1980 European Athletics Indoor Championships
International athletics championship event
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The 1980 European Athletics Indoor Championships were held in Sindelfingen, a city in West Germany, on 1 and 2 March 1980. The championships were boycotted by East Germany. The middle-distance races were hand-timed.
| 1980 European Athletics Indoor Championships | |
|---|---|
| Dates | 1–2 March 1980 |
| Host city | Sindelfingen West Germany |
| Venue | Glaspalast |
| Events | 19 |
| Participation | 234 athletes from 26 nations |
The host nation topped the medal table with 12 medals, including 5 golds, followed closely by Poland and the Soviet Union.
Medal summary
Men
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 60 metres |
 Marian Woronin (POL) | 6.62 | Christian Haas (FRG) | 6.62 |  Aleksandr Aksinin (URS) | 6.63 |
| 400 metres |
Nikolay Chernetskiy (URS) | 46.29 |  Karel Kolář (TCH) | 46.55 | Remigijus Valiulis (URS) | 46.75 |
| 800 metres |
 Roger Milhau (FRA) | 1:50.2a |  András Paróczai (HUN) | 1:50.3a | Herbert Wursthorn (FRG) | 1:50.4a |
| 1500 metres |
Thomas Wessinghage (FRG) | 3:37.6a CR |  Ray Flynn (IRL) | 3:38.5a |  Pierre Délèze (SUI) | 3:38.9a |
| 3000 metres |
Karl Fleschen (FRG) | 7:57.5a |  Klaas Lok (NED) | 7:57.9a | Hans-Jürgen Orthmann (FRG) | 7:59.9a |
| 60 metres hurdles |
Yuriy Chervanyov (URS) | 7.54 CR | Romuald Giegiel (POL) | 7.73 |  Javier Moracho (ESP) | 7.75 |
| High jump |
Dietmar Mögenburg (FRG) | 2.31 | Jacek Wszoła (POL) | 2.29 |  Adrian Proteasa (ROM) | 2.29 |
| Pole vault |
Konstantin Volkov (URS) | 5.60 CR | Vladimir Polyakov (URS) | 5.60 | Patrick Abada (FRA) | 5.55 |
| Long jump |
Winfried Klepsch (FRG) | 7.98 |  Nenad Stekić (YUG) | 7.91 |  Stanisław Jaskułka (POL) | 7.85 |
| Triple jump |
Béla Bakosi (HUN) | 16.86 | Jaak Uudmäe (URS) | 16.51 | Gennadiy Kovtunov (URS) | 16.45 |
| Shot put |
Zlatan Saracevic (YUG) | 20.43 | Jaromír Vlk (TCH) | 20.19 | Ivan Ivančić (YUG) | 19.48 |
Women
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 60 metres |
 Sofka Popova (BUL) | 7.11 |  Linda Haglund (SWE) | 7.14 | Lyudmila Kondratyeva (URS) | 7.15 |
| 400 metres |
Elke Decker (FRG) | 52.28 |  Karoline Käfer (AUT) | 52.70 | Tatyana Goyshchik (URS) | 52.71 |
| 800 metres |
Jolanta Januchta (POL) | 2:00.6a CR |  Anne-Marie Van Nuffel (BEL) | 2:00.9a |  Liz Barnes (GBR) | 2:01.5a |
| 1500 metres |
Tamara Koba (URS) | 4:12.5a | Anna Bukis (POL) | 4:13.1a | Mary Purcell (IRL) | 4:14.2a |
| 60 metres hurdles |
Zofia Bielczyk (POL) | 7.77 WR | Grażyna Rabsztyn (POL) | 7.89 | Natalya Lebedeva (URS) | 8.04 |
| High jump |
 Sara Simeoni (ITA) | 1.95 CR | Andrea Mátay (HUN) | 1.93 | Urszula Kielan (POL) | 1.93 |
| Long jump |
Anna Włodarczyk (POL) | 6.74 CR | Anke Weigt (FRG) | 6.68 | Sabine Everts (FRG) | 6.54 |
| Shot put |
Helena Fibingerová (TCH) | 19.92 | Eva Wilms (FRG) | 19.66 | Beatrix Philipp (FRG) | 17.59 |
Medal table
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | West Germany (FRG) | 5 | 3 | 4 | 12 |
| 2 | Poland (POL) | 4 | 4 | 2 | 10 |
| 3 | Soviet Union (URS) | 4 | 2 | 6 | 12 |
| 4 | Czechoslovakia (TCH) | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| Hungary (HUN) | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | |
| 6 | Yugoslavia (YUG) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 7 | France (FRA) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 8 | Bulgaria (BUL) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Italy (ITA) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 10 | Ireland (IRL) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 11 | Austria (AUT) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Belgium (BEL) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| Netherlands (NED) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| Sweden (SWE) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| 15 | Great Britain (GBR) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Romania (ROU) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Spain (ESP) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Switzerland (SUI) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Totals (18 entries) | 19 | 19 | 19 | 57 | |
Participating nations
Austria (4)
Belgium (11)
Bulgaria (13)
Cyprus (1)
Czechoslovakia (9)
Denmark (1)
Finland (5)
France (14)
Great Britain (4)
Greece (3)
Hungary (11)
Iceland (1)
Ireland (4)
Italy (15)
Netherlands (5)
Norway (3)
Poland (21)
Portugal (1)
Romania (4)
Soviet Union (29)
Spain (10)
Sweden (6)
Switzerland (8)
Turkey (1)
West Germany (42)
Yugoslavia (8)
References
- Results - men at GBRathletics.com
- Results - women at GBRathletics.com
- The EAA