2010 European Athletics Championships
| 20th European Athletics Championships | |
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| Dates | 27 July – 1 August |
| Host city | Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain |
| Venue | Estadi Olímpic Lluís Companys |
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| Level | Senior |
| Type | Outdoor |
| Events | 47 (men: 24; women: 23) |
| Participation | 1,368[1] athletes from 50 nations |
| Records set | 8 Championships records |
The 2010 European Athletics Championships were the 20th edition of the European Athletics Championships, organised under the supervision of the European Athletic Association. They were held at the Estadi Olímpic Lluís Companys in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain from 27 July to 1 August 2010. Barcelona was the first Spanish city to host the European Championships.
Barni was the mascot of the event, he was the main promotional tool of the Championship. His name comes from Barna and was designed by the workshop Dortoka.
Event schedule[edit]
| Key | P | Q | H | ½ | F |
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| Value | Preliminary round | Qualifiers | Heats | Semifinals | Final |
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Men's results[edit]
Track[edit]
2002 | 2006 | 2010 | 2012 | 2014
1 Stanislav Emelyanov of Russia originally won the 20 km walk gold medal with a time of 1:20:10, but he was disqualified in 2014 after he tested positive for drugs.[2]
Field[edit]
2002 | 2006 | 2010 | 2012 | 2014
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
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| High jump |
Aleksandr Shustov Russia (RUS) |
2.33 | Ivan Ukhov Russia (RUS) |
2.31 | Martyn Bernard Great Britain & N.I. (GBR) |
2.29 |
| Pole vault |
Renaud Lavillenie France (FRA) |
5.85 | Maksym Mazuryk Ukraine (UKR) |
5.80 SB | Przemysław Czerwiński Poland (POL) |
5.75 SB |
| Long jump |
Christian Reif Germany (GER) |
8.47 CR, WL, PB | Kafétien Gomis France (FRA) |
8.24 PB | Chris Tomlinson Great Britain & N.I. (GBR) |
8.23 SB |
| Triple jump |
Phillips Idowu Great Britain & N.I. (GBR) |
17.81 PB | Marian Oprea Romania (ROM) |
17.51 SB | Teddy Tamgho France (FRA) |
17.45 |
| Shot put |
Tomasz Majewski2 Poland (POL) |
21.00 | Ralf Bartels Germany (GER) |
20.93 | Māris Urtāns Latvia (LAT) |
20.72 |
| Discus throw |
Piotr Małachowski Poland (POL) |
68.87 CR | Robert Harting Germany (GER) |
68.47 | Róbert Fazekas Hungary (HUN) |
66.43 SB |
| Javelin throw |
Andreas Thorkildsen Norway (NOR) |
88.37 | Matthias de Zordo Germany (GER) |
87.81 PB | Tero Pitkämäki Finland (FIN) |
86.67 |
| Hammer throw |
Libor Charfreitag Slovakia (SVK) |
80.02 | Nicola Vizzoni Italy (ITA) |
79.12 | Krisztián Pars Hungary (HUN) |
79.06 |
| Decathlon |
Romain Barras France (FRA) |
8453 EL, PB | Eelco Sintnicolaas Netherlands (NED) |
8436 PB | Andrei Krauchanka Belarus (BLR) |
8370 SB |
WR world record | AR area record | CR championship record | GR games record | NR national record | OR Olympic record | PB personal best | SB season best | WL world leading (in a given season)
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2 Andrei Mikhnevich of Belarus originally won the gold medal in 21.01 m, but was disqualified in 2013 (all his results starting from the 2005 World Championships were canceled).
Women's results[edit]
Doping cases[edit]
The women's medal standings were significantly altered after various post-race doping controversies. The following medals were revoked years after the event for doping cases, and assigned to the athletes who followed in the ranking.[3][4]
| Rank | Athlese | Country | Performance | Event |
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Tatyana Firova |  Russia |
49.89 | 400 m |
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Mariya Savinova | Russia |
1:58.22 | 800 m |
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Alemitu Bekele |  Turkey |
14:52.20 | 5000 m |
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Inga Abitova | Russia |
31:22.83 | 10,000 m |
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Živile Balciunaite |  Lithuania |
2:31:14 | Marathon |
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Nailya Yulamanova | Russia |
2:32:15 | Marathon |
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Olga Kaniskina | Russia |
1:27:44 | 20 km race walk |
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Marta Domínguez |  Spain |
9:17.74 | 3000 m steeplechase |
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Lyubov Kharlamova | Russia |
9:29.82 | 3000 m steeplechase |
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Anastasiya Kapachinskaya Antonina Krivoshapka Kseniya Ustalova Tatyana Firova |
Russia |
3:21.26 | 4x400 m relay |
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Nadzeya Ostapchuk |  Belarus |
20.48 m | Shot put |
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Natallia Mikhnevich | Belarus |
19.53 m | Shot put |
Track[edit]
2002 | 2006 | 2010 | 2012 | 2014
- Živilė Balčiūnaitė (LIT) won the Marathon, but was disqualified for doping after testing positive for testosterone.[5][6]
- Nailiya Yulamanova (RUS) came second in the Marathon, and was set to be upgraded to gold winner after Živilė Balčiūnaitė was disqualified. However, in July 2012, Yulamanova was also disqualified for doping, and her results from 20 August 2009 onwards were annulled due to abnormalities in her biological passport profile.[7]
- Mariya Savinova (RUS) won the 800 metres but was disqualified in 2017 for doping, and her result annulled.[8]
Field[edit]
2002 | 2006 | 2010 | 2012 | 2014
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
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| High jump |
Blanka Vlašić  Croatia (CRO) |
2.03 =CR, =EL | Emma Green  Sweden (SWE) |
2.01 PB | Ariane Friedrich Germany (GER) |
2.01 |
| Pole vault |
Svetlana Feofanova Russia (RUS) |
4.75 SB | Silke Spiegelburg Germany (GER) |
4.65 | Lisa Ryzih Germany (GER) |
4.65 PB |
| Long jump |
Ineta Radēviča Latvia (LAT) |
6.92 NR | Naide Gomes  Portugal (POR) |
6.92 SB | Olga Kucherenko Russia (RUS) |
6.84 |
| Triple jump |
Olha Saladukha Ukraine (UKR) |
14.81 EL | Simona La Mantia Italy (ITA) |
14.56 SB | Svetlana Bolshakova  Belgium (BEL) |
14.55 NR |
| Shot put |
Anna Avdeyeva Russia (RUS) |
19.39 | Yanina Pravalinskay-Karolchyk Belarus (BLR) |
19.29 | Olga Ivanova Russia (RUS) |
19.02 |
| Discus throw |
Sandra Perković Croatia (CRO) |
64.67 | Nicoleta Grasu Romania (ROM) |
63.48 | Joanna Wiśniewska Poland (POL) |
62.37 SB |
| Hammer throw |
Betty Heidler Germany (GER) |
76.38 SB | Tatyana Lysenko Russia (RUS) |
75.65 | Anita Włodarczyk Poland (POL) |
73.56 |
| Javelin throw |
Linda Stahl Germany (GER) |
66.81 PB | Christina Obergföll Germany (GER) |
65.58 | Barbora Špotáková  Czech Republic (CZE) |
65.36 |
| Heptathlon |
Jessica Ennis Great Britain & N.I. (GBR) |
6823 CR, WL, PB | Nataliya Dobrynska Ukraine (UKR) |
6778 PB | Jennifer Oeser Germany (GER) |
6683 PB |
WR world record | AR area record | CR championship record | GR games record | NR national record | OR Olympic record | PB personal best | SB season best | WL world leading (in a given season)
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Participating nations[edit]
Albania (2)
Andorra (6)
Armenia (3)
Austria (15)
Azerbaijan (5)
Belarus (42)
Belgium (32)
Bosnia and Herzegovina (2)
Bulgaria (17)
Croatia (12)
Cyprus (10)
Czech Republic (41)
Denmark (15)
Estonia (17)
Finland (39)
France (60)
Georgia (2)
Germany (74)
Gibraltar (1)
Great Britain and Northern Ireland (72)
Greece (33)
Hungary (23)
Iceland (6)
Ireland (30)
Israel (16)
Italy (73)
Latvia (21)
Liechtenstein (1)
Lithuania (25)
Luxembourg (1)
Macedonia (2)
Malta (2)
Moldova (6)
Monaco (1)
Montenegro (2)
Netherlands (36)
Norway (38)
Poland (71)
Portugal (42)
Romania (33)
Russia (105)
San Marino (2)
Serbia (11)
Slovakia (19)
Slovenia (33)
Spain (host) (88)
Sweden (41)
Switzerland (22)
Turkey (20)
Ukraine (62)
In brackets: Squad size
Medal table[edit]
* Host nation (Spain)
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  France (FRA) | 8 | 6 | 4 | 18 |
| 2 | Russia (RUS) | 8 | 4 | 5 | 17 |
| 3 |  Great Britain (GBR) | 6 | 10 | 4 | 20 |
| 4 |  Germany (GER) | 5 | 6 | 6 | 17 |
| 5 |  Poland (POL) | 3 | 1 | 6 | 10 |
| 6 | Turkey (TUR) | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 7 |  Ukraine (UKR) | 2 | 4 | 1 | 7 |
| 8 |  Italy (ITA) | 2 | 3 | 3 | 8 |
| 9 | Spain (ESP)* | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 |
| 10 |  Croatia (CRO) | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 11 |  Netherlands (NED) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 12 |  Belgium (BEL) | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 13 |  Latvia (LAT) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
 Slovakia (SVK) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
| 15 |  Norway (NOR) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
 Switzerland (SUI) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 17 |  Portugal (POR) | 0 | 4 | 1 | 5 |
| 18 |  Romania (ROU) | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 19 | Belarus (BLR) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
 Ireland (IRL) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
 Sweden (SWE) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| 22 |  Bulgaria (BUL) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 23 |  Hungary (HUN) | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 24 |  Azerbaijan (AZE) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
 Czech Republic (CZE) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
 Finland (FIN) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
 Moldova (MDA) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Totals (27 entries) | 47 | 47 | 47 | 141 | |
- † = Totals following the removal of José Luis Blanco bronze medal in the steeplechase due to positive doping test.[9]
- †2 = Totals following the removal of Nailya Yulamanova gold medal in the marathon due to positive doping test.[10]
- †3 = Totals following the removal of Andrei Mikhnevich gold medal in the shot put due to positive doping test.[11]
- †4 = Totals following the disqualification of Marta Domínguez.[12]
See also[edit]
References[edit]
- ^ "Barcelona 2010 set to take off with highest ever athlete participation". European Athletic Association. Archived from the original on 22 July 2010. Retrieved 27 July 2010.
- ^ "List of athletes currently serving a period of ineligibility as a result of an Anti-Doping Rule Violation under IAAF Rules as at: 28.07.14". IAAF. 28 July 2014. Retrieved 31 July 2014.
- ^ "20th European championships 2010 - women". run123.one. 5 April 2011. Archived from the original on 26 June 2021. Retrieved 27 August 2018.
- ^ "A Grenot il bronzo europeo di Barcellona 2010" (in Italian). fidal.it. Retrieved 22 September 2019.
- ^ European marathon champion Balciunaite given doping ban, bbc.com, 5 April 2011
- ^ Associated Press: Zivile Balciunaite loses appeal, espn.com, 4 February 2012
- ^ London 2012 Olympics: Russian athletics trio banned for doping offences. Daily Telegraph (3 July 2012). Retrieved on 17 July 2014
- ^ "The Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) imposes four-year period of ineligibility on Russian Athlete Mariya Savinova-Farnosova" (PDF). Lausanne: Court of Arbitration for Sport. 10 February 2017.
- ^ IAAF Newsletter Ed. 119 Archived 2011-03-03 at the Wayback Machine. IAAF (2011-01-25). Retrieved on 2011-01-25.
- ^ "London 2012 Olympics: Russian athletics trio banned for doping offences".
- ^ Shot-putter Majewski takes belated gold after doping ruling. 13 June 2013
- ^ "Marta Domínguez Banned for 3 Years by the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS)" (PDF) (Press release). Court of Arbitration for Sport. November 19, 2015. Archived from the original (PDF) on November 28, 2015. Retrieved 2015-11-19.
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