21st European Athletics Championships | |
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Dates | 27 June – 1 July |
Host city | Helsinki, Finland |
Venue | Helsinki Olympic Stadium |
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Level | Senior |
Type | Outdoor |
Events | 42 (21 men, 21 women) |
Participation | 50 nations |
The 2012 European Athletics Championships were held in Helsinki, Finland between 27 June and 1 July 2012. [1] This edition marks the beginning of a new two-year cycle of the European Athletics Championships which were previously held every four years.
The decision to grant the games for Helsinki was made by the European Athletics Congress on 9 November 2009. [2] Another city that showed interest in hosting the event was Nuremberg, Germany, however Helsinki was in pole position during the whole process. This was the third time that the city had hosted the event, 1971 and 1994 being the other occasions.
Due to 2012 being an Olympic year, there were no racewalking and marathon competitions. [3]
Key | P | Q | H | ½ | F |
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Value | Preliminary round | Qualifiers | Heats | Semifinals | Final |
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Chronology: 2006 | 2010 | 2012 | 2014 | 2016 |
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Chronology: 2006 | 2010 | 2012 | 2014 | 2016 |
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Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
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High jump | Robert Grabarz ![]() | 2.31 | Raivydas Stanys ![]() | 2.31 PB | Mickaël Hanany ![]() | 2.28 |
Pole vault | Renaud Lavillenie ![]() | 5.97 WL | Björn Otto ![]() | 5.92 PB | Raphael Holzdeppe ![]() | 5.77 =SB |
Long jump | Sebastian Bayer ![]() | 8.34 SB | Luis Felipe Méliz ![]() | 8.21 SB | Michel Tornéus ![]() | 8.17 SB |
Triple jump | Fabrizio Donato ![]() | 17.63 | Sheryf El-Sheryf ![]() | 17.28 | Aliaksei Tsapik ![]() | 16.97 |
Shot put | David Storl ![]() | 21.58 SB | Rutger Smith ![]() | 20.55 =SB | Asmir Kolašinac ![]() | 20.36 |
Discus throw | Robert Harting ![]() | 68.30 | Gerd Kanter ![]() | 66.53 | Rutger Smith ![]() | 64.02 |
Javelin throw | Vítězslav Veselý ![]() | 83.72 | Valeriy Iordan ![]() | 83.32 PB | Ari Mannio ![]() | 82.63 |
Hammer throw | Krisztián Pars ![]() | 79.72 | Aleksey Zagornyi ![]() | 77.40 | Szymon Ziółkowski ![]() | 76.67 |
Decathlon | Pascal Behrenbruch ![]() | 8558 EL, PB | Oleksiy Kasyanov ![]() | 8321 | Ilya Shkurenyov ![]() | 8219 PB |
WR world record | AR area record | CR championship record | GR games record | NR national record | OR Olympic record | PB personal best | SB season best | WL world leading (in a given season) |
Chronology: 2006 | 2010 | 2012 | 2014 | 2016 |
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Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
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100 metres | Ivet Lalova ![]() | 11.28 | Olesya Povh ![]() | 11.32 | Lina Grinčikaitė ![]() | 11.32 SB |
200 metres | Mariya Ryemyen ![]() | 23.05 | Hrystyna Stuy ![]() | 23.17 | Myriam Soumaré ![]() | 23.21 |
400 metres | Moa Hjelmer ![]() | 51.13 NR | Ksenia Zadorina ![]() | 51.26 SB | Ilona Usovich ![]() | 51.94 |
800 metres ≠1 | Lynsey Sharp ![]() | 2:00.52 PB | Maryna Arzamasava ![]() | 2:01.02 | Liliya Lobanova ![]() | 2:01.29 |
1500 metres ≠2 | Nuria Fernández ![]() | 4:08.80 | Diana Sujew ![]() | 4:09.28 | Tereza Čapková ![]() | 4:10.17 |
5000 metres | Olga Golovkina ![]() | 15:11.70 | Sara Moreira ![]() | 15:12.05 | Julia Bleasdale ![]() | 15:12.77 |
10,000 metres | Ana Dulce Félix ![]() | 31:44.75 | Joanne Pavey ![]() | 31:49.03 | Olha Skrypak ![]() | 31:51.32 |
100 metres hurdles ≠3 | Alina Talay ![]() | 12.91 | Katsiaryna Paplauskaya ![]() | 12.97 | Beate Schrott ![]() | 12.98 =SB |
400 metres hurdles | Denisa Rosolová ![]() | 54.24 PB | Hanna Yaroshchuk ![]() | 54.35 PB | Zuzana Hejnová ![]() | 54.49 |
3000 metres steeplechase ≠4 | Gülcan Mıngır ![]() | 9:32.96 | Antje Möldner-Schmidt ![]() | 9:36.37 | Gesa Felicitas Krause ![]() | 9:38.20 |
4 × 100 metres relay | ![]() Leena Günther Anne Cibis Tatjana Lofamakanda Pinto Verena Sailer | 42.51 EL | ![]() Kadene Vassell Dafne Schippers Eva Lubbers Jamile Samuel | 42.80 NR | ![]() Marika Popowicz Daria Korczyńska Marta Jeschke Ewelina Ptak | 43.06 |
4 × 400 metres relay | ![]() Yuilya Olishevska Olha Zemlyak Nataliya Pyhyda Alina Lohvynenko | 3:25.07 EL | ![]() Phara Anacharsis Lenora Guion Firmin Marie Gayot Floria Gueï | 3:25.49 | ![]() Zuzana Hejnová Zuzana Bergrová Jitka Bartoničková Denisa Rosolová | 3:26.02 |
WR world record | AR area record | CR championship record | GR games record | NR national record | OR Olympic record | PB personal best | SB season best | WL world leading (in a given season) | ||||||
≠Doping : 1. Official result following disqualifications for Elena Arzhakova and Irina Maracheva |
Chronology: 2006 | 2010 | 2012 | 2014 | 2016 |
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Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
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High jump | Ruth Beitia ![]() | 1.97 =SB | Tonje Angelsen ![]() | 1.97 PB | Irina Gordeeva ![]() Emma Green Tregaro ![]() Olena Holosha ![]() | 1.92 |
Pole vault | Jiřina Ptáčníková ![]() | 4.60 | Martina Strutz ![]() | 4.60 SB | Nikoleta Kyriakopoulou ![]() | 4.60 =SB |
Long jump | Éloyse Lesueur ![]() | 6.81 SB | Volha Sudarava ![]() | 6.74 | Margrethe Renstrøm ![]() | 6.67 |
Triple jump | Olha Saladukha ![]() | 14.99 WL | Patrícia Mamona ![]() | 14.52 NR | Yana Borodina ![]() | 14.36 |
Shot put | Nadine Kleinert ![]() | 19.18 | Irina Tarasova ![]() | 18.91 | Chiara Rosa ![]() | 18.47 |
Discus throw | Sandra Perković ![]() | 67.62 | Nadine Müller ![]() | 65.41 | Natalya Semenova ![]() | 62.91 |
Javelin throw | Vira Rebryk ![]() | 66.86 NR | Christina Obergföll ![]() | 65.12 | Linda Stahl ![]() | 63.69 |
Hammer throw | Anita Włodarczyk ![]() | 74.29 | Martina Hrašnová ![]() | 73.34 SB | Anna Bulgakova ![]() | 71.47 |
Heptathlon | Antoinette Nana Djimou Ida ![]() | 6544 PB | Laura Ikauniece ![]() | 6335 PB | Aiga Grabuste ![]() | 6325 SB |
WR world record | AR area record | CR championship record | GR games record | NR national record | OR Olympic record | PB personal best | SB season best | WL world leading (in a given season) |
At the Championships 9 medals was stripped, 1 men and 8 women.
Event | Medal | Disqualified | Country | Variation date | Notes | New Podium | Original rank |
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Men's discus throw | ![]() | Zoltán Kővágó | ![]() | 26 July 2012 | [5] | ![]() ![]() | 4 |
Women's 800 m | ![]() | Elena Arzhakova | ![]() | 29 January 2013 | [6] | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | ![]() 4 5 |
![]() | Irina Maracheva | ![]() | 25 January 2016 | [7] | |||
Women's 1500 m | ![]() | Aslı Çakır Alptekin | ![]() | 17 August 2015 | [8] | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | 5 6 7 |
![]() | Gamze Bulut | ![]() | 1 June 2016 | [9] | |||
![]() | Anna Mishchenko | ![]() | 26 February 2016 | [8] | |||
4th | Yekaterina Ishova | ![]() | [8] | ||||
Women's 3000 m steeplechase | ![]() | Svitlana Shmidt | ![]() | 12 April 2015 | [10] | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | ![]() 4 |
Women's 100 m hurdles | ![]() | Nevin Yanit | ![]() | 29 August 2013 | [11] | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | ![]() ![]() 4 |
Women's heptathlon | ![]() | Lyudmyla Yosypenko | ![]() | 30 December 2012 | [12] | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | ![]() 4 |
* Host nation (Finland)
Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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1 | ![]() | 6 | 8 | 4 | 18 |
2 | ![]() | 5 | 4 | 5 | 14 |
3 | ![]() | 4 | 5 | 5 | 14 |
4 | ![]() | 4 | 2 | 2 | 8 |
5 | ![]() | 4 | 0 | 3 | 7 |
6 | ![]() | 3 | 4 | 5 | 12 |
7 | ![]() | 2 | 3 | 1 | 6 |
8 | ![]() | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 |
9 | ![]() | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
10 | ![]() | 1 | 3 | 2 | 6 |
11 | ![]() | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
12 | ![]() | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
13 | ![]() | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
14 | ![]() | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
15 | ![]() | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 |
16 | ![]() | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
17 | ![]() | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
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20 | ![]() | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
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23 | ![]() | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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26 | ![]() | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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Totals (28 entries) | 42 | 42 | 44 | 128 |
In brackets: Squad size
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