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1962 European Athletics Championships

FieldValue
Name7th European Athletics Championships
Colour#E0ECF8
Logo1962 European Athletics Championships logo.png
Size
Host cityBelgrade, Yugoslavia
Dates12 – 16 September
StadiumJNA Stadium
LevelSenior
TypeOutdoor
Nations participating29
Athletes participating670
Events36
Previous1958 Stockholm
Next1966 Budapest

The 7th European Athletics Championships were held from 12–16 September 1962 in the JNA Stadium in Belgrade, Yugoslavia (present-day Serbia). Contemporaneous reports on the event were given in the Glasgow Herald. | access-date = September 1, 2014 | access-date = September 1, 2014 | access-date = September 1, 2014 | access-date = September 1, 2014 | access-date = September 1, 2014 Just before the meet, the IAAF council approved the use of glass fibre poles for pole vaulting. As a consequence, competitors were able to use them during the meet if they wished. | access-date = September 1, 2014

Medal summary

Complete results were published. | access-date = 13 August 2014

Men

Vasili Kuznetsov8026 ptsWerner von Moltke8022 ptsManfred Bock7835 pts
  • Igor Ter-Ovanesyan's championship record of 7.81 metres, set at the previous edition in 1958, was bettered by all the medalling athletes in 1962. Ter-Ovanesyan's winning jump of 8.19 metres was wind-assisted – although Finns Rainer Stenius and Pentti Eskola cleared 7.85 m, Ter-Ovanesyan's non-wind-assisted jump of 7.82 m in qualification round (13 September) and Ter-Ovanesyan's best non-wind-assisted jump of 7.87 m in final (14 September) were ratified as the new championship marks.

Women

Galina Bystrova4833 ptsDenise Guénard4735 ptsHelga Hoffmann4676 pts
  • The women's 100 metres silver medallist Jutta Heine bettered the championship record twice in qualifying, running 11.5, then 11.4 seconds. Both times were ratified as championship records. In the final Dorothy Hyman and Heine ran 11.3 but this was wind-assisted.

Medal table

Participation

According to an unofficial count, 668 athletes from 29 countries participated in the event, two athletes less than the official number of 670 as published. | access-date = 13 August 2014 There was a joint German team comprising athletes from both East and West Germany. Assignment to their respective country was accomplished using the database of Deutsche Gesellschaft für Leichtathletik-Dokumentation 1990 e.V. | access-date = 30 August 2014

  • AUT (9)
  • BEL (11)
  • BUL (21)
  • TCH (25)
  • DEN (4)
  • FIN (29)
  • FRA (42)
  • GER (96)
    • GDR (50)
    • FRG (46)
  • GRE (11)
  • HUN (40)
  • ISL (4)
  • IRL (4)
  • ITA (36)
  • LIE (2)
  • LUX (3)
  • MLT (1)
  • NED (8)
  • NOR (14)
  • POL (50)
  • POR (3)
  • ROU (18)
  • URS (74)
  • ESP (6)
  • SWE (18)
  • SUI (16)
  • TUR (11)
  • GBR (74)
  • SFR Yugoslavia (38)

References

;Results

References

  1. [http://trackfield.brinkster.net/RecProgression.asp?RecCode=EC&EventCode=MF3&P=F Main > Men, Long Jump > European Championships Records Progression]. Track and Field Brinkster. Retrieved on 2014-01-04.
  2. [http://trackfield.brinkster.net/RecProgression.asp?RecCode=EC&EventCode=WA1&P=F Women, 100 m > European Championships Records Progression]. Track and Field Brinkster. Retrieved on 2014-01-04.
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