1988 European Indoor Championships in Athletics
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The 19th European Athletics Indoor Championships were held in Budapest
, the capital of Hungary
, in 1988.
Budapest
Budapest is the capital of Hungary. As the largest city of Hungary, it is the country's principal political, cultural, commercial, industrial, and transportation centre. In 2011, Budapest had 1,733,685 inhabitants, down from its 1989 peak of 2,113,645 due to suburbanization. The Budapest Commuter...
, the capital of Hungary
Hungary
Hungary , officially the Republic of Hungary , is a landlocked country in Central Europe. It is situated in the Carpathian Basin and is bordered by Slovakia to the north, Ukraine and Romania to the east, Serbia and Croatia to the south, Slovenia to the southwest and Austria to the west. The...
, in 1988.
Track
| Discipline | 1st | Time | 2nd | Time | 3rd | Time | |
| 60 m | M | Linford Christie Linford Christie Linford Cicero Christie OBE is a former sprinter from the United Kingdom. He is the only British man to have won gold medals in the 100 metres at all four major competitions open to British athletes: the Olympic Games, the World Championships, the European Championships and the Commonwealth Games... (GBR) |
6.57 | Ronald Desruelles Ronald Desruelles Ronald Desruelles is a retired Belgian athlete. He started as a long jumper, and achieved a personal best of 8.08 in 1979, a national record that stood for 17 years. He then concentrated on the short sprints, and won numerous medals in 60 metres. With 6.57 seconds in 1986 he was ranked third on... (BEL) |
6.60 | Valentin Atanasov Valentin Atanasov Valentin Atanasov is a retired Bulgarian sprinter who specialized in the 100 metres. He won three medals at the European Indoor Championships.... (BUL) |
6.60 |
| F | Nelli Fiere-Cooman (NED) | 7.04 | Silke Gladisch (GDR) | 7.05 | Marlies Göhr Marlies Göhr Marlies Göhr is a former East German athlete, the winner of the 100 m at the inaugural World Championships in 1983. She ranked in the top 10 of the 100 m world rankings for twelve straight years, ranking first in six of those years... (GDR) |
7.07 | |
| 200 m | M | Nikolay Razgonov (URS) | 20.62 | Nikolay Antonov Nikolay Antonov Nikolay Antonov is a retired Bulgarian athlete. He started as a 200 metres sprinter, and won the 1991 World Indoor Championships. In 1993 he switched to long jump.... (BUL) |
20.65 | Linford Christie Linford Christie Linford Cicero Christie OBE is a former sprinter from the United Kingdom. He is the only British man to have won gold medals in the 100 metres at all four major competitions open to British athletes: the Olympic Games, the World Championships, the European Championships and the Commonwealth Games... (GBR) |
20.83 |
| F | Ewa Kasprzyk Ewa Kasprzyk (athlete) Ewa Kasprzyk née Witkowska is a retired Polish athlete competing in sprinting events. She is the Polish record holder in 100 and 200 metres.-Achievements:-Personal bests:Outoors*100m 10.93 *200m 22.13... (POL) |
22.69 | Tatyana Papilina (URS) | 22.79 | Silke Knoll Silke Knoll Silke-Beate Knoll was a German track and field athlete and participant in the Olympic Games who had success in the 1980s and 1990s as a sprinter.Her first success was the 1986 German junior title over 200 metres... (FRG) |
23.12 | |
| 400 m | M | Jens Carlowitz Jens Carlowitz Jens Carlowitz is a retired East German sprinter.His personal best time was 44.86 seconds, achieved at the 1989 World Cup in Barcelona... (GDR) |
45.63 | Brian Whittle Brian Whittle Brian Whittle is a British athlete who won the gold medal in the 4 x 400 metres relay at both the 1986 European Championships in Athletics and 1994 European Championships in Athletics. He also competed at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul... (GBR) |
45.98 | Ralf Lübke Ralf Lübke Ralf Lübke is a retired West German athlete who specialized in the 200 metres.At the 1988 Summer Olympics held in Seoul, South Korea he helped win the 4 x 400 metres relay bronze medal with his teammates Norbert Dobeleit, Edgar Itt and Jörg Vaihinger... (FRG) |
46.25 |
| F | Petra Müller (GDR) | 50.28 | Helga Arendt Helga Arendt Helga Arendt is a retired West German sprinter who competed mainly in the 400 metres.... (FRG) |
51.06 | Dagmar Neubauer (GDR) | 51.57 | |
| 800 m | M | David Sharpe (GBR) | 1:49.17 | Rob Druppers Rob Druppers Robertus Johannes Druppers is a former Dutch middle distance runner, who won the silver medal over 800m at the 1983 World Championships in Athletics. He set a Dutch 800 m record of 1:43.56 in Cologne in 1985, and a 1000m record of 2:15.23 in his home town Utrecht in the same year... (NED) |
1:49.45 | Gert Kilbert (SUI) | 1:49.46 |
| F | Sabine Zwiener (FRG) | 2:01.19 | Olga Nelyubova (URS) | 2:01.61 | Gabi Lesch (FRG) | 2:01.85 | |
| 1500 m | M | Ari Suhonen Ari Suhonen Ari Suhonen is a Finnish former middle distance runner.Suhonen was the best Finnish middle distance runner during the late 1980s and the early 1990s and he still holds the national record in the 800 metres, 1.44,10, ran in Zürich on August 16, 1989. He won national championships in the 800 metres... (FIN) |
3:45.72 | Ronny Olsson (SWE) | 3:46.16 | Rüdiger Horn (GDR) | 3:46.51 |
| F | Doina Melinte Doina Melinte Doina Ofelia Melinte is a retired Romanian athlete.She won gold medals over 1500 metres at the European Indoor Championships in 1985, 1988 and 1990, the latter race even being a European record time with 4:00.27... (ROM) |
4:05.77 | Mitica Junghiatu (ROM) | 4:06.16 | Brigitte Kraus Brigitte Kraus Brigitte Kraus is a retired West German middle distance runner who specialized in the 1500 and 3000 metres.She competed for the sports clubs LG Rhein-Berg and ASV Köln during her active career.-Achievements:- References :... (FRG) |
4:07.06 | |
| 3000 m | M | José Luis González (ESP) | 7:55.29 | Markus Hacksteiner Markus Hacksteiner Markus Hacksteiner is a former middle distance runner from Switzerland, who represented his native country at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea... (SUI) |
7:56.04 | Mikhail Dasko (URS) | 7:56.51 |
| F | Elly van Hulst Elly van Hulst Elisa Maria van Hulst is a former middle distance runner from the Netherlands, who competed for her native country at three consecutive Summer Olympics, starting in 1984.... (NED) |
8:44.50 | Vera Michallek (FRG) | 8:46.97 | Wendy Smith-Sly (GBR) | 8:51.04 | |
| 60 m hurdles | M | Aleš Höffer (TCH) | 7.56 | Jon Ridgeon Jon Ridgeon Jonathan Peter Ridgeon is a retired British hurdling athlete who won the silver medal in the 110 metres hurdles at the 1987 World Championships.- Biography :... (GBR) |
7.57 | Carlos Sala (ESP) | 7.67 |
| F | Cornelia Oschkenat Cornelia Oschkenat Cornelia Oschkenat, née Riefstahl is a German track and field athlete and Olympics participant, who represented East Germany... (GDR) |
7.77 | Marjan Olijslager (NED) | 7.92 | Mihaela Pogacian (ROM) | 7.99 | |
| 5000 m walk | M | Jozef Pribilinec Jozef Pribilinec Jozef Pribilinec is a Slovak athlete who mainly competed in racewalking.He was born in Kopernica.Pribilinec competed for the former Czechoslovakia at the 1988 Summer Olympics held in Seoul, South Korea where he won the gold medal in the men's 20 kilometre walk event.-References:... (TCH) |
18:44.40 | Roman Mrázek Roman Mrázek Roman Mrázek is a race walker who represented Czechoslovakia and later Slovakia.-Achievements:-External links:... (TCH) |
18:44.91 | Sándor Urbanik Sándor Urbanik Sándor Urbanik is a retired male race walker from Hungary. He competed in four consecutive Summer Olympics for his native country, starting in 1988.-Achievements:-References:*... (HUN) |
18:45.91 |
| 3000 m walk | F | María Reyes Sobrino (ESP) | 12:48.99 | Dana Vavracová Dana Vavřačová Dana Vavřačová is a retired Czech race walker.In the 3000 metres walk she finished fourth at the 1985 World Indoor Games, the 1987 World Indoor Championships and the 1987 European Indoor Championships... (TCH) |
12:51.08 | Mari Cruz Díaz (ESP) | 12:55.03 |
Field
| Discipline | 1st | Meter | 2nd | Meter | 3rd | Meter | |
| High Jump | M | Patrik Sjöberg Patrik Sjöberg Jan Niklas Patrik Sjöberg is a former Swedish high jumper and previous world record holder. With , he holds the Swedish as well as the European record in men's high jump... (SWE) |
2.39 | Dietmar Mögenburg Dietmar Mögenburg Dietmar Mögenburg is a former German high jumper who won gold medals at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles and at the 1982 European Championships in Athletics in Athens.-Career:... (FRG) |
2.37 | Sorin Matei Sorin Matei Sorin Matei is a retired Romanian high jumper. His personal best jump is 2.40 metres, achieved in June 1990 in Bratislava. Only three high jumpers have achieved better results during the outdoor season.-Achievements:-External links:... (ROM) |
2.35 |
| F | Stefka Kostadinova Stefka Kostadinova Stefka Kostadinova is a Bulgarian retired athlete and the current women's world record holder in the high jump. She is the current president of the Bulgarian Olympic Committee.-Career:... (BUL) |
2.04 | Heike Redetzky (FRG) | 1.97 | Larisa Kositsyna Larisa Kositsyna Larisa Kositsyna is a retired Soviet high jumper. She competed in both the 1983 and 1987 World Championships in Athletics - Women's high jump.Her personal best jump was 2.00 metres, achieved in July 1988 in Chelyabinsk.... (URS) |
1.97 | |
| Long Jump | M | Frans Maas Frans Maas Frans Maas is a retired Dutch long jumper, best known for his gold medal at the 1988 European Indoor Championships.-Achievements:-External links:... (NED) |
8.06 | 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) |
8.03 | Giovanni Evangelisti Giovanni Evangelisti Giovanni Evangelisti is a retired long jumper from Italy. His greatest achievements were the Olympic bronze medal in 1984 and three World Indoor bronze medals... (ITA) |
8.00 |
| F | Heike Drechsler Heike Drechsler Heike Gabriela Drechsler née Daute is a German track and field athlete. She is one of the most successful female long jumpers of all time and also had several successes in sprint disciplines.She is the only woman who has won two Olympic gold medals in the long jump... (GDR) |
7.30 | Galina Chistyakova Galina Chistyakova Galina Valentinovna Chistyakova is a retired athlete who represented the USSR and later Slovakia.She trained at Burevestnik in Moscow. Competing in long jump, Galina Chistyakova won the 1985 European Indoor Championships and a silver medal at the European Championships one year later... (URS) |
7.24 | Jolanta Bartczak Jolanta Bartczak Jolanta Bartczak is a retired Polish long jumper.Her personal best jump was 6.90 metres, achieved in June 1988 in Bratislava.-Achievements:-References:... (POL) |
6.62 | |
| Triple Jump | M | Oleg Sakirkin Oleg Sakirkin Oleg Yevgenevich Sakirkin is a retired triple jumper who represented the USSR and later Kazakhstan. His greatest achievement came in 1987, when he won the World Championship bronze medal with a personal best jump of 17.43 metres... (URS) |
17.30 | Béla Bakosi Béla Bakosi Béla Bakosi is a retired triple jumper from Hungary. He won six medals at the European Indoor Championships and a bronze medal at the 1982 European Championships in Athletics.-Achievements:-External links:... (HUN) |
17.25 | Vasif Asadov Vasif Asadov Vasif Asadov is a retired male triple jumper who represented the Soviet Union and later Azerbaijan. He won bronze medals at the 1988 European Indoor Championships in Budapest and the 1995 Asian Championships in Jakarta. He competed for Azerbaijan at the 1996 Summer Olympics, without reaching the... (URS) |
17.23 |
| Pole Vault | M | Rodion Gataullin Rodion Gataullin Radion Gataullin is a retired pole vaulter who trained at Burevestnik in Tashkent and represented the USSR and later Russia. His personal best jump was 6.02 and 6.00 metres , and he became the second pole vaulter to break the 6 metre barrier after Sergey Bubka... (URS) |
5.75 | Nikolai Nikolov Nikolay Nikolov (athlete) Nikolay Nikolov is a retired Bulgarian pole vaulter. He is best known for winning a silver medal at the 1988 European Indoor Championships.His personal best jump was 5.72 metres, achieved in July 1991 in Sofia. This ranks him third among Bulgarian pole vaulters, only behind Spas Bukhalov and... (BUL) |
5.70 | Atanas Tarev Atanas Tarev Atanas Tarev is a retired pole vaulter from Bulgaria. He won a bronze medal at the inaugural World Championships in 1983, and won the European Indoor Championships in 1986. The same year he jumped 5.80 metres, a personal best.... (BUL) |
5.70 |
| Shot Put | M | Remigius Machura Remigius Machura Remigius Machura is a retired shot putter who represented Czechoslovakia. His career highlights include a bronze medal at the first World Championships and a gold medal at the first World Indoor Championships. He also represented his country at the 1988 Summer Olympics where he finished fifth... (TCH) |
21.42 | Karsten Stolz Karsten Stolz Karsten Stolz is a retired West German shot putter.-Career:Stolz represented the sports club TV Wattenscheid, and became West German champion in 1984, 1986, 1987, 1988 and 1989... (FRG) |
20.22 | Georgi Todorov Georgi Todorov (athlete) Georgi Yanev Todorov is a retired Bulgarian shot putter.He finished eighth at the 1987 European Indoor Championships and won the bronze medal at the 1988 European Indoor Championships He also competed at the 1987 World Championships and the 1988 Olympic Games without reaching the finals.His... (BUL) |
19.98 |
| F | Claudia Losch Claudia Losch Claudia Losch is a German track and field athlete.Losch won the German indoor championship in the shot put in 1983, 1984, 1987, 1988, and 1989... (FRG) |
20.39 | Larisa Peleshenko Larisa Peleshenko Larisa Alexandrovna Peleshenko , née Agapova is a retired Russian shot putter best known for winning the Olympic silver medal in 2000. In her early career she won European Indoor silver medals, but in February 1995 she received a four-year drugs ban. Having originally won the 1995 World Indoor... (URS) |
20.23 | Kathrin Neimke Kathrin Neimke Kathrin Neimke , is a German track and field athlete. During the 1980s and 1990s she was one of the world's best in the shot put. Until 1990 she represented East Germany... (GDR) |
20.20 |
Medal table
| 1 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 9 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 10 | |
| 3 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 5 | |
| 3 | 2 | 0 | 5 | ||
| 5 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 11 | |
| 6 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | |
| 7 |  Bulgaria |
1 | 2 | 3 | 6 |
| 8 |  Romania |
1 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 9 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | |
| 10 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
| 11 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 12 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | |
| 13 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| 14 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
External links
- Results - men at GBRathletics.com
- Results - women at GBRathletics.com
- The EAA