The 1968 European Athletics Games were held from March 9 to 10 at the Sports Palace in Madrid , the capital of Spain . The length of the running circle in the arena was 182 meters. An electronic time recording system in running disciplines was unofficially tested at the tournament. The competition was attended by 151 athletes from 20 countries in Europe. 23 sets of medals were won (14 for men and 9 for women).
| European Indoor Track and Field Games 1968 | |
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| Host city |  Madrid ( Spain ) |
| Member countries | twenty |
| Of the participants | 151 |
| Medals | 23 |
| Opening | March 9, 1968 |
| Closing | March 10, 1968 |
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| Stadium | Palace of Sports |
Content
Medalists
Abbreviations: WB - World's Ultimate Achievement | ER - Europe's record | NR - national record
Men
| Discipline | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
| 50 m the details | Jobst Hirscht Germany | 5.77 | Robert frit Great Britain | 5.83 | Gunter Gollos GDR | 5.83 |
| 400 m the details | Andrzej Badensky Poland | 47.09 Wb | Alexander Bratchikov the USSR | 47.3 | Yan Balyakhovsky Poland | 47.3 |
| 800 m the details | Noel Carroll Ireland | 1.56.66 | Alberto Esteban Spain | 1.57.7 | Sergey Kryuchyok the USSR | 1.58.1 |
| 1,500 m the details | John Wetton Great Britain | 3.50,99 | Jose Maria Morera Spain | 3.51.7 | Igor Potapchenko the USSR | 3.51.9 |
| 3000 m the details | Victor Kudinsky the USSR | 8.10.27 | Bernd Dissner GDR | 8.11.0 | Wolfgang Zur Germany | 8.11.8 |
| Relay race 4 Γ 364 m (4 Γ 2 circles) the details | Poland Waldemar Korytsky Yan Balyakhovsky Jan Werner Andrzej Badensky | 2.48.9 | Germany Horst Dowerkausen Peter Bernreuter Ingo RΓΆper Martin Yellinghouse | 2.49.7 | the USSR Boris Savchuk Vasily Anisimov Sergey Abalikhin Alexander Bratchikov | 2.51.5 |
| Relay 182 + 364 + 546 + 728 m (1 + 2 + 3 + 4 laps) the details | the USSR Alexander Lebedev Boris Savchuk Igor Potapchenko Sergey Kryuchyok | 3.52,2 | Poland Marian Dudzyak Waldemar Korytsky Andrzej Badensky Edmund Borovsky | 3.54.6 | Spain Jose Luis Sanchez Ramon Magarinos Alfonso Gabernet Jose Maria Reina | 4.02,7 |
| Relay 3 Γ 1000 m the details | the USSR Mikhail Zhelobovsky Oleg Raiko Anatoly Verlan | 7.13.6 | Spain Alberto Esteban Enrique Bondia Virgilio Gonzalez | 7.23.6 | Czechoslovakia Pavel Grushka Jan Casal Miroslav Yuza | 7.40.2 |
| 50 m with barriers the details | Eddie ottoz Italy | 6.57 Wb | Gunter Nickel Germany | 6.68 | Milan Cat Czechoslovakia | 6.73 |
| High jump the details | Valery Skvortsov the USSR | 2.17 m | Valentin Gavrilov the USSR | 2.17 m | Kenneth Lundmark Sweden | 2.14 m |
| Pole vault the details | Wolfgang Nordwig GDR | 5.20 m | Gennady Gemini the USSR | 5.10 m | JΓΆrg Milak GDR | 5.00 m |
| Long jump the details | Igor Ter-Hovhannisyan the USSR | 8.16 m | Tynu Lepik the USSR | 7.87 m | Bernhard Stierle Germany | 7.59 m |
| Triple jump the details | Nikolay Dudkin the USSR | 16.71 m | Victor Saneev the USSR | 16.69 m | Luis Felipe Aretha Spain | 16.47 m |
| Shot put the details | Heinfried Bierlenbach Germany | 18.65 m | Vladislav Komar Poland | 18.40 m | Nikolai Karasev the USSR | 18.35 m |
Women
| Discipline | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
| 50 m the details | Sylvian Tellier France | 6.29 Wb | Erica Rost Germany | 6.43 | Hannelore Trabert Germany | 6.46 |
| 400 m the details | Natalya Pechenkina the USSR | 55.29 | Gisela KΓΆpke Germany | 56.2 | Tatyana Arnautova the USSR | 56.3 |
| 800 m the details | Karin Burnelight GDR | 2.07.65 | Alla Kolesnikova the USSR | 2.08.3 | Valentina Lukyanova the USSR | 2.09.4 |
| Relay 4 Γ 182 m (4 Γ 1 circle) the details | Germany Renate Mayer Hannelore Trabert Krista Elsler Erica Rost | 1.28.8 | not awarded [a] | not awarded [a] | ||
| Relay 182 + 364 + 546 + 728 m (1 + 2 + 3 + 4 laps) the details | the USSR Lilia Tkachenko Vera Popkova Nadezhda Seropegin Anna Zimina | 4.28.3 | Czechoslovakia Eva Putnova Vlasta Seyfertova Libushe Matsounova Emilia Ovadkova | 4.39.0 | not awarded [b] | |
| 50 m with barriers the details | Karin Balzer GDR | 7.08 | Berbel Weidlich GDR | 7.12 | Lyudmila Ievleva the USSR | 7.14 |
| High jump the details | Rita Schmidt GDR | 1.84 m | Virginia Bonch Romania | 1.76 m | Antonina Okorokova the USSR | 1.76 m |
| Long jump the details | Berit Bertelsen Norway | 6.43 m | Berbel LΓΆnert GDR | 6.23 m | Viorika Viskopolianu Romania | 6.23 m |
| Shot put the details | Nadezhda Chizhova the USSR | 18.18 m | Margitta Hummel GDR | 17.69 m | Marita Lange GDR | 17.62 m |
a In the 4 Γ 1 relay race, only one of the 2 starting teams finished.
b Only 2 teams took part in the Swedish relay race 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 laps.
Medal Test
Medals in 23 athletics disciplines were won by representatives of 13 participating countries [1] .
Host country
| A place | A country | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| one | the USSR | 9 | 6 | 8 | 23 |
| 2 | GDR | four | four | 3 | eleven |
| 3 | Germany | 3 | four | 3 | 10 |
| four | Poland | 2 | 2 | one | 5 |
| 5 | United Kingdom | one | one | 0 | 2 |
| 6 | Ireland | one | 0 | 0 | one |
| Italy | one | 0 | 0 | one | |
| Norway | one | 0 | 0 | one | |
| France | one | 0 | 0 | one | |
| 10 | Spain | 0 | 3 | 2 | 5 |
| eleven | Czechoslovakia | 0 | one | 2 | 3 |
| 12 | Romania | 0 | one | one | 2 |
| 13 | Sweden | 0 | 0 | one | one |
| Total | 23 | 22 | 21 | 66 | |
Notes
- β Plazierungsspiegel Hallen-Spiele 1968 - Gesamt (German) . www.maik-richter.de. Date of treatment December 22, 2014. Archived December 22, 2014.
Links
- 3. EuropΓ€ische Hallen-Spiele (German) . www.maik-richter.de. - Full results of the 1968 European Athletics Games. Date of treatment December 22, 2014. Archived on September 30, 2013.