List of European Athletics Championships records

The European Athletics Championships has been held in a number of European countries; records have fallen in many cities.

The European Athletics Championships is a biennial event (since 2010), which began in 1934. European Athletics accepts only athletes who are representing one of the organisation's European member states and the body recognises records set at editions of the European Athletics Championships. The Championships records in athletics are the best marks set in competitions at the event. The athletics events at the Championships are divided into four groups: track events (including sprints, middle- and long-distance running, hurdling and relays), field events (including javelin, discus, hammer, pole vault, long and triple jumps), road events and combined events (the heptathlon and decathlon).

Great Britain's athletes holds the greatest number of records at the Championships with a total of ten, followed by Russia (9), Germany (7), and Spain (4). Marita Koch and Heike Drechsler each hold multiple records, Koch having broken both the 400 metres record as an individual and as part of the East German relay team and Drechsler holding the records for both long jump and 200 m. World records have been set at the Championships: the French 4×100 metres relay team ran a world record 37.79 seconds at the 1990 Championships. Several athletics events no longer take place at the Championships and thus the events are deemed defunct, and their records unchallengeable.

No records were broken at the 2012 European Athletics Championships – the first time in the history of the event. The current edition is taking place between 15 and 21 August 2022 in Munich.

Men's records

110 m hurdles record holder Colin Jackson won four European Championships gold medals.

Statistics are correct as of 12 June 2024

Event	Record	Athlete	Nation	Date	Venue	Ref
100 m	9.95 (+0.0 m/s)	Zharnel Hughes	Great Britain	7 August 2018	2018 Berlin ( details )	[1]
	9.95 (+0.1 m/s)	Marcell Jacobs	Italy	16 August 2022	2022 Munich ( details )	[2]
200 m	19.76 (+0.7 m/s)	Ramil Guliyev	Turkey	9 August 2018	2018 Berlin ( details )	[3]
400 m	44.15	Alexander Doom	Belgium	10 June 2024	2024 Rome ( details )	[4]
800 m	1:43.84	Olaf Beyer	East Germany	31 August 1978	1978 Prague ( details )
1500 m	3:31.95	Jakob Ingebrigtsen	Norway	12 June 2024	2024 Rome ( details )	[5]
5000 m	13:10.15	Jack Buckner	Great Britain	31 August 1986	1986 Stuttgart ( details )
10000 m	27:30.99	Martti Vainio	Finland	29 August 1978	1978 Prague ( details )
Half marathon	1:01:03	Yemaneberhan Crippa	Italy	9 June 2024	2024 Rome ( details )	[6]
Marathon	2:09:51	Koen Naert	Belgium	12 August 2018	2018 Berlin ( details )	[7]
110 m hurdles	13.02 (+1.5 m/s)	Colin Jackson	Great Britain	22 August 1998	1998 Budapest ( details )
400 m hurdles	46.98	Karsten Warholm	Norway	11 June 2024	2024 Rome ( details )	[8]
3000 m steeplechase	8:07.87	Mahiedine Mekhissi-Benabbad	France	1 August 2010	2010 Barcelona ( details )	[9]
High jump	2.37 m	Gianmarco Tamberi	Italy	11 June 2024	2024 Rome ( details )	[10]
Pole vault	6.10 m	Armand Duplantis	Sweden	12 June 2024	2024 Rome ( details )	[11]
Long jump	8.65 m (-0.3 m/s)	Miltiadis Tentoglou	Greece	8 June 2024	2024 Rome ( details )	[12]
Triple jump	18.18 m (-0.3 m/s)	Jordan Díaz	Spain	11 June 2024	2024 Rome ( details )	[13]
Shot put	22.45 m	Leonardo Fabbri	Italy	8 June 2024	2024 Rome ( details )	[14]
Discus throw	69.78 m	Mykolas Alekna	Lithuania	19 August 2022	2022 Munich ( details )	[15]
Hammer throw	86.74 m	Yuriy Sedykh	Soviet Union	30 August 1986	1986 Stuttgart ( details )
Javelin throw	89.72 m	Steve Backley	Great Britain	23 August 1998	1998 Budapest ( details )
Decathlon	8811 pts	Daley Thompson	Great Britain	27-28 August 1986	1986 Stuttgart ( details )
20 km walk (road)	1:18:37	Francisco Fernández	Spain	6 August 2002	2002 Munich ( details )
35 km walk (road)	2:26:49	Miguel Ángel López	Spain	16 August 2022	2022 Munich ( details )	[16]
50 km walk (road)	3:32:33	Yohann Diniz	France	15 August 2014	2014 Zürich ( details )	[17]
4×100 m relay	37.67	Jeremiah Azu Zharnel Hughes Jona Efoloko Nethaneel Mitchell-Blake	Great Britain	21 August 2022	2022 Munich ( details )	[18]
4×400 m relay	2:58.22	Paul Sanders Kriss Akabusi John Regis Roger Black	Great Britain	1 September 1990	1990 Split ( details )

Decathlon disciplines

Event	Record	Athlete	Nation	Date	Championships	Place	Ref
100 m	10.26	Daley Thompson	Great Britain	27 August 1986	1986 Championships	Stuttgart, Germany
Long jump	8.31 m (-1.0 m/s)	Simon Ehammer	Switzerland	15 August 2022	2022 Championships	Munich, Germany	[19]
Shot put	16.89 m	Pascal Behrenbruch	Germany	27 June 2012	2012 Championships	Helsinki, Finland
High jump	2.22 m	Christian Schenk	East Germany	28 August 1990	1990 Championships	Split, Yugoslavia
		Andrei Krauchanka	Belarus	12 August 2014	2014 Championships	Zürich, Switzerland	[20]
400 m	46.49	Jón Arnar Magnússon	Iceland	18 August 1998	1998 Championships	Budapest, Hungary
110 m hurdles	13.55 (+0.5 m/s)	Arthur Abele	Germany	13 August 2014	2014 Championships	Zürich, Switzerland	[21]
Discus throw	52.06 m	Mikko Halvari	Finland	29 July 2010	2010 Championships	Barcelona, Spain
Pole vault	5.45 m	Eelco Sintnicolaas	Netherlands	29 July 2010	2010 Championships	Barcelona, Spain
Javelin throw	76.05 m	Niklas Kaul	Germany	16 August 2022	2022 Championships	Munich, Germany	[22]
1500 m	4:09.7 h	Leonid Litvinenko	Soviet Union	7 September 1974	1974 Championships	Rome, Italy

Women's records

East German women, like Kirsten Emmelmann and Marita Koch, hold a number of records.

Statistics are correct as of 12 June 2024

Event	Record	Name	Nation	Date	Venue	Ref
100 m	10.73 (+2.0 m/s)	Christine Arron	France	19 August 1998	1998 Budapest ( details )
200 m	21.71 (-0.8 m/s)	Heike Drechsler	East Germany	29 August 1986	1986 Stuttgart ( details )
400 m	48.16 WR	Marita Koch	East Germany	8 September 1982	1982 Athens ( details )
800 m	1:55.41	Olga Mineyeva	Soviet Union	8 September 1982	1982 Athens ( details )
1500 m	3:56.91	Tatyana Tomashova	Russia	13 August 2006	2006 Gothenburg ( details )
5000 m	14:35.29	Nadia Battocletti	Italy	7 June 2024	2024 Rome ( details )	[23]
10,000 m	30:01.09	Paula Radcliffe	Great Britain	6 August 2002	2002 Munich ( details )
Half marathon	1:10:19	Sara Moreira	Portugal	10 July 2016	2016 Amsterdam ( details )	[24]
Marathon	2:25:14	Christelle Daunay	France	16 August 2014	2014 Zürich ( details )	[25]
100 m hurdles	12.31 (+0.8 m/s)	Cyréna Samba-Mayela	France	8 June 2024	2024 Roma ( details )	[26]
400 m hurdles	52.49	Femke Bol	Netherlands	11 June 2024	2024 Rome ( details )	[27]
3000 m steeplechase	9:11.31	Luiza Gega	Albania	20 August 2022	2022 Munich ( details )	[28]
High jump	2.03 m	Tia Hellebaut	Belgium	11 August 2006	2006 Gothenburg ( details )
		Venelina Veneva-Mateeva	Bulgaria
		Blanka Vlašić	Croatia	1 August 2010	2010 Barcelona ( details )	[29]
Pole vault	4.85 m	Ekaterini Stefanidi	Greece	9 August 2018	2018 Berlin ( details )	[30]
		Wilma Murto	Finland	17 August 2022	2022 Munich ( details )	[31]
Long jump	7.30 m (+0.6 m/s)	Heike Drechsler	East Germany	28 August 1990	1990 Split ( details )
Triple jump	15.15 m	Tatyana Lebedeva	Russia	9 August 2006	2006 Gothenburg ( details )
Shot put	21.69 m	Vita Pavlysh	Ukraine	20 August 1998	1998 Budapest ( details )
Discus throw	71.36 m	Diana Sachse	East Germany	28 August 1986	1986 Stuttgart ( details )
Hammer throw	78.94 m	Anita Włodarczyk	Poland	12 August 2018	2018 Berlin ( details )	[32]
Javelin throw	67.90 m	Christin Hussong	Germany	10 August 2018	2018 Berlin ( details )	[33]
Heptathlon	6848 pts	Nafissatou Thiam	Belgium	8–9 June 2024	2024 Rome ( details )	[34]
	100m H (wind) High jump Shot put 200m (wind) Long jump (wind) Javelin 800m 13.74 (-0.1 m/s) 1.95 m 15.06 m 24.81 (+0.3 m/s) 6.59 m (+0.1 m/s) 53.00 m 2:11.79
20 km walk (road)	1:26:36	María Pérez	Spain	11 August 2018	2018 Berlin ( details )	[35]
35 km walk (road)	2:47:00	Antigoni Ntrismpioti	Greece	16 August 2022	2022 Munich ( details )	[36]
50 km walk (road)	4:09:21	Inês Henriques	Portugal	7 August 2018	2018 Berlin ( details )	[37]
4×100 m relay	41.68	Silke Möller Katrin Krabbe Kerstin Behrendt Sabine Günther	East Germany	1 September 1990	1990 Split ( details )
4×400 m relay	3:16.87	Kirsten Emmelmann Sabine Busch Petra Müller Marita Koch	East Germany	31 August 1986	1986 Stuttgart ( details )

Heptathlon disciplines

Event	Record	Athlete	Nation	Date	Championships	Place	Ref
100 m hurdles	12.89	Sabine Möbius	East Germany	6 September 1982	1982 Championships	Athens, Greece
High jump	1.98 m	Nafissatou Thiam	Belgium	17 August 2022	2022 Championships	Munich, Germany	[38]
Shot put	17.95 m [lower-alpha 1]	Beatrix Philipp	West Germany	2 September 1978	1978 Championships	Prague, Czechoslovakia
200 m	22.88 (+1.5 m/s)	Katarina Johnson-Thompson	Great Britain	9 August 2018	2018 Championships	Berlin, Germany
Long jump	6.84 m (-0.3 m/s)	Annik Kälin	Switzerland	8 June 2024	2024 Championships	Rome, Italy
Javelin throw	57.91 m	Nafissatou Thiam	Belgium	10 August 2018	2018 Championships	Berlin, Germany
800 m	2:02.75	Irina Belova	Soviet Union	31 August 1990	1990 Championships	Split, Croatia

Mixed

Event	Record	Athlete	Nation	Date	Venue	Ref
4×400 m relay	3:09.92	Chris O'Donnell Rhasidat Adeleke Thomas Barr Sharlene Mawdsley	Ireland	7 June 2024	2024 Rome ( details )	[39]

Statistics

Totals

Championship records by year Edition No. set 1938 20 1946 12 1950 19 1954 27 1958 31 1962 28 1966 23 1969 24 1971 26 1974 26 1978 29 1982 27 1986 ? 1990 ? 1994 ? 1998 ? 2002 ? 2006 10 2010 8 2012 0 2014 3 2016 1 2018 10

Record holders by country Nation Male Female Total 9 2 11 1 6 7 2 2 4 1 2 3 2 1 3 1 2 3 1 1 2 1 1 2 0 2 2 2 0 2 2 2 2 0 2 1 1 2 0 2 2 0 1 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 1 1

World records

Year	Athlete	Country	Gender	Event	Mark
1934	Matti Järvinen	Finland	Men	Javelin throw	76.66 m
1938	Claudia Testoni	Italy	Women	80 m hurdles	11.6 sec
1954	Vladimir Kuts	Soviet Union	Men	5000 metres	13:56.6 min
1954	Sándor Rozsnyói	Hungary	Men	3000 m steeplechase	8:49.6 min
1954	Mikhail Krivonosov	Soviet Union	Men	Hammer throw	63.34 m
1958	Sergei Popov	Soviet Union	Men	Marathon	2:15:17 hrs
1962	Salvatore Morale	Italy	Men	400 m hurdles	49.2 sec
1962	Maria Itkina	Soviet Union	Women	400 metres	53.4 sec
1962	Tamara Press	Soviet Union	Women	Shot put	18.55 m
1969	Nicole Duclos	France	Women	400 metres	51.7 sec (51.72)
1969	Colette Besson	France	Women	400 metres	51.7 sec (51.74)
1969	Jaroslava Jehličková	Czechoslovakia	Women	1500 metres	4:10.77 min
1969	Rosemary Stirling Pat Lowe Janet Simpson Lillian Board	Great Britain	Women	4×400 metres relay	3:30.8 min (3:30.82)
1969	Bernadette Martin Nicole Duclos Eliane Jacq Colette Besson	France	Women	4×400 metres relay	3:30.8 min (3:30.85)
1969	Nadezhda Chizhova	Soviet Union	Women	Shot put	20.10 m
1969	Nadezhda Chizhova	Soviet Union	Women	Shot put	20.43 m
1971	Karin Burneleit	East Germany	Women	1500 metres	4:09.62 min
1971	Rita Kühne Ingelore Lohse Helga Seidler Monika Zehrt	East Germany	Women	4×400 metres relay	3:29.3 min
1971	Faina Melnik	Soviet Union	Men	Discus throw	64.22 m
1974	Riitta Salin	Finland	Women	400 metres	50.14 sec
1974	Doris Maletzki Renate Stecher Christina Heinich Bärbel Eckert	East Germany	Women	4×100 metres relay	42.51 sec
1974	Rosemarie Witschas	East Germany	Women	High jump	1.95 m
1974	Ruth Fuchs	East Germany	Women	Javelin throw	67.22 m
1978	Roland Wieser	East Germany	Men	20 kilometres walk	1:23:11.5 hrs
1978	Marita Koch	East Germany	Women	400 metres	48.94 sec
1978	Tatyana Zelentsova	Soviet Union	Women	400 m hurdles	54.89 sec
1978	Sara Simeoni	Italy	Women	High jump	2.01 m
1982	Daley Thompson	Great Britain	Men	Decathlon	8743 pts
1982	Marita Koch	East Germany	Women	400 metres	48.16 sec
1982	Kirsten Siemon Sabine Busch Dagmar Rübsam Marita Koch	East Germany	Women	4×400 metres relay	3:19.04 min
1982	Ulrike Meyfarth	West Germany	Women	High jump	2.02 m
1986	Yuriy Sedykh	Soviet Union	Men	Hammer throw	86.74 m
1986	Heike Daute-Drechsler	East Germany	Women	200 metres	21.71 sec
1986	Marina Makeyeva-Stepanova	Soviet Union	Women	400 m hurdles	53.32 sec
1986	Fatima Whitbread	Great Britain	Women	Javelin throw	77.44 m
1990	Max Morinière Daniel Sangouma Jean-Charles Trouabal Bruno Marie-Rose	France	Men	4×100 metres relay	37.79 sec
2002	Robert Korzeniowski	Poland	Men	50 kilometres walk	3:36:39 hrs

Records in defunct events

Men's events

Event	Record	Name	Nation	Date	Venue	Ref
10,000 m walk (track)	45:01.8	Josef Doležal	Czechoslovakia	1954	1954 Berne ( details )

Women's events

Event	Record	Name	Nation	Date	Venue	Ref
3000 m	8:30.28	Svetlana Ulmasova	Soviet Union	9 September 1982	1982 Athens ( details )
10 km walk (road)	42:37	Sari Essayah	Finland	9 August 1994	1994 Helsinki ( details )
80 m hurdles	10.6	Teresa Ciepły	Poland	1962	1962 Belgrade ( details )
Javelin throw (Old design)	77.44 m	Fatima Whitbread	Great Britain	1986	1986 Stuttgart ( details )
Pentathlon	5299 pts	Heide Rosendahl	West Germany	1971	1971 Helsinki ( details )

Notes

1. record set during pentathlon competition

References

General

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• European Championships Best Performances Women. European Athletics (archived). Retrieved on 2009-07-13.
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