1969 European Athletics Championships
The 9th European Athletics Championships were held from 16–21 September 1969 in the Karaiskaki Stadium of Athens, the capital of Greece. New at these championships were the women's 1500 metres and the women's 4×400 metres relay event. Moreover, women's 80 metres hurdles was replaced by women's 100 metres hurdles. Contemporaneous reports on the event were given in the Glasgow Herald.[1][2][3][4][5][6][7]
| 9th European Athletics Championships | |
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| Dates | 16 – 21 September 1969 |
| Host city | Athens, Greece |
| Venue | Georgios Karaiskakis Stadium |
| Level | Senior |
| Type | Outdoor |
| Events | 38 |
| Participation | 674 athletes from 30 nations |
Former East German runner Jürgen May, who had defected, was not allowed to compete for his new country, West Germany, due to IAAF rules requiring him to live there for at least three years; he had competed for East Germany in the 1966 championships.[2] West German officials promptly withdrew their athletes from all individual events in protest, but decided to compete in the relay races as a symbolic gesture to show their respect to the Greek organisers. [3]
The Dutch decathlete Edward de Noorlander was disqualified for the use of amphetamine, the first disqualification for doping in athletics.[8][9]
Medal summary
Complete results were published.[10]
Men
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 100 metres |
 Valeriy Borzov (URS) | 10.4 |  Alain Sarteur (FRA) | 10.4 |  Philippe Clerc (SUI) | 10.5 |
| 200 metres |
Philippe Clerc (SUI) | 20.6 CR |  Herman Burde (GDR) | 20.9 |  Zenon Nowosz (POL) | 20.9 |
| 400 metres |
Jan Werner (POL) | 45.7 CR | Jean-Claude Nallet (FRA) | 45.8 | Stanisław Grędziński (POL) | 45.8 |
| 800 metres |
Dieter Fromm (GDR) | 1:45.9 =CR |  Jozef Plachý (TCH) | 1:46.2 | Manfred Matuschewski (GDR) | 1:46.8 |
| 1500 metres |
 John Whetton (GBR) | 3:39.4 CR |  Frank Murphy (IRL) | 3:39.5 | Henryk Szordykowski (POL) | 3:39.8 |
| 5000 metres |
Ian Stewart (GBR) | 13:44.8 | Rashid Sharafetdinov (URS) | 13:45.8 | Alan Blinston (GBR) | 13:47.6 |
| 10,000 metres |
Jürgen Haase (GDR) | 28:41.6 | Michael Tagg (GBR) | 28:43.2 | Nikolay Sviridov (URS) | 28:45.8 |
| 110 metres hurdles |
 Eddy Ottoz (ITA) | 13.5 CR | David Hemery (GBR) | 13.7 | Alan Pascoe (GBR) | 13.9 |
| 400 metres hurdles |
Vyacheslav Skomorokhov (URS) | 49.7 | John Sherwood (GBR) | 50.1 | Andrew Todd (GBR) | 50.3 |
| 3000 metres steeplechase |
.svg.png.webp){kind=small} Mikhail Zhelev (BUL) | 8:25.0 CR | Aleksandr Morozov (URS) | 8:25.6 | Vladimir Dudin (URS) | 8:26.6 |
| 4 × 100 metres relay |
France Alain Sarteur Patrick Bourbeillon Gérard Fenouil François St.-Gilles | 38.8 CR | Soviet Union Aleksandr Lebedev Vladislav Sapeya Nikolay Ivanov Valeriy Borzov | 39.3 | Czechoslovakia Ladislav Kříž Dionys Szogedi Jiří Kynos Luděk Bohman | 39.5 |
| 4 × 400 metres relay |
France Gilles Bertould Christian Nicolau Jacques Carette Jean-Claude Nallet | 3:02.3 CR | Soviet Union Yevgeniy Borisenko Boris Savchuk Yuriy Zorin Aleksandr Bratchikov | 3:03.0 |  West GermanyHorst-Rüdiger Schlöske Ingo Röper Gerhard Hennige Martin Jellinghaus | 3:03.1 |
| Marathon |
Ron Hill (GBR) | 2:16:47.8 | .svg.png.webp){kind=small} Gaston Roelants (BEL) | 2:17:22.2 | Jim Alder (GBR) | 2:19:05.8 |
| 20 kilometres walk |
Paul Nihill (GBR) | 1:30:48.0 | .svg.png.webp){kind=small} Leonida Karaiosifoglu (ROU) | 1:31:06.4 | Nikolay Smaga (URS) | 1:31:20.2 |
| 50 kilometres walk |
Christoph Höhne (GDR) | 4:12:32.8 CR | Peter Selzer (GDR) | 4:16:09.6 | Veniamin Soldatenko (URS) | 4:23:04.8 |
| High jump |
Valentin Gavrilov (URS) | 2.17 m |  Reijo Vähälä (FIN) | 2.17 m | Erminio Azzaro (ITA) | 2.17 m |
| Pole vault |
Wolfgang Nordwig (GDR) | 5.30 m CR |  Kjell Isaksson (SWE) | 5.20 m | Aldo Righi (ITA) | 5.10 m |
| Long jump [nb1] |
Igor Ter-Ovanesyan (URS) | 8.17 m w | Lynn Davies (GBR) | 8.07 m w | Tõnu Lepik (URS) | 8.04 m w |
| Triple jump |
Viktor Saneyev (URS) | 17.34 m [nb2] |  Zoltán Cziffra (HUN) | 16.85 m | Klaus Neumann (GDR) | 16.68 m |
| Shot put |
Dieter Hoffmann (GDR) | 20.12 m CR | Heinz-Joachim Rothenburg (GDR) | 20.05 m | Hans-Peter Gies (GDR) | 19.78 m |
| Discus throw |
Hartmut Losch (GDR) | 61.82 m CR | Ricky Bruch (SWE) | 61.08 m | Lothar Milde (GDR) | 59.34 m |
| Hammer throw |
Anatoliy Bondarchuk (URS) | 74.68 m (WR) CR | Romuald Klim (URS) | 72.74 m | Reinhard Theimer (GDR) | 72.02 m |
| Javelin throw |
Jānis Lūsis (URS) | 91.52 m CR | Pauli Nevala (FIN) | 89.58 m | Janusz Sidło (POL) | 82.90 m |
| Decathlon |
Joachim Kirst (GDR) | 8041 pts CR | Herbert Wessel (GDR) | 7828 pts | Viktor Chelnikov (URS) | 7801 pts |
- nb1 Max Klauß from East Germany jumped 8.00 in the final, which was a new championship record.
- nb2 Probably wind assisted. As of statistic handbooks Viktor Saneyev's mark wasn't ratified as a new championship record.
Women
Medal table
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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| 1 | East Germany (GDR) | 11 | 7 | 7 | 25 |
| 2 | Soviet Union (URS) | 9 | 7 | 7 | 23 |
| 3 | Great Britain (GBR) | 6 | 4 | 7 | 17 |
| 4 | France (FRA) | 3 | 4 | 0 | 7 |
| 5 | Czechoslovakia (TCH) | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 |
| 6 | Poland (POL) | 2 | 0 | 5 | 7 |
| 7 | .svg.png.webp){kind=small} Hungary (HUN) | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| 8 | Switzerland (SUI) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 9 | Italy (ITA) | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 |
| 10 |  Austria (AUT) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 11 | Bulgaria (BUL) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 12 | Finland (FIN) | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
 Netherlands (NED) | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | |
| Romania (ROU) | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | |
| Sweden (SWE) | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | |
| 16 | West Germany (FRG) | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 17 | Belgium (BEL) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
 Denmark (DEN) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| Ireland (IRL) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| 20 |  Norway (NOR) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
.svg.png.webp){kind=small} Yugoslavia (SFR Yugoslavia) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Totals (21 nations) | 38 | 38 | 37 | 113 | |
Participation
According to an unofficial count, 675 athletes from 30 countries participated in the event, one athlete more than the official number of 674 as published.[11]
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References
- Marshall, Ron (September 15, 1969), British have talent and determination to win 12 medals, Glasgow Herald, p. 5, retrieved September 5, 2014
- Athletics - May struck out of West German team, Glasgow Herald, September 16, 1969, p. 25, retrieved September 5, 2014
- Nihill gives Britain her first gold medal, Glasgow Herald, September 17, 1969, p. 7, retrieved September 5, 2014
- Anita Neil gives Britain unexpected bronze medal, Glasgow Herald, September 18, 1969, p. 6, retrieved September 5, 2014
- Majestic run by Miss Board in 800 metres final, Glasgow Herald, September 19, 1969, p. 6, retrieved September 5, 2014
- Steward dictates tactics in searing 5000 victory, Glasgow Herald, September 20, 1969, p. 4, retrieved September 5, 2014
- Hill's thrilling marathon win gives Britain sixth gold medal, Glasgow Herald, September 22, 1969, retrieved September 5, 2014
- Cashmore, Ellis; Cashmore, Ernest, Sports Culture: An A-Z Guide, Taylor & Francis, 2003, p. 92, retrieved 6 September 2014
- Sport & Santé - Dopage - Les amphétamines : exemples (in French), retrieved 6 September 2014
- European Athletics Championships Zürich 2014 - STATISTICS HANDBOOK (PDF), European Athletics Association, pp. 405–412, retrieved 13 August 2014
- European Athletics Championships Zürich 2014 - STATISTICS HANDBOOK (PDF), European Athletics Association, p. 4, retrieved 13 August 2014
- Results
- "European Championships (Men)". gbrathletics.com. 2007. Archived from the original on 2 September 2010. Retrieved 21 August 2010.
- "European Championships (Women)". gbrathletics.com. 2007. Archived from the original on 22 September 2010. Retrieved 21 August 2010.
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