1969 European Indoor Games

The 1969 European Indoor Games were held between 8–9 March 1969 in Belgrade, the capital of Yugoslavia (present-day Serbia). In 1970 the European Indoor Games were replaced by the European Athletics Indoor Championships.

1969 European Indoor Games
Dates8–9 March 1969
Host cityBelgrade
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Yugoslavia
VenueBelgrade Fair – Hall 1
Events23
Participation220 athletes from
22 nations

The track used for the championships was 195 metres long.

Medal summary edit

Men edit

Event Gold Silver Bronze
50 metres
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  Zenon Nowosz (POL) 5.8   Valeriy Borzov (URS) 5.8   Bob Frith (GBR) 5.8
400 metres
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  Jan Balachowski (POL) 47.3   Jan Werner (POL) 47.4   Yuriy Zorin (URS) 47.4
800 metres
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  Dieter Fromm (GDR) 1:46.6 CR   Henryk Szordykowski (POL) 1:47.1   Noel Carroll (IRL) 1:47.6
1500 metres
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  Edgard Salvé (BEL) 3:45.9   Knut Brustad (NOR) 3:46.2   Walter Wilkinson (GBR) 3:46.4
3000 metres
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  Ian Stewart (GBR) 7:55.4 CR   Javier Álvarez (ESP) 7:56.2   Werner Girke (FRG) 7:56.8
50 metres hurdles
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  Alan Pascoe (GBR) 6.6   Werner Trzmiel (FRG) 6.6   Nicolae Pertea (ROM) 6.7
4 × 390 metres relay
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  Poland
Jan Werner
Jan Radomski
Andrzej Badeński
Jan Balachowski
3:01.9   Soviet Union
Leonid Mikishev
Aleksandr Bratchikov
Valeriy Borzov
Yuriy Zorin
3:01.9   West Germany
Dieter Hübner
Herbert Moser
Peter Bernreuther
Manfred Kinder
3:04.5
Medley relay
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  Poland
Edward Romanowski
Andrzej Badeński
Henryk Szordykowski
Jan Radomski
4:16.4 Only one finishing team
3 × 1000 metres relay
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  West Germany
Anton Adam
Walter Adams
Harald Norpoth
7:08.0   Czechoslovakia
Ján Šišovský
Petr Blaha
Pavel Pěnkava
7:23.1   Yugoslavia
Radovan Piplović
Slavko Koprivica
Adam Ladik
7:42.8
High jump
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  Valentin Gavrilov (URS) 2.14   Henry Elliott (FRA) 2.14   Șerban Ioan (ROM) 2.14
Pole vault
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  Wolfgang Nordwig (GDR) 5.20 =CR   Hennadiy Bleznitsov (URS) 5.10   Joachim Bär (GDR) 5.10
Long jump
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  Klaus Beer (GDR) 7.77   Lynn Davies (GBR) 7.76   Rafael Blanquer (ESP) 7.63
Triple jump
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  Nikolay Dudkin (URS) 16.73 CR   Zoltán Cziffra (HUN) 16.46   Carol Corbu (ROM) 16.20
Shot put
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  Heinfried Birlenbach (FRG) 19.51 CR   Hartmut Briesenick (GDR) 19.19   Heinz-Joachim Rothenburg (GDR) 18.69

Women edit

Event Gold Silver Bronze
50 metres
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  Irena Szewińska (POL) 6.4   Sylviane Telliez (FRA) 6.5   Madeleine Cobb (GBR) 6.5
400 metres
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  Colette Besson (FRA) 54.0 CR   Christel Frese (FRG) 54.8   Rosemary Stirling (GBR) 54.8
800 metres
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  Barbara Wieck (GDR) 2:05.3 CR   Magdolna Kulcsár (HUN) 2:07.5   Anna Zimina (URS) 2:08.0
50 metres hurdles
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  Karin Balzer (GDR) 7.2   Meta Antenen (SUI) 7.3   Christine Perera (GBR) 7.4
4 × 195 metres relay
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  France
Odette Ducas
Sylviane Telliez
Colette Besson
Christiane Martinetto
1:34.3   Soviet Union
Galina Bukharina
Vera Popkova
Lyudmila Golomazova
Lyudmila Samotyosova
1:34.6   Yugoslavia
Darja Marolt
Verica Ambrozi
Ljiljana Petnjarić
Marijana Lubej
1:36.9
Medley relay
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  Soviet Union
Vera Popkova
Lyudmila Samotyosova
Raisa Nikonorova
Anna Zimina
4:52.4   Poland
Irena Szewińska
Zdzisława Robaszewska
Elżbieta Skowrońska
Zofia Kołakowska
4:53.2   Yugoslavia
Verica Ambrozi
Ika Maričić
Mirjana Kovačev
Ninoslava Tikvicki
5:05.9
High jump
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  Rita Schmidt (GDR) 1.82   Yordanka Blagoeva (BUL) 1.82   Antonina Lazareva (URS) 1.79
Long jump
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  Irena Szewińska (POL) 6.38   Sue Scott (GBR) 6.18   Meta Antenen (SUI) 6.15
Shot put
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  Marita Lange (GDR) 17.52   Ivanka Khristova (BUL) 16.94   Ingeburg Friedrich (GDR) 16.42

Medal table edit

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1  East Germany (GDR)71311
2  Poland (POL)6309
3  Soviet Union (URS)34310
4  Great Britain (GBR)2259
5  West Germany (FRG)2226
6  France (FRA)2204
7  Belgium (BEL)1001
8  Bulgaria (BUL)0202
  Hungary (HUN)0202
10  Spain (ESP)0112
  Switzerland (SUI)0112
12  Czechoslovakia (TCH)0101
  Norway (NOR)0101
14  Romania (ROU)0033
  Yugoslavia (YUG)0033
16  Ireland (IRL)0011
Totals (16 entries)23222267

Participating nations edit

References edit