The 16th
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 7 August to 14 August 1994 in the
Olympic Stadium
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of
Helsinki
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,
Finland
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.
Men's results
Complete results were published.
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Track
1986
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1990
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1998
1998 was designated as the ''International Year of the Ocean''.
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* January 6 – The ''Lunar Prospector'' spacecraft is launched into orbit around the Moon, and later finds evidence for frozen water, in soil in permanently s ...
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2002 ,
Field
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
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1998
1998 was designated as the ''International Year of the Ocean''.
Events January
* January 6 – The ''Lunar Prospector'' spacecraft is launched into orbit around the Moon, and later finds evidence for frozen water, in soil in permanently s ...
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2002 ,
Women's results
Track
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 ...
, 1994 ,
1998
1998 was designated as the ''International Year of the Ocean''.
Events January
* January 6 – The ''Lunar Prospector'' spacecraft is launched into orbit around the Moon, and later finds evidence for frozen water, in soil in permanently s ...
,
2002 ,
Field
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 ...
, 1994 ,
1998
1998 was designated as the ''International Year of the Ocean''.
Events January
* January 6 – The ''Lunar Prospector'' spacecraft is launched into orbit around the Moon, and later finds evidence for frozen water, in soil in permanently s ...
,
2002 ,
Medal table
Participation
According to an unofficial count, 1125 athletes from 43 countries participated in the event, 12 athletes more than the official number of 1113 and one country less than the official number of 44 as published.
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* (1)
* (1)
* (12)
* (37)
* (13)
* (2)
* (21)
* (4)
* (7)
* (23)
* (12)
* (17)
* (85)
* (78)
* (2)
* (101)
* (90)
*
Greece
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(18)
* (27)
* (6)
* (21)
* (6)
* (73)
* (11)
* (1)
*
Lithuania (11)
* (1)
* (1)
* (6)
* (23)
* (32)
* (37)
* (25)
* (22)
* (96)
* (11)
* (7)
*
Spain
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, national_anthem = (English: "Royal March")
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(58)
* (45)
* (28)
* (6)
* (39)
* (8)
See also
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1994 in athletics (track and field)
This article contains an overview of the year 1994 in athletics.
International events
* Asian Games
* Balkan Games
* Commonwealth Games
* European Championships
* European Indoor Championships
* Jeux de la Francophonie
* Goodwill Games
* Wo ...
Notes
Differences to competition format since the
1990 European Championships:
*Women's Triple Jump was added as a new event
*East and West Germany competed as one team
*Countries that made up the Soviet Union competed as separate teams
*Countries that made up Yugoslavia competed as separate teams
References
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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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European Athletics Championships
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International athletics competitions hosted by Finland
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