1987 European Indoor Championships in Athletics
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The 18th European Athletics Indoor Championships were held at Stade Couvert Régional
in Liévin
, a city in France
, in 1987.
Stade Couvert Régional
Stade Couvert Régional is an indoor arena in Liévin, France. The arena holds 6,000 people. It is primarily used for indoor athletics and concerts....
in Liévin
Liévin
Liévin is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in northern France.-Overview:The city of Liévin is an old mining city of Pas-de-Calais. Near Lens, this modest-sized city nevertheless has several nursery schools, schools, colleges, a university, a swimming pool, a city library, a cultural and...
, a city in France
France
The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...
, in 1987.
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) |
6.51 CR | Pierfrancesco Pavoni Pierfrancesco Pavoni Pierfrancesco Pavoni is a retired sprinter from Italy. His greatest achievements were the 1982 European Championships silver medal as well as two World Indoor bronze medals. His personal times were both achieved in 1987: 10.22 seconds over 100 metres and 20.38 seconds over 200 metres... (ITA) |
6.58 | František Ptácník (TCH) Antonio Ullo Antonio Ullo Antonio Ullo is a retired Italian sprinter who specialized in the 60 metres.His personal best 100 metres time is 10.36 seconds, achieved in the heats of the 1984 Olympics. His personal best 200 metres time is 20.99 seconds, achieved in May 1987 in Potenza.-Achievements:-References:... (ITA) |
6.61 |
| F | Nelli Fiere-Cooman (NED) | 7.01 | Anelia Nuneva Anelia Nuneva Aneliya Vechernikova née Nuneva is a retired sprinter from Bulgaria, she competed mainly in the 100m. In the final of the 100m at the 1988 Summer Olympic Games she was drawn in lane 4 alongside Florence Griffith-Joyner the red hot favorite... (BUL) |
7.06 | Marlies Göhr Marlies Göhr Marlies Göhr is a former East German athlete, the winner of the 100 m at the inaugural World Championships in 1983. She ranked in the top 10 of the 100 m world rankings for twelve straight years, ranking first in six of those years... (GDR) |
7.12 | |
| 200 m | M | Bruno Marie-Rose Bruno Marie-Rose Bruno Marie-Rose is a retired sprinter from France . He was a member of the French team which set a world record in the 4 x 100 metres relay in 1990 with a time of 37.79 seconds to win the gold medal at the European Championships... (FRA) |
20.36 CR | Vladimir Krylov Vladimir Krylov Vladimir Valentinovich Krylov is a former Soviet athlete. He was Soviet 100, 200 and 400 metres champion, and also Soviet indoor 200 metres in 1989.... (URS) |
20.53 | John Regis John Regis (athlete) John Paul Lyndon Regis, MBE is a retired English sprinter. During his career, he won gold medals in the 200 metres at the 1989 World Indoor Championships and the 1990 European Championships, and a silver medal in the distance at the 1993 World Championships.He was a member of the British teams... (GBR) |
20.54 |
| F | Kirsten Emmelmann Kirsten Emmelmann Kirsten Emmelmann, née Siemon , is a former German track and field athlete who represented East Germany in the 1980s in the 400 meter sprint. Her biggest success came as a member of the 4x400 meter relay: in 1987 she was world champion, and at the 1988 Summer Olympics her team was third... (GDR) |
23.10 | Blanca Lacambra (ESP) | 23.19 | Marie-Christine Cazier Marie-Christine Cazier Marie-Christine Cazier-Ballo is a retired French sprinter who specialized in the 200 metres. She set three French records over the distance, the last being 22.32 seconds when she won a silver medal at the 1986 European Championships.-Achievements:-External links:... (FRA) |
23.40 | |
| 400 m | M | Todd Bennett Todd Bennett Todd Anthony Bennett was a British athlete who competed mainly in the 400 metres.He competed for Great Britain in the 1984 Summer Olympics held in Los Angeles, United States in the 4 x 400 metre relay where he won the Silver medal with his team mates Kriss Akabusi, Garry Cook and Philip... (GBR) |
46.81 | Momchil Kharizanov (BUL) | 46.89 | Paul Harmsworth (GDR) | 46.92 |
| F | Mariya Pinigina Mariya Pinigina Mariya Dzhumabaevna Pinigina is a retired athlete who competed mainly in the 400 metres, training at Spartak in Kiev... (URS) |
51.27 | Gisela Kinzel Gisela Kinzel Gisela Kinzel, née Gottwald is a retired athlete who represented West Germany. She specialized in 400 metres, and competed for the clubs VfL Gladbeck and SC Eintracht Hamm.... (FRG) |
52.29 | Cristina Pérez (ESP) | 52.63 | |
| 800 m | M | Rob Druppers Rob Druppers Robertus Johannes Druppers is a former Dutch middle distance runner, who won the silver medal over 800m at the 1983 World Championships in Athletics. He set a Dutch 800 m record of 1:43.56 in Cologne in 1985, and a 1000m record of 2:15.23 in his home town Utrecht in the same year... (NED) |
1:48.12 | Vladimir Graudyn (URS) | 1:49.14 | Ari Suhonen Ari Suhonen Ari Suhonen is a Finnish former middle distance runner.Suhonen was the best Finnish middle distance runner during the late 1980s and the early 1990s and he still holds the national record in the 800 metres, 1.44,10, ran in Zürich on August 16, 1989. He won national championships in the 800 metres... (FIN) |
1:49.56 |
| F | Christine Wachtel Christine Wachtel Christine Wachtel , is a German track and field athlete who won the silver medal for East Germany at the 1988 Olympic summer games in Seoul in the 800 metres run... (GDR) |
1:59.89 | Sigrun Wodars Sigrun Wodars Sigrun Grau is an East German former middle distance athlete, who was born Sigrun Ludwigs in Neu-Kaliß. She started out as a 400 m runner in Schwerin, and proved successful in this event in junior meets... (GDR) |
2:00.59 | Lyubov Kiryukhina Lyubov Kiryukhina Lyubov Kiryukhina-Tsyoma is a retired middle distance runner who represented the Soviet Union and later Russia. She specialized in the 800 metres.-Achievements:-External links:... (URS) |
2:01.85 | |
| 1500 m | M | Han Kulker Han Kulker Johannes Nicolaas Maria Kulker is a former Dutch middle distance runner, who won a bronze medal at the 1986 European Championships in Athletics in Stuttgart over 1500 metres... (NED) |
3:44.79 | Jens-Peter Herold Jens-Peter Herold Jens-Peter Herold is a retired German middle distance runner who participated in several international championships in the late 1980s and early 1990s.In the 1987 World Championships he came sixth over 1500 metres... (GDR) |
3:45.36 | Klaus-Peter Nabein (FRG) | 3:45.84 |
| F | Sandra Gasser Sandra Gasser Sandra Gasser is a retired Swiss track and field athlete who specialised in middle distances.After the 1987 World Championships, where she achieved third place in the 1500 metres, she failed a doping test and was disqualified... (SUI) |
4:08.76 | Svetlana Kitova Svetlana Kitova Svetlana Kitova is a retired middle distance runner who represented the USSR and later Russia. Her greatest achievements were the 1989 World Indoor silver medal as well as two European Indoor gold medals... (URS) |
4:09.01 | Ivana Walterová Ivana Kubešová Ivana Kubešová is a retired middle distance runner who represented Czechoslovakia and later the Czech Republic. She won three medals at the European Indoor Championships as well as a silver medal at the 1991 IAAF World Indoor Championships.-Achievements:-External links:... (TCH) |
4:09.09 | |
| 3000 m | M | José Luis González (ESP) | 7:52.27 | Dieter Baumann Dieter Baumann Dieter Baumann is a former German athlete and winner of 5000 m at the 1992 Summer Olympics.Born in Blaustein, Germany , Dieter Baumann was one of the few non-African athletes who were able to seriously challenge the African dominance of middle-distance running during the 1990s... (FRG) |
7:53.93 | Pascal Thiébaut (FRA) | 7:54.03 |
| F | Yvonne Murray Yvonne Murray Yvonne Murray MBE , is a Scottish former middle-distance and long-distance track and road-running athlete. She won a bronze medal in the 3000 metres at the 1988 Olympic Games, and gold medals at this distance at the 1993 World Indoor Championships and the 1990 European Championships... (GBR) |
8:46.06 CR | Elly van Hulst Elly van Hulst Elisa Maria van Hulst is a former middle distance runner from the Netherlands, who competed for her native country at three consecutive Summer Olympics, starting in 1984.... (NED) |
8:51.40 | Brigitte Kraus Brigitte Kraus Brigitte Kraus is a retired West German middle distance runner who specialized in the 1500 and 3000 metres.She competed for the sports clubs LG Rhein-Berg and ASV Köln during her active career.-Achievements:- References :... (FRG) |
8:53.01 | |
| 60 m hurdles | M | Arto Bryggare Arto Bryggare Arto Kalervo Bryggare is a former Finnish hurdling athlete. He was a member of the Parliament of Finland, representing the Social Democratic Party of Finland from 1995 to 1999 and 2003 to 2007. His personal best time 13,35, made during trials in 1984 Los Angeles Games, is still the record time in... (FIN) |
7.59 | Colin Jackson Colin Jackson Colin Ray Jackson CBE is a British former sprint and hurdling athlete who specialised in the 110 metres hurdles. Over his career representing Great Britain and Wales he won an Olympic silver medal, became world champion three times, went undefeated at the European Championships for 12 years and... (GBR) |
7.63 | Nigel Walker Nigel Walker Nigel Walker is a former Welsh athlete and Wales international rugby union player. He is currently National Director at the . He was born in Cardiff.... (GBR) |
7.65 |
| F | Yordanka Donkova Yordanka Donkova Yordanka Donkova is a former hurdling athlete notable for winning an Olympic gold medal and bronze medal as well as 9 medals at European indoor and outdoor championships. She still holds the CR for the European Championships with 12.38 s. Donkova set four world records in 1986... (BUL) |
7.79 | Gloria Uibel (GDR) | 7.89 | Ginka Zagorcheva Ginka Zagorcheva Ginka Zagorcheva-Boycheva is a former hurdling athlete from Bulgaria. Most notable for winning the 100 metres hurdles at the 1987 World Championships, with 12.25 seconds she held the world record for a year until it was beaten by Yordanka Donkova in August 1988... (BUL) |
7.92 | |
| 3000 m walk | M | Jozef Pribilinec Jozef Pribilinec Jozef Pribilinec is a Slovak athlete who mainly competed in racewalking.He was born in Kopernica.Pribilinec competed for the former Czechoslovakia at the 1988 Summer Olympics held in Seoul, South Korea where he won the gold medal in the men's 20 kilometre walk event.-References:... (TCH) |
19:08.44 CR | Ronald Weigel Ronald Weigel Ronald Weigel is a German athlete and Olympic medal winner. In the 1980s through the middle of the 1990s he represented East Germany as one of world's best in race walking.His first big win came in 1983 when he won the World title in the 50 km walk... (GDR) |
19:08.93 | Roman Mrázek Roman Mrázek Roman Mrázek is a race walker who represented Czechoslovakia and later Slovakia.-Achievements:-External links:... (TCH) |
19:10.77 |
| F | Natalya Dmitrochenko (URS) | 12:57.29 | Giuliana Salce Giuliana Salce Giuliana Salce is a retired female race walker from Italy. Her greatest achievement was the 1985 World Indoor gold medal.-Achievements:-External links:... (ITA) |
12:59.11 | Monica Gunnarsson (SWE) | 13:06.46 |
Field
| Discipline | 1st | Meter | 2nd | Meter | 3rd | Meter | |
| High Jump | M | Patrik Sjöberg Patrik Sjöberg Jan Niklas Patrik Sjöberg is a former Swedish high jumper and previous world record holder. With , he holds the Swedish as well as the European record in men's high jump... (SWE) |
2.38 CR | Carlo Thränhardt Carlo Thränhardt Carlo Thränhardt is a former German high jumper, who won the silver medal at the 1981 European Indoor Championships in Grenoble. He excelled at indoor competitions, setting the world indoor record on three occasions between 1984-88... (FRG) |
2.36 | Hennadiy Avdyeyenko (URS) | 2.36 |
| F | Stefka Kostadinova Stefka Kostadinova Stefka Kostadinova is a Bulgarian retired athlete and the current women's world record holder in the high jump. She is the current president of the Bulgarian Olympic Committee.-Career:... (BUL) |
1.97 | Tamara Bykova Tamara Bykova Tamara Vladimirovna Bykova is a former Russian track and field athlete and Olympic medal winner. She was born in Rostov on Don, Rostov Oblast, Russian SFSR.-Biography:Bykova had a long and successful sport career with three world records in the high jump... (URS) |
1.94 | Susanne Beyer Susanne Beyer Susanne Beyer, née Helm is a retired East German high jumper.She finished seventh at the 1983 World Championships and fourth at the 1986 European Championships. She began the 1987 season well with a win at the Hochsprung mit Musik meeting, taking the title with a leap of 2.00 m... (GDR) Elżbieta Trylińska (POL) |
1.91 | |
| Long Jump | M | Robert Emmiyan Robert Emmiyan Robert Emmiyan is a retired long jumper who represented USSR and later Armenia. His personal best jump of 8.86 metres, which he achieved in Tsakhkadzor in May 1987, is the current European record and also the fourth best result of all time .His achievements include a silver medal at the 1987 World... (URS) |
8.49 CR | Giovanni Evangelisti Giovanni Evangelisti Giovanni Evangelisti is a retired long jumper from Italy. His greatest achievements were the Olympic bronze medal in 1984 and three World Indoor bronze medals... (ITA) |
8.26 | Christian Thomas Christian Thomas (athlete) Christian Thomas is a retired West German long jumper.Thomas represented the sports club TV Heppenheim. His personal best jump was 8.21 metres, achieved in July 1994 in Germering... (FRG) |
8.12 |
| F | Heike Drechsler Heike Drechsler Heike Gabriela Drechsler née Daute is a German track and field athlete. She is one of the most successful female long jumpers of all time and also had several successes in sprint disciplines.She is the only woman who has won two Olympic gold medals in the long jump... (GDR) |
7.12 | Galina Chistyakova Galina Chistyakova Galina Valentinovna Chistyakova is a retired athlete who represented the USSR and later Slovakia.She trained at Burevestnik in Moscow. Competing in long jump, Galina Chistyakova won the 1985 European Indoor Championships and a silver medal at the European Championships one year later... (URS) |
6.89 | Yelena Belevskaya Yelena Belevskaya Yelena Belevskaya is a retired athlete who represented the USSR until 1991 and Belarus since 1992. She trained at Trudovye Rezervy in Minsk. Competing in long jump, in 1987 she won a bronze medal at the World Indoor Championships and a silver medal at the World Championships... (URS) |
6.76 | |
| Triple Jump | M | Serge Hélan Serge Hélan Serge Hélan is a retired French triple jumper, best known for his bronze medal at the 1995 World Indoor Championships. His personal best was 17.55 metres, achieved at the 1994 European Championships in Helsinki. This was a French record as well... (FRA) |
17.15 | Khristo Markov (BUL) | 17.12 | Nikolay Musiyenko Nikolay Musiyenko Nikolay Musiyenko is a retired triple jumper who represented the USSR and later Ukraine. He won four medals at the European Indoor Championships.-Achievements:-References:... (URS) |
17.00 |
| Pole Vault | M | Thierry Vigneron Thierry Vigneron Thierry Vigneron is a retired French athlete. For many years he was among the world's leading pole vaulters.... (FRA) |
5.85 =CR | Ferenc Salbert Ferenc Salbert Ferenc Salbert is a retired pole vaulter who represented France after switching from Hungary. His indoor result of 5.90 metres in 1987 placed him second on the top performers list that year, behind Sergey Bubka.... (FRA) |
5.85 | Marian Kolasa Marian Kolasa Marian Kolasa is a retired Polish pole vaulter. He won two medals at the European Indoor Championships. His personal best was 5.80 metres, achieved in September 1986 in Kamp-Lintfort.-Achievements:-References:*... (POL) |
5.80 |
| Shot Put | M | Ulf Timmermann Ulf Timmermann Ulf Timmermann is a German shot putter who broke many world records during the 1980s and is the first and one of only two people to ever throw over 23 metres .... (GDR) |
22.19 CR | Werner Günthör Werner Günthör Werner Günthör is a former Swiss track and field athlete, who was the best shot putter in the history of Swiss track and field.... (SUI) |
21.53 | Sergey Smirnov (URS) | 20.97 |
| F | Natalya Akhrimenko (URS) | 20.84 | Heidi Krieger (GDR) | 20.02 | Heike Hartwig Heike Hartwig Heike Hartwig is a retired East German shot putter.She represented the sports club SC Dynamo Berlin, and became East German championships in 1987, 1989 and 1990.... (GDR) |
20.00 |
Medal table
| 1 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 13 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 | 5 | 4 | 13 | ||
| 3 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 6 | |
| 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 4 | |
| 5 |  Bulgaria |
2 | 3 | 1 | 6 |
| 6 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | |
| 7 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | |
| 8 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | |
| 9 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 | |
| 10 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | |
| 11 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
| 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | ||
| 13 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 6 | |
| 14 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4 | |
External links
- Results - men at GBRathletics.com
- Results - women at GBRathletics.com
- EAA