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Zürich
, neighboring_municipalities = Adliswil, Dübendorf, Fällanden, Kilchberg, Maur, Oberengstringen, Opfikon, Regensdorf, Rümlang, Schlieren, Stallikon, Uitikon, Urdorf, Wallisellen, Zollikon
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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
Events
January
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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 of France won the race, but he was later disqualified after he took off his shirt while running down the home straight.Yoann Kowal
Yoann Kowal (born 28 May 1987) is a French middle distance runner who specializes in the 1500 metres and 3000 metres steeplechase.
Personal life
Kowal is married to Marianne and has a daughter Elea. His father Daniel held the national title in ...
(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 Ch ...
(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
The European Athletic Association (more commonly known as European Athletics) is the governing body for athletics in Europe. It is one of the six Area Associations of the world's athletics governing body World Athletics. European Athletics has 51 ...
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See also
* List of stripped European Athletics Championships medals * 2014 African Championships in AthleticsReferences
External links
Official website
{{Authority control European Athletics Championships International athletics competitions hosted by Switzerland 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
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Sports competitions in Zürich
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21st century in Zürich
August 2014 sports events in Europe