1992 European Indoor Championships in Athletics
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The 22nd European Athletics Indoor Championships were held in Genoa
, a city in Italy
, in 1992. This was the first indoor championship which was the start of the new two year cycle for the games.
Genoa
Genoa |Ligurian]] Zena ; Latin and, archaically, English Genua) is a city and an important seaport in northern Italy, the capital of the Province of Genoa and of the region of Liguria....
, a city in Italy
Italy
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, in 1992. This was the first indoor championship which was the start of the new two year cycle for the games.
Track
| Discipline | 1st | Time | 2nd | Time | 3rd | Time | |
| 60 m | M | Jason Livingston Jason Livingston Jason Livingston is a former sprinter from the United Kingdom.Livingston won the 60 metres sprint gold medal at the 1992 European Indoor Championships in Genoa, in a time of 6.53 seconds... (GBR) |
6.53 | Vitaliy Savin (EUN) | 6.54 | Michael Rosswess Michael Rosswess Michael Rupert Rosswess is a retired English sprinter.Rosswess reached the final of the 200 metres event at the 1988 Olympic Games in Seoul, where he finished in seventh place... (GBR) |
6.62 |
| F | Zhanna Tarnopolskaya (EUN) | 7.17 | Anelia Nuneva Anelia Nuneva Aneliya Vechernikova née Nuneva is a retired sprinter from Bulgaria, she competed mainly in the 100m. In the final of the 100m at the 1988 Summer Olympic Games she was drawn in lane 4 alongside Florence Griffith-Joyner the red hot favorite... (BUL) |
7.29 | Nadezhda Roshchupkina (EUN) | 7.31 | |
| 200 m | M | 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) |
20.41 (NR) | Daniel Sangouma Daniel Sangouma Daniel Sangouma is a retired French sprinter who specialized in the 100 and 200 metres.-Biography:... (FRA) |
20.64 | Aleksandr Goremykin Aleksandr Goremykin Aleksandr Goremykin is a Russian sprinter who specialized in the 200 metres. He is one of the current national record holders in 4 x 100 m relay with 38,46 seconds, achieved at the 1990 European Championships in Split, Croatia.... (EUN) |
21.09 |
| F | Oksana Stepicheva (EUN) | 23.18 | Iolanda Oanta (ROM) | 23.23 | Sabine Tröger Sabine Tröger Sabine Tröger is a retired sprinter from Austria. She won two medals at the European Indoor Championships.With 11,28 seconds over 100 metres Tröger holds the current Austrian record. She also co-holds the Austrian record in 4 x 100 metres relay with 44,63 seconds.-Achievements:-External links:... (AUT) |
23.35 | |
| 400 m | M | Slobodan Branković Slobodan Branković Slobodan Branković is a Serbian former track and field athlete who specialised in the 400 metres. He is currently the general secretary of the Athletics Federation of Serbia.... (YUG) |
46.33 | Andrea Nuti Andrea Nuti Andrea Nuti is a retired Italian sprinter who specialized in the 400 metres.-Career:His personal best time is 45.35 seconds, achieved in July 1993 in Sestriere.... (ITA) |
46.37 | David Grindley David Grindley David Allan Grindley is a British former 400 metres runner who reached the final of the Barcelona Olympics in 1992.-Athletics career:... (GBR) |
46.60 |
| F | Sandra Myers Sandra Myers Sandra Myers is a retired 400 metres sprinter who represented Spain after switching from the United States. She became US champion in 400 metres in 1981, but received Spanish nationality in 1987 and competed for Spain since... (ESP) |
51.21 | Olga Bryzgina Olga Bryzgina Olha Bryzhina is a retired athlete who represented USSR and later Ukraine. She trained at Dynamo in Voroshilovgrad. Competing in the 400 metres and 4 x 400 metres relay, she was a particularly successful Olympian with three gold medals and one silver. At the 1988 Olympics the Soviet relay team... (EUN) |
51.48 | Yelena Golesheva (EUN) | 52.07 | |
| 800 m | M | Luis Javier González Luis Javier González Luis Javier González is a retired Spanish middle distance runner. He specialized in the 800 metres.-Achievements:-External links:... (ESP) |
1:46.80 | José Arconada (ESP) | 1:47.16 | Tonino Viali Tonino Viali Tonino Viali is a retired Italian middle distance runner who specialized in the 800 metres.-Achievements:-References:*... (ITA) |
1:47.22 |
| F | Ella Kovacs Ella Kovacs Ella Kovacs is a retired Romanian middle distance runner of Hungarian descent. In 1985 she won the European Indoor Championships, and ran 800 metres in 1:55.68 in June. She would achieve prominence on the world scene in 1991, when she won bronze medals in the World Championships indoor and outdoor... (ROM) |
1:59.98 | Inna Yevseyeva Inna Yevseyeva Inna Yevseyeva is a retired female middle distance runner who represented the USSR in the 1980s and the early 1990s. A two-time Olympian she set her personal best in the women's 800 metres on July 4, 1988 at a meet in Kharkov.... (EUN) |
2:00.26 | Yelena Afanaseyeva (EUN) | 2:00.69 | |
| 1500 m | M | Matthew Yates (GBR) | 3:42.32 | Sergey Melnikov Sergey Melnikov Sergey Melnikov is a retired Russian middle distance runner who specialized in the 1500 metres.He finished tenth at the 1991 IAAF World Indoor Championships and won a silver medal at the 1992 European Indoor Championships. He competed at the 1991 World Championships, but only reached the... (EUN) |
3:42.44 | Branko Zorko Branko Zorko Branko Zorko is a Croatian middle distance runner, a notable 1500 m competitor in the 1990s. Probably his biggest accomplishment is winning the first international medal for the country of Croatia, winning a bronze medal at the 1992 European Indoor Athletics Championships... (CRO) |
3:42.85 |
| F | Yekaterina Podkopayeva Yekaterina Podkopayeva Yekaterina Podkopayeva is a retired middle distance runner who represented the USSR and later Russia. She gained international recognition in 1983, when she won two bronze medals at the World Championships . The same year she managed an 800 m time of 1:55.96. She resurfaced in 1992, winning the... (EUN) |
4:06.61 | Lyubov Kremlyova (EUN) | 4:06.62 | 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) |
4:06.90 | |
| 3000 m | M | Gennaro Di Napoli Gennaro Di Napoli Gennaro Di Napoli is an Italian former middle distance runner.Di Napoli was born in Naples but moved early in his life to Lombardy, in northern Italy. He excelled in the distances from 800 to 3,000 meters.... (ITA) |
7:47.24 | John Mayock John Mayock John Paul Mayock is a British middle distance runner. He has competed at three Olympic Games, at the 1996 games in Atlanta and the 2000 games in Sydney in the 1500 m and at the 2004 games in Athens in the 5000 m... (GBR) |
7:48.47 | José Luis González (ESP) | 7:48.92 |
| F | Margareta Keszeg Margareta Keszeg Margareta Keszeg is a retired middle distance runner from Romania, best known for winning several medals in European and World Indoor Championships over 3000 metres. Her only victory came at the 1992 European Indoor Championships. Her personal best time was 8:46.70 minutes.-Achievements:-... (ROM) |
8:59.80 | Tatyana Samolenko-Dorovskikh (EUN) | 9:00.15 | Rita Marquard (GER) | 9:00.99 | |
| 60 m hurdles | M | Igors Kazanovs Igors Kazanovs Igors Kazanovs is a retired athlete who represented the USSR and later Latvia. He was a soldier in the Soviet army, but is best remembered for his achievements as a hurdler. His personal time was 13.26s, achieved at the 1993 World Championships where he finished 6th... (LAT) |
7.55 | Tomasz Nagórka (POL) | 7.69 | Jirí Hudec Jirí Hudec Jiří Hudec is a retired male hurdler from the Czech Republic. He won three medals at the European Indoor Championships, representing Czechoslovakia before it split up.-Achievements:-References:*... (TCH) |
7.72 |
| F | Lyudmila Narozhilenko (EUN) | 7.82 | Monique Ewanjé-Épée Monique Ewanje-Epee Monique Ewanje-Epee is a French athlete who specialises in the 100 meter hurdles,her sister Maryse Ewanje-Epee also competed in the olympics. Ewanje-Epee competed in the women's 100 meter hurdles at the 1988 Summer Olympics,1992 Summer Olympics and 1996 Summer Olympics.- References :... (FRA) |
7.99 | Yordanka Donkova Yordanka Donkova Yordanka Donkova is a former hurdling athlete notable for winning an Olympic gold medal and bronze medal as well as 9 medals at European indoor and outdoor championships. She still holds the CR for the European Championships with 12.38 s. Donkova set four world records in 1986... (BUL) |
8.03 | |
| 3000 m walk | M | Giovanni De Benedictis Giovanni De Benedictis Giovanni De Benedictis is a retired Italian race walker.-Achievements:-References:... (ITA) |
18:19.97 | Frants Kostyukevich Frants Kostyukevich Frants Kostyukevich is a male race walker who represented the USSR and later Belarus.-Achievements:-External links:... (EUN) |
18:25.40 | Stefan Johansson Stefan Johansson (athlete) Jan Bengt Stefan Johansson is a retired male race walker from Sweden. He twice competed for his native country at the Summer Olympics: in 1988 and 1992. Johansson set his personal best in the men's 50 km walk event in 1988.-Achievements:-References:*... (SWE) |
18:27.95 (NR) |
| F | Alina Ivanova Alina Ivanova Alina Ivanova is a retired race walker from Russia, best known for winning the gold medal in the women's 10 km walk at the 1991 World Championships in Tokyo, Japan... (EUN) |
11:49.99 | Ileana Salvador Ileana Salvador Ileana Salvador is an Italian race walker.-Achievements:-References:**... (ITA) |
11:53.23 | Beate Anders (GER) | 11:55.41 |
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) |
2.38 | 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) |
2.36 | Ralf Sonn Ralf Sonn Ralf Sonn is a retired German high jumper.His personal best, achieved during the indoor season in March 1991 in Berlin, was 2.39 metres. Only five athletes have jumped higher on the indoor track... (GER) Dragutin Topić Dragutin Topic -Career:He is a World junior record holder with 2.37 when he won World Junior Championships 1990, three weeks before his win at European Championships. In the same year Topić received the golden badge award for best athlete of Yugoslavia. Topic has set five national records, and claimed four... (YUG) |
2.29 |
| F | Heike Henkel Heike Henkel Heike Henkel is a German former athlete competing in high jump... (GER) |
2.02 | 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) |
2.02 | Yelena Yelesina Yelena Yelesina Yelena Borisovna Yelesina is a female high jumper from Russia. She won the gold medal at the 2000 Summer Olympics with 2,01m, one centimetre behind her personal best jump. She also has several minor medals from major championships.-Achievements:... (EUN) |
1.94 | |
| Long Jump | M | Dmitriy Bagryanov Dmitriy Bagryanov Dmitriy Bagryanov is a retired Russian long jumper, best known for his gold medal at the 1992 European Indoor Championships.-Achievements:-References:**... (EUN) |
8.12 | Konstantin Krause Konstantin Krause Konstantin Krause is a retired German long jumper.He won the silver medal at the 1992 European Indoor Championships. He represented the sports clubs TV Wattenscheid, TV Heppenheim and LG Ohra/Hörsel, and became German champion in 1998 and 1999.His personal best jump is 8.27 metres, achieved in... (GER) |
8.04 | Jarmo Kärnä Jarmo Kärnä Jarmo Kalevi Kärnä is a retired Finnish long jumper, best known for his bronze medal at the 1992 European Indoor Championships. His personal best was 8.16 metres, achieved in June 1989 in Riga... (FIN) |
7.96 |
| F | Larysa Berezhna (EUN) | 7.00 | Marieta Ilcu Marieta Ilcu Marieta Ilcu is a retired Romanian long jumper. In 1989 she won a silver medal at the World Indoor Championships, and jumped 7.08 metres in June. This would remain her personal best. In 1993 she celebrated her greatest sporting triumph as she won the World Indoor... (ROM) |
6.74 | Ludmila Ninova (AUT) | 6.60 | |
| Triple Jump | M | Leonid Voloshin Leonid Voloshin Leonid Voloshin is a retired triple jumper from Russia. He won the European Championships in 1990 as well as two European Indoor titles. He also won two World Championship silvers, in 1991 and 1993. In Tokyo 1991 he achieved a personal best jump of 17.75 metres, which puts him 18th in the all-time... (EUN) |
17.35 | Serge Hélan Serge Hélan Serge Hélan is a retired French triple jumper, best known for his bronze medal at the 1995 World Indoor Championships. His personal best was 17.55 metres, achieved at the 1994 European Championships in Helsinki. This was a French record as well... (FRA) |
17.18 | Vasiliy Sokov Vasiliy Sokov Vasiliy Dmitryevich Sokov is a retired triple jumper who represented the USSR and later Russia.He is best known for his two bronze medals at the European Indoor Championships. His personal best was 17.59 metres, achieved in June 1993 in Moscow. This is the Uzbek record... (EUN) |
17.01 |
| F | Inessa Kravets Inessa Kravets Inessa Mykolajivna Kravets is an Ukrainian triple jumper and long jumper.She jumped the world record at the 1995 World Championships in Gothenburg with 15.50m after studying a picture of Jonathan Edwards.... (EUN) |
14.15 | Sofiya Bozhanova Sofiya Bozhanova Sofiya Bozhanova is a retired long and triple jumper from Bulgaria. She set the world's best year performance in 1994, jumping 14.98 metres at a meet in Stara Zagora on 1994-07-16. She won the bronze medal at the 1991 IAAF World Indoor Championships, held in Seville, Spain, but the new event was a... (BUL) |
13.98 | Helga Radtke Helga Radtke Helga Radtke is a German track and field athlete. She competed from 1979 up until the 1990’s in the long and triple jumps. Until 1990 she represented East Germany... (GER) |
13.75 | |
| Pole Vault | M | Pyotr Bochkaryov Pyotr Bochkaryov Pyotr Bochkaryov is a retired Russian pole vaulter. He won the European Indoor Championships twice, setting an indoor personal best in 1994 with 5.90 metres. This is still the championship record . Outdoors he reached 5.86 metres, during the 1996 Summer Olympics.-Achievements:-References:... (EUN) |
5.85 | István Bagyula István Bagyula István Bagyula is a retired Hungarian pole vaulter. He is a former world junior record holder, having equalled Radion Gataullin's 1984 record of 5.65 metres at the 1988 World Junior Championships. A new championship record at the time, it has not yet been beaten at the WJC... (HUN) |
5.80 | Konstantin Semyonov Konstantin Semyonov Konstantin Semyonov is a retired Israeli pole vaulter.Before becoming an Israeli citizen he won the bronze medal at the 1992 European Indoor Championships for the Unified Team and became Belarusian national champion in 1993. He then finished eighth at the 1996 European Indoor Championships... (EUN) |
5.60 |
| Shot Put | M | Aleksandr Bagach (EUN) | 20.75 | Aleksandr Klimenko (EUN) | 20.02 | Klaus Bodenmüller (AUT) | 19.99 |
| F | Natalya Lisovskaya Natalya Lisovskaya Natalya Lisovskaya is a former Soviet athlete who competed mainly in the shot put. Lisovskaya trained at Spartak in Moscow.She competed for the USSR in the 1988 Summer Olympics held in Seoul, South Korea where she won the gold medal... (EUN) |
20.70 | Svetla Mitkova (BUL) | 20.06 | Astrid Kumbernuss Astrid Kumbernuss Astrid Kumbernuss is a former German female shot putter and discus thrower.Her career started at the SC Neubrandenburg sports club. Her greatest successes were gold medals at the 1995, 1997 and 1999 World Championships in Athletics, and the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta... (GER) |
19.37 | |
| Heptathlon | M | Christian Plaziat Christian Plaziat Christian Plaziat is a retired French decathlete. During his career he won the European Championships, the European Indoor Championships and the World Indoor Championships.-Achievements:-External links:... (FRA) |
6418 | Robert Změlík Robert Zmelík Robert Změlík is a Czech track athlete who won a gold medal in Olympic decathlon in 1992.His personal best in decathlon was 8627 points , in Heptathlon 6228 points , both former national records... (TCH) |
6118 | Antonio Peñalver Antonio Peñalver Antonio Peñalver Asensio is a retired Spanish decathlete.-Achievements:-External links:*... (ESP) |
6062 |
| Pentathlon | F | Liliana Nastase Liliana Nastase Liliana Năstase Alexandru is a retired Romanian heptathlete. She was born in Vânju Mare.She is best known for her gold medal at the 1993 World Indoor Championships. She also competed in the 100 metres hurdles.-Achievements:... (ROM) |
4701 | Petra Vaideanu Petra Vaideanu Petra Văideanu is a retired Romanian heptathlete.She finished 22nd at the 1991 World Championships, second at the 1992 European Indoor Championships, sixth at the 1993 World Indoor Championships, twelfth at the 1993 World Championships and eighth at the 1994 European Indoor... (ROM) |
4677 | Urszula Włodarczyk (POL) | 4651 |
Medal table
| 1 | 12 | 8 | 7 | 27 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 8 | |
| 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 | |
| 4 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | |
| 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | |
| 6 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 5 | |
| 7 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 | |
| 8 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 5 | |
| 9 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
| 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | ||
| 11 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 12 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||
| 14 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| 15 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | |
| 16 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||
External links
- Results - men at GBRathletics.com
- Results - women at GBRathletics.com
- The EAA