1962 European Athletics Championships
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The 7th European Athletics Championships were held from 12–16 September 1962 in the JNA Stadium in Belgrade, Yugoslavia (present-day Serbia). Contemporaneous reports on the event were given in the Glasgow Herald.[1][2][3][4][5] Just before the meet, the IAAF council approved the use glass fibre poles for pole vaulting. As a consequence, competitors were able to use them during the meet if they wished.[6]
| 7th European Athletics Championships | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Dates | 12 – 16 September |
| Host city | Belgrade, Yugoslavia |
| Venue | JNA Stadium |
| Level | Senior |
| Type | Outdoor |
| Events | 36 |
| Participation | 670 athletes from 29 nations |
Medal summary
editComplete results were published.[7]
Men
edit- nb Igor Ter-Ovanesyan's championship record of 7.81 metres, set at the previous edition in 1958, was bettered by all the medalling athletes in 1962. Ter-Ovanesyan's winning jump of 8.19 metres was wind-assisted – although Finns Rainer Stenius and Pentti Eskola cleared 7.85 m, Ter-Ovanesyan's non-wind-assisted jump of 7.82 m in qualification round (13 September) and Ter-Ovanesyan's best non-wind-assisted jump of 7.87 m in final (14 September) were ratified as the new championship marks.[8]
Women
edit| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 100 metres [nb2] (wind: +2.3 m/s) |
 Dorothy Hyman (GBR) |
11.3 w |  Jutta Heine (FRG) |
11.3 w |  Teresa Ciepły (POL) |
11.4 w |
| 200 metres |
Jutta Heine (FRG) |
23.5 CR | Dorothy Hyman (GBR) |
23.7 | Barbara Sobotta (POL) |
23.9 |
| 400 metres |
 Maria Itkina (URS) |
53.4 CR | Joy Grieveson (GBR) |
53.9 |  Tilly van der Zwaard (NED) |
54.4 |
| 800 metres |
Gerda Kraan (NED) |
2:02.8 CR |  Waltraud Kaufmann (GDR) |
2:05.0 |  Olga Kazi (HUN) |
2:05.0 |
| 4 × 100 metres relay |
Poland Teresa Ciepły Barbara Sobotta Elżbieta Szyroka Maria Piątkowska |
44.5 CR | West Germany Erika Fisch Martha Pensberger Maren Collin Jutta Heine |
44.6 | Great Britain Ann Packer Dorothy Hyman Daphne Arden Mary Rand |
44.9 |
| 80 metres hurdles |
Teresa Ciepły (POL) |
10.6 CR | Karin Balzer (GDR) |
10.6 | Maria Piątkowska (POL) Erika Fisch (FRG) |
10.6 |
| High jump |
 Iolanda Balaş (ROU) |
1.83 m CR |  Olga Gere (YUG) |
1.76 m | Linda Knowles (GBR) |
1.73 m |
| Long jump |
Tatyana Shchelkanova (URS) |
6.36 m CR | Elżbieta Krzesińska (POL) |
6.22 m | Mary Rand (GBR) |
6.22 m |
| Shot put |
Tamara Press (URS) |
18.55 m CR | Renate Garisch (GDR) |
17.17 m | Galina Zybina (URS) |
16.95 m |
| Discus throw |
Tamara Press (URS) |
56.91 m CR | Doris Müller (GDR) |
53.60 m | Jolán Kontsek (HUN) |
52.82 m |
| Javelin throw |
Elvīra Ozoliņa (URS) |
54.93 m | Maria Diaconescu (ROU) |
52.10 m | Alevtina Shastitko (URS) |
51.80 m |
| Pentathlon |
Galina Bystrova (URS) |
4833 pts CR |  Denise Guénard (FRA) |
4735 pts | Helga Hoffmann (FRG) |
4676 pts |
- nb2 The women's 100 metres silver medallist Jutta Heine bettered the championship record twice in qualifying, running 11.5, then 11.4 seconds. Both times were ratified as championship records. In the final Dorothy Hyman and Heine ran 11.3 but this was wind-assisted.[9]
Medal table
edit| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Soviet Union (URS) | 13 | 6 | 10 | 29 |
| 2 | Great Britain (GBR) | 5 | 3 | 6 | 14 |
| 3 | West Germany (FRG) | 3 | 5 | 7 | 15 |
| 4 | Poland (POL) | 3 | 5 | 5 | 13 |
| 5 | France (FRA) | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 |
| 6 |  Italy (ITA) | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| 7 | Hungary (HUN) | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 8 | East Germany (GDR) | 1 | 6 | 1 | 8 |
| 9 | Romania (ROU) | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| 10 |  Finland (FIN) | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 11 | Netherlands (NED) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 12 |  Belgium (BEL) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
 Sweden (SWE) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | |
| 14 |  Czechoslovakia (TCH) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 15 | Yugoslavia (SFR Yugoslavia) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 16 |  Switzerland (SUI) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (16 entries) | 36 | 36 | 37 | 109 | |
Participation
editAccording to an unofficial count, 668 athletes from 29 countries participated in the event, two athletes less than the official number of 670 as published.[10] There was a joint German team comprising athletes from both East and West Germany. Assignment to their respective country was accomplished using the database of Deutsche Gesellschaft für Leichtathletik-Dokumentation 1990 e.V.[11]
Austria (9)
Belgium (11)
Bulgaria (21)
Czechoslovakia (25)
Denmark (4)
Finland (29)
France (42)
Germany (96)
East Germany (50)
West Germany (46)
Greece (11)
Hungary (40)
Iceland (4)
Ireland (4)
Italy (36)
Liechtenstein (2)
Luxembourg (3)
Malta (1)
Netherlands (8)
Norway (14)
Poland (50)
Portugal (3)
Romania (18)
Soviet Union (74)
Spain (6)
Sweden (18)
Switzerland (16)
Turkey (11)
Great Britain (74)
Yugoslavia (38)
References
edit- ^ Athletics - European Games Prospects, Glasgow Herald, September 12, 1962, p. 5, retrieved September 1, 2014
- ^ European Games - Matthews Wins Gold Medal in Walking - First Event Decided, Glasgow Herald, September 13, 1962, p. 4, retrieved September 1, 2014
- ^ Athletics - Miss Hyman's Gold Medal in 100 Metres - European Games Success, Glasgow Herald, September 14, 1962, p. 6, retrieved September 1, 2014
- ^ European Games - 400 Metres Gold Medal for Brightwell, Glasgow Herald, September 15, 1962, p. 5, retrieved September 1, 2014
- ^ European Games - Marathon Gold Medal for Kilby, Glasgow Herald, September 17, 1962, p. 4, retrieved September 1, 2014
- ^ Federation's Approval, Glasgow Herald, September 12, 1962, p. 5, retrieved September 1, 2014
- ^ European Athletics Championships Zürich 2014 - STATISTICS HANDBOOK (PDF), European Athletics Association, pp. 391–397, retrieved 13 August 2014
- ^ Main > Men, Long Jump > European Championships Records Progression. Track and Field Brinkster. Retrieved on 2014-01-04.
- ^ Women, 100 m > European Championships Records Progression. Track and Field Brinkster. Retrieved on 2014-01-04.
- ^ European Athletics Championships Zürich 2014 - STATISTICS HANDBOOK (PDF), European Athletics Association, p. 4, retrieved 13 August 2014
- ^ Ausgewählte LA-Statistiken der DGLD - deutsche Athleten/Innen: Endkampfteilnahme: OS, WM, EM (in German), Deutsche Gesellschaft für Leichtathletik-Dokumentation 1990 e.V., retrieved 30 August 2014
- Results
- "European Championships (Men)". gbrathletics.com. 2007. Archived from the original on 2 September 2010. Retrieved 21 August 2010.
- "European Championships (Women)". gbrathletics.com. 2007. Archived from the original on 22 September 2010. Retrieved 21 August 2010.