1980 European Indoor Championships in Athletics
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The 11th European Athletics Indoor Championships were held in Sindelfingen
, a city in West Germany
, in 1980. The championships were boycotted by East Germany.
Sindelfingen
Sindelfingen is a German town near Stuttgart at the headwaters of the Schwippe that is the site of a Mercedes-Benz assembly plant.-History:* 1155 First documented mention of Sindelfingen...
, a city in West Germany
West Germany
West Germany is the common English, but not official, name for the Federal Republic of Germany or FRG in the period between its creation in May 1949 to German reunification on 3 October 1990....
, in 1980. The championships were boycotted by East Germany.
Track
| Discipline | 1st | Time | 2nd | Time | 3rd | Time | |
| 60 m | M | Marian Woronin Marian Woronin Marian Jerzy Woronin is a retired Polish athlete who competed mainly in the 100 metres. He is a four-time European Indoor Champion in the 60 metres... (POL) |
6.62 | Christian Haas Christian Haas Christian Haas is a retired West German sprinter who specialized in the 100 metres.He was West Germany 100 metre Champion in 1980, 81, 82, 83, 85, 86, and 1987. He added the West German 200 titles also in 1980, and 87... (FRG) |
6.62 | Aleksandr Aksinin Aleksandr Aksinin Aleksandr Timofeyevich Aksinin is a former Soviet athlete, winner of gold medal in 4x100 m relay at the 1980 Summer Olympics.Aleksandr Aksinin trained at Dynamo in Leningrad. At the 1976 Summer Olympics he won the bronze medal as a member of Soviet 4x100 m relay team. He won silver in 1975, bronze... (URS) |
6.63 |
| F | Sofka Popova Sofka Popova Sofka Popova née Kazanzhieva is a retired 100 metres runner from Bulgaria. She won three medals at the European Indoor Championships.-Achievements:-References:... (BUL) |
7.11 | Linda Haglund Linda Haglund Linda Haglund is a former Swedish Olympic sprinter, born June 15, 1956 in Enskede, Sweden.- Running career :Haglund became a member of Hanvikens SK, a track and field club located just south of Stockholm, at the age of 13. She showed great promise as a future sprinting star by recording, barefoot,... (SWE) |
7.14 | Lyudmila Kondratyeva Lyudmila Kondratyeva Lyudmila Andreyevna Kondratyeva is a Russian athlete, who competed for the USSR and is the 1980 Olympic 100 m champion.... (URS) |
7.15 | |
| 400 m | M | Nikolay Chernetsky Nikolay Chernetsky Nikolay Nikolaevich Chernetsky is a gold medalist in the men's 4x400 meter relay at the 1980 Summer Olympics for the Soviet Union. He trained at Armed Forces sports society in Moscow.-References:*... (URS) |
46.29 | Karel Kolář Karel Kolár Karel Kolář is a retired 400 metres runner from the Czech Republic, who represented Czechoslovakia. He won two medals at the European Indoor Championships and two at the 1978 European Championships.... (TCH) |
46.55 | Remigijus Valiulis Remigijus Valiulis Remigijus Valiulis was a Lithuanian athlete, gold medalist in the men's 4x400 meter relay at the 1980 Summer Olympics for the Soviet Union.-Achievements:-References:* . Sports-reference.com.* . Sports Illustrated.... (URS) |
46.75 |
| F | Elke Decker (FRG) | 52.28 | Karoline Käfer Karoline Käfer Karoline Käfer is a retired sprinter from Austria. She won three medals at the European Indoor Championships.With 23,09 seconds over 200 metres and 50,62 seconds over 400 metres Käfer holds two Austrian records.-Achievements:... (AUT) |
52.70 | Tatyana Goyshchik (URS) | 52.71 | |
| 800 m | M | Roger Milhau (FRA) | 1:50.2a | András Paróczai András Paróczai András Paróczai is a retired middle distance runner from Hungary. He won three medals at the European Indoor Championships. He took part on the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow.-Achievements:-References:... (HUN) |
1:50.3a | Herbert Wursthorn Herbert Wursthorn Herbert Wursthorn is a retired West German middle distance runner who specialized in the 800 metres.He won the bronze medal at the 1980 European Indoor Championships in Athletics and the gold medal at the 1981 European Indoor Championships in Athletics... (FRG) |
1:50.4a |
| F | Jolanta Januchta (POL) | 2:00.6a CR | Anne-Marie Van Nuffel (BEL) | 2:00.9a | Liz Barnes (GBR) | 2:01.5a | |
| 1500 m | M | Thomas Wessinghage Thomas Wessinghage Thomas Wessinghage was a German middle- and long-distance runner who won the 1982 European Championships' final over 5000 metres beating the British world-record holder David Moorcroft. Because he was already thirty at the time, and had been an international-level runner for a decade, this victory... (FRG) |
3:37.54 CR | Ray Flynn Ray Flynn (athlete) Raymond P. Flynn is a retired middle distance runner and sports agent. A native of Longford in Ireland, Flynn won the mile at the Great Britain Championships against other high school runners. He earned an athletic scholarship to East Tennessee State University where he ran cross country and track... (IRL) |
3:38.5a | Pierre Délèze Pierre Délèze Pierre Délèze is a former Swiss middle distance runner who set a national record of 3:31.75 min when he won the 1500 m race at the meeting in Zurich in 1985... (SUI) |
3:38.9a |
| F | Tamara Koba (URS) | 4:12.5a | Anna Bukis (POL) | 4:13.1a | Mary Purcell (IRL) | 4:14.2a | |
| 3000 m | M | Karl Fleschen Karl Fleschen Karl Fleschen is a retired West German runner who specialized in the 3000, 5000 and 10,000 metres.... (FRG) |
7:57.5a | Klaas Lok (NED) | 7:57.9a | Hans-Jürgen Orthmann (FRG) | 7:59.9a |
| 60 m hurdles | M | Yuriy Chervanyev Yuriy Chervanyev Yuriy Chervanyev is a retired Soviet hurdler.-Achievements:-References:... (URS) |
7.54 CR | Romuald Giegiel Romuald Giegiel Romuald Giegiel is a retired hurdler from Poland. He won two medals at the European Indoor Championships.-Achievements:-References:... (POL) |
7.73 | Javier Moracho Javier Moracho Javier Moracho Torrente is a retired hurdler from Spain.He won the European Indoor Championships in 1986 and a silver medal at the inaugural World Indoor Games in 1985. He finished seventh at the 1980 Olympics.... (ESP) |
7.75 |
| F | Zofia Bielczyk (POL) | 7.77WR | Grazyna Rabsztyn Grazyna Rabsztyn Grażyna Rabsztyn is a Polish hurdler. She set three world records in 100 metres hurdles. On June 10, 1978 she became the first runner under 12.5 seconds with a new record of 12.48 seconds. She had the same time a year later, on June 18, 1979, and finally, on June 13, 1980 she had her best time... (POL) |
7.89 | Natalya Lebedeva Natalya Lebedeva Natalya Lebedeva was a Soviet athlete who competed mainly in the 100m hurdles.She competed for the Soviet Union in the 1976 Summer Olympics held in Montreal, Canada in the 100 metre hurdles where she won the bronze medal.... (URS) |
8.04 |
Field
| Discipline | 1st | Meter | 2nd | Meter | 3rd | Meter | |
| High Jump | M | Dietmar Mögenburg Dietmar Mögenburg Dietmar Mögenburg is a former German high jumper who won gold medals at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles and at the 1982 European Championships in Athletics in Athens.-Career:... (FRG) |
2.31 | Jacek Wszoła (POL) | 2.29 | Adrian Proteasa Adrian Proteasa Adrian Proteasa is a retired Romanian high jumper.Proteasa won the bronze medal at the 1980 European Indoor Championships and finished seventh at the 1980 Olympic Games... (ROM) |
2.29 |
| F | Sara Simeoni Sara Simeoni Sara Simeoni 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:... (ITA) |
1.95 CR | Andrea Mátay Andrea Mátay Andrea Mátay is a retired Hungarian high jumper. Her outdoor personal best jump was 1.94 metres, achieved in September 1979 in Mexico City. She had 1.98 m on the indoor track, from February 1979 in Budapest. It was a world indoor record. She won two medals at the European Indoor Championships... (HUN) |
1.93 | Urszula Kielan Urszula Kielan Urszula Kielan is a retired high jumper from Poland. She won four medals at the European Indoor Championships as well as an Olympic silver medal in 1980.-Major achievements:-References:*... (POL) |
1.93 | |
| Long Jump | M | Winfried Klepsch Winfried Klepsch Winfried Klepsch is a retired West German long jumper.He won the gold medal at the 1980 European Indoor Championships in Sindelfingen.... (FRG) |
7.98 | Nenad Stekić Nenad Stekic Nenad Stekić is a retired Serbian and Yugoslav long jumper, best known for his two silver medals at the European Championships. His personal best was 8.45 metres, was a European record, achieved in July 1975 in Montreal. In the seam yaeras, he was declared the best athlete of Yugoslavia in choice... (YUG) |
7.91 | Stanisław Jaskułka Stanisław Jaskułka Stanisław Jaskułka is a retired Polish long jumper.He was born in Puck, and represented the sports club AZS Warszawa. He won the gold medal at the 1977 European Junior Championships... (POL) |
7.85 |
| F | Anna Włodarczyk Anna Włodarczyk Anna Bożena Włodarczyk is a Polish athlete, primarily known for the long jump. She won the long jump at the 1980 European Athletics Indoor Championships and is currently still the Polish national record holder in the indoor long jump... (POL) |
6.74 CR | Anke Weigt (FRG) | 6.68 | Sabine Everts Sabine Everts Sabine Everts is a former West German heptathlete.She won a bronze medal at the 1980 European Indoor Championships and the gold medal at the 1982 European Indoor Championships... (FRG) |
6.54 | |
| Triple Jump | M | Béla Bakosi Béla Bakosi Béla Bakosi is a retired triple jumper from Hungary. He won six medals at the European Indoor Championships and a bronze medal at the 1982 European Championships in Athletics.-Achievements:-External links:... (HUN) |
16.86 | Jaak Uudmäe Jaak Uudmäe Jaak Uudmäe is a retired Estonian triple jumper and long jumper, gold medalist at the 1980 Summer Olympics.In 1979 and 1980 Uudmäe was acknowledged as Estonia's Sportsman of the Year... (URS) |
16.51 | Gennadiy Kovtunov (URS) | 16.45 |
| Pole Vault | M | Konstantin Volkov Konstantin Volkov (athlete) Konstantin Yuryevich Volkov is a retired pole vaulter who represented the USSR. In 1980 he won the European Indoor Championships with a championship record of 5.60 metres . He also won an Olympic silver medal at the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow... (URS) |
5.60 CR | Vladimir Polyakov Vladimir Polyakov Vladimir Polyakov is a retired pole vaulter who represented the USSR and later Russia. On June 26, 1981 he managed to clear 5.81 metres, beating Thierry Vigneron's six-day-old world record. Two years later Polyakov lost the record to Pierre Quinon, who jumped 5.82... (URS) |
5.60 | Patrick Abada Patrick Abada Patrick Abada is a retired French pole vaulter and Olympian, having competed in the 1976 Summer Olympics. His best vault was one of 5.70 m, made on 26 August 1983, in Brussels. As of August 2001, that mark was the 126th best pole vault of all time... (FRA) |
5.55 |
| Shot Put | M | Zlatan Saracevic Zlatan Saračević Zlatan Saračević is a retired Bosnian shot putter who represented SFR Yugoslavia.He was born in Zenica, SR Bosnia and Herzegovina. He won the gold medal at the 1980 European Indoor Championships, the bronze medal at the 1981 European Indoor Championships, and the silver medal at the 1983 Summer... (YUG) |
20.43 | Jaromír Vlk (TCH) | 20.19 | Ivan Ivančić Ivan Ivančić Ivan Ivančić is a Croatian athletics coach and a retired shot putter who represented Yugoslavia.-Biography:Ivančić was born in the village of Grabovica, near Tomislavgrad... (YUG) |
19.48 |
| F | Helena Fibingerová Helena Fibingerová Helena Fibingerová is a Czech shot putter who won an Olympic bronze medal and set three world records... (TCH) |
19.92 | Eva Wilms Eva Wilms Eva Wilms is a retired West German shot putter.Her personal best throw was 21.43 metres, achieved in June 1977 in Munich... (FRG) |
19.66 | Beatrix Philipp (FRG) | 17.59 |
Medal table
| 1 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 12 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 10 | |
| 3 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 12 | |
| 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | |
| 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | ||
| 6 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | |
| 7 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
| 8 |  Bulgaria |
1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| 10 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| 11 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | |
| 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | ||
| 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | ||
| 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | ||
| 15 |  Romania |
0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
 Spain |
0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||
| 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||
External links
- Results - men at GBRathletics.com
- Results - women at GBRathletics.com
- The EAA