The 2011 European Athletics Indoor Championships were held at the

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, from 4 to 6 March 2011. 577 athletes representing 46 countries competed at the championships. Twenty-six

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were contested, with the events programme divided equally between the genders.

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topped the medal table, having won the most

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s (six), as well as having gained the greatest total with fifteen. The host nation, France, was the next best performing team, with five golds being won by French athletes.

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had the third highest medal haul, followed by

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. French

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Teddy Tamgho Teddy Tamgho (born 15 June 1989) is a French triple jumper and long jumper. He specialises in the triple jump. He is the current triple jump world indoor record holder at 17.92 m, achieved in winning the final and gold medal at the 2011 Europe ...

provided the highlight of the tournament with two

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clearances.Ramsak, Bob (2011-03-06)
Tamgho twice (!) triples 17.92m World record in Paris as European Indoor Champs conclude

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. Retrieved on 2011-03-09. His compatriot

Renaud Lavillenie Renaud Lavillenie ( or ; born 18 September 1986) is a French pole vaulter. Lavillenie won the gold medal at the 2012 Olympics in London and the silver medal at the 2016 Olympics in Rio. In addition to his Olympic success, he has won three Wor ...

also excelled, becoming the third best ever performer indoors in the men's

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, while Leslie Djhone and

Antoinette Nana Djimou Ida Antoinette Nana Djimou Ida (born 2 August 1985 in Douala, Cameroon) is a Cameroonian-French heptathlete and pentathlete. She has won two European Athletics Championships heptathlon gold medals (in 2012 and 2014) and two European Athletics Indoor ...

won their events with French record marks.Ramsak, Bob (2011-03-09)
Lavillenie’s 6.03m clearance dazzles Paris - European Indoor Champs, Day 2
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. Retrieved on 2011-03-09.

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ian

Andrei Krauchanka Andrei Sergeyevich Krauchanka ( be, Андрэй Сяргеевіч Краўчанка; also transliterated as ''Andrey Kravchenko'') (born 4 January 1986) is a Belarusian decathlete. He was the silver medallist at the 2008 Beijing Olympics. His p ...

's national record performance won the men's heptathlon and

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took the women's pole vault with a national record.

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runner Francis Obikwelu also had a national record-breaking win, defeating the host favourite

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in the

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. The women's

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saw Briton

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win her first major title at the age of 37.

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). He ...

of Russia attempted the world record in the

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, but narrowly missed the clearance. The competition closed with the fifth French record of the championships as the host men's team won the

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Venue

The venue for the 2011 European Athletics Indoor Championships was the

. It can hold a maximum capacity of 18,000 people and has hold several indoor athletics events in the past, including the

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, the 1994 European Indoor Championships and the

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Ceremonies

The opening ceremony was held at 4 March 2011 at 15:00 local time. There was a short ceremony but without teams participation. The closing ceremony took place at 18:00 on the last day, 6 March 2011, and every participating team was invited.

Schedule

Men's results

Track

Field

Combined

Women's results

Track

* Original 800m champion

Yevgenia Zinurova Evgenia, Evgeniya, Yevgenia or Yevgeniya is a feminine given name which may refer to: Evgenia or Evgeniya * Evgeniya Augustinas (born 1988), Russian racing cyclist * Evgeniya Belyakova (born 1986), Russian basketball player in the Women's National ...

was stripped of her title and banned for two years on 3 July 2012 following a doping offence.

Field

Combined

Medal table

Participating nations

* (2) * (5) * (10) * (3) * (20) * (16) * (5) * (12) * (8) * (3) * (16) * (11) * (10) * (13) * (47) * (2) * (38) * (2) * (32) * (14) * (5) * (2) * (7) * (4) * (27) * (7) * (9) * (1) * (1) * (2) * (1) * (15) * (12) * (18) * (15) * (16) * (55) * (1) * (6) * (6) * (9) * (34) * (15) * (7) * (12) * (25)

References

External links

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Event reviews
from European Athletics {{DEFAULTSORT:European Athletics Indoor Championships,2011

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