European Athletics Championships

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The European Athletics Championships is an event organized by the European Athletic Association. It traditionally occurred every four years but since 2010 has been organised every two years. When the games are held in the same year as Summer Olympics, no marathon and racewalking events are contested.

Summary of Championships

See also: List of European Athletics Championships records

	Year	City	Country	Date	Venue	No. of Events	No. of Athletes
1	1934	Turin	Italy	7–9 September	Stadio Benito Mussolini
2	1938	Paris	France	3–5 September	Stade Olympique de Colombes, Colombes
	1938	Vienna	Germany	17–18 September	Praterstadion
3	1946	Oslo	Norway	22–25 August	Bislett stadion
4	1950	Brussels	Belgium	23–27 August	Heysel Stadium
5	1954	Bern	Switzerland	25–29 August	Stadion Neufeld
6	1958	Stockholm	Sweden	19–24 August	Stockholms Olympiastadion
7	1962	Belgrade	Yugoslavia	12–16 September	Stadion JNA
8	1966	Budapest	Hungary	30 August – 4 September	Népstadion
9	1969	Athens	Greece	16–21 September	Karaïskákis Stadium
10	1971	Helsinki	Finland	10–15 August	Olympiastadion
11	1974	Rome	Italy	2–8 September	Stadio Olimpico
12	1978	Prague	Czechoslovakia	29 August – 3 September	Stadion Evžena Rošického
13	1982	Athens	Greece	3–9 September	Olympiakó Stádio
14	1986	Stuttgart	West Germany	26–31 August	Neckarstadion
15	1990	Split	Yugoslavia	26 August – 2 September	Gradski stadion u Poljudu
16	1994	Helsinki	Finland	7–14 August	Olympiastadion
17	1998	Budapest	Hungary	18–23 August	Népstadion
18	2002	Munich	Germany	6–11 August	Olympiastadion
19	2006	Gothenburg	Sweden	7–13 August	Ullevi
20	2010	Barcelona	Spain	27 July – 1 August	Estadi Olímpic Lluís Companys
21	2012	Helsinki	Finland	27 June – 1 July	Olympiastadion
22	2014	Zürich	Switzerland	August	Letzigrund
23	2016	Amsterdam	Netherlands		Olympisch Stadion

All-time medal table 1934–2012

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	USSR	121	109	103	333
2	Great Britain	93	74	80	247
3	East Germany	91	82	65	238
4	Germany	83	93	95	271
5	France	55	48	47	150
6	Russia	51	47	46	144
7	Poland	38	38	53	129
8	Italy	35	42	39	116
9	Finland	31	29	37	97
10	Sweden	27	36	37	100
11	Spain	20	17	27	64
12	Netherlands	17	19	13	49
13	Hungary	16	19	23	58
14	Czechoslovakia	16	16	27	59
15	Ukraine	15	22	15	52
16	Bulgaria	12	12	12	36
17	Portugal	11	8	8	27
18	Norway	9	12	14	35
19	Turkey	8	3	3	14
20	Romania	7	21	10	38
21	Belarus	7	10	9	26
21	Belgium	7	10	9	26
23	Greece	7	3	9	19
24	Yugoslavia	6	6	3	15
25	Czech Republic	5	7	5	17
26	Switzerland	4	10	9	23
27	Denmark	3	6	4	13
28	Ireland	3	6	2	11
29	Estonia	3	4	2	9
30	Latvia	3	2	2	7
31=	Croatia	3	1	1	5
31=	Iceland	3	1	1	5
33	Austria	2	1	3	6
34	Slovenia	2	1	1	4
35	Israel	2	0	0	2
36	Lithuania	1	2	3	6
37	Slovakia	1	1	0	2
38	Serbia	0	2	1	3
39	Luxembourg	0	1	0	1
40=	Azerbaijan	0	0	1	1
40=	Moldova	0	0	1	1
Total		818	821	819	2458

See also

• International Athletics Championships and Games
• List of European Athletics Championships medalists (men)
• List of European Athletics Championships medalists (women)
• European Athletics Indoor Championships
• List of European records in athletics

External links

• Results of the past European Championships