1969 European Indoor Games

The 4th European Indoor Games were held between 8–9 March 1969 in Belgrade, the capital of Yugoslavia (present-day Serbia). In 1970 the European Indoor Games were replaced by the European Athletics Indoor Championships.

1969 European Indoor Games
Dates8–9 March 1969
Host cityBelgrade
Yugoslavia
VenueBelgrade Fair – Hall 1
Events23
Participation220 athletes from
22 nations

The track used for the championships was 195 metres long.

Medal summary

Men

Event Gold Silver Bronze
50 metres
 Zenon Nowosz (POL)5.8  Valeriy Borzov (URS)5.8  Bob Frith (GBR)5.8
400 metres
 Jan Balachowski (POL)47.3  Jan Werner (POL)47.4  Yuriy Zorin (URS)47.4
800 metres
 Dieter Fromm (GDR)1:46.6 CR  Henryk Szordykowski (POL)1:47.1  Noel Carroll (IRL)1:47.6
1500 metres
 Edgard Salvé (BEL)3:45.9  Knut Brustad (NOR)3:46.2  Walter Wilkinson (GBR)3:46.4
3000 metres
 Ian Stewart (GBR)7:55.4 CR  Javier Álvarez (ESP)7:56.2  Werner Girke (FRG)7:56.8
50 metres hurdles
 Alan Pascoe (GBR)6.6  Werner Trzmiel (FRG)6.6  Nicolae Pertea (ROM)6.7
4 × 390 metres relay
 Poland
Jan Werner
Jan Radomski
Andrzej Badeński
Jan Balachowski
3:01.9  Soviet Union
Leonid Mikishev
Aleksandr Bratchikov
Valeriy Borzov
Yuriy Zorin
3:01.9  West Germany
Dieter Hübner
Herbert Moser
Peter Bernreuther
Manfred Kinder
3:04.5
Medley relay
 Poland
Edward Romanowski
Andrzej Badeński
Henryk Szordykowski
Jan Radomski
4:16.4 Only one finishing team
3 × 1000 metres relay
 West Germany
Anton Adam
Walter Adams
Harald Norpoth
7:08.0  Czechoslovakia
Ján Šišovský
Petr Blaha
Pavel Pěnkava
7:23.1  Yugoslavia
Radovan Piplović
Slavko Koprivica
Adam Ladik
7:42.8
High jump
 Valentin Gavrilov (URS)2.14  Henry Elliott (FRA)2.14  Șerban Ioan (ROM)2.14
Pole vault
 Wolfgang Nordwig (GDR)5.20 =CR  Hennadiy Bleznitsov (URS)5.10  Joachim Bär (GDR)5.10
Long jump
 Klaus Beer (GDR)7.77  Lynn Davies (GBR)7.76  Rafael Blanquer (ESP)7.63
Triple jump
 Nikolay Dudkin (URS)16.73 CR  Zoltán Cziffra (HUN)16.46  Carol Corbu (ROM)16.20
Shot put
 Heinfried Birlenbach (FRG)19.51 CR  Hartmut Briesenick (GDR)19.19  Heinz-Joachim Rothenburg (GDR)18.69

Women

Event Gold Silver Bronze
50 metres
 Irena Szewińska (POL)6.4  Sylviane Telliez (FRA)6.5  Madeleine Cobb (GBR)6.5
400 metres
 Colette Besson (FRA)54.0 CR  Christel Frese (FRG)54.8  Rosemary Stirling (GBR)54.8
800 metres
 Barbara Wieck (GDR)2:05.3 CR  Magdolna Kulcsár (HUN)2:07.5  Anna Zimina (URS)2:08.0
50 metres hurdles
 Karin Balzer (GDR)7.2  Meta Antenen (SUI)7.3  Christine Perera (GBR)7.4
4 × 195 metres relay
 France
Odette Ducas
Sylviane Telliez
Colette Besson
Christiane Martinetto
1:34.3  Soviet Union
Galina Bukharina
Vera Popkova
Lyudmila Golomazova
Lyudmila Samotyosova
1:34.6  Yugoslavia
Darja Marolt
Verica Ambrozi
Ljiljana Petnjarić
Marijana Lubej
1:36.9
Medley relay
 Soviet Union
Vera Popkova
Lyudmila Samotyosova
Raisa Nikonorova
Anna Zimina
4:52.4  Poland
Irena Szewińska
Zdzisława Robaszewska
Elżbieta Skowrońska
Zofia Kołakowska
4:53.2  Yugoslavia
Verica Ambrozi
Ika Maričić
Mirjana Kovačev
Ninoslava Tikvicki
5:05.9
High jump
 Rita Schmidt (GDR)1.82  Yordanka Blagoeva (BUL)1.82  Antonina Lazareva (URS)1.79
Long jump
 Irena Szewińska (POL)6.38  Sue Scott (GBR)6.18  Meta Antenen (SUI)6.15
Shot put
 Marita Lange (GDR)17.52  Ivanka Khristova (BUL)16.94  Ingeburg Friedrich (GDR)16.42

Medal table

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 East Germany (GDR)71311
2 Poland (POL)6309
3 Soviet Union (URS)34310
4 Great Britain (GBR)2259
5 West Germany (FRG)2226
6 France (FRA)2204
7 Belgium (BEL)1001
8 Bulgaria (BUL)0202
 Hungary (HUN)0202
10 Spain (ESP)0112
  Switzerland (SUI)0112
12 Czechoslovakia (TCH)0101
 Norway (NOR)0101
14 Romania (ROU)0033
 Yugoslavia (YUG)0033
16 Ireland (IRL)0011
Totals (16 nations)23222267

Participating nations

References

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