The 13th
European Athletics Championships
The European Athletics Championships is a biennial (from 2010) athletics event organised by the European Athletics Association and is recognised as the elite continental outdoor athletics championships for Europe.
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were held from 6 September to 12 September 1982 at the
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in
Athens
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Greece
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. Contemporaneous reports on the event were given in the
Glasgow Herald
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Men's results
Complete results were published.
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Track
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1986
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Events January
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1990
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Field
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1978 ,
1982 ,
1986
The year 1986 was designated as the International Year of Peace by the United Nations.
Events January
* January 1
**Aruba gains increased autonomy from the Netherlands by separating from the Netherlands Antilles.
**Spain and Portugal enter ...
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1990
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Lutz Dombrowski
Lutz Dombrowski (born 25 June 1959) is a former German track and field athlete and Olympic champion.
Early life
Dombrowski was born in 1959 in Zwickau. Wilhelm Pieck, who at the time of Dombrowski's birth was president of East Germany, wa ...
from East Germany jumped 8.25 m in the qualification round, which was a new championship record.
Women's results
Track
1974 ,
1978 ,
1982 ,
1986
The year 1986 was designated as the International Year of Peace by the United Nations.
Events January
* January 1
**Aruba gains increased autonomy from the Netherlands by separating from the Netherlands Antilles.
**Spain and Portugal enter ...
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1990
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Lucyna Kałek also ran 12.45 in the heats, which was a new championship record.
Field
1974 ,
1978 ,
1982 ,
1986
The year 1986 was designated as the International Year of Peace by the United Nations.
Events January
* January 1
**Aruba gains increased autonomy from the Netherlands by separating from the Netherlands Antilles.
**Spain and Portugal enter ...
,
1990
File:1990 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: The 1990 FIFA World Cup is played in Italy; The Human Genome Project is launched; Voyager I takes the famous Pale Blue Dot image- speaking on the fragility of humanity on Earth, astrophysicist ...
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Medal table
Participation
According to an unofficial count, 777 athletes from 30 countries participated in the event, 21 athletes more than the official number of 756, and one country more than the official number of 29 as published.
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* (7)
* (12)
* (34)
* (3)
* (28)
* (9)
* (65)
* (38)
* (48)
* (1)
* (29)
* (18)
* (4)
* (9)
* (55)
* (1)
* (1)
* (9)
* (18)
* (37)
* (11)
* (18)
* (92)
* (24)
* (55)
* (25)
* (2)
* (51)
* (59)
* (14)
See also
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1982 in athletics (track and field)
Notes
Differences to competition format since the
1978 European Championships:
:New events added:
::*Women's marathon
::*Women's heptathlon replaces the pentathlon
References
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European Athletics Championships
European Athletics Championships
The European Athletics Championships is a biennial (from 2010) athletics event organised by the European Athletics Association and is recognised as the elite continental outdoor athletics championships for Europe.
Editions
First held, for men ...
European Athletics Championships
The European Athletics Championships is a biennial (from 2010) athletics event organised by the European Athletics Association and is recognised as the elite continental outdoor athletics championships for Europe.
Editions
First held, for men ...
European Athletics Championships
The European Athletics Championships is a biennial (from 2010) athletics event organised by the European Athletics Association and is recognised as the elite continental outdoor athletics championships for Europe.
Editions
First held, for men ...
Sports competitions in Athens
International athletics competitions hosted by Greece
European Athletics Championships
The European Athletics Championships is a biennial (from 2010) athletics event organised by the European Athletics Association and is recognised as the elite continental outdoor athletics championships for Europe.
Editions
First held, for men ...
20th century in Athens
Athletics in Athens