1974 European Athletics Indoor Championships

The 1974 European Athletics Indoor Championships were held on 9 and 10 March 1974 in Gothenburg, Sweden at the Scandinavium.

1974 European Athletics Indoor Championships
Dates9–10 March 1974
Host cityGothenburg
Sweden Sweden
VenueScandinavium
Events21
Participation262 athletes from
25 nations
Records set8 WR, 10 CR

The track used for the championships was 196 metres long.

Medal summary

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Event Gold Silver Bronze
60 metres
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  Valeriy Borzov (URS) 6.58 CR   Manfred Kokot (GDR) 6.63   Aleksandr Kornelyuk (URS) 6.66
400 metres
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  Fons Brijdenbach (BEL) 46.60   Andreas Scheibe (GDR) 46.80   Günter Arnold (GDR) 46.94
800 metres
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  Luciano Sušanj (YUG) 1:48.07   András Zsinka (HUN) 1:48.50   Jozef Plachý (TCH) 1:49.49
1500 metres
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  Henryk Szordykowski (POL) 3:41.78   Thomas Wessinghage (FRG) 3:42.02   Włodzimierz Staszak (POL) 3:43.48
3000 metres
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  Emiel Puttemans (BEL) 7:48.48   Paul Thijs (BEL) 7:51.76   Pavel Pěnkava (TCH) 7:51.79
60 metres hurdles
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  Anatoliy Moshiashvili (URS) 7.66 WR   Mirosław Wodzyński (POL) 7.68   Frank Siebeck (GDR) 7.75
4 × 392 metres relay
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  Sweden
Michael Fredriksson
Gert Möller
Anders Faager
Dimitre Grama
3:04.55   France
Pierre Bonvin
Patrick Salvador
Roger Vélazquez
Lionel Malingre
3:05.46 Only two starting teams
High jump
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  Kęstutis Šapka (URS) 2.22   István Major (HUN) 2.20   Vladimír Malý (TCH) 2.17
Pole vault
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  Tadeusz Ślusarski (POL) 5.35   Antti Kalliomäki (FIN) 5.30   Jānis Lauris (URS) 5.30
Long jump
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  Jean-François Bonhème (FRA) 8.17   Hans Baumgartner (FRG) 8.10   Max Klauss (GDR) 8.03
Triple jump
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  Michał Joachimowski (POL) 17.03 WR   Mikhail Bariban (URS) 16.88   Bernard Lamitié (FRA) 16.56
Shot put
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  Geoff Capes (GBR) 20.95 AR CR   Heinz-Joachim Rothenburg (GDR) 20.87   Jaroslav Brabec (TCH) 19.87

Women

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Event Gold Silver Bronze
60 metres
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  Renate Stecher (GDR) 7.16 WR   Andrea Lynch (GBR) 7.17   Irena Szewińska (POL) 7.20
400 metres
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  Jelica Pavličić (YUG) 52.64 CR   Nadezhda Ilyina (URS) 52.81   Waltraud Dietsch (GDR) 52.84
800 metres
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  Elżbieta Katolik (POL) 2:02.38 AR CR   Gisela Ellenberger (FRG) 2:02.54   Gunhild Hoffmeister (GDR) 2:02.59
1500 metres
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  Tonka Petrova (BUL) 4:10.97 WR   Karin Krebs (GDR) 4:11.33   Tamara Kazachkova (URS) 4:14.45
60 metres hurdles
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  Annerose Fiedler (GDR) 8.08   Grażyna Rabsztyn (POL) 8.08   Meta Antenen (SUI) 8.19
4 × 392 metres relay
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  Sweden
Ann-Charlotte Hesse
Lena Fritzson
Ann-Margret Utterberg
Ann Larsson
3:38.15   Bulgaria
Lilyana Tomova
Sonya Zachariyeva
Yordanka Filipova
Tonka Petrova
3:39.21 Only two starting teams
High jump
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  Rosemarie Witschas (GDR) 1.90   Milada Karbanová (TCH) 1.88   Rita Kirst (GDR) 1.88
Long jump
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  Meta Antenen (SUI) 6.69 NR   Angela Schmalfeld (GDR) 6.56   Valeria Ștefănescu (ROM) 6.39
Shot put
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  Helena Fibingerová (TCH) 20.75 WR   Nadezhda Chizhova (URS) 20.62   Marianne Adam (GDR) 19.70

Medal table

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RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1  Poland (POL)4228
2  East Germany (GDR)35715
3  Soviet Union (URS)3339
4  Belgium (BEL)2103
5  Sweden (SWE)2002
  Yugoslavia (YUG)2002
7  Czechoslovakia (TCH)1146
8  France (FRA)1113
9  Bulgaria (BUL)1102
  Great Britain (GBR)1102
11  Switzerland (SUI)1012
12  West Germany (FRG)0303
13  Hungary (HUN)0202
14  Finland (FIN)0101
15  Romania (ROU)0011
Totals (15 entries)21211961

Participating nations

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References

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