1974 European Athletics Championships

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11th European Athletics Championships
1974roma.jpg
The logo of the 1974 European Athletics Championships
Dates1 – 8 September
Host city Rome, Italy
Venue Stadio Olimpico
LevelSenior
TypeOutdoor
Events39
Participation745 athletes from
29 nations

The 11th European Athletics Championships of 1974 were held from 2 September to 8 September in Italy, at Rome's Stadio Olimpico. Contemporaneous reports on the event were given in the Glasgow Herald. [1] [2] [3] [4]

Contents

Men's results

Complete results were published. [5]

Track

1969 |1971 |1974 |1978 |1982

EventGoldSilverBronze
100 metres
details
Valeriy Borzov
Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union
10.27 Pietro Mennea
Flag of Italy.svg  Italy
10.34 Klaus-Dieter Bieler
Flag of Germany.svg  West Germany
10.35
200 metres
details
Pietro Mennea
Flag of Italy.svg  Italy
20.60 Manfred Ommer
Flag of Germany.svg  West Germany
20.76 Hans-Jürgen Bombach
Flag of East Germany.svg  East Germany
20.83
400 metres
details
Karl Honz
Flag of Germany.svg  West Germany
45.04 CR David Jenkins
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain
45.67 Bernd Herrmann
Flag of Germany.svg  West Germany
45.78
800 metres
details
Luciano Sušanj
Flag of Yugoslavia (1946-1992).svg  Yugoslavia
1:44.07 CR Steve Ovett
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain
1:45.76 Markku Taskinen
Flag of Finland.svg  Finland
1:45.89
1500 metres
details
Klaus-Peter Justus
Flag of East Germany.svg  East Germany
3:40.55 Thomas Hansen
Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark
3:40.75 Thomas Wessinghage
Flag of Germany.svg  West Germany
3:41.10
5000 metres
details
Brendan Foster
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain
13:17.21 CR Manfred Kuschmann
Flag of East Germany.svg  East Germany
13:23.93 Lasse Virén
Flag of Finland.svg  Finland
13:24.57
10,000 metres
details
Manfred Kuschmann
Flag of East Germany.svg  East Germany
28:25.75 Tony Simmons
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain
28:25.79 Giuseppe Cindolo
Flag of Italy.svg  Italy
28:27.05
Marathon
details
Ian Thompson
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain
2:13:19 Eckhard Lesse
Flag of East Germany.svg  East Germany
2:14:57 Gaston Roelants
Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium
2:16:30
20 kilometres walk
details
Volodymyr Holubnychy
Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union
1:29:30 Bernd Kannenberg
Flag of Germany.svg  West Germany
1:29:38 Roger Mills
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain
1:32:34
50 kilometres walk
details
Christoph Höhne
Flag of East Germany.svg  East Germany
3:59:06 CR Otto Barch
Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union
4:02:39 Peter Selzer
Flag of East Germany.svg  East Germany
4:04:28
110 metres hurdles
details
Guy Drut
Flag of France.svg  France
13.40 CR Mirosław Wodzyński
Flag of Poland.svg  Poland
13.67 Leszek Wodzyński
Flag of Poland.svg  Poland
13.71
400 metres hurdles
details
Alan Pascoe
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain
48.82 CR Jean-Claude Nallet
Flag of France.svg  France
48.94 Yevgeniy Gavrilenko
Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union
49.32
3000 metres steeplechase
details
Bronisław Malinowski
Flag of Poland.svg  Poland
8:15.04 CR Anders Gärderud
Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden
8:15.41 Michael Karst
Flag of Germany.svg  West Germany
8:17.91
4 × 100 metres relay
details
Lucien Sainte-Rose
Joseph Arame
Bruno Cherrier
Dominique Chauvelot
Flag of France.svg  France  (FRA)
38.69 CR Vincenzo Guerini
Norberto Oliosi
Luigi Benedetti
Pietro Mennea
Flag of Italy.svg  Italy  (ITA)
38.88 Manfred Kokot
Michael Droese
Hans-Jürgen Bombach
Siegfried Schenke
Flag of East Germany.svg  East Germany  (GDR)
38.99
4 × 400 metres relay
details
Glen Cohen
William Hartley
Alan Pascoe
David Jenkins
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain  (GBR)
3:03.33 Hermann Köhler
Horst-Rüdiger Schlöske
Karl Honz
Rolf Ziegler
Flag of Germany.svg  West Germany  (FRG)
3:03.52 Stig Lönnqvist
Ossi Karttunen
Markku Taskinen
Markku Kukkoaho
Flag of Finland.svg  Finland  (FIN)
3:03.57

Field

1969 |1971 |1974 |1978 |1982

EventGoldSilverBronze
High jump
details
Jesper Tørring
Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark
2.25 m CR Kęstutis Šapka
Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union
2.25 m =CR Vladimír Malý
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czechoslovakia
2.19 m
Pole vault
details
Vladimir Kishkun
Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union
5.35 m =CR Władysław Kozakiewicz
Flag of Poland.svg  Poland
5.35 m Yury Isakov
Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union
5.30 m
Long jump
details
Valeriy Podluzhniy
Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union
8.12 m w Nenad Stekić
Flag of Yugoslavia (1946-1992).svg  Yugoslavia
8.05 m CR Yevgeni Schubin
Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union
7.98 m
Triple jump
details
Viktor Saneyev
Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union
17.23 m CR Carol Corbu
Flag of Romania (1965-1989).svg  Romania
16.68 m Andrzej Sontag
Flag of Poland.svg  Poland
16.61 m
Shot put
details
Hartmut Briesenick
Flag of East Germany.svg  East Germany
20.50 m Ralf Reichenbach
Flag of Germany.svg  West Germany
20.38 m Geoff Capes
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain
20.21 m
Discus throw
details
Pentti Kahma
Flag of Finland.svg  Finland
63.62 m Ludvík Daněk
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czechoslovakia
62.76 m Ricky Bruch
Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden
62.00 m
Hammer throw
details
Aleksey Spiridonov
Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union
74.20 m Jochen Sachse
Flag of East Germany.svg  East Germany
74.00 m Reinhard Theimer
Flag of East Germany.svg  East Germany
71.62 m
Javelin throw
details
Hannu Siitonen
Flag of Finland.svg  Finland
89.58 m Wolfgang Hanisch
Flag of East Germany.svg  East Germany
85.46 m Terje Thorslund
Flag of Norway.svg  Norway
83.68 m
Decathlon
details
Ryszard Skowronek
Flag of Poland.svg  Poland
8207 pts CR Yves Le Roy
Flag of France.svg  France
8146 pts Guido Kratschmer
Flag of Germany.svg  West Germany
8132 pts

Women's results

Track

1969 |1971 |1974 |1978 |1982

EventGoldSilverBronze
100 metres
details
Irena Szewińska
Flag of Poland.svg  Poland
11.13 CR Renate Stecher
Flag of East Germany.svg  East Germany
11.23 Andrea Lynch
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain
11.28
200 metres
details
Irena Szewińska
Flag of Poland.svg  Poland
22.51 CR Renate Stecher
Flag of East Germany.svg  East Germany
22.68 Mona-Lisa Pursiainen
Flag of Finland.svg  Finland
23.17
400 metres
details
Riitta Salin
Flag of Finland.svg  Finland
50.14 CR, NR (WR) Ellen Streidt
Flag of East Germany.svg  East Germany
50.69 Rita Wilden
Flag of Germany.svg  West Germany
50.88
Salin's winning time was interpreted as a World record in 1977, when the IAAF required the results to be accurate to the hundredth. The previous hand-timed record of 49.9 by Irena Szewińska was no longer listed as a World record at that time.
800 metres
details
Lilyana Tomova
Flag of Bulgaria (1971-1990).svg  Bulgaria
1:58.14 CR Gunhild Hoffmeister
Flag of East Germany.svg  East Germany
1:58.81 Mariana Suman
Flag of Romania (1965-1989).svg  Romania
1:59.84
1500 metres
details
Gunhild Hoffmeister
Flag of East Germany.svg  East Germany
4:02.25 CR Lilyana Tomova
Flag of Bulgaria (1971-1990).svg  Bulgaria
4:04.97 Grete Andersen
Flag of Norway.svg  Norway
4:05.21
3000 metres
details
Nina Holmén
Flag of Finland.svg  Finland
8:55.10 Lyudmila Bragina
Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union
8:56.09 Joyce Smith
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain
8:57.39
100 metres hurdles
details
Annelie Ehrhardt
Flag of East Germany.svg  East Germany
12.66 CR Annerose Fiedler
Flag of East Germany.svg  East Germany
12.89 Teresa Nowak
Flag of Poland.svg  Poland
12.91
4 × 100 metres relay
details
Doris Maletzki
Renate Stecher
Christina Heinich
Bärbel Eckert
Flag of East Germany.svg  East Germany  (GDR)
42.51 CR, WR Elfgard Schittenhelm
Annegret Kroniger
Annegret Richter
Inge Helten
Flag of Germany.svg  West Germany  (FRG)
42.75 Ewa Długołęcka
Danuta Jedrejek
Barbara Bakulin
Irena Szewińska
Flag of Poland.svg  Poland  (POL)
43.48
4 × 400 metres relay
details
Brigitte Rohde
Waltraud Dietsch
Angelika Handt
Ellen Streidt
Flag of East Germany.svg  East Germany  (GDR)
3:25.21 CR Marika Eklund
Mona-Lisa Pursiainen
Pirjo Wilmi
Riitta Salin
Flag of Finland.svg  Finland  (FIN)
3:25.70 NR Inta Kļimoviča
Ingrīda Barkāne
Nadezhda Kolesnikova
Natalya Sokolova
Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union  (URS)
3:26.10

Field

1969 |1971 |1974 |1978 |1982

EventGoldSilverBronze
High jump
details
Rosemarie Witschas
Flag of East Germany.svg  East Germany
1.95 m CR WR Milada Karbanová
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czechoslovakia
1.91 m Sara Simeoni
Flag of Italy.svg  Italy
1.89 m
Long jump
details
Ilona Bruzsenyák
Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary
6.65 m Eva Šuranová
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czechoslovakia
6.60 m Pirkko Helenius
Flag of Finland.svg  Finland
6.59 m
Shot put
details
Nadezhda Chizhova
Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union
20.78 m CR Marianne Adam
Flag of East Germany.svg  East Germany
20.43 m Helena Fibingerová
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czechoslovakia
20.33 m
Discus throw
details
Faina Melnik
Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union
69.00 m CR Argentina Menis
Flag of Romania (1965-1989).svg  Romania
64.62 m Gabriele Hinzmann
Flag of East Germany.svg  East Germany
62.50 m
Javelin throw
details
Ruth Fuchs
Flag of East Germany.svg  East Germany
67.22 m CR, WR Jacqueline Todten
Flag of East Germany.svg  East Germany
62.10 m Nataša Urbančič
Flag of Yugoslavia (1946-1992).svg  Yugoslavia
61.66 m
Pentathlon
details
Nadiya Tkachenko
Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union
4776 pts Burglinde Pollak
Flag of East Germany.svg  East Germany
4678 pts Zoya Spasovkhodskaya
Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union
4550 pts

Medal table

  *   Host nation (Italy)

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1Flag of East Germany.svg  East Germany  (GDR)1012527
2Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union  (URS)93517
3Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain  (GBR)43411
4Flag of Poland.svg  Poland  (POL)42410
5Flag of Finland.svg  Finland  (FIN)41510
6Flag of France.svg  France  (FRA)2204
7Flag of Germany.svg  West Germany  (FRG)15612
8Flag of Italy.svg  Italy  (ITA)*1225
9Flag of Yugoslavia (1946-1992).svg  Yugoslavia  (YUG)1113
10Flag of Bulgaria (1971-1990).svg  Bulgaria  (BUL)1102
Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark  (DEN)1102
12Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary  (HUN)1001
13Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czechoslovakia  (TCH)0325
14Flag of Romania (1965-1989).svg  Romania  (ROU)0213
15Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden  (SWE)0112
16Flag of Norway.svg  Norway  (NOR)0022
17Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium  (BEL)0011
Totals (17 entries)393939117

Participation

According to an unofficial count, 747 athletes from 29 countries participated in the event, two athletes more than the official number of 745 as published. [6]

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