1973 European Indoor Championships in Athletics
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The 4th European Athletics Indoor Championships were held in 1973 in Rotterdam
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Rotterdam
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Track
| Discipline | 1st | Time | 2nd | Time | 3rd | Time | |
| 60 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) |
6.64 | Manfred Kokot Manfred Kokot Manfred Kokot was an East German athlete, who won the silver medal in the 4x100m relay at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal, Canada... (GDR) |
6.66 | Raimo Vilén (FIN) | 6.71 |
| F | Annegret Richter Annegret Richter Annegret Richter is a German athlete and the 1976 Olympic 100 m champion.... (FRG) |
7.27 CR | Petra Vogt (GDR) | 7.29 | Sylviane Telliez (FRA) | 7.32 | |
| 400 m | M | Luciano Sušanj Luciano Sušanj Luciano Sušanj is a Croatian politician, sports worker and former track athlete who competed for Yugoslavia. Sušanj was successful in international competition over 400 and 800 meters, but is best known for winning the 800 meters European title in 1974.In the 1990s Sušanj started a political... (YUG) |
46.38 CR | Benno Stops (GDR) | 47.31 | Dariusz Podobas (POL) | 47.40 |
| F | Verona Bernard (GBR) | 53.04 | Waltraud Dietsch Waltraud Dietsch Waltraud Dietsch, née Birnbaum is a retired German sprinter who specialized in the 400 metres.She won a gold medal in 4x400 metres relay at the 1974 European Championships, together with teammates Angelika Handt, Ellen Streidt and Brigitte Rohde... (GDR) |
53.35 | Renate Siebach (GDR) | 53.49 | |
| 800 m | M | Francis Gonzalez (FRA) | 1:49.17 | Gerhard Stolle Gerhard Stolle Gerhard Stolle is a retired East German middle distance runner who specialized in the 800 metres. His personal best time was 1.46.19 minutes, achieved at the European Championships in Rome. -Achievements:... (GDR) |
1:49.32 | Jozef Plachý Jozef Plachý Jozef Plachý is a former middle distance runner from Slovakia, who represented Czechoslovakia in four consecutive Summer Olympics. He set his personal best in the men's 1500 metres in 1977.-Achievements:... (TCH) |
1:49.50 |
| F | Stefka Yordanova Stefka Yordanova Stefka Yordanova was a Bulgarian sprinter and middle distance runner who specialized in the 400 and 800 metres.Born in Burgas, she ran at the 1971 European Indoor Championships and won a bronze medal in the 4 x 400 metres relay. She then won the 800 metres gold medal at the 1973 European Indoor... (BUL) |
2:02.65 CR | Elfi Rost (GDR) | 2:02.83 | Elżbieta Skowrońska (POL) | 2:02.90 | |
| 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) |
3:43.01 | Herman Mignon (BEL) | 3:43.16 | Klaus-Peter Justus Klaus-Peter Justus Klaus-Peter Justus is a retired East German middle distance runner who specialized in the 1500 metres.... (GDR) |
3:43.36 |
| F | Ellen Tittel (FRG) | 4:16.17 | Tonka Petrova (BUL) | 4:17.20 | Iris Claus (GDR) | 4:21.49 | |
| 3000 m | M | Emiel Puttemans Emiel Puttemans Emiel Puttemans is a retired middle- and long-distance runner, who set world records for 3000 metres in 1972, for 2 miles in 1971, and for 5000 metres in 1972.... (BEL) |
7:44.51 CR | Willy Polleunis Willy Polleunis Willy Polleunis is a retired male long-distance runner from Belgium, who competed for his native country at two consecutive Summer Olympics, starting in 1972 in Munich, West Germany. There he placed fourteenth in the men's 10,000 metres final... (BEL) |
7:51.86 | Pekka Päivärinta Pekka Päivärinta Pekka Johannes Päivärinta is a former Finnish long-distance runner. He won men's senior race in the first World Championships of cross-country running in 1973. He competed in 1972 Olympics at 3000-meter steeplechase finishing 8th. In 1976 Olympics he competed in 5000 meters and finished 13th... (FIN) |
7:52.97 NR |
| 60 m hurdles | M | Frank Siebeck Frank Siebeck Frank Siebeck is a retired hurdler who represented East Germany. He competed for SC Leipzig.-Achievements:-References:... (GDR) |
7.71 CR | Adam Galant (POL) | 7.76 | Thomas Munkelt Thomas Munkelt east jordans hamThomas Munkelt was an East German athlete, winner of 110 m hurdles at the 1980 Summer Olympics.... (GDR) |
7.81 |
| F | Annelie Ehrhardt Annelie Ehrhardt Annelie Ehrhardt, is a German athlete who competed in the hurdling.She was born in Ohrsleben.Ehrhardt competed for East Germany in the 1972 Summer Olympics held in Munich, Germany in the inaugural women’s 100 metre hurdles where she won the gold medal... (GDR) |
8.02 | Valeria Bufanu Valeria Bufanu Valeria Bufanu is a retired Romanian athlete who mainly competed in hurdling and sprints.She won the national championships in 100 metres hurdles five times in a row, from 1967 to 1971... (ROM) |
8.16 | Teresa Nowak (POL) | 8.23 | |
| 4 x 180 m relay | F | West Germany Christiane Krause Christiane Krause Christiane Krause is a German athlete who competed mainly in the 100 metres.She competed for West Germany in the 1972 Summer Olympics held in Munich, Germany in the 4 x 100 metres where she won the gold medal with her team mates Ingrid Becker, Annegret Richter and Heide Rosendahl.-References:... , Annegret Richter Annegret Richter Annegret Richter is a German athlete and the 1976 Olympic 100 m champion.... , Ingeborg Helten, Rita Wilden Rita Wilden Rita Wilden, née Jahn is a German athlete, who competed mainly in the 400 metres.She competed for West Germany in the 1972 Summer Olympics held in Munich in the 400 metres where she won the silver medal... |
1:21.15 | Austria Brigitte Haest, Christa Kepplinger, Carmen Mahr, Karoline Käfer Karoline Käfer Karoline Käfer is a retired sprinter from Austria. She won three medals at the European Indoor Championships.With 23,09 seconds over 200 metres and 50,62 seconds over 400 metres Käfer holds two Austrian records.-Achievements:... |
1:23.33 | none | none |
| 4 x 360 m relay | M | France Lucien Sainte Rose, Patrick Salvador, Francis Kerbiriou Francis Kerbiriou Francis Kerbiriou is a former athlete from France who competed mainly in the 400 metres.He competed for a France in the 1972 Summer Olympics held in Munich, Germany in the 4 x 400 metre relay where he won the bronze medal with his team mates Gilles Bertould, Daniel Velasques and Jacques... , Lionel Malingre |
2:46.00 | West Germany Falko Geiger Falko Geiger Falko Geiger is a retired West German sprinter who specialized in the 400 metres.At the 1973 European Indoor Championships he won a silver medal in the 4 x 360 metres relay, together with Karl Honz, Ulrich Reich and Hermann Köhler.... , Karl Honz Karl Honz Karl Honz is a former West German track and field athlete and Olympic participant, who ran in the 200 metres, 400 metres and 4x400 metres relay in the early 1970s. He is 1.88 m tall.Karl Honz participated in the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich... , Ulrich Reich Ulrich Reich Ulrich Reich is a retired West German sprinter who specialized in the 400 metres.As a teenager he won the silver medal at the 1970 European Junior Championships.... , Hermann Köhler Hermann Köhler Hermann Köhler is a former sprinter who specialized in the 400 metres. He represented West Germany and competed for the club TV Wattenscheid.-Achievements:-References:... |
2:46.42 | none | none |
| F | West Germany Dagmar Jost, Erika Weinstein, Annelie Wilden, Gisela Ellenberger |
3:10.85 | France 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:... , Chantal Jouvhomme, Chantal Leclerc, Nicole Duclos |
3:11.20 | Poland Danuta Manowiecka, Marta Skrzypinska, Krystyna Kacperczyk, Danuta Piecyk |
3:11.65 | |
| 4 x 720 m relay | M | West Germany Reinhold Soyka Reinhold Soyka Reinhold Soyka is a retired West German middle distance runner who specialized in the 800 metres.At the 1973 European Indoor Championships he won a silver medal in the 4 x 720 metres relay, together with Josef Schmid, Thomas Wessinghage and Paul-Heinz Wellmann... , Josef Schmid Josef Schmid Josef Schmid is a retired West German middle distance runner who specialized in the 800 metres.He won a gold medal in 4 x 720 metres relay at the 1973 European Indoor Championships with teammates Reinhold Soyka, Thomas Wessinghage und Paul-Heinz Wellmann and the silver medal in 800 m at the 1976... , Thomas Wessinghage Thomas Wessinghage Thomas Wessinghage was a German middle- and long-distance runner who won the 1982 European Championships' final over 5000 metres beating the British world-record holder David Moorcroft. Because he was already thirty at the time, and had been an international-level runner for a decade, this victory... , Paul-Heinz Wellmann Paul-Heinz Wellmann Paul-Heinz Wellmann was a West German middle distance runner who specialized in the 1500 metres.As a teenager he won the silver medal at the 1970 European Junior Championships... |
6:21.58 | Czechoslovakia Ivan Kovac, Józef Samborsky, Jozef Plachý Jozef Plachý Jozef Plachý is a former middle distance runner from Slovakia, who represented Czechoslovakia in four consecutive Summer Olympics. He set his personal best in the men's 1500 metres in 1977.-Achievements:... , Ján Sisovsky |
6:21.60 | Poland Krzysztof Linkowski Krzysztof Linkowski Krzysztof Linkowski is a retired Polish runner who specialized in the 800 metres.At the 1969 European Junior Championships he won a bronze medal in the 800 metres, as well as a bronze medal in the 4 x 400 metres relay... , Leslaw Zajac, Czeslaw Jursza, Henryk Sapko |
6:26.95 |
Field
| Discipline | 1st | Meter | 2nd | Meter | 3rd | Meter | |
| High Jump | M | István Major István Major István Major is a retired Hungarian high jumper. He won four medals at the European Indoor Championships between 1971 and 1974, as well as a two silver medals at the Universiade. His best Olympic performance was a sixth place in 1972.... (HUN) |
2.20 | Jiří Palkovský (TCH) | 2.20 | Vassilios Papadimitriou (GRE) | 2.17 |
| F | 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) |
1.92 =CR | Rita Gildemeister (GDR) | 1.86 | Milada Karbanová Milada Karbanová Milada Karbanová is a retired high jumper from the Czech Republic. She won four medals at the European Indoor Championships as well as a silver medal at the 1974 European Championships in Athletics, representing Czechoslovakia.... (TCH) |
1.86 | |
| Long Jump | M | Hans Baumgartner Hans Baumgartner Hans Baumgartner is a retired West German long jumper.He won the silver medal at the 1972 Summer Olympics held in Munich with a jump of 8.18 meters. Baumgartner again took part in the 1976 Summer Olympics, but did not win a medal... (FRG) |
7.85 | Max Klauss (GDR) | 7.83 | Grzegorz Cybulski Grzegorz Cybulski Grzegorz Cybulski is a retired Polish long jumper.He was born in Nowa Sól, and represented the sports clubs Lumelu Zielona Góra and Śląska Wrocław... (POL) |
7.81 |
| F | Diana Yorgova Diana Yorgova Diane Yorgova is a former Bulgarian athlete, who competed mainly in the Long Jump.She competed for Bulgaria in the 1972 Summer Olympics held in Munich, Germany in the Long Jump where she won the silver medal.-References:... (BUL) |
6.45 | Jarmila Nygrýnová Jarmila Nygrýnová Jarmila Nygrýnová-Strejčková was a long jumper from the Czech Republic, representing Czechoslovakia. She won six medals at the European Indoor Championships as well as a bronze medal at the 1978 European Championships.... (TCH) |
6.30 | Mirosława Sarna (POL) | 6.15 | |
| Triple Jump | M | 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) |
16.80 | Michał Joachimowski (POL) | 16.75 | Mikhail Bariban Mikhail Bariban Mikhail Mikhailovich Bariban ; born 25 February 1949) is a retired triple jumper who represented the USSR. Bariban trained at Dynamo in Krasnodar. He won two medals at the European Indoor Championships as well as a gold medal at the 1973 Summer Universiade.... (URS) |
16.38 |
| Pole Vault | M | Renato Dionisi (ITA) | 5.40 =CR | Hans-Jürgen Ziegler (FRG) | 5.35 | Jean-Michel Bellot Jean-Michel Bellot Jean-Michel Bellot is a retired male pole vaulter from France.-Achievements:-References:*... (FRA) |
5.30 |
| Shot Put | M | Jaroslav Brabec (TCH) | 20.29 | Gerd Lochmann (GDR) | 20.12 | Jaromír Vlk (TCH) | 19.68 |
| F | Helena Fibingerová Helena Fibingerová Helena Fibingerová is a Czech shot putter who won an Olympic bronze medal and set three world records... (TCH) |
19.08 | Ludwika Chewińska (POL) | 18.29 | Antonina Ivanova (URS) | 18.25 |
Medal table
| 1 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 8 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 |  Bulgaria |
3 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| 3 | 2 | 9 | 4 | 15 | |
| 4 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 12 | |
| 5 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 8 | |
| 6 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | |
| 7 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | |
| 8 |  Romania |
1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| 13 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| 14 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | |
| 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | ||
| 16 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |