2016 European Athletics Championships

23rd European Athletics Championships
Dates	6–10 July
Host city	Amsterdam
Venue	Olympic Stadium
Level	Senior
Type	Outdoor
Events	44
Participation	1,329 athletes from 50 nations
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The 2016 European Athletics Championships was held in Amsterdam, Netherlands, between 6 and 10 July 2016. ^[1] It was the first time the Netherlands hosted the event.

Due to 2016 being an Olympic year, there was no racewalking and the marathon competition was replaced by half marathon. The Russian team did not participate due to the suspension of the All-Russia Athletic Federation by the International Association of Athletics Federations. ^[2] However, Yuliya Stepanova was individually cleared by the IAAF to compete as an independent athlete; she participated in the European championships under the flag of the European Athletic Association. ^{[3] [4]}

Germany and Great Britain topped the medal table with 16, with Poland winning 12 medals. Poland won and topped the victory column with 6 gold medals (Germany & Great Britain tied with 5).

Event schedule

Legend

Key	P	Q	H	½	F
Value	Preliminary round	Qualifiers	Heats	Semifinals	Final

Men [5] Date Jul 6 Jul 7 Jul 8 Jul 9 Jul 10 Event M A M A M A M A M A 100 m H ½ F 200 m H ½ F 400 m H ½ F 800 m H ½ F 1500 m H F 5000 m F 10,000 m F Half marathon F 110 m hurdles H ½ F 400 m hurdles H ½ F 3000 m steeplechase H F 4 × 100 m relay H F 4 × 400 m relay H F Long jump Q F Triple jump Q F High jump Q F Pole vault Q F Shot put Q F Discus throw Q F Hammer throw Q F Javelin throw Q F Decathlon F

Women [5] Date Jul 6 Jul 7 Jul 8 Jul 9 Jul 10 Event M A M A M A M A M A 100 m H ½ F 200 m H ½ F 400 m H ½ F 800 m H ½ F 1500 m H F 5000 m F 10,000 m F Half marathon F 100 m hurdles H ½ F 400 m hurdles H ½ F 3000 m steeplechase H F 4 × 100 m relay H F 4 × 400 m relay H F Long jump Q F Triple jump Q F High jump Q F Pole vault Q F Shot put Q F Discus throw Q F Hammer throw Q F Javelin throw Q F Heptathlon F

Results

Men

Track

Chronology: 2012 | 2014 | 2016 | 2018 | 2020

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 metres details	Churandy Martina   Netherlands  (NED)	10.07 SB	Jak Ali Harvey   Turkey  (TUR)	10.07	Jimmy Vicaut   France  (FRA)	10.08
200 metres details	Bruno Hortelano   Spain  (ESP)	20.45	Ramil Guliyev   Turkey  (TUR)	20.51	Daniel Talbot   Great Britain & N.I.  (GBR)	20.56
400 metres details	Martyn Rooney   Great Britain & N.I.  (GBR)	45.29	Pavel Maslák   Czech Republic  (CZE)	45.36	Liemarvin Bonevacia   Netherlands  (NED)	45.41 SB
800 metres details	Adam Kszczot   Poland  (POL)	1:45.18	Marcin Lewandowski   Poland  (POL)	1:45.54	Elliot Giles   Great Britain & N.I.  (GBR)	1:45.54 PB
1500 metres details	Filip Ingebrigtsen   Norway  (NOR)	3:46.65	David Bustos   Spain  (ESP)	3:46.90	Henrik Ingebrigtsen   Norway  (NOR)	3:47.18
5000 metres details	Ilias Fifa   Spain  (ESP)	13:40.85	Adel Mechaal   Spain  (ESP)	13:40.85	Richard Ringer   Germany  (GER)	13:40.85 SB
10,000 metres details	Polat Kemboi Arıkan   Turkey  (TUR)	28:18.52	Ali Kaya   Turkey  (TUR)	28:21.42	Antonio Abadía   Spain  (ESP)	28:26.07
Half marathon details	Tadesse Abraham   Switzerland  (SUI)	1:02:03	Kaan Kigen Özbilen   Turkey  (TUR)	1:02:27	Daniele Meucci   Italy  (ITA)	1:02:38
	Switzerland  (SUI)	3:12:04	Spain  (ESP)	3:12:06	Italy  (ITA)	3:12:41
110 metres hurdles details	Dimitri Bascou   France  (FRA)	13.25	Balázs Baji   Hungary  (HUN)	13.28 NR	Wilhem Belocian   France  (FRA)	13.33
400 metres hurdles details	Yasmani Copello   Turkey  (TUR)	48.98	Sérgio Fernández   Spain  (ESP)	49.06	Kariem Hussein   Switzerland  (SUI)	49.10
3000 metres steeplechase details	Mahiedine Mekhissi-Benabbad   France  (FRA)	8:25.63	Aras Kaya   Turkey  (TUR)	8:29.91 PB	Yoann Kowal   France  (FRA)	8:30.79
4 × 100 metres relay details	Great Britain & N.I.  (GBR) James Dasaolu Adam Gemili James Ellington Chijindu Ujah	38.17	France  (FRA) Marvin René Stuart Dutamby Mickael-Meba Zeze Jimmy Vicaut	38.38 SB	Germany  (GER) Julian Reus Sven Knipphals Roy Schmidt Lucas Jakubczyk	38.47
4 × 400 metres relay details	Belgium  (BEL) Julien Watrin Jonathan Borlée Dylan Borlée Kévin Borlée	3:01:10 EL	Poland  (POL) Rafał Omelko Kacper Kozłowski Łukasz Krawczuk Jakub Krzewina	3:01:18 SB	Great Britain & N.I.  (GBR) Rabah Yousif Delano Williams Jack Green Matthew Hudson-Smith	3:01:44 SB
WR world record | ER European record | CR championship record | NR national record | WL world leading | EL European leading | PB personal best | SB seasonal best

Field

Chronology: 2012 | 2014 | 2016 | 2018 | 2020

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
High jump details	Gianmarco Tamberi   Italy  (ITA)	2.32	Robbie Grabarz   Great Britain & N.I.  (GBR)	2.29	Chris Baker   Great Britain & N.I.  (GBR) Eike Onnen   Germany  (GER)	2.29
Pole vault details	Robert Sobera   Poland  (POL)	5.60	Jan Kudlička   Czech Republic  (CZE)	5.60	Robert Renner   Slovenia  (SLO)	5.50
Long jump details	Greg Rutherford   Great Britain & N.I.  (GBR)	8.25	Michel Tornéus   Sweden  (SWE)	8.21 SB	Ignisious Gaisah   Netherlands  (NED)	7.93
Triple jump details	Max Hess   Germany  (GER)	17.20 EL	Karol Hoffmann   Poland  (POL)	17.16 PB	Julian Reid   Great Britain & N.I.  (GBR)	16.76 SB
Shot put details	David Storl   Germany  (GER)	21.31 EL	Michał Haratyk   Poland  (POL)	21.19	Tsanko Arnaudov   Portugal  (POR)	20.59 SB
Discus throw details	Piotr Małachowski   Poland  (POL)	67.06	Philip Milanov   Belgium  (BEL)	65.71	Gerd Kanter   Estonia  (EST)	65.27 SB
Javelin throw details	Zigismunds Sirmais   Latvia  (LAT)	86.66 PB	Vítězslav Veselý   Czech Republic  (CZE)	83.59	Antti Ruuskanen   Finland  (FIN)	82.44
Hammer throw details	Paweł Fajdek   Poland  (POL)	80.93	Ivan Tikhon   Belarus  (BLR)	78.84	Wojciech Nowicki   Poland  (POL)	77.53
Decathlon details	Thomas Van der Plaetsen   Belgium  (BEL)	8218	Adam Helcelet   Czech Republic  (CZE)	8157 SB	Mihail Dudaš   Serbia  (SRB)	8153
WR world record | ER European record | CR championship record | NR national record | WL world leading | EL European leading | PB personal best | SB seasonal best

Women

Track

Chronology: 2012 | 2014 | 2016 | 2018 | 2020

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 metres details	Dafne Schippers   Netherlands  (NED)	10.90	Ivet Lalova-Collio   Bulgaria  (BUL)	11.20	Mujinga Kambundji   Switzerland  (SUI)	11.25
200 metres details	Dina Asher-Smith   Great Britain & N.I.  (GBR)	22.37 SB	Ivet Lalova-Collio   Bulgaria  (BUL)	22.52 SB	Gina Lückenkemper   Germany  (GER)	22.74
400 metres details	Libania Grenot   Italy  (ITA)	50.73	Floria Gueï   France  (FRA)	51.21	Anyika Onuora   Great Britain & N.I.  (GBR)	51.47 SB
800 metres details	Nataliya Pryshchepa   Ukraine  (UKR)	1:59.70	Rénelle Lamote   France  (FRA)	2:00.19	Lovisa Lindh   Sweden  (SWE)	2:00.37 PB
1500 metres details	Angelika Cichocka   Poland  (POL)	4:33.00	Sifan Hassan   Netherlands  (NED)	4:33.76	Ciara Mageean   Ireland  (IRL)	4:33.78
5000 metres details	Yasemin Can   Turkey  (TUR)	15:18.15	Meraf Bahta   Sweden  (SWE)	15:20.54	Stephanie Twell   Great Britain & N.I.  (GBR)	15:20.70
10,000 metres details	Yasemin Can   Turkey  (TUR)	31:12.86 EL, EU23	Dulce Félix   Portugal  (POR)	31:19.03 PB	Karoline Bjerkeli Grøvdal   Norway  (NOR)	31:23.45 PB
Half marathon details	Sara Moreira   Portugal  (POR)	1:10:19	Veronica Inglese   Italy  (ITA)	1:10:35	Jéssica Augusto   Portugal  (POR)	1:10:55
	Portugal  (POR)	3:33:53	Italy  (ITA)	3:36:38	Turkey  (TUR)	3:39:59
100 metres hurdles details	Cindy Roleder   Germany  (GER)	12.62 EL	Alina Talay   Belarus  (BLR)	12.68	Tiffany Porter   Great Britain & N.I.  (GBR)	12.76
400 metres hurdles details	Sara Slott Petersen   Denmark  (DEN)	55.12 SB	Joanna Linkiewicz   Poland  (POL)	55.33	Léa Sprunger   Switzerland  (SUI)	55.41
3000 metres steeplechase details	Gesa-Felicitas Krause   Germany  (GER)	9:18.85 EL	Luiza Gega   Albania  (ALB)	9:28.52 NR	Özlem Kaya   Turkey  (TUR)	9:35.05 SB
4 × 100 metres relay details	Netherlands  (NED) Jamile Samuel Dafne Schippers Tessa van Schagen Naomi Sedney	42.04 NR	Great Britain & N.I.  (GBR) Asha Philip Dina Asher-Smith Bianca Williams Daryll Neita	42.45 SB	Germany  (GER) Tatjana Pinto Lisa Mayer Gina Lückenkemper Rebekka Haase	42.48
4 × 400 metres relay details	Great Britain & N.I.  (GBR) Emily Diamond Anyika Onuora Eilidh Doyle Seren Bundy-Davies	3:25.05 WL	France  (FRA) Phara Anacharsis Brigitte Ntiamoah Marie Gayot Floria Gueï	3:25.96 SB	Italy  (ITA) Maria Benedicta Chigbolu Maria Enrica Spacca Chiara Bazzoni Libania Grenot	3:27.49 SB
WR world record | ER European record | CR championship record | NR national record | WL world leading | EL European leading | PB personal best | SB seasonal best

Field

Chronology: 2012 | 2014 | 2016 | 2018 | 2020

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
High jump details	Ruth Beitia   Spain  (ESP)	1.98 SB	Mirela Demireva   Bulgaria  (BUL) Airinė Palšytė   Lithuania  (LTU)	1.96 1.96 SB	Not awarded
Pole vault details	Ekaterini Stefanidi   Greece  (GRE)	4.81 CR	Lisa Ryzih   Germany  (GER)	4.70 SB	Angelica Bengtsson   Sweden  (SWE)	4.65 SB
Long jump details	Ivana Španović   Serbia  (SRB)	6.94	Jazmin Sawyers   Great Britain & N.I.  (GBR)	6.86	Malaika Mihambo   Germany  (GER)	6.65
Triple jump details	Patrícia Mamona   Portugal  (POR)	14.58 NR	Hanna Minenko   Israel  (ISR)	14.51	Paraskevi Papachristou   Greece  (GRE)	14.47
Shot put details	Christina Schwanitz   Germany  (GER)	20.17 EL	Anita Márton   Hungary  (HUN)	18.72	Emel Dereli   Turkey  (TUR)	18.22
Discus throw details	Sandra Perković   Croatia  (CRO)	69.97	Julia Fischer   Germany  (GER)	65.77	Shanice Craft   Germany  (GER)	63.89
Javelin throw details	Tatsiana Khaladovich   Belarus  (BLR)	66.34 NR	Linda Stahl   Germany  (GER)	65.25 SB	Sara Kolak   Croatia  (CRO)	63.50 NR
Hammer throw details	Anita Włodarczyk   Poland  (POL)	78.14	Betty Heidler   Germany  (GER)	75.77 SB	Hanna Skydan   Azerbaijan  (AZE)	73.83
Heptathlon details	Anouk Vetter   Netherlands  (NED)	6626 NR	Antoinette Nana Djimou   France  (FRA)	6458 SB	Ivona Dadic   Austria  (AUT)	6408 NR
WR world record | ER European record | CR championship record | NR national record | WL world leading | EL European leading | PB personal best | SB seasonal best

Medal table

Supporters with the mascot

  *   Host nation (Host nation)

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Poland  (POL)	6	5	1	12
2	Germany  (GER)	5	4	7	16
3	Great Britain & N.I.  (GBR)	5	3	8	16
4	Turkey  (TUR)	4	5	2	11
5	Netherlands  (NED)*	4	1	2	7
6	Spain  (ESP)	3	3	1	7
7	France  (FRA)	2	5	3	10
8	Italy  (ITA)	2	1	2	5
	Portugal  (POR)	2	1	2	5
10	Belgium  (BEL)	2	1	0	3
11	Belarus  (BLR)	1	2	0	3
12	Switzerland  (SUI)	1	0	3	4
13	Norway  (NOR)	1	0	2	3
14	Croatia  (CRO)	1	0	1	2
	Greece  (GRE)	1	0	1	2
	Serbia  (SRB)	1	0	1	2
17	Denmark  (DEN)	1	0	0	1
	Latvia  (LAT)	1	0	0	1
	Ukraine  (UKR)	1	0	0	1
20	Czech Republic  (CZE)	0	4	0	4
21	Bulgaria  (BUL)	0	3	0	3
22	Sweden  (SWE)	0	2	2	4
23	Hungary  (HUN)	0	2	0	2
24	Albania  (ALB)	0	1	0	1
	Israel  (ISR)	0	1	0	1
	Lithuania  (LTU)	0	1	0	1
27	Austria  (AUT)	0	0	1	1
	Azerbaijan  (AZE)	0	0	1	1
	Estonia  (EST)	0	0	1	1
	Finland  (FIN)	0	0	1	1
	Ireland  (IRL)	0	0	1	1
	Slovenia  (SLO)	0	0	1	1
Totals (32 entries)		44	45	44	133

Participating nations

Athletes from a total of 50 member federations of the European Athletics Association competed at these Championships. ^[6] Russia, suspended, did not participate. EAA accepted the participation of Russian-born athlete Yuliya Stepanova as an independent neutral athlete. ^[7]

•   Albania  (ALB) (2)
•   Andorra  (AND) (3)
•   Armenia  (ARM) (3)
•   Austria  (AUT) (15)
•   Azerbaijan  (AZE) (5)
•   Belarus  (BLR) (39)
•   Belgium  (BEL) (30)
•   Bosnia and Herzegovina  (BIH) (5)
•   Bulgaria  (BUL) (17)
•   Croatia  (CRO) (11)
•   Cyprus  (CYP) (14)
•   Czech Republic  (CZE) (46)
•   Denmark  (DEN) (12)
•   Estonia  (EST) (23)
•   Finland  (FIN) (36)
•   France  (FRA) (60)
•   Georgia  (GEO) (2)
•   Germany  (GER) (96)
•   Gibraltar  (GIB) (2)
•   Great Britain & N.I.  (GBR) (85)
•   Greece  (GRE) (35)
•   Hungary  (HUN) (29)
• Independent Athletes (EAA) (1)
•   Iceland  (ISL) (5)
•   Ireland  (IRL) (38)
•   Israel  (ISR) (17)
•   Italy  (ITA) (73)
•   Kosovo  (KOS) (2)
•   Latvia  (LAT) (16)
•   Liechtenstein  (LIE) (1)
•   Lithuania  (LTU) (19)
•   Luxembourg  (LUX) (2)
•   Macedonia  (MKD) (1)
•   Malta  (MLT) (2)
•   Moldova  (MDA) (8)
•   Monaco  (MON) (1)
•   Montenegro  (MNE) (4)
•   Netherlands  (NED) (52)(host)
•   Norway  (NOR) (48)
•   Poland  (POL) (67)
•   Portugal  (POR) (32)
•   Romania  (ROM) (22)
•   San Marino  (SMR) (1)
•   Serbia  (SRB) (9)
•   Slovakia  (SVK) (21)
•   Slovenia  (SLO) (18)
•   Spain  (ESP) (75)
•   Sweden  (SWE) (57)
•   Switzerland  (SUI) (44)
•   Turkey  (TUR) (44)
•   Ukraine  (UKR) (81)

References

1. "EK atletiek in 2016 in Amsterdam". NOS. 4 November 2011. Retrieved 2011-11-04.
2. "No Russian teams in Amsterdam". Amsterdam2016.org. 17 June 2016. Archived from the original on 27 June 2016. Retrieved 28 June 2016.
3. "Russian whistleblower Yuliya Stepanova to compete as 'neutral athlete' in Rio". The Guardian. July 2016. Retrieved 15 July 2016.
4. Ingle, Sean (6 July 2016). "Yuliya Stepanova makes her return but injury could end her Rio hopes". The Guardian .
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6. "Final Entries List" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2016-08-03. Retrieved 2016-06-28.
7. "European Athletics competitions | European Athletics | European Athletics".

External links

• EAA Official website
• Official results
• EAA calendar