka Blagoeva is a Bulgarian athlete who competed mainly in the High Jump.She competed for Bulgaria in the 1972 Summer Olympics held in Munich in the High Jump where she finished second... (BUL) |
1.82 | Antonina Lazareva (URS) | 1.79 | |
| Long Jump | M | Klaus Beer Klaus Beer Klaus Beer is a former track and field athlete active in the 1960s for East Germany.Beer was born in Liegnitz , Province of Lower Silesia.... (GDR) |
7.77 | Lynn Davies Lynn Davies Lynn Davies CBE was a member of the Cardiff Amateur Athletic Club and captain of the British Olympic long jump team in 1964.... (GBR) |
7.76 | Rafael Blanquer (ESP) | 7.63 |
| F | Irena Szewińska Irena Szewinska Irena Szewińska is a retired Polish Jewish sprinter who was one of the world's foremost athletes for nearly two decades, in multiple events.... (POL) |
6.38 | Sue Scott Sue Reeve Susan Diane Scott-Reeve is a former female track and field athlete from England, who competed in the women's long jump and heptathlon during her career. She represented Great Britain at three Summer Olympics: 1968, 1976 and 1980.-References:*... (GBR) |
6.18 | Meta Antenen (SUI) | 6.15 | |
| Triple Jump | M | Nikolay Dudkin (URS) | 16.73 CR | Zoltán Cziffra Zoltán Cziffra Zoltán Cziffra is a retired Hungarian triple jumper.He won the silver medals at the 1969 European Indoor Games and the 1969 European Championships... (HUN) |
16.46 | Carol Corbu Carol Corbu Carol Corbu is a retired Romanian triple jumper. He won the 1973 European Indoor Championships as well as two medals at the European Championships outdoor.... (ROM) |
16.20 |
| 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 | Joachim Bär (GDR) | 5.10 |
| 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) |
19.51 CR | Hartmut Briesenick Hartmut Briesenick Hartmut Briesenick was an East German athlete who mainly competed in the men's shot put event.... (GDR) |
19.19 | Heinz-Joachim Rothenburg Heinz-Joachim Rothenburg Heinz-Joachim Rothenburg is a retired East German shot putter.He competed for the sports club SC Dynamo Berlin during his active career.-Achievements:-References:... (GDR) |
18.69 |
| F | 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) |
17.52 | Ivanka Khristova (BUL) | 16.94 | Ingeburg Friedrich (GDR) | 16.42 |
Medal table
| 1 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 9 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 10 | |
| 3 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 11 | |
| 4 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 9 | |
| 5 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | |
| 6 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | |
| 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 8 |  Bulgaria |
0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | ||
| 10 |  Spain |
0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||
| 12 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||
| 14 |  Romania |
0 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | ||
| 16 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
External links
- Results - men at GBRathletics.com
- Results - women at GBRathletics.com