1970 European Indoor Championships in Athletics
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The 1st European Athletics Indoor Championships were held in 1970 at Wiener Stadthalle
, Vienna
, the capital of Austria
. It replaced the European Indoor Games in athletics, which had been held since 1966.
Wiener Stadthalle
Wiener Stadthalle is an indoor arena, located in the 15th district of Vienna, Austria. It was designed by Austrian architect Roland Rainer and built from 1953–1958...
, Vienna
Vienna
Vienna is the capital and largest city of the Republic of Austria and one of the nine states of Austria. Vienna is Austria's primary city, with a population of about 1.723 million , and is by far the largest city in Austria, as well as its cultural, economic, and political centre...
, the capital of Austria
Austria
Austria , officially the Republic of Austria , is a landlocked country of roughly 8.4 million people in Central Europe. It is bordered by the Czech Republic and Germany to the north, Slovakia and Hungary to the east, Slovenia and Italy to the south, and Switzerland and Liechtenstein to the...
. It replaced the European Indoor Games in athletics, which had been held since 1966.
Track
| Discipline | 1st | Time | 2nd | Time | 3rd | Time | |
| 60 m | M | Valeriy Borzov (URS) | 6.6a | 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) |
6.7a | Jarkko Tapola Jarkko Tapola Jarkko Tapola was a Finnish sprinter who participated in world athletics for Finland in the late 1960s and 1970s. He competed in the 60 metres and won a bronze medal in Vienna at the 1970 European Indoor Championships in Athletics, behind winner Valeriy Borzov and Zenon Nowosz who finished in... (FIN) |
6.7a |
| F | Renate Meissner Renate Stecher Renate Stecher is a German athlete and a triple Olympic champion.Born as Renate Meißner, she was a very talented athlete, also competing in the high jump and pentathlon... (GDR) |
7.4a | Sylviane Telliez (FRA) | 7.5a | Wilma van den Berg (NED) | 7.5a | |
| 400 m | M | 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) |
46.8a | 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) |
46.9a | 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) |
48.4a |
| F | Marilyn Neufville Marilyn Neufville Marilyn Fay Neufville is a former Jamaican athlete who had success in the sprints between 1967 to 1971. Neufville broke the world record in the 400 m and won four gold medals and one bronze in various regional championships... (GBR) |
53.01 | 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) |
53.13 | 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) |
53.63 | |
| 800 m | M | Yevgeniy Arzhanov Yevgeniy Arzhanov Yevgeniy Aleksandrovich Arzhanov is a former middle distance runner who won a silver medal over 800 metres at the 1972 Summer Olympics. Arzhanov trained at VSS Avanhard and later at Dynamo in Kiev.... (URS) |
1:51.0a | Juan Borroz (ESP) | 1:51.9a | Jože Medjimurec (YUG) | 1:51.9a |
| F | Maria Sykora (AUT) | 2:07.0a | Lyudmila Bragina Lyudmila Bragina Lyudmila Ivanovna Bragina is a former Soviet middle distance runner. She was born in Sverdlovsk and trained at Dynamo in Krasnodar.... (URS) |
2:07.5a | Zofia Kołakowska (POL) | 2:07.6a | |
| 1500 m | M | 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) |
3:48.8a | Frank Murphy Frank Murphy (athlete) Frank Murphy was an American track and field athlete who competed in the 1912 Summer Olympics.He was born in East Chicago, Illinois and died in Urbana, Illinois.... (IRL) |
3:49.0a | Vladimir Panteley (URS) | 3:49.8a |
| 3000 m | M | Ricky Wilde (GBR) | 7:46.85 | 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... (FRG) |
7:49.50 | Javier Álvarez (ESP) | 7:52.45 |
| 60 m hurdles | M | Günther Nickel (FRG) | 7.8a | Frank Siebeck Frank Siebeck Frank Siebeck is a retired hurdler who represented East Germany. He competed for SC Leipzig.-Achievements:-References:... (GDR) |
7.8a | Guy Drut Guy Drut Guy Drut is an Olympic champion and politician who won gold at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal in the 110m hurdles.... (FRA) |
7.8a |
| 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) |
8.2a | Liya Khitrina (URS) | 8.2a | Teresa Sukniewicz (POL) | 8.5a | |
| 4x400m relay 4 x 400 metres relay The 4 x 400 meters relay or long relay is an athletics track event in which teams comprise four runners who each complete 400 meters or one lap. It is traditionally the final event of a track meet. At top class events, the first 500 meters is run in lanes... |
M | Soviet Union Yevgeniy Borisenko, 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... , Boris Savchuk, Alexander Bratchikov |
3:05.9a | 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... , Stanisław Grędziński Stanisław Grędziński Stanisław Grędziński is a retired Polish sprinter who specialized in the 400 metres.He was born in Ostrzyca and represented the club Górnik Wałbrzych. At the 1964 European Junior Championships he won silver medals in both 400 metres and 400 metres hurdles, as well as a silver medal in the medley... , 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... , 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... |
3:07.5a | West Germany Dieter Hübner, Karl-Hermann Tofaute, Ulrich Strohhacker, Helmar Müller Helmar Müller Helmer Müller is a West German former athlete who competed mainly in the 400 metres.He competed for West Germany in the 1968 Summer Olympics held in Tokyo, Japan in the 4 x 400 metre relay where he won the bronze medal with his team mates Manfred Kinder, Gerhard Hennige and Martin Jellinghaus.He... |
3:10.7a |
| 4x200m relay | F | Soviet Union | 1:35.7a | West Germany | 1:37.6a | Austria | 1:40.8a |
| Medley relay (2800 m) |
M | Soviet Union Alexander Konnikov, Sergey Kryuchek, Vladimir Kolesnikov Vladimir Kolesnikov Vladimir Ilyich Kolesnikov is a Russian lawyer and politician.In 1995–2000 he was a First Deputy Interior Minister of Russia... , Ivan Ivanov |
6:18.0a | Poland 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... , Stanislaw Waskiewicz, Kazimierz Wardak Kazimierz Wardak Kazimierz Wardak is a retired Polish runner who specialized in the 800 metres.At the 1970 European Indoor Championships he won a silver medal in medley relay together with Edmund Borowski, Stanisław Waśkiewicz and Eryk Żelazny.... , Eryk Zelazny Eryk Żelazny Eryk Żelazny is a retired Polish runner who specialized in the 800 and 1500 metres.At the 1970 European Indoor Championships he won a silver medal in medley relay together with Edmund Borowski, Kazimierz Wardak and Stanisław Waśkiewicz... |
6:18.8a | West Germany Horst Hasslinger, Lothar Hirsch, Manfred Henne, Ingo Sensburg |
6:19.6a |
| (2000 m) | F | France | 4:58.4a | West Germany | 5:01.1a | Soviet Union | 5:02.2a |
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) |
2.20 | Gerd Dührkop (GDR) | 2.17 | Şerban Ioan (ROM) | 2.17 |
| F | Ilona Gusenbauer Ilona Gusenbauer Ilona Gusenbauer is a former Austrian athlete, who mainly competed in the high jump.She was born in Gummersbach, Nordrhein-Westfalen, West Germany.... (AUT) |
1.88 | Cornelia Popescu (ROM) | 1.82 | Rita Schmidt (GDR) | 1.82 | |
| Long Jump | M | Tõnu Lepik (URS) | 8.05 | 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) |
7.99 | Rafael Blanquer (ESP) | 7.92 |
| F | 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) |
6.56 | Heide Rosendahl Heide Rosendahl Heidemarie Ecker-Rosendahl is a retired German athlete who competed mainly in the pentathlon and long jump... (FRG) |
6.55 | Mirosława Sarna (POL) | 6.54 | |
| Triple Jump | M | Viktor Sanyeyev (URS) | 16.95 | Jörg Drehmel Jörg Drehmel Jörg Drehmel was an East German athlete, who, competing for the GDR, won the silver medal in the triple jump in the 1972 Summer Olympics held in Munich, Germany... (GDR) |
16.74 | Şerban Ciochină Serban Ciochina Şerban Ciochină is a retired Romanian triple jump athlete. He achieved 5th place at the 1964 Summer Olympics, and won the Romanian triple jump championship six years in a row from 1963 to 1968. He was also European Champion in Dortmund, Germany in 1966.- References :*... (ROM) |
16.47 |
| Pole Vault | M | François Tracanelli François Tracanelli François Tracanelli is a retired pole vaulter from France, who was born in Italy. He set his personal best on 23 August 1981 at a meet in Nice.-Achievements:-References:**... (FRA) |
5.30 | Kjell Isaksson Kjell Isaksson Kjell Gunnar Isaksson is a retired pole vaulter from Sweden, who broke the world record several times in 1972. Initially he broke the record set by Christos Papanikolaou of Greece and San Jose State University two years earlier, by jumping 5.51 metres in Austin, Texas--the second man to clear 18... (SWE) |
5.25 | 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 |
| Shot Put | M | Hartmut Briesenick Hartmut Briesenick Hartmut Briesenick was an East German athlete who mainly competed in the men's shot put event.... (GDR) |
20.22 | 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) |
19.70 | Pierre Colnard Pierre Colnard Pierre Colnard is a retired French shot putter.He was born in Liffol-le-Petit, and represented the club Union Sportive Nemours... (FRA) |
18.96 |
| 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) |
18.80 | Hannelore Friedel (FRG) | 18.39 | 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) |
18.09 |
Medal table
| 1 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 15 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 11 | |
| 3 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | |
| 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | |
| 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| 6 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 8 | |
| 7 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 8 | |
| 8 |  Romania |
1 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 9 |  Spain |
0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 10 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||
| 12 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||
| 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||
External links
- Results - men at GBRathletics.com
- Results - women at GBRathletics.com
- EAA