| 1988 European Athletics Indoor Championships | |
|---|---|
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| Dates | 5–6 March |
| Host city | Budapest  Hungary |
| Venue | Budapest Sportcsarnok |
| Events | 24 |
| Participation | 358 athletes from 27 nations |
The 1988 European Athletics Indoor Championships were held in Budapest, Hungary on 5 and 6 March 1988.
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 60 metres |  Linford Christie (GBR) | 6.57 |  Ronald Desruelles (BEL) | 6.60 |  Valentin Atanasov (BUL) | 6.60 |
| 200 metres |  Nikolay Razgonov (URS) | 20.62 | Nikolay Antonov (BUL) | 20.65 | Linford Christie (GBR) | 20.83 |
| 400 metres |  Jens Carlowitz (GDR) | 45.63 | Brian Whittle (GBR) | 45.98 |  Ralf Lübke (FRG) | 46.25 |
| 800 metres | David Sharpe (GBR) | 1:49.17 |  Rob Druppers (NED) | 1:49.45 |  Gert Kilbert (SUI) | 1:49.46 |
| 1500 metres |  Ari Suhonen (FIN) | 3:45.72 |  Ronny Olsson (SWE) | 3:46.16 | Rüdiger Horn (GDR) | 3:46.51 |
| 3000 metres |  José Luis González (ESP) | 7:55.29 | Markus Hacksteiner (SUI) | 7:56.04 | Mikhail Dasko (URS) | 7:56.51 |
| 60 metres hurdles |  Aleš Höffer (TCH) | 7.56 | Jon Ridgeon (GBR) | 7.57 | Carlos Sala (ESP) | 7.67 |
| 5000 metres walk | Jozef Pribilinec (TCH) | 18:44.40 | Roman Mrázek (TCH) | 18:44.91 | Sándor Urbanik (HUN) | 18:45.91 |
| High jump | Patrik Sjöberg (SWE) | 2.39 | Dietmar Mögenburg (FRG) | 2.37 |  Sorin Matei (ROM) | 2.35 |
| Pole vault | Rodion Gataullin (URS) | 5.75 | Nikolai Nikolov (BUL) | 5.70 | Atanas Tarev (BUL) | 5.70 |
| Long jump | Frans Maas (NED) | 8.06 | László Szalma (HUN) | 8.03 |  Giovanni Evangelisti (ITA) | 8.00 |
| Triple jump | Oleg Sakirkin (URS) | 17.30 | Béla Bakosi (HUN) | 17.25 | Vasif Asadov (URS) | 17.23 |
| Shot put | Remigius Machura (TCH) | 21.42 | Karsten Stolz (FRG) | 20.22 | Georgi Todorov (BUL) | 19.98 |
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 60 metres | Nelli Fiere-Cooman (NED) | 7.04 | Silke Gladisch (GDR) | 7.05 | Marlies Göhr (GDR) | 7.07 |
| 200 metres |  Ewa Kasprzyk (POL) | 22.69 | Tatyana Papilina (URS) | 22.79 | Silke Knoll (FRG) | 23.12 |
| 400 metres | Petra Müller (GDR) | 50.28 | Helga Arendt (FRG) | 51.06 | Dagmar Neubauer (GDR) | 51.57 |
| 800 metres | Sabine Zwiener (FRG) | 2:01.19 | Olga Nelyubova (URS) | 2:01.61 | Gabi Lesch (FRG) | 2:01.85 |
| 1500 metres | Doina Melinte (ROM) | 4:05.77 | Mitica Junghiatu (ROM) | 4:06.16 | Brigitte Kraus (FRG) | 4:07.06 |
| 3000 metres | Elly van Hulst (NED) | 8:44.50 | Vera Michallek (FRG) | 8:46.97 | Wendy Sly (GBR) | 8:51.04 |
| 60 metres hurdles | Cornelia Oschkenat (GDR) | 7.77 | Marjan Olyslager (NED) | 7.92 | Mihaela Pogăcean (ROM) | 7.92 |
| 3000 metres walk | María Reyes Sobrino (ESP) | 12:48.99 | Dana Vavracová (TCH) | 12:51.08 | Mari Cruz Díaz (ESP) | 12:55.03 |
| High jump | Stefka Kostadinova (BUL) | 2.04 | Heike Redetzky (FRG) | 1.97 | Larisa Kositsyna (URS) | 1.97 |
| Long jump | Heike Drechsler (GDR) | 7.30 | Galina Chistyakova (URS) | 7.24 | Jolanta Bartczak (POL) | 6.62 |
| Shot put | Claudia Losch (FRG) | 20.39 | Larisa Peleshenko (URS) | 20.23 | Kathrin Neimke (GDR) | 20.20 |
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | East Germany (GDR) | 4 | 1 | 4 | 9 |
| 2 | Soviet Union (URS) | 3 | 4 | 3 | 10 |
| 3 | Czechoslovakia (TCH) | 3 | 2 | 0 | 5 |
| Netherlands (NED) | 3 | 2 | 0 | 5 | |
| 5 | West Germany (FRG) | 2 | 5 | 4 | 11 |
| 6 | Great Britain (GBR) | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 |
| 7 | Spain (ESP) | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 8 | Bulgaria (BUL) | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 |
| 9 | Romania (ROU) | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 10 | Sweden (SWE) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 11 | Poland (POL) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 12 | Finland (FIN) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 13 | Hungary (HUN) | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 14 | Switzerland (SUI) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 15 | Belgium (BEL) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 16 | Italy (ITA) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (16 entries) | 24 | 24 | 24 | 72 | |
Austria (10) Belgium (6) Bulgaria (24)
Cyprus (1) Czechoslovakia (18)
Denmark (3) East Germany (18) Finland (9)
France (20) Great Britain (23)
Greece (4) Hungary (42)
Ireland (3) Italy (28) Netherlands (14)
Norway (4) Poland (8)
Portugal (8) Romania (8)
San Marino (1) Soviet Union (23) Spain (28) Sweden (9) Switzerland (4)
Turkey (2) West Germany (32)
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