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Zürich
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, Switzerland, between 12 and 17 August 2014. It was the first time that Switzerland had hosted the European Athletics Championships since 1954.
Great Britain headed the medal table, with 12 gold medals, comfortably their best return from a European championships, despite winning only one field event medal. France, second on gold medals won with 9, won the most medals, 25.
Event schedule
Results
Men
Track
(*) Heat only. In the 3000m steeplechase,Mahiedine Mekhissi-Benabbad
Mahiedine Mekhissi-Benabbad (born 15 March 1985) is a French professional middle-distance runner of Algerian descent who mainly competes in the 3000 metres steeplechase. He has won medals in major international competitions such as the Olympic Ga ...
of France won the race, but he was later disqualified after he took off his shirt while running down the home straight. Yoann Kowal (France) was then awarded gold, Krystian Zalewski
Krystian Zalewski (; born 11 April 1989) is a Polish distance runner specialising in the 3000 metres steeplechase. He won the silver medal at the 2014 European Championships. Additionally, he represented his country at three consecutive World C ...
(Poland) silver and Angel Mullera (Spain) bronze.
Field
Women
Track
(*) Heat only.Field
Medal table
Participating nations
Athletes from a total of 50 member federations of theEuropean Athletics Association
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See also
*List of stripped European Athletics Championships medals
The following is a list of stripped medals at the European Athletics Championships.
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* 2014 African Championships in Athletics
References
External links
Official website
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European Athletics Championships
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Sports competitions in Zürich
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21st century in Zürich
August 2014 sports events in Europe