2017 European Athletics Indoor Championships
The 34th European Athletics Indoor Championships were held between 3 and 5 March 2017 at the Kombank Arena in Belgrade, Serbia. This was the second time this event was held in the city after the 1969 edition then known as the European Indoor Games, and the first time in more than 30 years that the competition was held in Eastern Europe. The three-day competition featured 13 men's and 13 women's athletics events and took place over two morning and three afternoon sessions.[1]
| 2017 European Athletics Indoor Championships | |
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| Dates | 3–5 March |
| Host city | Belgrade, Serbia |
| Venue | Kombank Arena |
| Events | 26 |
| Participation | 525 athletes from 48 nations |
The decision of Belgrade as the host-city was announced on 4 May 2014 in Frankfurt am Main, beating bids from Istanbul and Polish city Toruń. The host nation's leading athlete was Ivana Španović, who returned to defend her European indoor title in the long jump.[2] The 2017 Balkan Indoor Athletics Championships was held at the Kombank Arena a week prior to the competition.[3] Former athlete Slobodan Branković led the local organising committee. The event had an official website and a social media presence on Twitter and Facebook. The event mascot was decided by competition among Serbian schoolchildren, with the winning design coming from Sladjana Ljubic. A white lion named “Bela”, it reflects Belgrade Zoo's breeding programme for the animals. The event logo was simply a stylised version of the phrase "Belgrade 2017", rendered in a font resembling the natural straights and curves of an athletics track.[4]
Only one Russian athlete, women's long jumper Darya Klishina, was present at the competition, due to the international ban of the All-Russia Athletic Federation in place since November 2015 following systemic doping. Klishina competed as a neutral athlete. Three other Russians were cleared to compete as neutrals, but did not attend.[5][6] Russia had led the medal table at the competition in both 2013 and 2015.
Poland and Great Britain dominated the medal table, taking 12 of the twenty six golds available between them (7 for the Poles, 5 for the Britons) - of the other competing nations, only Germany and France won more than a single gold, with two each. In the placings table, Great Britain and Poland were inseparable on 103 points each, but Germany came a much closer third.
Men's results
Track
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 60 metres |
Richard Kilty Great Britain | 6.54 EL | Ján Volko Slovakia | 6.58 NR | Austin Hamilton Sweden | 6.63 PB |
| 400 metres |
Pavel Maslák Czech Republic | 45.77 EL | Rafał Omelko Poland | 46.08 PB | Liemarvin Bonevacia Netherlands | 46.26 NR |
| 800 metres |
Adam Kszczot Poland | 1:48.87 | Andreas Bube Denmark | 1:49.32 | Álvaro de Arriba Spain | 1:49.68 |
| 1500 metres |
Marcin Lewandowski Poland | 3:44.82 | Kalle Berglund Sweden | 3:45.56 | Filip Sasínek Czech Republic | 3:45.89 |
| 3000 metres |
Adel Mechaal Spain | 8:00.60 | Henrik Ingebrigtsen Norway | 8:00.93 | Richard Ringer Germany | 8:01.01 |
| 60 metres hurdles |
Andrew Pozzi Great Britain | 7.51 | Pascal Martinot-Lagarde France | 7.52 | Petr Svoboda Czech Republic | 7.53 SB |
| 4 × 400 metres relay |
Poland Kacper Kozłowski Łukasz Krawczuk Przemysław Waściński Rafał Omelko | 3:06.99 | .svg.png.webp){kind=small} BelgiumRobin Vanderbemden Julien Watrin Kevin Borlée Dylan Borlée | 3:07.80 | Czech Republic Patrik Šorm Jan Tesař Jan Kubista Pavel Maslák | 3:08.60 |
Field
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High jump |
Sylwester Bednarek Poland | 2.32 | Robbie Grabarz Great Britain | 2.30 SB | Pavel Seliverstau Belarus | 2.27 |
| Pole vault |
Piotr Lisek Poland | 5.85 | Konstadinos Filippidis Greece | 5.85 NR | Paweł Wojciechowski Poland | 5.85 SB |
| Long jump |
Izmir Smajlaj Albania | 8.08 NR | Michel Tornéus Sweden | 8.08 SB | Serhiy Nykyforov Ukraine | 8.07 |
| Triple jump |
Nelson Évora Portugal | 17.20 SB | Fabrizio Donato Italy | 17.13 | Max Heß Germany | 17.12 |
| Shot put |
Konrad Bukowiecki Poland | 21.97 WL NR AUR | Tomáš Staněk Czech Republic | 21.43 PB | David Storl Germany | 21.30 |
Combined
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Heptathlon |
Kevin Mayer France | 6479 ER | Jorge Ureña Spain | 6227 | Adam Helcelet Czech Republic | 6110 |
Women's results
Track
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 60 metres |
Asha Philip Great Britain | 7.06 EL NR | Ewa Swoboda Poland | 7.10 SB | Mujinga Kambundji Switzerland | 7.16 SB |
| 400 metres |
Floria Gueï France | 51.90 PB | Zuzana Hejnová Czech Republic | 52.42 | Justyna Święty Poland | 52.52 |
| 800 metres |
Selina Büchel Switzerland | 2:00.38 NR | Shelayna Oskan-Clarke Great Britain | 2:00.39 PB | Aníta Hinriksdóttir Iceland | 2:01.25 |
| 1500 metres |
Laura Muir Great Britain | 4:02.39 CR NR | Konstanze Klosterhalfen Germany | 4:04.45 PB | Sofia Ennaoui Poland | 4:06.59 |
| 3000 metres |
Laura Muir Great Britain | 8:35.67 CR | Yasemin Can Turkey | 8:43.46 NR | Eilish McColgan Great Britain | 8:47.43 |
| 60 metres hurdles |
Cindy Roleder Germany | 7.88 | Alina Talay Belarus | 7.92 | Pamela Dutkiewicz Germany | 7.95 |
| 4 × 400 metres relay |
Poland Patrycja Wyciszkiewicz Małgorzata Hołub Iga Baumgart Justyna Święty | 3:29.94 | Great Britain Eilidh Doyle Phillipa Lowe Mary Iheke Laviai Nielsen | 3:31.05 | Ukraine Olha Bibik Tetyana Melnyk Anastasiya Bryzhina Olha Lyakhova | 3:32.10 |
Field
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High jump |
Airinė Palšytė Lithuania | 2.01 WL NR | Ruth Beitia Spain | 1.94 | Yuliya Levchenko Ukraine | 1.94 PB |
| Pole vault |
Katerina Stefanidi Greece | 4.85 WL SB | Lisa Ryzih Germany | 4.75 PB | Angelica Bengtsson Sweden Maryna Kylypko Ukraine | 4.55 |
| Long jump |
Ivana Španović Serbia | 7.24 WL NR | Lorraine Ugen Great Britain | 6.97 NR | Claudia Salman-Rath Germany | 6.94 PB |
| Triple jump |
Kristin Gierisch Germany | 14.37 EL | Patrícia Mamona Portugal | 14.32 SB | Paraskevi Papachristou Greece | 14.24 SB |
| Shot put |
Anita Márton Hungary | 19.28 WL | Radoslava Mavrodieva  Bulgaria | 18.36 PB | Yuliya Leantsiuk Belarus | 18.32 |
Combined
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pentathlon |
Nafissatou Thiam Belgium | 4870 WL | Ivona Dadic Austria | 4767 NR | Györgyi Zsivoczky-Farkas Hungary | 4723 PB |
Medal table
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Poland (POL) | 7 | 2 | 3 | 12 |
| 2 | Great Britain (GBR) | 5 | 4 | 1 | 10 |
| 3 | Germany (GER) | 2 | 2 | 5 | 9 |
| 4 | France (FRA) | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| 5 | Czech Republic (CZE) | 1 | 2 | 4 | 7 |
| 6 | Spain (ESP) | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
| 7 | Greece (GRE) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 8 | Belgium (BEL) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| Portugal (POR) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | |
| 10 | Hungary (HUN) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Switzerland (SUI) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
| 12 | Albania (ALB) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Lithuania (LTU) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Serbia (SRB)* | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 15 | Sweden (SWE) | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| 16 | Belarus (BLR) | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 17 | Austria (AUT) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Bulgaria (BUL) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| Denmark (DEN) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| Italy (ITA) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| Norway (NOR) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| Slovakia (SVK) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| Turkey (TUR) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| 24 | Ukraine (UKR) | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 |
| 25 | Iceland (ISL) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Netherlands (NED) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Totals (26 nations) | 26 | 26 | 27 | 79 | |
Placing table
In the placing table the points were awarded for every place in the top eight of each event: 8 for 1st, 7 for 2nd, 6 for 3rd, etc.[7]
| Rank | Nation | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th | 7th | 8th | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Poland | 56 | 14 | 18 | 10 | – | 6 | – | – | 104 |
| 2 | Great Britain | 40 | 28 | 6 | 5 | 12 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 103 |
| 3 | Germany | 16 | 14 | 30 | – | 20 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 99 |
| 4 | Sweden | – | 14 | 11.5 | 20 | 8 | 5.5 | 2 | 1 | 62 |
| 5 | France | 16 | 7 | – | 10 | 12 | 9 | 4 | 3.5 | 61.5 |
| 6 | Spain | 8 | 14 | 6 | 10 | 8 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 61 |
| 7 | Czech Republic | 8 | 14 | 24 | 5 | – | 6 | – | 1 | 58 |
| 8 | Ukraine | – | 7 | 23.5 | 10 | 4 | – | 2 | – | 46.5 |
| 9 | Belarus | – | 7 | 12 | – | – | – | 4 | 2 | 25 |
| 10 | Italy | – | 7 | – | 5 | – | 6 | 6 | 1 | 25 |
| 11 | Portugal | 8 | 7 | – | 5 | – | – | 4 | – | 24 |
| 12 | Netherlands | – | – | 6 | 5 | 8 | – | 4 | – | 23 |
| 13 | Greece | 8 | 7 | 6 | – | – | – | – | – | 21 |
| 14 | Switzerland | 8 | – | – | 5 | 4 | 3 | – | – | 20 |
| 15 | Hungary | 8 | – | 6 | 5 | – | – | – | – | 19 |
| 16 | Denmark | – | 7 | – | 5 | 4 | – | – | 2 | 18 |
| 17 | Belgium | 8 | 7 | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | 16 |
| 18 | Serbia | 8 | – | – | – | 4 | 3 | – | 1 | 16 |
| 19 | Austria | – | 7 | – | 5 | – | 3 | – | – | 15 |
| 20 | Bulgaria | – | 7 | – | 5 | – | – | – | 1 | 13 |
| 21 | Albania | 8 | – | – | – | 4 | – | – | – | 12 |
| 22 | Norway | – | 7 | – | – | 4 | – | – | – | 11 |
| 22 | Slovakia | – | 7 | – | – | 4 | – | – | – | 11 |
| 24 | Turkey | – | 7 | – | – | – | 3 | – | – | 10 |
| 25 | Lithuania | 8 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 8 |
| 26 |  Croatia | – | – | – | – | 4 | – | 4 | – | 8 |
| 27 | Iceland | – | – | 6 | – | – | – | – | – | 6 |
| 28 |  Finland | – | – | 6 | – | – | 2.5 | 2 | 1.5 | 6 |
| 29 |  Latvia | – | – | – | 5 | – | – | – | 0.5 | 5.5 |
| 30 | Independent Athletes | – | – | – | 5 | – | – | – | – | 5 |
| 30 |  Azerbaijan | – | – | – | 5 | – | – | – | – | 5 |
| 32 |  Estonia | – | – | – | – | 4 | – | – | – | 4 |
| 33 |  Cyprus | – | – | – | – | – | 3 | – | – | 3 |
| 33 |  Montenegro | – | – | – | – | – | 3 | – | – | 3 |
| 35 |  Bosnia and Herzegovina | – | – | – | – | – | – | 2 | – | 2 |
| 36 |  Slovenia | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 0.5 | 0.5 |
Participating nations
There was a total of 525 participants (out of the 567 initially entered) from 48 nations. The only federations missing were Georgia, Kosovo, and Liechtenstein.
- Albania (2)
Andorra (2)
Armenia (5)- Austria (8)
- Azerbaijan (1)
- Belarus (19)
- Belgium (8)
- Bosnia and Herzegovina (3)
- Bulgaria (8)
- Croatia (7)
- Cyprus (5)
- Czech Republic (24)
- Denmark (6)
- Estonia (6)
- Finland (11)
- France (31)
- Germany (41)
Gibraltar (3)- Great Britain (30)
- Greece (7)
- Hungary (14)
- Independent Athletes (EAA) (1)
- Iceland (2)
Ireland (10)
Israel (1)- Italy (26)
- Latvia (5)
- Lithuania (5)
Luxembourg (2)
Macedonia (2)
Malta (2)
Moldova (1)
Monaco (1)- Montenegro (2)
- Netherlands (13)
- Norway (8)
- Poland (29)
- Portugal (10)
Romania (12)
San Marino (1)- Serbia (11)
- Slovakia (15)
- Slovenia (5)
- Spain (34)
- Sweden (29)
- Switzerland (13)
- Turkey (13)
- Ukraine (31)
References
- Timetable. Belgrade2017. Retrieved on 2017-03-04.
- "Belgrade to host 2017 Indoor Champs". Time to Run. 5 May 2014. Retrieved 2 February 2017.
- Balkan Indoor Championships. Kombank Arena (2017-02-25). Retrieved on 2017-03-04.
- Media Guide. Belgrade2017. Retrieved on 2017-03-04.
- IAAF clears 3 Russians to compete at European indoor championships. CBC (2017-02-23). Retrieved on 2017-03-04.
- Russian athlete Darya Klishina going solo again as ban brings back 'stressful' Rio memories. Evening Standard (2017-03-03). Retrieved on 2017-03-04.
- "EUROPEAN ATHLETICS INDOOR CHAMPIONSHIPS BELGRADE 2017 PLACING TABLE". european-athletics.org. Retrieved 21 July 2018.
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