The 16th European Athletics Championships were held from 7 August to 14 August 1994 in the Olympic Stadium

Helsinki Olympic Stadium

The Helsinki Olympic Stadium , located in the Töölö district about from the center of the Finnish capital Helsinki, is the largest stadium in the country, nowadays mainly used for hosting sports events and big concerts. The stadium is best known for being the center of activities in the 1952...

 of Helsinki

Helsinki

Helsinki is the capital and largest city in Finland. It is in the region of Uusimaa, located in southern Finland, on the shore of the Gulf of Finland, an arm of the Baltic Sea. The population of the city of Helsinki is , making it by far the most populous municipality in Finland. Helsinki is...

, Finland

Finland

Finland , officially the Republic of Finland, is a Nordic country situated in the Fennoscandian region of Northern Europe. It is bordered by Sweden in the west, Norway in the north and Russia in the east, while Estonia lies to its south across the Gulf of Finland.Around 5.4 million people reside...

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Track

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100 m	Linford Christie Linford Christie Linford Cicero Christie OBE is a former sprinter from the United Kingdom. He is the only British man to have won gold medals in the 100 metres at all four major competitions open to British athletes: the Olympic Games, the World Championships, the European Championships and the Commonwealth Games...  United Kingdom	10.14	Geir Moen Geir Moen Geir Moen is a former sprinter from Moss, Norway who specialized in the 200 metres. He represented Moss IL.His international senior debut came at the 1989 European Indoor Championships. At the 1994 European Championships he made his breakthrough as he won the gold medal in the 200 metres and the...  Norway	10.20	Aleksandr Porkhomovskiy Aleksandr Porkhomovskiy Aleksandr Porkhomovskiy is a sprinter from Russia and Israel.His personal best in the 100 meters is 10.12, set in Russia on July 14, 1994...  Russia	10.31
200 m	Geir Moen Geir Moen Geir Moen is a former sprinter from Moss, Norway who specialized in the 200 metres. He represented Moss IL.His international senior debut came at the 1989 European Indoor Championships. At the 1994 European Championships he made his breakthrough as he won the gold medal in the 200 metres and the...  Norway	20.30	Vladyslav Dolohodin  Ukraine	20.47	Patrick Stevens Patrick Stevens Patrick Stevens is a retired sprinter from Belgium, best known for winning the bronze medal in the 200 metres at the 1994 European Championships in Helsinki, Finland...  Belgium	20.68
400 m	Du'aine Ladejo Du'aine Ladejo Du'aine Ladejo is an English-born athlete and television personality. In his sports career, he was best known for winning the 400 metres sprint gold medal at the 1994 European Championships and being a member of the United Kingdom and England 400 metre relay squads at the European Championships,...  United Kingdom	45.09	Roger Black Roger Black Roger Anthony Black MBE is a retired British athlete. During his athletics career, he won individual silver medals in the 400 metres sprint at both the Olympic Games and World Championships, two individual gold medals at the European Championships, and 4x400 metres relay gold medals at both the...  United Kingdom	45.20	Matthias Rusterholz  Switzerland	45.96
800 m	Andrea Benvenuti Andrea Benvenuti Andrea Benvenuti is an Italian former 800 metres runner who won the gold medal at the 1994 European Championships in Helsinki. Previously, he had come fifth in the 1992 Olympic final and third in the World Cup 1992....  Italy	1:46.12	Vebjørn Rodal Vebjørn Rodal Vebjørn Rodal is a Norwegian former middle distance athlete, his career high point coming when he won the gold medal in the 800 m at the 1996 Summer Olympics.-Biography:...  Norway	1:46.53	Tomás de Teresa Tomás de Teresa Tomás de Teresa is a former Spanish middle distance runner who participated in the 1991 World Championships' final in Tokyo over 800 m. He won a silver medal at the World Indoor Championships the same year, as well as a bronze medal at the 1994 European Championships.-References:...  Spain	1:46.56
1500 m	Fermín Cacho Fermín Cacho Fermín Cacho Ruiz is a Spanish athlete, winner of the 1500 metres at the 1992 Summer Olympics.Born in Ágreda, Spain, Cacho had an enviable competitive record in the 1500 m, but it wasn't until late in his career that he produced a time of corresponding quality.Cacho's first notable result came in...  Spain	3:35.27	Isaac Viciosa Isaac Viciosa Isaac Viciosa is a former middle distance runner from Spain.Viciosa is European record holder at 3000m and the first European man under 7:30. He won European Championships 1998 for 5000m, and was 2nd for 1500m at European Championships 1994...  Spain	3:36.01	Branko Zorko Branko Zorko Branko Zorko is a Croatian middle distance runner, a notable 1500 m competitor in the 1990s. Probably his biggest accomplishment is winning the first international medal for the country of Croatia, winning a bronze medal at the 1992 European Indoor Athletics Championships...  Independent State of Croatia	3:36.88
5000 m	Dieter Baumann Dieter Baumann Dieter Baumann is a former German athlete and winner of 5000 m at the 1992 Summer Olympics.Born in Blaustein, Germany , Dieter Baumann was one of the few non-African athletes who were able to seriously challenge the African dominance of middle-distance running during the 1990s...  Germany	13:36.93	Robert Denmark  United Kingdom	13:37.50	Abel Antón Abel Antón Abel Antón Rodrigo is a Spanish long-distance runner. He won gold medals in the marathon at the 1997 and the 1999 World Championships in Athletics. In 1998 Antón became the first Spanish runner to win the London Marathon...  Spain	13:38.04
10,000 m	Abel Antón Abel Antón Abel Antón Rodrigo is a Spanish long-distance runner. He won gold medals in the marathon at the 1997 and the 1999 World Championships in Athletics. In 1998 Antón became the first Spanish runner to win the London Marathon...  Spain	28:06.03	Vincent Rousseau Vincent Rousseau Vincent Rousseau is a former long-distance runner from Belgium, who competed in three consecutive Summer Olympics for his native country, starting in 1984. In 1993, he had his biggest success by winning the IAAF World Half Marathon Championships in Brussels, the next year followed by the first...  Belgium	28:06.63	Stéphane Franke Stéphane Franke Stéphane Franke was a long-distance runner representing Germany, who twice won the bronze medal in the men's 10.000 metres at the European Championships...  Germany	28:07.95
Marathon	Martín Fiz Martín Fiz Martín Fiz Martín is a former long-distance runner from Spain, who won the marathon at the 1994 European Championships in Athletics in Helsinki and repeated his success at the 1995 World Championships in Athletics in Gothenburg...  Spain	2: 10:31	Diego Garcia Diego García (athlete) Diego García Corrales was a long-distance athlete from Spain, who finished in 9th position in the men's marathon at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain. Four years later, when Atlanta, Georgia hosted the Games, he ended up in 53rd place, clocking 2:22:11...  Spain	2: 10:46	Alberto Juzdado Alberto Juzdado Alberto Juzdado López is a Spanish long-distance runner. He specialized in the marathon race.Juzdado won the Tokyo International Marathon race in 1998.-Achievements:-Personal bests:*3000 metres - 8:08.87 min...  Spain	2: 11:18
110 metres hurdles	Colin Jackson Colin Jackson Colin Ray Jackson CBE is a British former sprint and hurdling athlete who specialised in the 110 metres hurdles. Over his career representing Great Britain and Wales he won an Olympic silver medal, became world champion three times, went undefeated at the European Championships for 12 years and...  United Kingdom	13.08	Florian Schwarthoff Florian Schwarthoff Florian Schwarthoff is a former German hurdler best known for winning a bronze medal at the 1996 Summer Olympics. Schwarthoff had his best season in 1995 when set a new German record of 13.05 sec. in Bremen...  Germany	13.16	Tony Jarrett Tony Jarrett Anthony Alexander Jarrett is a former sprint and hurdling athlete from England. He was a sliver medalist in the 110 metres hurdles at the World Championships in 1993 and 1995, and at the European Championships in 1990, and won the gold medal in the event at the Commonwealth Games in 1998.Jarrett...  United Kingdom	13.23
400 metres hurdles	Oleg Tverdokhleb Oleg Tverdokhleb Oleh Tverdokhlib was a Ukrainian athlete. He was still an improving competitor at 400 metre hurdles when he was killed by electric shock while fixing wiring at his parental home in September 1995.At global level in athletics he had finished both sixth in the 1992 Summer Olympics and 1993 World...  Ukraine	48.06	Sven Nylander Sven Nylander Sven Olof Nylander is a retired hurdler from Sweden, who is best known for winning two silver medals at the European Championships during his career...  Sweden	48.22	Stéphane Diagana Stéphane Diagana Stéphane Diagana is a former French athlete who won the gold medal at the 1997 World Championships in Athletics in Athens over 400 metres hurdles. In 2002 he won the gold medal at the European Championships in Athletics in Munich in the same event. Diagana also set the European record of 47.37...  Early Modern France	48.23
3000 metres steeplechase	Alessandro Lambruschini Alessandro Lambruschini Alessandro Lambruschini is an Italian former long-distance runner who specialized in the 3000 metres steeplechase.-Achievements:-Personal bests:*1500 metres - 3:35.27 min...  Italy	8:28.68	Angelo Carosi Angelo Carosi Angelo Carosi is an Italian runner who specialized in the 3000 metres steeplechase. In his later career he also took up half marathon and marathon.-Achievements:-External links:...  Italy	8:29.81	William Van Dijck William Van Dijck William Van Dijck was a Belgian athlete, primarily active on the 3000m steeplechase.-Biography:He was the first Belgian to win a medal at the World Championships, winning the bronze medal at the 1987 World Championships. He won a second bronze at the 1994 European Championships. He became Belgian...  Belgium	8:30.93
20 kilometres walk	Mikhail Shchennikov Mikhail Shchennikov Mikhail Anatolyevich Shchennikov is a Russian race walker.He was born in Sverdlovsk. His son Georgi Shchennikov is a professional footballer for PFC CSKA Moscow.-Achievements:-External links:...  Russia	1: 18:45	Yevgeniy Misyulya Yevgeniy Misyulya Yevgeny Nikolayevich Misyulya is a Belarusian race walker. He has won two World Championships bronze medals, and even participated in the 2004 Summer Olympics at the age of 40. He is married to racewalker Natalya Misyulya.-Achievements:-References:*...  Belarus	1: 19:22	Valentí Massana Valentí Massana Valentí Massana Gracia is a Catalan race walker, and the record holder in Spain in the men's 50 km walk Valentí Massana Gracia (born July 5, 1970 in Viladecans) is a Catalan race walker, and the record holder in Spain in the men's 50 km walk Valentí Massana Gracia (born July 5, 1970 in...  Spain	1: 20:33
50 kilometres walk	Valeriy Spitsyn Valeriy Spitsyn Valeriy Anatolyevich Spitsyn is a retired male race walker from Russia.-Achievements:-External links:*...  Russia	3: 41:07	Thierry Toutain Thierry Toutain Thierry Toutain is a retired French race walker. With a time of 3:40:57.9, achieved in 1996, Toutain held the world record over 50,000 metres track walking until March 12, 2011, when Yohann Diniz broke it with a time of 3:35:27.-Achievements:-External links:...  Early Modern France	3: 43:52	Giovanni Perricelli Giovanni Perricelli Giovanni Perricelli is an Italian race walker.-Achievements:-External links:...  Italy	3: 43:55
4x100 metres relay	Hermann Lomba  Eric Perrot  Jean-Charles Trouabal Jean-Charles Trouabal Jean-Charles Trouabal is a retired French sprinter who specialized in the 200 metres.-Biography:At the 1990 European Championships in Split the French team of Max Morinière, Daniel Sangouma, Trouabal and Bruno Marie-Rose improved the world record to 37.79 seconds...   Daniel Sangouma Daniel Sangouma Daniel Sangouma is a retired French sprinter who specialized in the 100 and 200 metres.-Biography:...  Early Modern France	38.57	Serhiy Osovych  Oleh Kramarenko  Dmytro Vanyayikin  Vladyslav Dolohodin  Ukraine	38.98	Ezio Madonia Ezio Madonia Ezio Madonia is a retired Italian sprinter who specialized in the 100 metres.In 4 x 100 m relay he helped win bronze medals at the 1990 European Championships in Split, 1994 European Championships in Helsinki and 1995 World Championships in Gothenburg...   Domenico Nettis Domenico Nettis Domenico Nettis is a retired Italian sprinter who specialized in the 100 metres.He won a bronze medal in 4 x 100 metres relay at the 1994 European Championships, together with teammates Ezio Madonia, Domenico Nettis, Giorgio Marras and Sandro Floris.His personal best 100 metres time is 10.32...   Giorgio Marras Giorgio Marras Giorgio Marras is a retired Italian sprinter who specialized in the 200 metres.He won a bronze medal in 4 x 100 metres relay at the 1994 European Championships, together with teammates Ezio Madonia, Domenico Nettis and Sandro Floris...   Sandro Floris Sandro Floris Sandro Floris is a retired Italian sprinter who specialized in the 200 metres.His personal best 200 metres time was 20.68 seconds, achieved in June 1996 in Rome. His personal best 100 metres time was 10.36 seconds, achieved in July 1994 in Nuoro.-Achievements:-References:...  Italy	38.99
4x400 metres relay	David McKenzie David McKenzie (athlete) David McKenzie is a British athlete who won the gold medal in the 4 x 400 metres relay at the 1994 Commonwealth Games held in Victoria, British Columbia, Canada, along with teammates, Peter Crampton, Adrian Patrick, and Du'aine Ladejo.-Early life:McKenzie attended Ingram High School in Croydon,...   Roger Black Roger Black Roger Anthony Black MBE is a retired British athlete. During his athletics career, he won individual silver medals in the 400 metres sprint at both the Olympic Games and World Championships, two individual gold medals at the European Championships, and 4x400 metres relay gold medals at both the...   Brian Whittle Brian Whittle Brian Whittle is a British athlete who won the gold medal in the 4 x 400 metres relay at both the 1986 European Championships in Athletics and 1994 European Championships in Athletics. He also competed at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul...   Du'aine Ladejo Du'aine Ladejo Du'aine Ladejo is an English-born athlete and television personality. In his sports career, he was best known for winning the 400 metres sprint gold medal at the 1994 European Championships and being a member of the United Kingdom and England 400 metre relay squads at the European Championships,...  United Kingdom	2:59.13	Pierre-Marie Hilaire Pierre-Marie Hilaire Pierre-Marie Hilaire is a French athlete who specializes in the 300 and 400 meters.Hilaire competed at the 1995 World Championships in Athletics .- references :...   Jacques Farraudiére  Jean-Louis Bannouli  Stéphane Diagana Stéphane Diagana Stéphane Diagana is a former French athlete who won the gold medal at the 1997 World Championships in Athletics in Athens over 400 metres hurdles. In 2002 he won the gold medal at the European Championships in Athletics in Munich in the same event. Diagana also set the European record of 47.37...  Early Modern France	3:01.11	Mikhail Vdovin Mikhail Vdovin -Achievements:-External links:...   Dmitriy Bey  Dmitriy Kosov  Dmitriy Golovastov  Russia	3:03.10

Field

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High jump	Steinar Hoen Steinar Hoen Steinar Hoen is a retired Norwegian high jumper. He represented IK Tjalve during his senior career. He has been the meeting director for the Bislett Games since 2007...  Norway	2.35	Artur Partyka Artur Partyka Artur Jerzy Partyka is a former Polish high jumper and two-time Olympic medalist. He won twelve national titles in a row, starting in 1989. He represented ŁKS Łódź....  Poland Steve Smith  United Kingdom	2.33

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|Ivaylo Mladenov
 Kingdom of Bulgaria||8.09
|Milan Gombala

Milan Gombala

Milan Gombala is a retired Czech long jumper, best known for his silver medal at the 1994 European Championships. His personal best is 8.04 metres, achieved in August 1995 in Linz.-Achievements:-External links:...

 Czech Republic||8.04
|Konstantinos Koukodimos

Konstantinos Koukodimos

Konstadinos "Kostas" Koukodimos with origin from Pieria, Makedonia is a retired Greek long jumper. He was born in Melbourne, Australia.-As athlete:Koukodimos is best known for his bronze medal at the 1994 European Championships...

 Greece||8.01
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|Pole vault

|Radion Gataullin
 Russia||6.00
|Igor Trandenkov

Igor Trandenkov

Igor Trandenkov is a retired Russian pole vaulter best known for winning two Olympic silver medals. His personal best jump of 6.01 m makes him a part of the so-called 6 metres club.-Achievements:-External links:...

 Russia||5.90
|Jean Galfione

Jean Galfione

Jean Galfione is a French athlete. In 1995 he won the bronze medal in the pole vault at the IAAF World Championships in Athletics. In 1996 he won the gold medal in the pole vault at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia...

 Early Modern France||5.85
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|Triple jump

|Denis Kapustin

Denis Kapustin

Denis Viktorovich Kapustin is a retired male triple jumper from Russia. Best known for winning the bronze medal at the 2000 Summer Olympics, he is also the 1994 European champion. His personal best jump is 17.65 metres, which he achieved in 1998....

 Russia||17.62
|Serge Hélan

Serge Hélan

Serge Hélan is a retired French triple jumper, best known for his bronze medal at the 1995 World Indoor Championships. His personal best was 17.55 metres, achieved at the 1994 European Championships in Helsinki. This was a French record as well...

 Early Modern France||17.55
|Māris Bružiks

Maris Bružiks

Māris Bružiks is a retired triple jumper who represented the USSR, and later, following its dissolution, Latvia....

 Latvia||17.20
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|Shot put

|Aleksandr Klimenko
 Ukraine||20.78
|Oleksandr Bagach

Oleksandr Bagach

Oleksandr Bagach born November 21, 1966 in Matusiv) is a former Ukrainian shot putter.During his career he won bronze medals at the Olympic Games and World Championships. Having originally won the gold medal at the 1997 World Championships, he failed a drug test for ephedrine and lost the medal...

 Ukraine||20.34
|Roman Virastyuk

Roman Virastyuk

Roman Virastyuk is a Ukrainian shot putter, best known for his bronze medal at the 1994 European Championships and the sixth place at the 1996 Olympic Games...

 Ukraine||19.59
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|Discus throw

|Vladimir Dubrovshchik

Vladimir Dubrovshchik

Vladimir Vladimirovich Dubrovshchik is a former Belarusian discus thrower who won the Olympic silver medal in 1996. He is also the 1994 European champion and 1995 World Championships silver medallist, and he finished fourth at the 1997 World Championships. In 2000 he set his personal best throw...

 Belarus||64.78
|Dmitriy Shevchenko
 Russia||64.56
|Jürgen Schult

Jürgen Schult

Jürgen Schult is a former German track and field athlete and the current world record holder in the discus throw since 1986, currently the longest standing record in men's track and field...

 Germany||64.18
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|Javelin throw

|Steve Backley

Steve Backley

Stephen James Backley OBE is a retired British athlete who was formerly the world record holder for javelin throwing...

 United Kingdom||85.20
|Seppo Räty

Seppo Räty

Seppo Henrik Räty is a Finnish javelin thrower. His personal best throw was 96.96 m in 1991, which was a world record at the time, however this throw was made using a modified 'Nemeth' javelin which was banned by the IAAF later that year and all records made using this javelin were retrospectively...

 Finland||82.90
|Jan Železný

Jan Železný

Jan Železný is a Czech javelin thrower, world and Olympic champion and world record holder in javelin throw...

 Czech Republic||82.58
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|Hammer throw

|Vasiliy Sidorenko

Vasiliy Sidorenko

Vasiliy Sidorenko is a retired male hammer thrower who represented the USSR and later Russia. He is the 1994 European champion and won a bronze medal at the 1997 World Championships. His personal best throw is 82.54 metres, achieved in 1992.-Achievements:...

 Russia||81.10
|Igor Astapkovich

Igor Astapkovich

Ihar Astapkovich , born in Minsk, is a hammer thrower who won two Olympic medals, first representing the Soviet Union and later his home country of Belarus.-Biography:...

 Belarus||80.40
|Heinz Weis

Heinz Weis

Heinz Weis is a male former hammer thrower from Germany. He competed for West Germany until 1990....

 Germany||78.48
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|Decathlon

|Alain Blondel

Alain Blondel

Alain Blondel is a retired French decathlete. During his career he won the European title once.-Achievements:-External links:...

 Early Modern France||8453
|Henrik Dagård

Henrik Dagård

Olof Henrik Dagård is a retired Swedish decathlete.-Achievements:-Personal bests:*100 metres - 10.58 *400 metres - 46.71 *1500 metres - 4:34.46 *110 metres hurdles - 13.97...

 Sweden||8362
|Lev Lobodin

Lev Lobodin

Lev Alekseyevich Lobodin is a male decathlete from Russia, having changed nationality from Ukraine at the end of 1996. His best achievement was the silver medal at the 2003 World Indoor Championships in Birmingham.-Achievements:- Personal bests :...

 Ukraine||8201
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Track

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100 metres	Irina Privalova Irina Privalova Irina Anatoljewna Privalova is a Russian athlete.She first competed in the sprint events, winning two Olympic medals in the 100 m and 200 m in 1992 whilst representing the Unified Team. Irina Privalova had been a formidable competitor during most of the 1990s but had not yet won an...  Russia	11.02	Zhanna Pintusevich Zhanna Pintusevich-Block Zhanna Pintusevich-Block is a sprinter who has competed in the Olympic Games....  Ukraine	11.10	Melanie Paschke Melanie Paschke Melanie Paschke is a retired German sprinter who specialized in the 100 metres, 200 metres and 4x100 metres relay.Her personal best time in the 100 metres is 11.04 seconds, achieved in June 1995 in Bremen...  Germany	11.28
200 metres	Irina Privalova Irina Privalova Irina Anatoljewna Privalova is a Russian athlete.She first competed in the sprint events, winning two Olympic medals in the 100 m and 200 m in 1992 whilst representing the Unified Team. Irina Privalova had been a formidable competitor during most of the 1990s but had not yet won an...  Russia	22.32	Zhanna Pintusevich Zhanna Pintusevich-Block Zhanna Pintusevich-Block is a sprinter who has competed in the Olympic Games....  Ukraine	22.77	Galina Malchugina Galina Malchugina Galina Malchugina is a retired sprinter from Russia. Competing for the Soviet relay team, she won medals at the 1988 and 1992 Olympics...  Russia	22.90
400 metres	Marie-José Pérec Marie-José Pérec Marie-José Pérec is a French athlete, specialised in the 200 and 400 m, and a triple Olympic champion....  Early Modern France	50.33	Svetlana Goncharenko Svetlana Goncharenko Svetlana Goncharenko is a former Russian athlete who mainly competed in the 200 metres. In addition to winning medals in individual contests, she has been a very successful relay runner, winning the bronze medal in 4x400 metres relay at the 2000 Olympics....  Russia	51.24	Phylis Smith Phylis Smith Phylis Smith is a former sprinter from Great Britain who won an Olympic bronze medal in 4 x 400 metres relay in Barcelona 1992 and a Commonwealth Gold Medal in the 1994 Commonwealth Games, also with the relay. She specialized in the 400 metres event, and had a personal best of 50.40...  United Kingdom	51.30
800 metres	Lyubov Gurina Lyubov Gurina Lyubov Gurina is a retired middle-distance runner who represented the USSR, the Unified Team, and later Russia. Competing mainly in the 800 metres, in 1994 she became the oldest European Champion at the age of 37...  Russia	1:58.55	Natalya Dukhnova Natalya Dukhnova Natalya Dukhnova is a Belarusian middle distance runner who mainly competes in the 800 metres. Her career peaked in the mid-90's and she became European indoor champion in 1994.-Achievements:-External links:...  Belarus	1:58.55	Lyudmila Rogachova Lyudmila Rogachova Lyudmila Rogachova is a retired Russian middle distance runner who competed mainly in the 1500 metres. She became a World Indoor and European champion in this event, and won an Olympic silver medal in 1992 with a personal best time of 3:56.91 - beating future world record holder Qu Yunxia into...  Russia	1:58.69
1500 metres	Lyudmila Rogachova Lyudmila Rogachova Lyudmila Rogachova is a retired Russian middle distance runner who competed mainly in the 1500 metres. She became a World Indoor and European champion in this event, and won an Olympic silver medal in 1992 with a personal best time of 3:56.91 - beating future world record holder Qu Yunxia into...  Russia	4:18.93	Kelly Holmes Kelly Holmes Dame Kelly Holmes, DBE, MBE is a retired British middle distance athlete. She specialised in the 800 metres and 1500 metres events and won a gold medal for both distances at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens...  United Kingdom	4:19.30	Yekaterina Podkopayeva Yekaterina Podkopayeva Yekaterina Podkopayeva is a retired middle distance runner who represented the USSR and later Russia. She gained international recognition in 1983, when she won two bronze medals at the World Championships . The same year she managed an 800 m time of 1:55.96. She resurfaced in 1992, winning the...  Russia	4:19.37
3000 metres	Sonia O'Sullivan Sonia O'Sullivan Sonia O'Sullivan in Cobh, County Cork. She began her running career in Ballymore Running Club which is located in the eastern side of Cobh Town. She was one of the world's leading female 5000 m runners for most of the 1990s and early first decade of the 21st century...  Republic of Ireland	8:31.84	Yvonne Murray Yvonne Murray Yvonne Murray MBE , is a Scottish former middle-distance and long-distance track and road-running athlete. She won a bronze medal in the 3000 metres at the 1988 Olympic Games, and gold medals at this distance at the 1993 World Indoor Championships and the 1990 European Championships...  United Kingdom	8:36.48	Gabriela Szabo Gabriela Szabo Gabriela Szabo is a Romanian track and field athlete, winner of the gold medal in the 2000 Summer Olympics in 5000 m and winner of bronze and silver medals in 1996 Summer Olympics and 2000 Summer Olympics in 1500 m, respectively....  Kingdom of Romania	8:40.08
10,000 metres	Fernanda Ribeiro Fernanda Ribeiro Maria Fernanda Moreira Ribeiro, GCIH , is a long-distance runner, born in Penafiel, Portugal. She achieved the top of her career in the 1996 Summer Olympics where she won the women's 10,000 m gold medal, giving Portugal their 3rd Olympic gold , and establishing a new Olympic record - 31:01.63.-...  Portugal	31:08.75	Conceição Ferreira Conceição Ferreira Maria Conceição da Costa Ferreira is a retired Portuguese long-distance runner.She won the 1993 IAAF World Half Marathon Championships, and finished sixth in 10,000 metres at the 1993 World Championships.-Achievements:...  Portugal	31:32.82	Daria Nauer Daria Nauer Daria Nauer is a retired Swiss long-distance runner, who won a bronze medal in 10,000 metres at the 1994 European Championships in Helsinki in a Swiss record time of 31:35.96 minutes.-Achievements:...  Switzerland	31:35.96
Marathon	Manuela Machado Manuela Machado Maria Manuela Machado is a former Portuguese long-distance runner, who was particularly successful when running the marathon. Unlike many other marathoners, she did not focus on running city marathons that would have earned her lots of money...  Portugal	2: 29:54	Maria Curatolo Maria Curatolo Maria Curatolo is an Italian long-distance runner who specialized in the marathon race.She finished eighth at the 1988 Summer Olympics, tenth at the 1988 IAAF World Cross Country Championships and won the silver medal at the 1994 European Championships.-Achievements:-External links:...  Italy	2: 30:33	Adriana Barbu Adriana Barbu Adriana Barbu is a retired female long-distance runner from Romania, who specialized in the marathon race.Barbu is best known for winning the bronze medal in the classic distance at the 1994 European Championships in Helsinki, clocking 2:30.55...  Kingdom of Romania	2: 30:55
100 metres hurdles	Svetla Dimitrova Svetla Dimitrova Svetla Stefanova Dimitrova was a Bulgarian athlete who started out competing in heptathlon, and later specialized as a sprint hurdler....  Kingdom of Bulgaria	12.72	Yuliya Graudyn Yuliya Graudyn Yuliya Graudyn is a retired Russian hurdler. Her personal best was 12.62 seconds, achieved in August 1994 in Berlin.-Achievements:-External links:...  Russia	12.93	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...  Kingdom of Bulgaria	12.93
400 metres hurdles	Sally Gunnell Sally Gunnell Sally Jane Janet Gunnell OBE is a former British Olympic champion in the 400 m hurdles...  United Kingdom	53.33	Silvia Rieger Silvia Rieger Silvia Rieger is a retired German athlete who specialized in the 400 metres hurdles.Her personal best time in the 200 metres is 54.22 seconds, achieved at the 1998 IAAF World Cup in Johannesburg...  Germany	54.68	Anna Knoroz  Russia	54.68
10 kilometres walk	Sari Essayah Sari Essayah Sari Miriam Essayah is a Finnish retired race walker and a politician, Member of the European Parliament since 2009. Her father is from Morocco....  Finland	42:37	Annarita Sidoti Annarita Sidoti Annarita Sidoti is an Italian race walker.-Achievements:-References:**...  Italy	42:43	Yelena Nikolayeva Yelena Nikolayeva Yelena Nikolayevna Nikolayeva is a Russian race walker.Her first international achievement was a fifth place at the 1987 World Championships, something which happened again at the 1991 World Indoor Championships. One year later she won an Olympic silver medal behind Chen Yueling...  Russia	42:43
4x100 metres relay	Melanie Paschke Melanie Paschke Melanie Paschke is a retired German sprinter who specialized in the 100 metres, 200 metres and 4x100 metres relay.Her personal best time in the 100 metres is 11.04 seconds, achieved in June 1995 in Bremen... Silke Knoll Silke Knoll Silke-Beate Knoll was a German track and field athlete and participant in the Olympic Games who had success in the 1980s and 1990s as a sprinter.Her first success was the 1986 German junior title over 200 metres... Bettina Zipp Bettina Zipp Bettina Zipp is a retired German sprinter.Over 100 metres she won the bronze medal at the 1991 European Junior Championships... Silke Lichtenhagen Silke Lichtenhagen Silke Lichtenhagen is a retired German sprinter.She competed for TSV Bayer Leverkusen, training under Manfred Fink and Wolfgang Thiele . She represented Germany at the 1996 Atlanta Olympics....    Germany	42.90	Natalya Anisimova Marina Trandenkova Marina Trandenkova Marina Evgenevna Trandenkova is a Russian athlete who competed mainly in the 100 metres.She competed for the Unified Team at the 1992 Summer Olympics held in Barcelona, Spain in the 4 x 100 metres where she won the silver medal with her team mates Olga Bogoslovskaya, Galina Malchugina and Irina... Galina Malchugina Galina Malchugina Galina Malchugina is a retired sprinter from Russia. Competing for the Soviet relay team, she won medals at the 1988 and 1992 Olympics... Irina Privalova Irina Privalova Irina Anatoljewna Privalova is a Russian athlete.She first competed in the sprint events, winning two Olympic medals in the 100 m and 200 m in 1992 whilst representing the Unified Team. Irina Privalova had been a formidable competitor during most of the 1990s but had not yet won an...    Russia	42.96	Desislava Dimitrova Svetla Dimitrova Svetla Dimitrova Svetla Stefanova Dimitrova was a Bulgarian athlete who started out competing in heptathlon, and later specialized as a sprint hurdler.... 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... Petya Pendareva Petya Pendareva Petya Pendareva is a Bulgarian sprinter who specialized in the 100 metres.-Achievements:-External links:...    Kingdom of Bulgaria	43.00
4x400 metres relay	Francine Landre Francine Landre Francine Landre is a French athlete who specialises in the 400 meters. Landre competed in the women's 4 x 400 meter relay at the 1996 Summer Olympics.- References :... Evelyn Elien Viviane Dorsile Viviane Dorsile Viviane Dorsile is a French athlete who specialises in the 800 meters and the 4 x 400 meter relay. Dorsile competed at the 1992 Summer Olympics and 1996 Summer Olympics.-References:*... Marie-José Pérec Marie-José Pérec Marie-José Pérec is a French athlete, specialised in the 200 and 400 m, and a triple Olympic champion....    Early Modern France	3:22.34	Natalya Khrushcheleva Yelena Andreyeva Tatyana Sacharova Svetlana Goncharenko Svetlana Goncharenko Svetlana Goncharenko is a former Russian athlete who mainly competed in the 200 metres. In addition to winning medals in individual contests, she has been a very successful relay runner, winning the bronze medal in 4x400 metres relay at the 2000 Olympics....  Russia	3:24.06	Karin Janke Karin Janke Karin Janke is a retired German sprinter who specialized in the 400 metres. She represented the sports club VfL Wolfsburg.-Achievements:-References:... Heike Meißner Uta Rohländer Uta Rohländer Uta Rohländer, married Fromm is a retired German sprinter who specialized in the 400 metres.At the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, she won a bronze medal in the 4 x 400 metres relay with her teammates Linda Kisabaka, Anja Rücker and Grit Breuer.Her personal best time is 50.33 seconds, achieved in... Anja Rücker Anja Rücker Anja Rücker is a retired German sprinter who specialized in the 400 metres.At the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, she won a bronze medal in the 4 x 400 metres relay with her teammates Uta Rohländer, Linda Kisabaka and Grit Breuer...    Germany	3:24.10

Field

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High jump	Britta Bilač Britta Bilac Britta Bilač is a retired high jumper who competed internationally for Germany and Slovenia from 1992 onwards...  Slovenia	2.00	Yelena Gulyayeva Yelena Gulyayeva Yelena Gulyayeva, née Rodina is a retired Russian high jumper. Her personal best jump is 2.01 metres, achieved in May 1998 in Kalamata. She gave a positive drugs test at the 1991 European Cup, and was suspended for two years.-Achievements:-External links:...  Russia	1.96	Nelė Žilinskienė Nele Žilinskiene Nelė Žilinskienė, born Savickytė is a retired female high jumper from Lithuania. Her personal best jump, first cleared in Vilnius in July 1994, was 1.96 metres.-Achievements:-References:...  Lithuania	1.93
Long jump	Heike Drechsler Heike Drechsler Heike Gabriela Drechsler née Daute is a German track and field athlete. She is one of the most successful female long jumpers of all time and also had several successes in sprint disciplines.She is the only woman who has won two Olympic gold medals in the long jump...  Germany	7.14	Inessa Kravets Inessa Kravets Inessa Mykolajivna Kravets is an Ukrainian triple jumper and long jumper.She jumped the world record at the 1995 World Championships in Gothenburg with 15.50m after studying a picture of Jonathan Edwards....  Ukraine	6.99	Fiona May Fiona May Fiona May was an athlete who competed for the Great Britain and later Italy in the long jump. She won the World Championships twice and two Olympic silver medals...  Italy	6.90
Triple jump	Anna Biryukova Anna Biryukova Anna Biryukova is a retired female triple jumper from Russia. In 1993 she won a gold medal at the World Championships by jumping 15.09, a new world record. She reportedly believed she had the capability of jumping 16 metres, but in 1994 she didn't reach the 15 metre mark once, although she did...  Russia	14.89	Inna Lasovskaya Inna Lasovskaya Inna Lasovskaya is a retired triple jumper from Russia. In 1994 she won a gold medal at the European Indoor Championships, ahead of compatriot and world record holder Anna Biryukova. In 1996 she jumped past the 15 metres mark for the first time and proceeded to win an Olympic silver medal...  Russia	14.85	Inessa Kravets Inessa Kravets Inessa Mykolajivna Kravets is an Ukrainian triple jumper and long jumper.She jumped the world record at the 1995 World Championships in Gothenburg with 15.50m after studying a picture of Jonathan Edwards....  Ukraine	14.67
Shot put	Vita Pavlysh Vita Pavlysh Vita Pavlysh is a former athlete who specialised in the shot put....  Ukraine	19.61	Astrid Kumbernuss Astrid Kumbernuss Astrid Kumbernuss is a former German female shot putter and discus thrower.Her career started at the SC Neubrandenburg sports club. Her greatest successes were gold medals at the 1995, 1997 and 1999 World Championships in Athletics, and the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta...  Germany	19.49	Svetla Mitkova Svetla Mitkova-Sinirtas Svetla Ivanova Mitkova-Sinirtas is a retired athlete who competed in shot put and discus throw. She represented her home country Bulgaria up to 1999, when she gained a Turkish citizenship by marriage. She competed in every World Championship from the inaugural 1983 edition to 1999, the highlight...  Kingdom of Bulgaria	19.45
Discus throw	Ilke Wyludda Ilke Wyludda Ilke Wyludda is a former discus thrower from Germany.She set eleven junior records at discus throw and even two at shot put, and became junior world champion. Between 1989 and 1991 she recorded 41 successive wins, only to be beaten by Tsvetanka Khristova at the 1991 World Championships...  Germany	68.72	Ellina Zvereva Ellina Zvereva Ellina Zvereva is a Belarusian discus thrower best known for winning the gold medal at the 2000 Summer Olympics. She became world champion in 1995, and again in 2001 after the disqualification of Natalya Sadova....  Belarus	64.46	Mette Bergmann Mette Bergmann Mette Bergmann is a retired discus thrower from Kråkerøy, Norway. Her personal best throw was 69.68 metres, achieved in May 1995 in Florø. This is the current Norwegian record....  Norway	64.34
Javelin throw	Trine Hattestad Trine Hattestad Trine Hattestad is a former Norwegian javelin thrower. She was born on 18 April 1966 in Lørenskog, Norway....  Norway	68.00	Karen Forkel Karen Forkel Karen Forkel is a German track and field athlete and an Olympic medal winner. In the 1990s she was among the world's best javelin throwers. Her biggest success came in the 1992 Summer Olympics when she took the bronze medal with a throw of 66.86 meters.Her personal best throw with the...  Germany	66.10	Felicia Moldovan Felicia Tilea-Moldovan Felicia Ţilea-Moldovan is a Romanian javelin thrower. She is a four-time Olympian, and winner of the gold medal at the 1995 Summer Universiade in Japan. Her personal best throw is 63.89 metres....  Kingdom of Romania	64.34
Heptathlon	Sabine Braun Sabine Braun Sabine Braun is a German former athlete in track and field. Because she had talents in several disciplines, Sabine Braun competed in the heptathlon and had a number of successes...  Germany	6.419	Rita Ináncsi Rita Ináncsi Rita Ináncsi is a retired Hungarian heptathlete.-Achievements:-External links:...  Hungary	6.404	Urszula Włodarczyk  Poland	6.322

Medals table

1	Russia	10	8	7	25
2	United Kingdom	6	5	2	13
3	Germany	5	4	5	14
4	Early Modern France	4	3	2	9
5	Ukraine	3	6	3	12
6	Spain	3	2	4	9
7	Norway	3	2	1	6
8	Italy	2	3	3	8
9	Portugal	2	1	0	3
10	Kingdom of Bulgaria	2	0	3	5
11	Belarus	1	4	0	5
12	Finland	1	1	0	2
13	Republic of Ireland	1	0	0	1
13	Slovenia	1	0	0	1
15	Sweden	0	2	0	2
16	Belgium	0	1	2	3
17	Czech Republic	0	1	1	2
17	Poland	0	1	1	2
19	Hungary	0	1	0	1
20	Kingdom of Romania	0	0	3	3
21	Switzerland	0	0	2	2
22	Independent State of Croatia	0	0	1	1
22	Greece	0	0	1	1
22	Latvia	0	0	1	1
22	Lithuania Lithuania at the 1994 European Championships in Athletics Lithuania, at the 1994 European Athletics Championships held in Finland. In this European Championship started 11 athletes who will represented Lithuania.-Results:...	0	0	1	1
25	Total	44	45	43	132