1977 European Indoor Championships in Athletics
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The 8th European Athletics Indoor Championships were held in San Sebastián
, a city in Spain
, in 1977.
San Sebastián
Donostia-San Sebastián is a city and municipality located in the north of Spain, in the coast of the Bay of Biscay and 20 km away from the French border. The city is the capital of Gipuzkoa, in the autonomous community of the Basque Country. The municipality’s population is 186,122 , and its...
, a city in Spain
Spain
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, in 1977.
Track
| Discipline | 1st | Time | 2nd | Time | 3rd | Time | |
| 60 m | M | Valeriy Borzov (URS) | 6.59 | Christer Garpenborg (SWE) | 6.60 | Marian Woronin Marian Woronin Marian Jerzy Woronin is a retired Polish athlete who competed mainly in the 100 metres. He is a four-time European Indoor Champion in the 60 metres... (POL) |
6.67 |
| F | Marlies Oelsner (GDR) | 7.17 | Lyudmila Storozhkova (URS) | 7.24 | Rita Bottiglieri Rita Bottiglieri Rita Bottiglieri is a retired pentathlete from Italy. She won three medals at the European Indoor Championships.-Achievements:-References:*... (ITA) |
7.34 | |
| 400 m | M | Fons Brijdenbach Fons Brijdenbach Alfons Brijdenbach was a Belgian sprinter who specialized in the 400 metres. He is a former world indoor record holder.-Career:... (BEL) |
46.53 | Francis Demarthon (FRA) | 47.11 | Marian Gęsicki Marian Gęsicki Marian Gęsicki is a retired Polish runner who specialized in the 400 metres and 800 metres.He was born in Nowogródek and represented the club Zawisza Bydgoszcz. He finished fifth in the 800 metres at the 1975 European Indoor Championships. In 1976 he competed at the Olympic Games, reaching the... (POL) |
47.21 |
| F | Marita Koch Marita Koch Marita Koch , is a former sprint track and field athlete... (GDR) |
51.14 CR | Verona Elder (GBR) | 52.75 | Jelica Pavličić (YUG) | 53.49 | |
| 800 m | M | Sebastian Coe (GBR) | 1:46.54 CR | Erwin Gohlke (GDR) | 1:47.2a | Rolf Gysin (SUI) | 1:47.6a |
| F | Jane Colebrook Jane Colebrook Katrina Jane Colebrook , known as Jane Colebrook and Jane Finch during her career, is a former British middle distance runner who specialised in the 800 metres... (GBR) |
2:01.12 CR | Totka Petrova Totka Petrova Totka Nikolaeva Petrova is a retired female middle distance runner who represented Bulgaria in the 1970s and the early 1980s. She specialized in the 800 and 1500 metres, and won numerous international medals. She is still the Bulgarian 1500 metres record holder.-Career:She was born in Yambol, and... (BUL) |
2:01.17 | Elżbieta Katolik (POL) | 2:01.3a | |
| 1500 m | M | Jürgen Straub Jürgen Straub Jürgen Straub is a former East German middle distance runner who specialized in the 1500 metres.... (GDR) |
3:46.5a | 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... (FRG) |
3:46.6a | János Zemen (HUN) | 3:46.6a |
| F | Mary Stewart Mary Stewart Mary Florence Elinor Stewart is a popular English novelist, best known for her Merlin series, which straddles the boundary between the historical novel and the fantasy genre.-Career:... (GBR) |
4:09.37 CR | Vesela Yatsinska Vesela Yatsinska Vesela Yatsinska She was born in Botevgrad, and represented the club Balkan Botevgrad. She finished eighth at the 1976 European Indoor Championships, won the silver medal at the 1977 European Indoor Championships, finished fourth at the 1978 European Indoor Championships and fourth again at the... (BUL) |
4:10.0a | Rumyana Chavdarova Rumyana Chavdarova Rumyana Chavdarova is a retired Bulgarian middle distance runner who specialized in the 1500 metres and 3000 metres.She finished twelfth in the 3000 metres at the 1974 European Championships... (BUL) |
4:11.3a | |
| 3000 m | M | Karl Fleschen Karl Fleschen Karl Fleschen is a retired West German runner who specialized in the 3000, 5000 and 10,000 metres.... (FRG) |
7:57.5a | 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) |
7:59.3a | Markus Ryffel Markus Ryffel Markus Ryffel is a Swiss long-distance runner who won the silver medal at the 1984 Olympic 5000 metres final in Los Angeles. He set the Swiss record at 13:07.54 min... (SUI) |
8:00.3a |
| 60 m hurdles | M | Thomas Munkelt Thomas Munkelt east jordans hamThomas Munkelt was an East German athlete, winner of 110 m hurdles at the 1980 Summer Olympics.... (GDR) |
7.62 CR | Viktor Myasnikov Viktor Myasnikov Viktor Myasnikov is a retired hurdler who represented the USSR. He won two medals at the European Indoor Championships. Myasnikov trained at Dynamo in Minsk.-Achievements:-External links:*... (URS) |
7.79 | Arto Bryggare Arto Bryggare Arto Kalervo Bryggare is a former Finnish hurdling athlete. He was a member of the Parliament of Finland, representing the Social Democratic Party of Finland from 1995 to 1999 and 2003 to 2007. His personal best time 13,35, made during trials in 1984 Los Angeles Games, is still the record time in... (FIN) |
7.79 |
| F | Lyubov Nikitenko (URS) | 8.29 | Zofia Filip (POL) | 8.34 | Rita Bottiglieri Rita Bottiglieri Rita Bottiglieri is a retired pentathlete from Italy. She won three medals at the European Indoor Championships.-Achievements:-References:*... (ITA) |
8.39 |
Field
| Discipline | 1st | Meter | 2nd | Meter | 3rd | Meter | |
| High Jump | M | Jacek Wszoła (POL) | 2.25 CR | Rolf Beilschmidt Rolf Beilschmidt Rolf Beilschmidt is a retired East German high jumper.Beilschmidt represented the sports club SC Motor Jena, and became East German champion in 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979 and 1981.... (GDR) |
2.22 | Ruud Wielart (NED) | 2.22 |
| F | Sara Simeoni Sara Simeoni Sara Simeoni is an Italian former high jumper, who won a gold medal at the 1980 Summer Olympics and twice set a world record in the women's high jump.-Biography:... (ITA) |
1.92 =CR | Brigitte Holzapfel Brigitte Holzapfel Brigitte Elisabeth Holzapfel is a retired West German high jumper.At the 1975 European Junior Championships she won a bronze medal in the high jump and a gold medal in pentathlon... (FRG) |
1.89 | Edit Sámuel (HUN) | 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) |
7.96 | Lutz Franke (GDR) | 7.89 | László Szalma László Szalma László Szalma is a retired Hungarian long jumper. He won six medals at the European Indoor Championships—two gold, three silver and one bronze—and finished fourth at the 1980 Olympic Games and the 1983 World Championships... (HUN) |
7.78 |
| F | 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) |
6.63 | Ildikó Erdélyi Ildikó Erdélyi Ildikó Szabó-Erdélyi is a retired long jumper from Hungary. She won two medals at the European Indoor Championships.-Achievements:-References:*... (HUN) |
6.55 | Heidemarie Wycisk (GDR) | 6.40 | |
| Triple Jump | M | Viktor Sanyeyev (URS) | 16.65 | Jaak Uudmäe Jaak Uudmäe Jaak Uudmäe is a retired Estonian triple jumper and long jumper, gold medalist at the 1980 Summer Olympics.In 1979 and 1980 Uudmäe was acknowledged as Estonia's Sportsman of the Year... (URS) |
16.46 | Bernard Lamitié Bernard Lamitié Bernard Lamitié is a retired French triple jumper and Olympian who won three bronze medals at the European Indoor Championships.-Achievements:-References:**... (FRA) |
16.45 |
| Pole Vault | M | Władysław Kozakiewicz (POL) | 5.51 CR | Antti Kalliomäki Antti Kalliomäki Antti Kalliomäki has been a Finnish politician and former athlete. Mr. Kalliomäki is a member of the Social Democratic Party of Finland and has been a member of the Parliament of Finland since 1983. He has announced his retirement in 2011.-Politics:He served as Minister of Trade and Industry in... (FIN) |
5.31 | Mariusz Klimczyk Mariusz Klimczyk Mariusz Klimczyk is a retired pole vaulter from Poland.-Achievements:-References:... (POL) |
5.20 |
| Shot Put | M | Hreinn Halldórsson (ICE) | 20.59 | Geoff Capes Geoff Capes Geoffrey Lewis Capes is a former athlete, strongman and professional Highland Games competitor... (GBR) |
20.46 | Władysław Komar (POL) | 20.17 |
| F | Helena Fibingerová Helena Fibingerová Helena Fibingerová is a Czech shot putter who won an Olympic bronze medal and set three world records... (TCH) |
21.46 CR | Ilona Slupianek Ilona Slupianek Ilona Briesenick, née Schoknecht divorced Slupianek is a retired German athlete, who starred mainly in the shot put... (GDR) |
21.12 | Eva Wilms Eva Wilms Eva Wilms is a retired West German shot putter.Her personal best throw was 21.43 metres, achieved in June 1977 in Munich... (FRG) |
20.87 |
Medal table
| 1 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 9 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 6 | |
| 3 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 5 | |
| 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 | |
| 5 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 8 | |
| 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| 7 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | |
| 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| 10 |  Bulgaria |
0 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | ||
| 12 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | |
| 13 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||
| 15 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| 16 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | |
| 17 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||
External links
- Results - men at GBRathletics.com
- Results - women at GBRathletics.com
- EAA