2018 European Championships

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2018 European Championships
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Host Berlin, Germany
Glasgow, Scotland, UK
Edinburgh, Scotland (diving)
Gleneagles, Scotland (golf)
Nations53
Athletes3,843
Sport7
Events187
Dates2–12 August
Website europeanchampionships.com
2022  

The 2018 European Championships were the first edition of the European Championships. It was a multi-sport event which took place in Berlin, Germany, and Glasgow, Scotland, United Kingdom (with Edinburgh hosting the diving events and Gleneagles the golf) from 2 to 12 August 2018. Around 1,500 athletes competed at the European Athletics Championships in Berlin, whilst at the same time more than 3,000 took part in the other championships in Glasgow. Each European Championship was organised by the respective federation and host city.

Contents

Development and preparation

Venues

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Rowing & Triathlon
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Location of the events in Glasgow
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Location of the events in Berlin

Most of the events took place in Glasgow and its close surroundings:

Two championships events were hosted at venues in different Scottish cities:

The athletics championships event were held in the second major host city, Berlin:

European Championships Trophy

On 1 August, at the "Great Big Opening Party" in Glasgow, a new European Championship Trophy was unveiled, which was awarded to the nation achieving the most gold medals across all seven sports during the Championships. It was presented by Katherine Grainger, Emma Fredh and Angelina Melnikova on behalf of the seven European federations involved in the event. [1] On 12 August, the trophy was presented to the leading nation on the overall table, Russia, in a ceremony in Glasgow.

List of individual championships

The following championships have been brought together in the 2018 European Championships:

Participating nations

52 nations, plus Authorised Neutral Athletes (Russian athletes competing in the European Athletics Championships under the European Athletics Flag) participated at the European Championships, including:

Schedule

The original schedule was released in February 2017. [6] [7] The schedule was updated in June 2017 based on the Glasgow ticket schedule [8] [9] and again in March 2018 when the Berlin timetable was released. [10]

Event competitions1Number of gold medal events
August2
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Gold medal events
Athletics pictogram EC.svg Athletics 7 5 6 9 11 1250
Aquatics Swimming pictogram EC.svg Swimming 4 6 6 6 6 6 9 72
Diving pictogram EC.svg Diving 1 2 2 2 2 2 2
Synchronised swimming pictogram EC.png Synchronised Swimming 2 1 1 2 3
Open water swimming pictogram EC.png Open Water Swimming 2 2 1 2
Cycling Cycling (track) pictogram EC.svg Track 6 4 4 4 4 30
Cycling (road) pictogram EC.svg Road 1 2 1
Cycling (MTB) pictogram EC.png Mountain Bike 2
Cycling (BMX) pictogram EC.png BMX 2
Golf pictogram EC.svg Golf 1 23
Gymnastics Gymnastics (artistic) pictogram EC.svg Men's Artistic Gymnastics 1 612
Gymnastics (artistic) pictogram EC.svg Women's Artistic Gymnastics 1 4
Rowing pictogram EC.svg Rowing 9 8 17
Triathlon pictogram EC.svg Triathlon 1 1 1 3
Total gold medal events12212413241720121925187
Cumulative total1233577094111131143162187

Medal table

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Mascot Bonnie, a female harbour seal
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Mascot "Berlino", a bear from the city's coat of arms, first appeared as mascot of the 2009 IAAF World Championships in Athletics

Each sport maintained its own medal table, [11] but an overall medal table is also maintained, [12] the leader of which won the European Championship trophy. Russia won the inaugural trophy and topped the medal table by gold medals won with 31, whilst co-hosts Great Britain topped the total medals table with 74 medals, 26 of which were gold. A chasing pack consisting of Italy, the Netherlands, co-hosts Germany and France each won over 10 gold medals and 40 medals in total.

  *   Host nation (Host nations: United Kingdom and Germany)

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1Flag of Russia.svg  Russia  (RUS)31191666
2Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain  (GBR)*26262274
3Flag of Italy.svg  Italy  (ITA)15172860
4Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands  (NED)15151343
5Flag of Germany.svg  Germany  (GER)*13172454
6Flag of France.svg  France  (FRA)13141542
7Flag of Poland.svg  Poland  (POL)96621
8Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine  (UKR)812626
9Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  Switzerland  (SUI)84719
10Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary  (HUN)74415
11Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium  (BEL)65819
12Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden  (SWE)63110
13Flag of Norway.svg  Norway  (NOR)5218
14Flag of Greece.svg  Greece  (GRE)4329
15Flag of Belarus.svg  Belarus  (BLR)4239
16Flag of Spain.svg  Spain  (ESP)37919
17Flag of Romania.svg  Romania  (ROU)34310
18Flag of Portugal.svg  Portugal  (POR)2204
19Flag of Croatia.svg  Croatia  (CRO)2103
20Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark  (DEN)1427
Flag of Lithuania.svg  Lithuania  (LTU)1427
22Flag of Turkey.svg  Turkey  (TUR)1326
ANA flag (2017).svg  Authorised Neutral Athletes  (ANA) [1] 1326
23Flag of Ireland.svg  Ireland  (IRL)1124
24Flag of Iceland.svg  Iceland  (ISL)1102
Flag of Israel.svg  Israel  (ISR)1102
26Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic  (CZE)0314
27Flag of Austria.svg  Austria  (AUT)0134
28Flag of Slovenia.svg  Slovenia  (SLO)0112
29Flag of Azerbaijan.svg  Azerbaijan  (AZE)0101
Flag of Bulgaria.svg  Bulgaria  (BUL)0101
Flag of Slovakia.svg  Slovakia  (SVK)0101
32Flag of Armenia.svg  Armenia  (ARM)0011
Flag of Estonia.svg  Estonia  (EST)0011
Flag of Finland.svg  Finland  (FIN)0011
Totals (34 entries)187188186561
Notes

^[1] Not included in the official medal table.

In addition, while both the Men's and Women's Gymnastics events included junior competitions in line with previous editions, medals in those competitions are not included within the total.

Results and standings

Official results and standings: ec2018results.com

Broadcasting

All of Europe's major free-to-air broadcasters televised the European Championships in 2018, [13] [14] such as BBC in the United Kingdom, ARD/ZDF in Germany, France Télévisions in France, RAI in Italy and TVE in Spain. Other EBU members who signed up include VRT (Belgium), HRT (Croatia), DR (Denmark), YLE (Finland), RTÉ (Ireland), NOS (Netherlands), NRK (Norway), TVP (Poland), RTP (Portugal), SRG SSR (Switzerland) and SVT (Sweden). The level of coverage was also enhanced by a deal with Eurosport. In total, over 40 EBU members signed agreements as of April 2018. There were discussions with broadcasters in the remaining territories in Europe, plus other global territories like China, Japan and USA. [15]

Sponsorship

Glasgow 2018 had five official partners (People Make Glasgow, Scottish Government, Strathmore Water, Spar & Eurovision) and Berlin 2018 had six official partners (Spar, Le Gruyère, Nike, Toyo Tires, Generali & Eurovision) with another tier of official supporters across the two host cities. Overall over 56 companies signed up to support the inaugural event. [15] [16]

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