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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. Editions First held, for men ...

is a biennial event (since 2010), which began in

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. European Athletics accepts only athletes who are representing one of the organisation's

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an member states and the body recognises records set at

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of the European Athletics Championships. The Championships records in

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are the best marks set in competitions at the event. The athletics events at the Championships are divided into four groups: track events (including sprints, middle- and long-distance running, hurdling and relays), field events (including javelin, discus, hammer, pole vault, long and triple jumps), road events and combined events (the heptathlon and decathlon).

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's athletes holds the greatest number of records at the Championships with a total of ten, followed by

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(9),

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(7), and

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(4). Marita Koch and Heike Drechsler each hold multiple records, Koch having broken both the 400 metres record as an individual and as part of the East German

relay team A relay race is a racing competition where members of a team take turns completing parts of racecourse or performing a certain action. Relay races take the form of professional races and amateur games. Relay races are common in running, orient ...

and Drechsler holding the records for both

long jump The long jump is a track and field event in which athletes combine speed, strength and agility in an attempt to leap as far as possible from a takeoff point. Along with the triple jump, the two events that measure jumping for distance as a ...

and 200 m.

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have been set at the Championships: the French 4×100 metres relay team ran a world record 37.79 seconds at the 1990 Championships. Several athletics events no longer take place at the Championships and thus the events are deemed defunct, and their records unchallengeable. No records were broken at the

2012 European Athletics Championships The 2012 European Athletics Championships were held in Helsinki, Finland between 27 June and 1 July 2012. This edition marks the beginning of a new two-year cycle of the European Athletics Championships which were previously held every four years. ...

– the first time in the history of the event. The current edition is taking place between 15 and 21 August 2022 in

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Men's records

''Statistics are correct as of 21 August 2022''

Decathlon disciplines

Women's records

Bundesarchiv Bild 183-1986-0216-010, Marita Koch, Kirsten Emmelmann

''Statistics are correct as of 21 August 2022''

Heptathlon disciplines

Statistics

Totals

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World records

{, class="wikitable sortable" !Year !Athlete !Country !Gender !Event !Mark , - , 1934 ,

Matti Järvinen Matti Henrikki Järvinen (18 February 1909 – 22 July 1985) was a Finnish javelin thrower. He won the Olympic gold medal at the 1932 Summer Olympics ahead of two other Finns, Matti Sippala and Eino Penttilä, with a throw of 72.71 metres. F ...

, , Men ,

Javelin throw The javelin throw is a track and field event where the javelin, a spear about in length, is thrown. The javelin thrower gains momentum by running within a predetermined area. Javelin throwing is an event of both the men's decathlon and the wom ...

, 76.66 m , - , 1938 , Claudia Testoni , , Women ,

80 m hurdles 80 metres hurdles is a distance in hurdling ran by women until 1972 in international competitions. Since the 1972 Summer Olympics, the event has been permanently replaced by the 100 metre hurdles. Masters athletics The distance, with different sp ...

, 11.6 sec , - , 1954 ,

Vladimir Kuts Volodymyr Petrovych Kuts ( uk, Володимир Петрович Куц, russian: Владимир Петрович Куц, 7 February 1927 – 16 August 1975) was a Soviet long-distance runner. He won the 5000 and 10000 m races at the 1956 ...

, , Men , 5000 metres , 13:56.6 min , - , 1954 ,

Sándor Rozsnyói Sándor Rozsnyói (born Sándor Rosner, 24 November 1930 – 2 September 2014) was a Hungarian athlete, who mainly competed in the 3,000-metre steeple chase. Born in Zalaegerszeg, he competed for Hungary at the 1956 Summer Olympics held ...

, , Men ,

3000 m steeplechase The 3000 metres steeplechase or 3000-meter steeplechase (usually abbreviated as ) is the most common distance for the steeplechase in track and field. It is an obstacle race over the distance of the 3000 metres, which derives its name from the ho ...

, 8:49.6 min , - , 1954 ,

Mikhail Krivonosov Mikhail Petrovich Krivonosov (russian: Михаил Петрович Кривоносов, 1 May 1929 – 11 November 1994) was a Belarusian hammer thrower. He competed in the 1952 and 1956 Olympics and won a silver medal in 1956, 18 cm beh ...

, , Men ,

Hammer throw The hammer throw is one of the four throwing events in regular track and field competitions, along with the discus throw, shot put and javelin. The "hammer" used in this sport is not like any of the tools also called by that name. It consist ...

, 63.34 m , - , 1958 , Sergei Popov , , Men , Marathon , 2:15:17 hrs , - , 1962 , Salvatore Morale , , Men ,

400 m hurdles The 400 metres hurdles is a track and field hurdling event. The event has been on the Olympic athletics programme since 1900 for men and since 1984 for women. On a standard outdoor track, 400 metres is the length of the inside lane, once a ...

, 49.2 sec , - , 1962 , Maria Itkina , , Women , 400 metres , 53.4 sec , - , 1962 , Tamara Press , , Women , Shot put , 18.55 m , - , 1969 , Nicole Duclos , , Women , 400 metres , 51.7 sec (51.72) , - , 1969 ,

Colette Besson Colette Besson (7 April 1946 – 9 August 2005) was a French athlete, the surprise winner of the 400 m at the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City. Athletic career Prior to the 1968 Olympics, Besson, an unknown physical education teacher, qualifi ...

, , Women , 400 metres , 51.7 sec (51.74) , - , 1969 , Jaroslava Jehličková , , Women ,

1500 metres The 1500 metres or 1,500-metre run (typically pronounced 'fifteen-hundred metres') is the foremost middle distance track event in athletics. The distance has been contested at the Summer Olympics since 1896 and the World Championships in Athle ...

, 4:10.77 min , - , 1969 ,

Rosemary Stirling Rosemary Olivia Wright (née Stirling, born 11 December 1947) is a former British sprinter and middle-distance runner. She won a gold medal in the 4 × 400 m relay at the 1969 European Championships, and a gold medal in the 800m at the 1970 C ...

Pat Lowe
Janet Simpson
Lillian Board , , Women ,

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, 3:30.8 min (3:30.82) , - , 1969 , Bernadette Martin
Nicole Duclos
Eliane Jacq

, , Women ,

, 3:30.8 min (3:30.85) , - , 1969 ,

Nadezhda Chizhova Nadezhda Vladimirovna Chizhova (russian: Надежда Владимировна Чижова, born 29 September 1945) is a retired Russian shot putter who won three Olympic medals and four European titles, and set seven new world records. She ...

, , Women , Shot put , 20.10 m , - , 1969 ,

, , Women , Shot put , 20.43 m , - , 1971 , Karin Burneleit , , Women ,

, 4:09.62 min , - , 1971 , Rita Kühne
Ingelore Lohse
Helga Seidler
Monika Zehrt , , Women ,

, 3:29.3 min , - , 1971 , Faina Melnik , , Men ,

Discus throw The discus throw (), also known as disc throw, is a track and field event in which an athlete throws a heavy disc—called a discus—in an attempt to mark a farther distance than their competitors. It is an ancient sport, as demonstrated by th ...

, 64.22 m , - , 1974 , Riitta Salin , , Women , 400 metres , 50.14 sec , - , 1974 , Doris Maletzki

Renate Stecher Renate Stecher (, ; née Meißner, born 12 May 1950) is a German (former East German) sprint runner and a triple Olympic champion. She held 34 world records and was the first woman to run 100 metres within 11 seconds. Biography Born as Renate ...

Christina Heinich
Bärbel Eckert , , Women , 4×100 metres relay , 42.51 sec , - , 1974 , Rosemarie Witschas , , Women , High jump , 1.95 m , - , 1974 , Ruth Fuchs , , Women ,

, 67.22 m , - , 1978 , Roland Wieser , , Men ,

20 kilometres walk The 20 kilometre race walk is an Olympic athletics event that is competed by both men and women. The racewalking event is competed as a road race. Athletes must always keep in contact with the ground and the supporting leg must remain straight un ...

, 1:23:11.5 hrs , - , 1978 , Marita Koch , , Women , 400 metres , 48.94 sec , - , 1978 , Tatyana Zelentsova , , Women ,

, 54.89 sec , - , 1978 ,

Sara Simeoni Sara Simeoni (born 19 April 1953) is an Italian former high jumper, who won a gold medal at the 1980 Summer Olympics and twice set a world record in the women's high jump. Biography Sara Simeoni was born in Rivoli Veronese, in the province of V ...

, , Women , High jump , 2.01 m , - , 1982 ,

Daley Thompson Francis Morgan Ayodélé Thompson, (born 30 July 1958), better known as Daley Thompson, is a British former decathlete. He won the decathlon gold medal at the Olympic Games in 1980 and 1984, and broke the world record for the event four tim ...

, , Men , Decathlon , 8743 pts , - , 1982 , Marita Koch , , Women , 400 metres , 48.16 sec , - , 1982 , Kirsten Siemon
Sabine Busch
Dagmar Rübsam
Marita Koch , , Women ,

, 3:19.04 min , - , 1982 ,

Ulrike Meyfarth Ulrike Nasse-Meyfarth (; born 4 May 1956) is a German former high jumper. She won the Olympic title twice, in 1972 and 1984. She is the youngest Olympic champion ever in women's high jump, and at the time of her 1984 triumph, she also was the ...

, , Women , High jump , 2.02 m , - , 1986 ,

Yuriy Sedykh ukr, Юрій Георгійович Сєдих , native_name_lang = , years active = 1976–1995 Hammer throw The hammer throw is one of the four throwing events in regular track and field competitions, along with the discus throw, shot put and javelin. The "hammer" used in this sport is not like any of the tools also called by that name. It consist ...

, 86.74 m , - , 1986 , Heike Daute-Drechsler , , Women ,

200 metres The 200 metres, or 200-meter dash, is a sprint running event. On an outdoor 400 metre racetrack, the race begins on the curve and ends on the home straight, so a combination of techniques is needed to successfully run the race. A slightl ...

, 21.71 sec , - , 1986 , Marina Makeyeva-Stepanova , , Women ,

, 53.32 sec , - , 1986 , Fatima Whitbread , , Women ,

, 77.44 m , - , 1990 , Max Morinière
Daniel Sangouma
Jean-Charles Trouabal
Bruno Marie-Rose , , Men , 4×100 metres relay , 37.79 sec , - , 2002 ,

Robert Korzeniowski Robert Marek Korzeniowski (born 30 July 1968) is a Polish former racewalker who won four gold medals at the Olympic Games and three gold medals at World Championships. Biography Korzeniowski was born in Lubaczów, and is the brother of fello ...

, , Men ,

50 kilometres walk 5 (five) is a number, numeral and digit. It is the natural number, and cardinal number, following 4 and preceding 6, and is a prime number. It has attained significance throughout history in part because typical humans have five digits on eac ...

, 3:36:39 hrs

Records in defunct events

Men's events

{, class="wikitable" style="font-size:95%; width: 95%;" !Event !Record !Name !Nation !Date !Venue !Ref , - , 10,000 m walk (track) , 45:01.8 , Josef Doležal , , 1954 , 1954 Berne
() ,

Women's events

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3000 m The 3000 metres or 3000-metre run is a track running event, also commonly known as the "3K" or "3K run", where 7.5 laps are run around an outdoor 400 m track, or 15 laps around a 200 m indoor track. It is debated whether the 3000m shoul ...

, 8:30.28 , , , 9 September 1982 , 1982 Athens
() , , - , 10 km walk (road) , 42:37 , , , 9 August 1994 , 1994 Helsinki
() , , - ,

, 10.6 , Teresa Ciepły , , 1962 , 1962 Belgrade
() , , - ,

( Old design) , 77.44 m , Fatima Whitbread , , 1986 , 1986 Stuttgart
() , , - , Pentathlon , 5299 pts ,

Heide Rosendahl Heidemarie Ecker-Rosendahl (; ; born 14 February 1947) is a retired German athlete who competed mainly in the pentathlon and long jump. On September 3, 1970, at the 1970 Summer Universiade in Turin, she set a world record in the long jump at 6.8 ...

, , 1971 , 1971 Helsinki
() ,

Notes

References

General

European Championships Best Performances Men
European Athletics (archived). Retrieved on 2009-07-13.
European Championships Best Performances Women
European Athletics (archived). Retrieved on 2009-07-13.
European Championships (Men)
GBR Athletics. Retrieved on 2014-01-04.

GBR Athletics. Retrieved on 2014-01-04.

Specific

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