1984 European Indoor Championships in Athletics
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The 15th European Athletics Indoor Championships were held in Gothenburg
, a city in Sweden
, in 1984.
Gothenburg
Gothenburg is the second-largest city in Sweden and the fifth-largest in the Nordic countries. Situated on the west coast of Sweden, the city proper has a population of 519,399, with 549,839 in the urban area and total of 937,015 inhabitants in the metropolitan area...
, a city in Sweden
Sweden
Sweden , officially the Kingdom of Sweden , is a Nordic country on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. Sweden borders with Norway and Finland and is connected to Denmark by a bridge-tunnel across the Öresund....
, in 1984.
Track
| Discipline | 1st | Time | 2nd | Time | 3rd | Time | |
| 60 m | M | Christian Haas Christian Haas Christian Haas is a retired West German sprinter who specialized in the 100 metres.He was West Germany 100 metre Champion in 1980, 81, 82, 83, 85, 86, and 1987. He added the West German 200 titles also in 1980, and 87... (FRG) |
6.68 | Antonio Ullo Antonio Ullo Antonio Ullo is a retired Italian sprinter who specialized in the 60 metres.His personal best 100 metres time is 10.36 seconds, achieved in the heats of the 1984 Olympics. His personal best 200 metres time is 20.99 seconds, achieved in May 1987 in Potenza.-Achievements:-References:... (ITA) |
6.68 | Ronald Desruelles Ronald Desruelles Ronald Desruelles is a retired Belgian athlete. He started as a long jumper, and achieved a personal best of 8.08 in 1979, a national record that stood for 17 years. He then concentrated on the short sprints, and won numerous medals in 60 metres. With 6.57 seconds in 1986 he was ranked third on... (BEL) |
6.69 |
| F | Bev Kinch Bev Kinch Beverly Kinch is a former British long jumper and sprinter.Bev Kinch competed at the 1982 Commonwealth Games in Brisbane, Australia, winning the bronze medal in the long jump with a jump of 6.78m... (GBR) |
7.16 | Anelia Nuneva Anelia Nuneva Aneliya Vechernikova née Nuneva is a retired sprinter from Bulgaria, she competed mainly in the 100m. In the final of the 100m at the 1988 Summer Olympic Games she was drawn in lane 4 alongside Florence Griffith-Joyner the red hot favorite... (BUL) |
7.23 | Nelli Cooman Nelli Cooman Cornelli Antoinette Hariëtte Cooman is a former Dutch athlete of Surinamese origin. She was World Champion twice, six times European Champion and nineteen times national Champion of the Netherlands.... (NED) |
7.28 | |
| 200 m | M | Aleksandr Yevgenyev (URS) | 20.98 | Ade Mafe Ade Mafe Adeoye "Ade" Mafe is a retired English sprinter. He was a fitness coach for West Bromwich Albion, having previously worked for Chelsea, Millwall and the Milton Keynes Dons.... (GBR) |
21.34 | Giovanni Bongiorni Giovanni Bongiorni Giovanni Bongiorni is a retired Italian sprinter who specialized in the 200 metres.His personal best 200 metres time was 20.82 seconds, achieved in July 1981 in Turin. His personal best 100 metres time was 10.60 seconds, achieved in July 1982 in Rome.-Achievements:-References:... (ITA) |
21.48 |
| F | Jarmila Kratochvílová Jarmila Kratochvílová Jarmila Kratochvílová is a Czech former sprinter and middle distance runner. In 1983, she set world record times for both the 400 metres and 800 metres, and won gold medals in both distances at the World Championships.... (TCH) |
23.02 | Marie-Christine Cazier Marie-Christine Cazier Marie-Christine Cazier-Ballo is a retired French sprinter who specialized in the 200 metres. She set three French records over the distance, the last being 22.32 seconds when she won a silver medal at the 1986 European Championships.-Achievements:-External links:... (FRA) |
23.68 | Olga Antonova (URS) | 23.80 | |
| 400 m | M | Sergey Lovachov Sergey Lovachov Sergey Lovachov is a retired track and field sprinter from Uzbekistan, known for winning the gold medal for the Soviet Union in the men's 4x400 metres relay at the inaugural 1983 World Championships. He did so alongside Aleksandr Troshchilo, Nikolay Chernetskiy, and Viktor Markin, clocking a total... (URS) |
46.72 | Roberto Tozzi Roberto Tozzi Roberto Tozzi was an Italian sprinter who specialized in the 400 metres.He won a bronze medal in the 4 x 400 metres relay at the 1980 Summer Olympics, with teammates Stefano Malinverni, Mauro Zuliani and Pietro Mennea.... (ITA) |
47.01 | Didier Dubois (FRA) | 47.29 |
| F | Taťána Kocembová Tatána Kocembová Taťána Kocembová is a retired 400 metres runner who represented Czechoslovakia. Her greatest achievement was the 1983 World Championship silver medal in a personal best time of 48.59s. That time still ranks as the number 10 time and number 5 individual ever... (TCH) |
49.97 | Erica Rossi (ITA) | 52.37 | Rositsa Stamenova Rositsa Stamenova Rositsa Stamenova is a retired sprinter from Bulgaria. She won two medals at the European Indoor Championships.Her personal best time was 50.82 seconds, achieved in August 1984 in Prague.-Achievements:-References:... (BUL) |
52.41 | |
| 800 m | M | Donato Sabia Donato Sabia Donato Sabia is a retired Italian middle distance runner who specialized in the 800 metres.His personal best time was 1:43.88 minutes, achieved in June 1984 in Florence. In the 400 metres he had 45.73 seconds, achieved in June 1984 in Milan.-Achievements:-References:... (ITA) |
1:48.05 | André Lavie (FRA) | 1:48.35 | Phil Norgate (GBR) | 1:48.39 |
| F | Milena Matejkovičová (TCH) | 1:59.52 | Doina Melinte Doina Melinte Doina Ofelia Melinte is a retired Romanian athlete.She won gold medals over 1500 metres at the European Indoor Championships in 1985, 1988 and 1990, the latter race even being a European record time with 4:00.27... (ROM) |
1:59.81 | Cristieana Cojocaru (ROM) | 2:01.24 | |
| 1500 m | M | Peter Wirz (SUI) | 3:41.35 | Riccardo Materazzi Riccardo Materazzi Riccardo Materazzi is a retired male middle distance runner from Italy. He competed for his home country at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, California. Materazzi won the silver medal in the men's 1,500 metres at the 1984 European Indoor Championships in Gothenburg, Sweden.-References:*... (ITA) |
3:41.57 | Thomas Wessinghage Thomas Wessinghage Thomas Wessinghage was a German middle- and long-distance runner who won the 1982 European Championships' final over 5000 metres beating the British world-record holder David Moorcroft. Because he was already thirty at the time, and had been an international-level runner for a decade, this victory... (FRG) |
3:41.75 |
| F | Fiţa Lovin Fita Lovin Fiţa Lovin is a former middle distance runner from Romania who won the bronze medal in 800 metres at the 1984 Summer Olympics. She also won a silver medal at the 1985 IAAF World Indoor Championships.... (ROM) |
4:10.03 | Elly van Hulst Elly van Hulst Elisa Maria van Hulst is a former middle distance runner from the Netherlands, who competed for her native country at three consecutive Summer Olympics, starting in 1984.... (NED) |
4:11.09 | Sandra Gasser Sandra Gasser Sandra Gasser is a retired Swiss track and field athlete who specialised in middle distances.After the 1987 World Championships, where she achieved third place in the 1500 metres, she failed a doping test and was disqualified... (SUI) |
4:11.70 | |
| 3000 m | M | Lubomír Tesáček (TCH) | 7:53.16 | Markus Ryffel Markus Ryffel Markus Ryffel is a Swiss long-distance runner who won the silver medal at the 1984 Olympic 5000 metres final in Los Angeles. He set the Swiss record at 13:07.54 min... (SUI) |
7:53.61 | Karl Fleschen Karl Fleschen Karl Fleschen is a retired West German runner who specialized in the 3000, 5000 and 10,000 metres.... (FRG) |
7:54.45 |
| F | Brigitte Kraus Brigitte Kraus Brigitte Kraus is a retired West German middle distance runner who specialized in the 1500 and 3000 metres.She competed for the sports clubs LG Rhein-Berg and ASV Köln during her active career.-Achievements:- References :... (FRG) |
9:12.07 | Tatyana Pozdnyakova (URS) | 9:15.04 | Ivana Kleinová (TCH) | 9:15.71 | |
| 60 m hurdles | M | Romuald Giegiel Romuald Giegiel Romuald Giegiel is a retired hurdler from Poland. He won two medals at the European Indoor Championships.-Achievements:-References:... (POL) |
7.62 | György Bakos György Bakos György Bakos is a retired hurdler from Hungary. He won two medals at the European Indoor Championships.-Achievements:-External links:... (HUN) |
7.75 | Jiří Hudec Jirí Hudec Jiří Hudec is a retired male hurdler from the Czech Republic. He won three medals at the European Indoor Championships, representing Czechoslovakia before it split up.-Achievements:-References:*... (TCH) |
7.77 |
| F | Lucyna Kałek (POL) | 7.96 | Vera Akimova (URS) | 7.99 | Yordanka Donkova Yordanka Donkova Yordanka Donkova is a former hurdling athlete notable for winning an Olympic gold medal and bronze medal as well as 9 medals at European indoor and outdoor championships. She still holds the CR for the European Championships with 12.38 s. Donkova set four world records in 1986... (BUL) |
8.09 |
Field
| Discipline | 1st | Meter | 2nd | Meter | 3rd | Meter | |
| High Jump | M | Dietmar Mögenburg Dietmar Mögenburg Dietmar Mögenburg is a former German high jumper who won gold medals at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles and at the 1982 European Championships in Athletics in Athens.-Career:... (FRG) |
2.33 | Carlo Thränhardt Carlo Thränhardt Carlo Thränhardt is a former German high jumper, who won the silver medal at the 1981 European Indoor Championships in Grenoble. He excelled at indoor competitions, setting the world indoor record on three occasions between 1984-88... (FRG) |
2.30 | Roland Dalhäuser Roland Dalhäuser Roland Dalhäuser is a retired high jumper from Switzerland. He won three medals at the European Indoor Championships and became Swiss champion nine times.... (SUI) |
2.30 |
| F | Ulrike Meyfarth Ulrike Meyfarth Ulrike Nasse-Meyfarth is a German former high jumper. She won the Olympic title twice, in 1972 and 1984. She is the youngest Olympic champion ever in women's high jump, and at the time of her 1984 triumph, she was also the oldest ever... (FRG) |
1.95 | Maryse Ewanjé-Epée Maryse Ewanjé-Epée Maryse Ewanjé-Epée is a retired high jumper from France, who set her personal best on July 21, 1985, jumping 1.96 metres at a meet in Colombes. She competed for her native country in two consecutive Summer Olympics, starting in 1984 , where she finished in fourth place... (FRA) |
1.95 | Danuta Bułkowska (POL) | 1.95 | |
| Long Jump | M | Jan Leitner Jan Leitner Jan Leitner is a retired long jumper who represented Czechoslovakia. His greatest achievements were gold medals at the European Indoor and World Indoor Championships in 1984 and 1985.- Major achievements :... (TCH) |
7.96 | Mathias Koch (GDR) | 7.91 | Robert Emmiyan Robert Emmiyan Robert Emmiyan is a retired long jumper who represented USSR and later Armenia. His personal best jump of 8.86 metres, which he achieved in Tsakhkadzor in May 1987, is the current European record and also the fourth best result of all time .His achievements include a silver medal at the 1987 World... (URS) |
7.89 |
| F | Sue Hearnshaw Sue Hearnshaw Susan Christina Hearnshaw is a retired British athlete who competed mainly in the Long Jump.A graduate of Loughborough University, she subsequently qualified as a Chartered Accountant.... (GBR) |
6.70 | Eva Murková Eva Murková Eva Murková is a retired long jumper who represented Czechoslovakia. Her greatest achievement was the gold medal at the European Indoor Championships in 1983.-Major achievements:-References:... (TCH) |
6.55 | Stefania Lazzaroni (ITA) | 6.08 | |
| Triple Jump | M | Grigoriy Yemets (URS) | 17.33 | Vlastimil Mařinec (TCH) | 17.16 | Béla Bakosi Béla Bakosi Béla Bakosi is a retired triple jumper from Hungary. He won six medals at the European Indoor Championships and a bronze medal at the 1982 European Championships in Athletics.-Achievements:-External links:... (HUN) |
17.15 |
| Pole Vault | M | Thierry Vigneron Thierry Vigneron Thierry Vigneron is a retired French athlete. For many years he was among the world's leading pole vaulters.... (FRA) |
5.85 | Pierre Quinon Pierre Quinon Pierre Quinon was a pole vaulter from France.On August 28, 1983 in the German city of Cologne, he set a new world record with 5.82 metres. That day, after winning the contest, he became the first athlete to attempt to clear 6.00 metres in an official meet... (FRA) |
5.75 | Aleksandr Krupskiy Aleksandr Krupskiy Aleksandr Krupskiy is a retired pole vaulter who represented the USSR and later Russia. He won the 1982 European Championships in Athletics as well as three medals at the European Indoor Championships.-Achievements:-References:... (URS) |
5.60 |
| Shot Put | M | Jānis Bojārs Janis Bojars Jānis Bojārs is a retired male shot putter from Latvia, best known for winning the silver medal for the Soviet Union in the men's shot put event at the 1982 European Championships in Athens, Greece. He set his personal best on July 14, 1984 at a meet in Riga.-References:*... (URS) |
20.84 | Werner Günthör Werner Günthör Werner Günthör is a former Swiss track and field athlete, who was the best shot putter in the history of Swiss track and field.... (SUI) |
20.33 | Alessandro Andrei Alessandro Andrei Alessandro Andrei is a former Italian shot putter. He was born in Florence.He won the gold medal at the 1984 Summer Olympics held in Los Angeles, California.... (ITA) |
20.32 |
| F | Helena Fibingerová Helena Fibingerová Helena Fibingerová is a Czech shot putter who won an Olympic bronze medal and set three world records... (TCH) |
20.34 | Claudia Losch Claudia Losch Claudia Losch is a German track and field athlete.Losch won the German indoor championship in the shot put in 1983, 1984, 1987, 1988, and 1989... (FRG) |
20.23 | Heidi Krieger (GDR) | 20.18 |
Medal table
| 1 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 10 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 9 | |
| 3 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 8 | |
| 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | |
| 5 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | |
| 6 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 8 | |
| 7 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 6 | |
| 8 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | |
| 9 |  Romania |
1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 10 |  Bulgaria |
0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 11 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||
| 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||
| 14 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
External links
- Results - men at GBRathletics.com
- Results - women at GBRathletics.com
- EAA