2017 European Athletics Indoor Championships

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2017 European Athletics Indoor Championships
Belgrade2017logo.png
Edition34th [1]
Dates3–5 March
Host city Belgrade, Serbia
Venue Kombank Arena
Events26
Participation525 athletes from
48 nations

The 2017 European Athletics Indoor Championships were held between 3 and 5 March 2017 at the Kombank Arena in Belgrade, Serbia. This was the second time this event was held in the city after the 1969 edition then known as the European Indoor Games, and the first time in more than 30 years that the competition was held in Eastern Europe. The three-day competition featured 13 men's and 13 women's athletics events and took place over two morning and three afternoon sessions. [2]

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The decision of Belgrade as the host-city was announced on 4 May 2014 in Frankfurt am Main, beating bids from Istanbul and Polish city Toruń. The host nation's leading athlete was Ivana Španović, who returned to defend her European indoor title in the long jump. [3] The 2017 Balkan Indoor Athletics Championships was held at the Kombank Arena a week prior to the competition. [4] Former athlete Slobodan Branković led the local organising committee. The event had an official website and a social media presence on Twitter and Facebook. The event mascot was decided by competition among Serbian schoolchildren, with the winning design coming from Sladjana Ljubic. A white lion named "Bela", it reflects Belgrade Zoo's breeding programme for the animals. The event logo was simply a stylised version of the phrase "Belgrade 2017", rendered in a font resembling the natural straights and curves of an athletics track. [5]

Only one Russian athlete, women's long jumper Darya Klishina, was present at the competition, due to the international ban of the All-Russia Athletic Federation in place since November 2015 following systemic doping. Klishina competed as a neutral athlete. Three other Russians were cleared to compete as neutrals, but did not attend. [6] [7] Russia had led the medal table at the competition in both 2013 and 2015.

Poland and Great Britain dominated the medal table, taking 12 of the twenty six golds available between them (7 for the Poles, 5 for the Britons) - of the other competing nations, only Germany and France won more than a single gold, with two each. In the placings table, Great Britain and Poland were inseparable on 103 points each, but Germany came a much closer third.

Men's results

Track

EventGoldSilverBronze
60 metres
details
Richard Kilty
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain
6.54 EL Ján Volko
Flag of Slovakia.svg  Slovakia
6.58 NR Austin Hamilton
Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden
6.63 PB
400 metres
details
Pavel Maslák
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic
45.77 EL Rafał Omelko
Flag of Poland.svg  Poland
46.08 PB Liemarvin Bonevacia
Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands
46.26 NR
800 metres
details
Adam Kszczot
Flag of Poland.svg  Poland
1:48.87 Andreas Bube
Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark
1:49.32 Álvaro de Arriba
Flag of Spain.svg  Spain
1:49.68
1500 metres
details
Marcin Lewandowski
Flag of Poland.svg  Poland
3:44.82 Kalle Berglund
Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden
3:45.56 Filip Sasínek
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic
3:45.89
3000 metres
details
Adel Mechaal
Flag of Spain.svg  Spain
8:00.60 Henrik Ingebrigtsen
Flag of Norway.svg  Norway
8:00.93 Richard Ringer
Flag of Germany.svg  Germany
8:01.01
60 metres hurdles
details
Andrew Pozzi
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain
7.51 Pascal Martinot-Lagarde
Flag of France.svg  France
7.52 Petr Svoboda
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic
7.53 SB
4 × 400 metres relay
details
Flag of Poland.svg  Poland
Kacper Kozłowski
Łukasz Krawczuk
Przemysław Waściński
Rafał Omelko
3:06.99Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium
Robin Vanderbemden
Julien Watrin
Kevin Borlée
Dylan Borlée
3:07.80Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic
Patrik Šorm
Jan Tesař
Jan Kubista
Pavel Maslák
3:08.60

Field

EventGoldSilverBronze
High jump
details
Sylwester Bednarek
Flag of Poland.svg  Poland
2.32 Robbie Grabarz
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain
2.30 SB Pavel Seliverstau
Flag of Belarus.svg  Belarus
2.27
Pole vault
details
Piotr Lisek
Flag of Poland.svg  Poland
5.85 Konstadinos Filippidis
Flag of Greece.svg  Greece
5.85 NR Paweł Wojciechowski
Flag of Poland.svg  Poland
5.85 SB
Long jump
details
Izmir Smajlaj
Flag of Albania.svg  Albania
8.08 NR Michel Tornéus
Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden
8.08 SB Serhiy Nykyforov
Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine
8.07
Triple jump
details
Nelson Évora
Flag of Portugal (official).svg  Portugal
17.20 SB Fabrizio Donato
Flag of Italy.svg  Italy
17.13 Max Heß
Flag of Germany.svg  Germany
17.12
Shot put
details
Konrad Bukowiecki
Flag of Poland.svg  Poland
21.97 WL NR AUR Tomáš Staněk
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic
21.43 PB David Storl
Flag of Germany.svg  Germany
21.30

Combined

EventGoldSilverBronze
Heptathlon
details
Kevin Mayer
Flag of France.svg  France
6479 ER Jorge Ureña
Flag of Spain.svg  Spain
6227 Adam Helcelet
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic
6110

Women's results

Track

EventGoldSilverBronze
60 metres
details
Asha Philip
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain
7.06 EL NR Ewa Swoboda
Flag of Poland.svg  Poland
7.10 SB Mujinga Kambundji
Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg   Switzerland
7.16 SB
400 metres
details
Floria Gueï
Flag of France.svg  France
51.90 PB Zuzana Hejnová
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic
52.42 Justyna Święty
Flag of Poland.svg  Poland
52.52
800 metres
details
Selina Büchel
Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg   Switzerland
2:00.38 NR Shelayna Oskan-Clarke
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain
2:00.39 PB Aníta Hinriksdóttir
Flag of Iceland.svg  Iceland
2:01.25
1500 metres
details
Laura Muir
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain
4:02.39 CR NR Konstanze Klosterhalfen
Flag of Germany.svg  Germany
4:04.45 PB Sofia Ennaoui
Flag of Poland.svg  Poland
4:06.59
3000 metres
details
Laura Muir
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain
8:35.67 CR Yasemin Can
Flag of Turkey.svg  Turkey
8:43.46 NR Eilish McColgan
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain
8:47.43
60 metres hurdles
details
Cindy Roleder
Flag of Germany.svg  Germany
7.88 Alina Talay
Flag of Belarus.svg  Belarus
7.92 Pamela Dutkiewicz
Flag of Germany.svg  Germany
7.95
4 × 400 metres relay
details
Flag of Poland.svg  Poland
Patrycja Wyciszkiewicz
Małgorzata Hołub
Iga Baumgart
Justyna Święty
3:29.94Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain
Eilidh Doyle
Phillipa Lowe
Mary Iheke
Laviai Nielsen
3:31.05Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine
Olha Bibik
Tetyana Melnyk
Anastasiya Bryzhina
Olha Lyakhova
3:32.10

Field

EventGoldSilverBronze
High jump
details
Airinė Palšytė
Flag of Lithuania.svg  Lithuania
2.01 WL NR Ruth Beitia
Flag of Spain.svg  Spain
1.94 Yuliya Levchenko
Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine
1.94 PB
Pole vault
details
Katerina Stefanidi
Flag of Greece.svg  Greece
4.85 WL SB Lisa Ryzih
Flag of Germany.svg  Germany
4.75 PB Angelica Bengtsson
Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden
Maryna Kylypko
Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine
4.55
Long jump
details
Ivana Španović
Flag of Serbia.svg  Serbia
7.24 WL NR Lorraine Ugen
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain
6.97 NR Claudia Salman-Rath
Flag of Germany.svg  Germany
6.94 PB
Triple jump
details
Kristin Gierisch
Flag of Germany.svg  Germany
14.37 EL Patrícia Mamona
Flag of Portugal (official).svg  Portugal
14.32 SB Paraskevi Papachristou
Flag of Greece.svg  Greece
14.24 SB
Shot put
details
Anita Márton
Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary
19.28 WL Radoslava Mavrodieva
Flag of Bulgaria.svg  Bulgaria
18.36 PB Yuliya Leantsiuk
Flag of Belarus.svg  Belarus
18.32

Combined

EventGoldSilverBronze
Pentathlon
details
Nafissatou Thiam
Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium
4870 WL Ivona Dadic
Flag of Austria.svg  Austria
4767 NR Györgyi Zsivoczky-Farkas
Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary
4723 PB

Medal table

  The host country is highlighted in blue
RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1Flag of Poland.svg  Poland  (POL)72312
2Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain  (GBR)54110
3Flag of Germany.svg  Germany  (GER)2259
4Flag of France.svg  France  (FRA)2103
5Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic  (CZE)1247
6Flag of Spain.svg  Spain  (ESP)1214
7Flag of Greece.svg  Greece  (GRE)1113
8Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium  (BEL)1102
Flag of Portugal (official).svg  Portugal  (POR)1102
10Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary  (HUN)1012
Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  Switzerland  (SUI)1012
12Flag of Albania.svg  Albania  (ALB)1001
Flag of Lithuania.svg  Lithuania  (LTU)1001
Flag of Serbia.svg  Serbia  (SRB)*1001
15Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden  (SWE)0224
16Flag of Belarus.svg  Belarus  (BLR)0123
17Flag of Austria.svg  Austria  (AUT)0101
Flag of Bulgaria.svg  Bulgaria  (BUL)0101
Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark  (DEN)0101
Flag of Italy.svg  Italy  (ITA)0101
Flag of Norway.svg  Norway  (NOR)0101
Flag of Slovakia.svg  Slovakia  (SVK)0101
Flag of Turkey.svg  Turkey  (TUR)0101
24Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine  (UKR)0044
25Flag of Iceland.svg  Iceland  (ISL)0011
Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands  (NED)0011
Totals (26 entries)26262779

Placing table

In the placing table the points were awarded for every place in the top eight of each event: 8 for 1st, 7 for 2nd, 6 for 3rd, etc. [8]

RankNation1st2nd3rd4th5th6th7th8thTotal
1Flag of Poland.svg  Poland 561418106104
2Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 40286512642103
3Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 16143020124399
4Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 1411.52085.52162
5Flag of France.svg  France 1671012943.561.5
6Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 8146108122161
7Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic 8142456158
8Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine 723.5104246.5
9Flag of Belarus.svg  Belarus 7124225
10Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 7566125
11Flag of Portugal (official).svg  Portugal 875424
12Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 658423
13Flag of Greece.svg  Greece 87621
14Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  Switzerland 854320
15Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary 86519
16Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark 754218
17Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium 87116
18Flag of Serbia.svg  Serbia 843116
19Flag of Austria.svg  Austria 75315
20Flag of Bulgaria.svg  Bulgaria 75113
21Flag of Albania.svg  Albania 8412
22Flag of Norway.svg  Norway 7411
22Flag of Slovakia.svg  Slovakia 7411
24Flag of Turkey.svg  Turkey 7310
25Flag of Lithuania.svg  Lithuania 88
26Flag of Croatia.svg  Croatia 448
27Flag of Iceland.svg  Iceland 66
28Flag of Finland.svg  Finland 62.521.56
29Flag of Latvia.svg  Latvia 50.55.5
30Independent Athletes55
30Flag of Azerbaijan.svg  Azerbaijan 55
32Flag of Estonia.svg  Estonia 44
33Flag of Cyprus.svg  Cyprus 33
33Flag of Montenegro.svg  Montenegro 33
35Flag of Bosnia and Herzegovina.svg  Bosnia and Herzegovina 22
36Flag of Slovenia.svg  Slovenia 0.50.5

Participating nations

There was a total of 525 participants (out of the 567 initially entered) from 48 nations. The only federations missing were Georgia, Kosovo, and Liechtenstein.

References

  1. "The 34th European Athletics Indoor Championships, Belgrade 2017". SPAR International . 2017-03-08. Retrieved 2024-09-05.
  2. Timetable. Belgrade2017. Retrieved on 2017-03-04.
  3. "Belgrade to host 2017 Indoor Champs". Time to Run. 5 May 2014. Retrieved 2 February 2017.
  4. Balkan Indoor Championships. Kombank Arena (2017-02-25). Retrieved on 2017-03-04.
  5. Media Guide. Belgrade2017. Retrieved on 2017-03-04.
  6. IAAF clears 3 Russians to compete at European indoor championships. CBC (2017-02-23). Retrieved on 2017-03-04.
  7. Russian athlete Darya Klishina going solo again as ban brings back 'stressful' Rio memories. Evening Standard (2017-03-03). Retrieved on 2017-03-04.
  8. "EUROPEAN ATHLETICS INDOOR CHAMPIONSHIPS BELGRADE 2017 PLACING TABLE". european-athletics.org. Retrieved 21 July 2018.