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1988 European Athletics Indoor Championships
The 1988 European Athletics Indoor Championships were held in Budapest, Hungary on 5 and 6 March 1988. Medal summary Men Women Medal table Participating nations * (10) * (6) * (24) * (1) * (18) * (3) * (18) * (9) * (20) * (23) * (4) * (42) * (3) * (28) * (14) * (4) * (8) * (8) * (8) * (1) * (23) * (28) * (9) * (4) * (2) * (32) * (8) See also * 1988 in athletics (track and field) This article contains an overview of the year 1988 in athletics. International events * African Championships * Balkan Games * European Indoor Championships * Olympic Games * World Cross Country Championships * World Junior Championships Wor ... External links Results - menat GBRathletics.com at GBRathletics.com * {{European athletics champs European Athletics Indoor Championships European Indoor International athletics competitions hosted by Hungary 1988 in Hungarian sport March 1988 sports events in Europe 1980s in Budapest ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Budapest
Budapest (, ; ) is the capital and most populous city of Hungary. It is the ninth-largest city in the European Union by population within city limits and the second-largest city on the Danube river; the city has an estimated population of 1,752,286 over a land area of about . Budapest, which is both a city and county, forms the centre of the Budapest metropolitan area, which has an area of and a population of 3,303,786; it is a primate city, constituting 33% of the population of Hungary. The history of Budapest began when an early Celtic settlement transformed into the Roman town of Aquincum, the capital of Lower Pannonia. The Hungarians arrived in the territory in the late 9th century, but the area was pillaged by the Mongols in 1241–42. Re-established Buda became one of the centres of Renaissance humanist culture by the 15th century. The Battle of Mohács, in 1526, was followed by nearly 150 years of Ottoman rule. After the reconquest of Buda in 1686, the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ronny Olsson
Ronny Olsson (born 1 October 1961 in Malmö) is a retired Swedish middle-distance runner. He is best known for winning the silver medal in the 1500 metres at the 1988 European Indoor Championships. In addition, he represented his country at the 1983 World Championships without advancing from the first round. International competitions Personal bests Outdoor *800 metres – 1:46.28 (Oslo 1984) *1500 metres – 3:39.66 (Malmö 1986) Indoor *800 metres – 1:46.77 (Stuttgart 1987) *1000 metres – 2:21.18 (Sindelfingen 1989) *1500 metres The 1500 metres or 1,500-metre run (typically pronounced 'fifteen-hundred metres') is the foremost middle distance track event in athletics. The distance has been contested at the Summer Olympics since 1896 and the World Championships in Athletic ... – 3:40.35 (Stuttgart 1987) References All-Athletics profile 1961 births Living people Swedish male middle-distance runners World Athletics Championships athletes for Sweden Sportspeople ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sorin Matei
Sorin Matei (born 6 July 1963) is a retired Romanian high jumper. His personal best jump is 2.40 metres, achieved in June 1990 in Bratislava. As of August 2018, Matei is tied for 7th place on the, men's high jump outdoor, all time top list, behind Javier Sotomayor, Mutaz Essa Barshim, Patrik Sjöberg, Bohdan Bondarenko, Igor Paklin and Ivan Ukhov Ivan Sergeyevich Ukhov (russian: Иван Сергеевич Ухов; born 29 March 1986) is a Russian high jumper. He won a gold medal at the 2010 IAAF World Indoor Championships and is a two-time European Indoor champion (2009 and 2011). .... Matei competed at the 1980, 1988 and 1992 Olympics and placed 13th in 1980 and 1992. International competitions References 1963 births Living people Sportspeople from Bucharest Romanian male high jumpers Olympic male high jumpers Olympic athletes of Romania Athletes (track and field) at the 1980 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 1988 Summer Olympics ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dietmar Mögenburg
Dietmar Mögenburg (, ; born 15 August 1961) is a (West) German former high jumper who won gold medals at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles and at the 1982 European Championships in Athens. Career On 26 May 1980, at the age of 18, Mögenburg jumped 2.35 m which tied the world outdoor record set by Jacek Wszoła of Poland. At the time, this mark also established a new world outdoor junior record. He reached his outdoor peak on 10 June 1984 when he cleared 2.36 m in Eberstadt, in a competition won by Zhu Jianhua with a world record of 2.39 m. Mögenburg would later establish a new world indoor mark of 2.39 m on 14 February 1985 in Cologne. As of 2015, the only German to have jumped higher is his 1980s rival Carlo Thränhardt Carlo Thränhardt (, ; born 5 July 1957) is a retired German high jumper. He excelled at indoor competitions, setting the world indoor record on three occasions between 1984 and 1988. His best mark of 2.42 meters ranks him second on the indoor ..., ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Patrik Sjöberg
Jan Niklas Patrik Sjöberg (; born 5 January 1965) is a Swedish former high jumper. He broke the world record with in Stockholm on 30 June 1987. This mark is still the European record and ranks him third on the world all-time list behind Javier Sotomayor and Mutaz Essa Barshim. He twice held the world indoor record holder with marks of 2.38 m (1985) and 2.41 m (1987). He was the 1987 World Champion and three-times an Olympic medallist. Early life Sjöberg was born in Gothenburg, Västra Götaland and was a member of the Örgryte IS club. Career Sjöberg has a gold medal from the World Championships in Rome 1987 and has three Olympic medals: silver medals from Los Angeles 1984 and Barcelona 1992, and a bronze medal from Seoul 1988. Sjöberg is the only high jumper to have won medals in more than two Olympic Games. He won the 1985 World Indoor Games, is a four-time European Indoor champion and twice won the World Cup title. Sjöberg received the ''Svenska Dagbladet'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sándor Urbanik
Sándor Urbanik (born 15 December 1964 in Esztergom) is a retired male race walker from Hungary. He competed in four consecutive Summer Olympics for his native country, starting in 1988. He is married to fellow Hungarian race walker Mária Urbanik. He was a bronze medallist in the 5000 m walk at the 1988 European Athletics Indoor Championships, held in his native Hungary. He represented Hungary at seven consecutive editions of the World Athletics Championships, from 1987 to 2001, with his best finish being tenth place at the 1993 World Championships in Athletics. He is the Hungarian national record holder in several events, including the 10 km, 15 km, 20 km, 30 km and 35 km road distances, the hour walk (reaching 14,186 m), and also the indoor 5000 m distance with 18:34.77 minutes. He won twelve national titles in the 20 kilometres race walk at the Hungarian Athletics Championships, with ten straight wins from 1986–1995, and final w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Roman Mrázek
Roman Mrázek (born January 21, 1962 in Sokolov) is a race walker who represented Czechoslovakia and later Slovakia. He represented his former nation at the 1988 Summer Olympics and the 1992 Summer Olympics, before competing for Slovakia at the 1996 Summer Olympics The 1996 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXVI Olympiad, also known as Atlanta 1996 and commonly referred to as the Centennial Olympic Games) were an international multi-sport event held from July 19 to August 4, 1996, in Atlanta, .... Sports Reference. Retrieved on 2015-02-01. International competitions References * 1962 births[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jozef Pribilinec
Jozef Pribilinec (; born 6 July 1960) is a Slovak track and field athlete who mainly competed in racewalking. He was born in Kopernica. Pribilinec competed for the former Czechoslovakia at the 1988 Summer Olympics held in Seoul, South Korea where he won the gold medal in the men's 20 kilometre walk event. He represented Czechoslovakia for most of his career and in addition to his Olympic gold, won two silver medals at the World Championships in Athletics (1983 and 1987) and one gold and one silver at the European Athletics Championships for his country. He was a two-time champion at the European Athletics Indoor Championships, winning in 1987 and 1988 over distances of 3000 m and 5000 m, respectively. He was a four-time participant at the IAAF World Race Walking Cup and his best performance was a win over 20 km at the 1983 IAAF World Race Walking Cup, becoming his country's first victor at the competition. He had previously shown his developing talent as a youn ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Carlos Sala
Carlos Sala Molera (born 20 March 1960 in Barcelona, Catalonia), nicknamed "Charli", is a retired Spanish Spanish might refer to: * Items from or related to Spain: **Spaniards are a nation and ethnic group indigenous to Spain **Spanish language, spoken in Spain and many Latin American countries **Spanish cuisine Other places * Spanish, Ontario, Cana ... sprint hurdler. He represented his country at five consecutive Summer Olympics starting in 1980. His best result at the Games is the 7th place in 1984. His personal best time was 13.44 seconds, achieved in August 1987 in Barcelona. Competition record Notes References * External links * * * 1960 births Living people Athletes from Catalonia Spanish male hurdlers Athletes (track and field) at the 1980 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 1984 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 1988 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 1992 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jon Ridgeon
Jonathan ("Jon") Peter Ridgeon (born 14 February 1967) is an English former athlete who competed mainly in the 110 metres hurdles and the 400 metres hurdles. In the 110m hurdles, he won the silver medal at the 1987 World Championships and the gold medal at the 1987 Universiade. He represented Great Britain at the 1988 Seoul Olympics and the 1996 Atlanta Olympics. Biography Ridgeon was born in Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk. He won the 110 m hurdles at the European Junior Championship in 1985, ahead of his fellow British athlete Colin Jackson, who finished runner-up. Ridgeon then finished second to Jackson at the 1986 World Junior Championships. He represented England in the 110 metres hurdles event, at the 1986 Commonwealth Games in Edinburgh, Scotland. Ridgeon won the 110 m hurdles gold medal at the 1987 Universiade (World University Games) in Zagreb. At the 1987 World Championships in Rome, Ridgeon won a silver medal in the 110 m hurdles (with Jackson taking the bronze ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aleš Höffer
Aleš Höffer (9 December 1962 – 14 December 2008) was a Czechoslovak athlete specialising in the sprint hurdles. He is best known for winning the gold medal at the 1988 European Indoor Championships. He also represented his country at the 1987 World Championships reaching the semifinals. His personal bests were 13.53 seconds in the 110 metres hurdles (+1.4 m/s; Moscow 1987) and 7.56 seconds in the 60 metres hurdles 60 metres hurdles is a distance in hurdling which is generally run in indoor competitions. It is equivalent with the first 5 hurdles of a standard outdoor hurdle race. The current women's and men's world records are 7.68 seconds ( Susanna K ... (Budapest 1988). International competitions References 1962 births 2008 deaths Czechoslovak male hurdlers Czech male hurdlers Athletes from Prague World Athletics Championships athletes for Czechoslovakia Competitors at the 1984 Friendship Games Czechoslovak Athletics Championships winners ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mikhail Dasko
Mikhail Antonovich Dasko (russian: Михаил Антонович Дасько; born 26 January 1961) is a Russian former long-distance runner who competed for the Soviet Union and later Russia. He was a bronze medallist at both the European Athletics Indoor Championships in 1988 and the 1992 IAAF World Cup. He represented the Soviet Union at the 1988 Seoul Olympics. Born in Zashchebye in the Gomel Region of the Belarusian SSR,Mikhail Dasko Sports Reference. Retrieved on 2016-04-25. he became prominent at national level in the mid-1980s with a 5000 m win at the Soviet Athletics Championships. He went on to win that title three more times, in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
