2018 European Athletics Championships
International athletics championship event
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The 2018 European Athletics Championships were held in Berlin, Germany, from 6 to 12 August 2018.[1][2][3][4] The championships were part of the first European Championships with other events happening in the United Kingdom.[5][6]
| 24th European Athletics Championships | |
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| Dates | 6–12 August[1] |
| Host city | Berlin, Germany |
| Venue | Olympiastadion |
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| Level | Senior |
| Type | Outdoor |
| Events | 48 |
| Participation | 1439 athletes from 49+1 nations |
For the second Championships in a row, the Russian team did not participate; this was due to the suspension of the All-Russia Athletic Federation by the International Association of Athletics Federations.[7] However, several athletes were cleared by the IAAF to compete as Authorised Neutral Athletes under the flag of the European Athletic Association. Mariya Lasitskene became the first such athlete to win a gold medal, in the women's high jump.
Event schedule
| Key | P | Q | H | ½ | F |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Value | Preliminary round | Qualifiers | Heats | Semifinals | Final |
| Date | Aug 6 | Aug 7 | Aug 8 | Aug 9 | Aug 10 | Aug 11 | Aug 12 | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Event | A | M | A | M | A | M | A | M | A | M | A | M | A | |||
| 100 m | H | ½ | F | |||||||||||||
| 200 m | H | ½ | F | |||||||||||||
| 400 m | H | ½ | F | |||||||||||||
| 800 m | H | ½ | F | |||||||||||||
| 1500 m | H | F | ||||||||||||||
| 5000 m | F | |||||||||||||||
| 10,000 m | F | |||||||||||||||
| Marathon | F | |||||||||||||||
| 3000 m steeplechase | H | F | ||||||||||||||
| 110 m hurdles | H | ½ | F | |||||||||||||
| 400 m hurdles | H | ½ | F | |||||||||||||
| Decathlon | F | |||||||||||||||
| High jump | Q | F | ||||||||||||||
| Pole vault | Q | F | ||||||||||||||
| Long jump | Q | F | ||||||||||||||
| Triple jump | Q | F | ||||||||||||||
| Shot put | Q | F | ||||||||||||||
| Discus throw | Q | F | ||||||||||||||
| Hammer throw | Q | F | ||||||||||||||
| Javelin throw | Q | F | ||||||||||||||
| 20 km walk | F | |||||||||||||||
| 50 km walk | F | |||||||||||||||
| 4 × 100 m relay | H | F | ||||||||||||||
| 4 × 400 m relay | H | F | ||||||||||||||
| Date | Aug 6 | Aug 7 | Aug 8 | Aug 9 | Aug 10 | Aug 11 | Aug 12 | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Event | A | M | A | M | A | M | A | M | A | M | A | M | A | |||
| 100 m | H | ½ | F | |||||||||||||
| 200 m | H | ½ | F | |||||||||||||
| 400 m | H | ½ | F | |||||||||||||
| 800 m | H | ½ | F | |||||||||||||
| 1500 m | H | F | ||||||||||||||
| 5000 m | F | |||||||||||||||
| 10,000 m | F | |||||||||||||||
| Marathon | F | |||||||||||||||
| 3000 m steeplechase | H | F | ||||||||||||||
| 100 m hurdles | H | ½ | F | |||||||||||||
| 400 m hurdles | H | ½ | F | |||||||||||||
| Heptathlon | F | |||||||||||||||
| High jump | Q | F | ||||||||||||||
| Pole vault | Q | F | ||||||||||||||
| Long jump | Q | F | ||||||||||||||
| Triple jump | Q | F | ||||||||||||||
| Shot put | Q | F | ||||||||||||||
| Discus throw | Q | F | ||||||||||||||
| Hammer throw | Q | F | ||||||||||||||
| Javelin throw | Q | F | ||||||||||||||
| 20 km walk | F | |||||||||||||||
| 50 km walk | F | |||||||||||||||
| 4 × 100 m relay | H | F | ||||||||||||||
| 4 × 400 m relay | H | F | ||||||||||||||
Medals awarded years later after doping cases
Although in April 2018, before this European Championship race in Berlin 2018, which actually took place on August 11, the Disciplinary Commission of the Czech Athletics Association (CAS) had notified the czech athlete Anežka Drahotová of an irregularity in her biological passport (doping), on 19 July 2021 (three years later), the athlete was cleared[9] and the silver medal she won on the field was reassigned, as also confirmed by the Statistic Handbook published by the EAA on the eve of Roma 2024.[10][11]
But the situation that seemed to be over took a further turn on 15 May 2025, therefore after the publication of the EAA Statistical Handbook of Rome 2024, when WADA's appeal against the acquittal ruling of July 2021 was accepted[12] and at this point the EAA rewrote the competition rankings, once again excluding Drahotova from the rankings.[13] As a result, the Italian Antonella Palmisano moves from bronze to silver while the bronze medal is awarded to the Lithuanian Živilė Vaiciukevičiūtė who came in 4th.
Results
Men
Track
| Chronology: 2014 | 2016 | 2018 | 2020 | 2022 |
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* Indicates the athlete only competed in the preliminary heats and received medals.
Field
| Chronology: 2014 | 2016 | 2018 | 2020 | 2022 |
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Women
Track
| Chronology: 2014 | 2016 | 2018 | 2020 | 2022 |
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* Indicates the athlete only competed in the preliminary heats and received medals.
Field
| Chronology: 2014 | 2016 | 2018 | 2020 | 2022 |
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Medal table
The medals won by the marathon team at that edition of the championships were not yet counted in the medal table.[14]
* Host nation (Germany)
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Great Britain & N.I. | 7 | 5 | 6 | 18 |
| 2 |  Poland | 7 | 4 | 1 | 12 |
| 3 |  Germany* | 6 | 7 | 7 | 20 |
| 4 |  France | 3 | 4 | 3 | 10 |
| 5 |  Belgium | 3 | 2 | 1 | 6 |
 Greece | 3 | 2 | 1 | 6 | |
| 7 |  Norway | 3 | 1 | 1 | 5 |
| 8 |  Spain | 2 | 3 | 3 | 8 |
| 9 |  Ukraine | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 |
| 10 |  Belarus | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 |
| 11 |  Portugal | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 12 |  Netherlands | 1 | 3 | 4 | 8 |
| – |  Authorised Neutral Athletes[1] | 1 | 3 | 2 | 6 |
| 13 |  Turkey | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 |
| 14 |  Switzerland | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
| 15 |  Sweden | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| 16 |  Lithuania | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 17 |  Croatia | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
 Israel | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 19 |  Italy | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 20 |  Czech Republic | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 21 |  Azerbaijan | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
 Bulgaria | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
 Slovakia | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| 24 |  Austria | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
 Estonia | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
 Hungary | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
 Ireland | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Totals (27 entries) | 48 | 48 | 48 | 144 | |
- Notes
^[1] The European Athletic Association (commonly known as "European Athletics") does not include the medals won by Authorised Neutral Athletes in the medal table.[15]
* Updated after the disqualifications of Alina Tsviliy and Meraf Bahta.
Entry standards
Entry standards and conditions were published on 8 December 2017.[16]
| Event | Men | Women |
|---|---|---|
| 100 metres | 10.35 | 11.50 |
| 200 metres | 20.90 | 23.50 |
| 400 metres | 46.70 | 53.40 |
| 800 metres | 1:47.60 | 2:02.50 |
| 1500 metres | 3:40.00 | 4:12.00 |
| 5000 metres | 13:42.00 | 15:40.00 |
| 10,000 metres | 28:55.00 | 33:20.00 |
| 3000 metres steeplechase | 8:40.00 | 9:55.00 |
| 110/100 metre hurdles | 13.85 | 13.25 |
| 400 metres hurdles | 50.70 | 57.70 |
| 20 kilometres race walk | 1:25:00 | 1:37:00 |
| 50 kilometres race walk | 4:08:00 | 4:50:00 (or 1:39.00 in 20km RW) |
| Marathon | — | — |
| High jump | 2.26 m | 1.90 m |
| Pole vault | 5.55 m | 4.45 m |
| Long jump | 7.95 m | 6.60 m |
| Triple jump | 16.60 m | 13.90 m |
| Shot put | 19.90 m | 16.50 m |
| Discus throw | 63.50 m | 56.00 m |
| Hammer throw | 74.00 m | 69.00 m |
| Javelin throw | 80.00 m | 59.00 m |
| Decathlon/Heptathlon | 7850 | 5900 |
Participating nations
Athletes from a total of 49 member federations of the European Athletics Association competed at these Championships. On top of this a total of 29 athletes competed as Authorised Neutral Athletes. One athlete (Puok Thiep Gatkuoth in men's marathon) was announced to compete as part of Athlete Refugee Team,[17] but in the end he did not start.[18]
Albania (3)
Andorra (1)
Armenia (2)
Austria (16)
Authorised Neutral Athletes (29)
Azerbaijan (3)
Belarus (37)
Belgium (35)
Bosnia and Herzegovina (6)
Bulgaria (13)
Croatia (21)
Cyprus (11)
Czech Republic (48)
Denmark (10)
Estonia (22)
Finland (42)
France (80)
Georgia (3)
Germany (115)
Gibraltar (3)
Great Britain & N.I. (95)
Greece (36)
Hungary (33)
Iceland (4)
Ireland (33)
Israel (8)
Italy (77)
Kosovo (2)
Latvia (17)
Lithuania (27)
Luxembourg (3)
Macedonia (2)
Malta (2)
Moldova (6)
Monaco (1)
Montenegro (4)
Netherlands (42)
Norway (31)
Poland (81)
Portugal (35)
Romania (33)
San Marino (2)
Serbia (12)
Slovakia (19)
Slovenia (10)
Spain (91)
Sweden (65)
Switzerland (47)
Turkey (38)
Ukraine (83)
See also
2018 World Para Athletics European Championships, the European championship event for disabled athletes, also held in Berlin in 2018.
