| 11th European Athletics Championships | |
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 The logo of the 1974 European Athletics Championships | |
| Dates | 1 – 8 September 1974 |
| Host city | Rome,Italy |
| Venue | Stadio Olimpico |
| Level | Senior |
| Type | Outdoor |
| Events | 39 |
| Participation | 745 athletes from 29 nations |
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The11thEuropean Athletics Championshipsof 1974were held from 2 September to 8 September inItaly, atRomesStadio Olimpico. Contemporaneous reports on the event were given in theGlasgow Herald.[1][2][3][4]
Mens results
Complete results were published.[5]
Track
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
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| 100 metres | Valeriy Borzov Soviet Union | 10.27 | Pietro Mennea Italy | 10.34 | Klaus-Dieter Bieler West Germany | 10.35 |
| 200 metres | Pietro MenneaItaly | 20.60 | Manfred OmmerWest Germany | 20.76 | Hans-Jürgen Bombach East Germany | 20.83 |
| 400 metres | Karl HonzWest Germany | 45.04CR | David Jenkins Great Britain | 45.67 | Bernd HerrmannWest Germany | 45.78 |
| 800 metres | Luciano Sušanj Yugoslavia | 1:44.07CR | Steve OvettGreat Britain | 1:45.77 | Markku Taskinen Finland | 1:45.89 |
| 1500 metres | Klaus-Peter JustusEast Germany | 3:40.55 | Thomas Hansen Denmark | 3:40.75 | Thomas WessinghageWest Germany | 3:41.10 |
| 5000 metres | Brendan FosterGreat Britain | 13:17.21CR | Manfred KuschmannEast Germany | 13:23.93 | Lasse VirénFinland | 13:24.57 |
| 10,000 metres | Manfred KuschmannEast Germany | 28:25.75 | Tony SimmonsGreat Britain | 28:25.79 | Giuseppe CindoloItaly | 28:27.05 |
| Marathon | Ian ThompsonGreat Britain | 2:13:19 | Eckhard LesseEast Germany | 2:14:57 | Gaston Roelants Belgium | 2:16:30 |
| 20 kilometres walk | Volodymyr HolubnychySoviet Union | 1:29:30 | Bernd KannenbergWest Germany | 1:29:38 | Roger MillsGreat Britain | 1:32:34 |
| 50 kilometres walk | Christoph HöhneEast Germany | 3:59:06CR | Otto BarchSoviet Union | 4:02:39 | Peter SelzerEast Germany | 4:04:28 |
| 110 metres hurdles | Guy Drut France | 13.40CR | Mirosław Wodzyński Poland | 13.67 | Leszek WodzyńskiPoland | 13.71 |
| 400 metres hurdles | Alan PascoeGreat Britain | 48.82CR | Jean-Claude NalletFrance | 48.94 | Yevgeniy GavrilenkoSoviet Union | 49.32 |
| 3000 metres steeplechase | Bronisław MalinowskiPoland | 8:15.04CR | Anders Gärderud Sweden | 8:15.41 | Michael KarstWest Germany | 8:17.91 |
| 4 × 100 metres relay | Lucien Sainte-Rose Joseph Arame Bruno Cherrier Dominique Chauvelot France(FRA) | 38.69CR | Vincenzo Guerini Norberto Oliosi Luigi Benedetti Pietro Mennea Italy(ITA) | 38.88 | Manfred Kokot Michael Droese Hans-Jürgen Bombach Siegfried Schenke East Germany(GDR) | 38.99 |
| 4 × 400 metres relay | Glen Cohen William Hartley Alan Pascoe David Jenkins Great Britain(GBR) | 3:03.33 | Hermann Köhler Horst-Rüdiger Schlöske Karl Honz Rolf Ziegler West Germany(FRG) | 3:03.52 | Stig Lönnqvist Ossi Karttunen Markku Taskinen Markku Kukkoaho Finland(FIN) | 3:03.57 |
Field
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High jump | Jesper TørringDenmark | 2.25 mCR | Kęstutis ŠapkaSoviet Union | 2.25 m =CR | Vladimír Malý Czechoslovakia | 2.19 m |
| Pole vault | Vladimir KishkunSoviet Union | 5.35 m =CR | Władysław KozakiewiczPoland | 5.35 m | Yury IsakovSoviet Union | 5.30 m |
| Long jump | Valeriy PodluzhniySoviet Union | 8.12 m w | Nenad StekićYugoslavia | 8.05 mCR | Yevgeni SchubinSoviet Union | 7.98 m |
| Triple jump | Viktor SaneyevSoviet Union | 17.23 mCR | Carol Corbu Romania | 16.68 m | Andrzej SontagPoland | 16.61 m |
| Shot put | Hartmut BriesenickEast Germany | 20.50 m | Ralf ReichenbachWest Germany | 20.38 m | Geoff CapesGreat Britain | 20.21 m |
| Discus throw | Pentti KahmaFinland | 63.62 m | Ludvík DaněkCzechoslovakia | 62.76 m | Ricky BruchSweden | 62.00 m |
| Hammer throw | Aleksey SpiridonovSoviet Union | 74.20 m | Jochen SachseEast Germany | 74.00 m | Reinhard TheimerEast Germany | 71.62 m |
| Javelin throw | Hannu SiitonenFinland | 89.58 m | Wolfgang HanischEast Germany | 85.46 m | Terje Thorslund Norway | 83.68 m |
| Decathlon | Ryszard SkowronekPoland | 8207 ptsCR | Yves Le RoyFrance | 8146 pts | Guido KratschmerWest Germany | 8132 pts |
Womens results
Track
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 100 metres | Irena SzewińskaPoland | 11.13CR | Renate StecherEast Germany | 11.23 | Andrea LynchGreat Britain | 11.28 |
| 200 metres | Irena SzewińskaPoland | 22.51CR | Renate StecherEast Germany | 22.68 | Mona-Lisa PursiainenFinland | 23.17 |
| 400 metres | Riitta SalinFinland | 50.14CR,WR | Ellen StreidtEast Germany | 50.69 | Rita WildenWest Germany | 50.88 |
| 800 metres | Lilyana Tomova Bulgaria | 1:58.14CR | Gunhild HoffmeisterEast Germany | 1:58.81 | Mariana SumanRomania | 1:59.84 |
| 1500 metres | Gunhild HoffmeisterEast Germany | 4:02.25CR | Lilyana TomovaBulgaria | 4:04.97 | Grete AndersenNorway | 4:05.21 |
| 3000 metres | Nina HolménFinland | 8:55.10 | Lyudmila BraginaSoviet Union | 8:56.09 | Joyce SmithGreat Britain | 8:57.39 |
| 100 metres hurdles | Annelie EhrhardtEast Germany | 12.66CR | Annerose FiedlerEast Germany | 12.89 | Teresa NowakPoland | 12.91 |
| 4 × 100 metres relay | Doris Maletzki Renate Stecher Christina Heinich Bärbel Eckert East Germany(GDR) | 42.51CR,WR | Elfgard Schittenhelm Annegret Kroniger Annegret Richter Inge Helten West Germany(FRG) | 42.75 | Ewa Długołęcka Danuta Jedrejek Barbara Bakulin Irena Szewińska Poland(POL) | 43.48 |
| 4 × 400 metres relay | Brigitte Rohde Waltraud Dietsch Angelika Handt Ellen Streidt East Germany(GDR) | 3:25.21CR | Marika Eklund Mona-Lisa Pursiainen Pirjo Wilmi Riitta Salin Finland(FIN) | 3:25.70NR | Inta Kļimoviča Ingrīda Barkāne Nadezhda Kolesnikova Natalya Sokolova Soviet Union(URS) | 3:26.10 |
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| High jump | Rosemarie Witschas
The11thEuropean Athletics Championshipsof 1974were held from 2 September to 8 September inItaly, atRomesStadio Olimpico. Contemporaneous reports on the event were given in theGlasgow Herald.[1][2][3][4] Mens resultsComplete results were published.[5] Track
Field
Womens resultsTrack
Field
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