The 2018 European Championships were the first edition of the

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. It was a multi-sport event which took place in

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, and

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, United Kingdom (with

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hosting the diving events and Gleneagles the golf) from 2 to 12 August 2018. Around 1,500 athletes competed at the European Athletics Championships in Berlin, whilst at the same time more than 3,000 took part in the other championships in Glasgow. Each European Championship will be organised by the respective federation and host city.

Development and preparation

Venues

Most of the events took place in Glasgow and its close surroundings: *

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– swimming *

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– open water swimming * Scotstoun Sports Campus – synchronised swimming * Sir Chris Hoy Velodrome – track cycling * streets of Glasgow,

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and

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– road cycling * Cathkin Braes Mountain Bike Trails – mountain biking * Glasgow BMX Centre (

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) – BMX * Strathclyde Country Park – rowing and triathlon * SSE Hydro – artistic gymnastics Two championships events were hosted at venues in different Scottish cities: *

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, Edinburgh – diving * PGA Centenary Course, Gleneagles – golf The athletics championships event were held in the second major host city, Berlin * Olympiastadion, Berlin – athletics 2018 European Championships Glasgow Logo.svg, Glasgow 2018 Logo 2018 European Championships Berlin Logo.svg, Berlin 2018 Logo

European Championships Trophy

On 1 August 2018, at the "Great Big Opening Party" in Glasgow, a new European Championship Trophy was unveiled, to be awarded to the nation achieving the most gold medals across all seven sports during the Championships. It was presented by Katherine Grainger,

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and

Angelina Melnikova Angelina Romanovna Melnikova ( rus, Ангели́на Рома́новна Ме́льникова, , ɐnɡʲɪˈlʲinə ˈmʲelʲnʲɪkəvə; born 18 July 2000) is a Russian artistic gymnast. With eleven Olympic and World medals, she is the jo ...

on behalf of the seven European federations involved in the event. On 12 August, the trophy was presented to the leading nation on the overall table, Russia, in a ceremony in Glasgow.

List of individual Championships

The following Championships have been brought together in the 2018 European Championships: *

2018 European Athletics Championships The 2018 European Athletics Championships were held in Berlin, Germany, from 6 to 12 August 2018. The championships were part of the first European Championships with other events happening in the United Kingdom. For the second Championships in ...

2018 European Aquatics Championships The 2018 European Aquatics Championships took place in Glasgow, Edinburgh and Luss in the central belt of Scotland, from 3 to 12 August 2018. The championships were part of the first European Championships with other events happening in Sco ...

: ** 2018 European Swimming Championships ** 2018 European Diving Championships ** 2018 European Synchronised Swimming Championships **

2018 European Open Water Swimming Championships The 2018 European Open Water Swimming Championships was the 17th edition of the European Open Water Swimming Championships (was part of the 2018 European Aquatics Championships, in turn part of the 2018 European Championships) and took part from ...

2018 European Cycling Championships The 2018 European Road Championships and European Track Championships were held in Glasgow, United Kingdom, from 2 to 12 August 2018, the championships were part of the first European Championships with other six sports events happening in Glasgow ...

: **

2018 European Track Cycling Championships The 2018 UEC European Track Championships was the ninth edition of the elite UEC European Track Championships in track cycling and took place at the Sir Chris Hoy Velodrome in Glasgow, Scotland, between 2 and 7 August 2018. The event was organis ...

2018 European Road Cycling Championships The 2018 European Road Cycling Championships was the 24th running of the European Road Cycling Championships, and took place from 12 to 15 July 2018 in Brno, Czech Republic for the under-23 and junior events, and from 5 to 9 August 2018 in Glasgo ...

2018 European Mountain Bike Championships The 2018 European Mountain Bike Championships was held in Glasgow, United Kingdom, on 8 August 2018, the championships are part of the first European Championships with other six sports events happening in Glasgow and Berlin. In 2018 for the fir ...

** 2018 European BMX Championships *

2018 European Golf Team Championships The 2018 European Golf Team Championships was a golf tournament played in August 2018 at Gleneagles, Scotland. It was the inaugural event and consisted of three competitions – men's, women's and mixed team format. 16 two-player teams took part ...

* 2018 European Artistic Gymnastics Championships: **

2018 European Men's Artistic Gymnastics Championships The 33rd European Men's Artistic Gymnastics Championships was held from 9 to 12 August 2018 at the SSE Hydro in Glasgow, Scotland, United Kingdom. The competition was a portion of the first multi-sport European Championships. Competition sch ...

2018 European Women's Artistic Gymnastics Championships The 32nd European Women's Artistic Gymnastics Championships were held from 2 to 5 August 2018 at the SSE Hydro in Glasgow, Scotland, United Kingdom. Competition schedule Medal summary Medalists Medal table Combined Seniors ...

2018 European Rowing Championships The 2018 European Rowing Championships were rowing championships for European members of the International Rowing Federation (FISA) plus Israel. They were held as part of a new multi-sport European Championships at the Strathclyde Country Park nea ...

* 2018 European Triathlon Championships

Participating nations

52 nations, plus Authorised Neutral Athletes (Russian athletes competing in the

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 ...

under the European Athletics Flag) participated at the European Championships, including: * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *

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(FRO) (2) * * * * (hosts) * * (hosts) * * * * * * * * * * * * Macedonia (MKD) (2) * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *

Schedule

The original schedule was released in February 2017. The schedule was updated in June 2017 based on the Glasgow ticket schedule and again in March 2018 when the Berlin timetable was released.

Medal table

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Each sport maintained its own medal table, but an overall medal table is also maintained, the leader of which won the European Championship trophy. Russia won the inaugural trophy and topped the medal table by gold medals won with 31, whilst co-hosts Great Britain topped the total medals table with 74 medals, 26 of which were gold. A chasing pack consisting of Italy, the Netherlands, co-hosts Germany and France each won over 10 gold medals and 40 medals in total. ;Notes Not included in the official medal table. In addition, while both the Men's and Women's Gymnastics events included junior competitions in line with previous editions, medals in those competitions are not included within the total.

Results and Standings

Official results and standing
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Broadcasting

All of Europe's major free-to-air broadcasters televised the European Championships in 2018. The European Broadcasting Union, which holds the broadcast rights on all platforms, has confirmed coverage across the top five markets, BBC in the United Kingdom, ARD/ ZDF in Germany,

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in France,

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in Italy and

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in Spain. Other EBU members already signed up include VRT (Belgium), HRT (Croatia), DR (Denmark), YLE (Finland),

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(Ireland), NOS (Netherlands),

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(Norway), TVP (Poland), RTP (Portugal),

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(Switzerland) and SVT (Sweden). The level of coverage is also enhanced by a deal with

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. In total, over 40 EBU members have signed agreements as of April 2018. Discussions are ongoing with broadcasters in the remaining territories in Europe, plus other global territories like China, Japan and USA.

Sponsorship

Glasgow 2018 had five Official Partners (People Make Glasgow, Scottish Government, Strathmore Water, Spar &

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) and Berlin 2018 had six Official Partners ( Spar, Le Gruyère, Nike,

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, Generali &

) with another tier of Official Supporters across the two host cities. Overall over 56 companies have been signed up to support the inaugural event.

References

External links

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