# 2014 European Athletics Championships

The 2014 European Athletics Championships was held in Zürich, Switzerland, between 12 and 17 August 2014. It was the first time that Switzerland had hosted the European Athletics Championships since 1954.
Great Britain headed the medal table, with 12 gold medals, comfortably their best return from a European championships, despite winning only one field event medal. France, second on gold medals won with 9, won the most medals, 25.

## Event schedule

Legend :
| Key | P | Q | H | ½ | F |
| Value | Preliminary round | Qualifiers | Heats | Semifinals | Final |
Men :
| Date | Aug 12 | Aug 12 | Aug 13 | Aug 13 | Aug 13 | Aug 14 | Aug 14 | Aug 14 | Aug 15 | Aug 15 | Aug 16 | Aug 16 | Aug 17 | Aug 17 |
| Event | M | A | M | A | A | M | A | A | M | A | M | A | M | A |
| 100 m | | H | | ½ | F | | | | | | | | | |
| 200 m | | | | | | H | ½ | ½ | | F | | | | |
| 400 m | H | | | ½ | ½ | | | | | F | | | | |
| 800 m | H | | | ½ | ½ | | | | | F | | | | |
| 1500 m | | | | | | | | | H | | | | | F |
| 5000 m | | | | | | | | | H | | | | | F |
| 10,000 m | | | | F | F | | | | | | | | | |
| Marathon | | | | | | | | | | | | | F | |
| 110 m hurdles | | | H | | | | ½ | F | | | | | | |
| 400 m hurdles | H | | | ½ | ½ | | | | | F | | | | |
| 3000 m steeplechase | H | | | | | | F | F | | | | | | |
| 4 × 100 m relay | | | | | | | | | | | | H | | F |
| 4 × 400 m relay | | | | | | | | | | | | H | | F |
| 20 km walk | | | F | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 50 km walk | | | | | | | | | F | | | | | |
| Long jump | | | | | | | | | | Q | | | | F |
| Triple jump | Q | | | | | | F | F | | | | | | |
| High jump | | | Q | | | | | | | F | | | | |
| Pole vault | | | | | | Q | | | | | | F | | |
| Shot put | Q | F | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Discus throw | | Q | | F | F | | | | | | | | | |
| Hammer throw | | | | | | Q | | | | | | F | | |
| Javelin throw | | | | | | | Q | Q | | | | | | F |
| Decathlon | F | F | F | F | F | | | | | | | | | |
Women :
| Date | Aug 12 | Aug 12 | Aug 13 | Aug 13 | Aug 13 | Aug 14 | Aug 14 | Aug 15 | Aug 15 | Aug 16 | Aug 16 | Aug 17 | Aug 17 |
| Event | M | A | M | A | A | M | A | M | A | M | A | M | A |
| 100 m | H | | | ½ | F | | | | | | | | |
| 200 m | | | | | | H | ½ | | F | | | | |
| 400 m | | H | | ½ | ½ | | | | F | | | | |
| 800 m | | | H | | | | ½ | | | | F | | |
| 1500 m | H | | | | | | | | F | | | | |
| 5000 m | | | | | | H | | | | | F | | |
| 10,000 m | | F | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Marathon | | | | | | | | | | F | | | |
| 100 m hurdles | H | ½ | | F | F | | | | | | | | |
| 400 m hurdles | | | H | | | | ½ | | | | F | | |
| 3000 m steeplechase | | | | | | | | H | | | | | F |
| 4 × 100 m relay | | | | | | | | | | | H | | F |
| 4 × 400 m relay | | | | | | | | | | | H | | F |
| 20 km walk | | | | | | F | | | | | | | |
| Long jump | | Q | | F | F | | | | | | | | |
| Triple jump | | | | Q | Q | | | | | | F | | |
| High jump | | | | | | | | Q | | | | | F |
| Pole vault | Q | | | | | | F | | | | | | |
| Shot put | | | | | | | | Q | | | | | F |
| Discus throw | | | | | | | | Q | | | F | | |
| Hammer throw | | | Q | | | | | | F | | | | |
| Javelin throw | Q | | | | | | F | | | | | | |
| Heptathlon | | | | | | F | F | F | F | | | | |

## Results
### Men
#### Track

* Chronology: 2010 | 2012 | 2014 | 2016 | 2018
| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| 100 metres details | James Dasaolu Great Britain & N.I. (GBR) | 10.06 | Christophe Lemaitre France (FRA) | 10.13 | Harry Aikines-Aryeetey Great Britain & N.I. (GBR) | 10.22 |
| 200 metres details | Adam Gemili Great Britain & N.I. (GBR) | 19.98 EL | Christophe Lemaitre France (FRA) | 20.15 | Serhiy Smelyk Ukraine (UKR) | 20.30 PB |
| 400 metres details | Martyn Rooney Great Britain & N.I. (GBR) | 44.71 EL | Matthew Hudson-Smith Great Britain & N.I. (GBR) | 44.75 PB | Donald Sanford Israel (ISR) | 45.27 NR |
| 800 metres details | Adam Kszczot Poland (POL) | 1:44.15 SB | Artur Kuciapski Poland (POL) | 1:44.89 PB | Mark English Ireland (IRL) | 1:45.03 =SB |
| 1500 metres details | Mahiedine Mekhissi-Benabbad France (FRA) | 3:45.60 | Henrik Ingebrigtsen Norway (NOR) | 3:46.10 | Chris O'Hare Great Britain & N.I. (GBR) | 3:46.18 |
| 5000 metres details | Mo Farah Great Britain & N.I. (GBR) | 14:05.82 | Hayle Ibrahimov Azerbaijan (AZE) | 14:08.32 | Andy Vernon Great Britain & N.I. (GBR) | 14:09.48 |
| 10,000 metres details | Mo Farah Great Britain & N.I. (GBR) | 28:08.11 | Andy Vernon Great Britain & N.I. (GBR) | 28:08.66 SB | Ali Kaya Turkey (TUR) | 28:08.72 PB |
| Marathon details | Daniele Meucci Italy (ITA) | 2:11:08 | Yared Shegumo Poland (POL) | 2:12:00 | Aleksey Reunkov Russia (RUS) | 2:12:15 |
| 110 metres hurdles details | Sergey Shubenkov Russia (RUS) | 13.19 | William Sharman Great Britain & N.I. (GBR) | 13.27 | Pascal Martinot-Lagarde France (FRA) | 13.29 |
| 400 metres hurdles details | Kariem Hussein Switzerland (SUI) | 48.96 | Rasmus Mägi Estonia (EST) | 49.06 | Denis Kudryavtsev Russia (RUS) | 49.16 |
| 3000 metres steeplechase details | Yoann Kowal France (FRA) | 8:26.66 | Krystian Zalewski Poland (POL) | 8:27.11 | Ángel Mullera Spain (ESP) | 8:29.16 |
| 4 × 100 metres relay details | Great Britain & N.I. (GBR) Adam Gemili Richard Kilty Harry Aikines-Aryeetey James Ellington Daniel Talbot* | 37.93 EL | Germany (GER) Julian Reus Sven Knipphals Alexander Kosenkow Lucas Jakubczyk | 38.09 SB | France (FRA) Pierre Vincent Christophe Lemaitre Teddy Tinmar Ben Bassaw | 38.47 |
| 4 × 400 metres relay details | Great Britain & N.I. (GBR) Martyn Rooney Michael Bingham Conrad Williams Matthew Hudson-Smith Nigel Levine* Rabah Yousif* | 2:58.79 EL | Poland (POL) Rafał Omelko Kacper Kozłowski Łukasz Krawczuk Jakub Krzewina Michał Pietrzak* Andrzej Jaros* | 2:59.85 SB | France (FRA) Mame-Ibra Anne Teddy Atine-Venel Mamoudou Hanne Thomas Jordier | 2:59.89 SB |
| 20 kilometres walk details | Miguel Ángel López Spain (ESP) | 1:19:44 | Denis Strelkov Russia (RUS) | 1:19:46 PB | Ruslan Dmytrenko Ukraine (UKR) | 1:19:46 |
| 50 kilometres walk details | Yohann Diniz France (FRA) | 3:32:33 WR | Matej Tóth Slovakia (SVK) | 3:36:21 NR | Ivan Noskov Russia (RUS) | 3:37:41 |
| WR world record | ER European record | CR championship record | NR national record | WL world leading | EL European leading | PB personal best | SB seasonal best |||||| |
(*) Heat only.
$^a$ In the 3000m steeplechase, Mahiedine Mekhissi-Benabbad of France won the race, but he was later disqualified after he took off his shirt while running down the home straight. Yoann Kowal (France) was then awarded gold, Krystian Zalewski (Poland) silver and Angel Mullera (Spain) bronze.

#### Field

* Chronology: 2010 | 2012 | 2014 | 2016 | 2018
| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| High jump details | Bohdan Bondarenko Ukraine (UKR) | 2.35 | Andriy Protsenko Ukraine (UKR) | 2.33 | Jaroslav Bába Czech Republic (CZE) | 2.30 |
| Pole vault details | Renaud Lavillenie France (FRA) | 5.90 | Paweł Wojciechowski Poland (POL) | 5.70 | Jan Kudlička Czech Republic (CZE) Kévin Menaldo France (FRA) | 5.70 |
| Long jump details | Greg Rutherford Great Britain & N.I. (GBR) | 8.29 | Louis Tsatoumas Greece (GRE) | 8.15 | Kafétien Gomis France (FRA) | 8.14 |
| Triple jump details | Benjamin Compaoré France (FRA) | 17.46 EL | Aleksey Fyodorov Russia (RUS) | 17.04 | Yoann Rapinier France (FRA) | 17.01 |
| Shot put details | David Storl Germany (GER) | 21.41 | Borja Vivas Spain (ESP) | 20.86 | Tomasz Majewski Poland (POL) | 20.83 |
| Discus throw details | Robert Harting Germany (GER) | 66.07 | Gerd Kanter Estonia (EST) | 64.75 | Robert Urbanek Poland (POL) | 63.81 |
| Javelin throw details | Antti Ruuskanen Finland (FIN) | 88.01 EL, PB | Vítězslav Veselý Czech Republic (CZE) | 84.79 | Tero Pitkämäki Finland (FIN) | 84.40 |
| Hammer throw details | Krisztián Pars Hungary (HUN) | 82.69 WL, PB | Paweł Fajdek Poland (POL) | 82.05 | Pavel Kryvitski Belarus (BLR) | 78.50 |
| Decathlon details | Andrei Krauchanka Belarus (BLR) | 8616 WL | Kévin Mayer France (FRA) | 8521 PB | Ilya Shkurenyov Russia (RUS) | 8498 PB |
| WR world record | ER European record | CR championship record | NR national record | WL world leading | EL European leading | PB personal best | SB seasonal best |||||| |

### Women
#### Track

* Chronology: 2010 | 2012 | 2014 | 2016 | 2018
| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| 100 metres details | Dafne Schippers Netherlands (NED) | 11.12 | Myriam Soumaré France (FRA) | 11.16 | Ashleigh Nelson Great Britain & N.I. (GBR) | 11.22 |
| 200 metres details | Dafne Schippers Netherlands (NED) | 22.03 WL, NR | Jodie Williams Great Britain & N.I. (GBR) | 22.46 PB | Myriam Soumaré France (FRA) | 22.58 |
| 400 metres details | Libania Grenot Italy (ITA) | 51.10 | Olha Zemlyak Ukraine (UKR) | 51.36 | Indira Terrero Spain (ESP) | 51.38 SB |
| 800 metres details | Maryna Arzamasava Belarus (BLR) | 1:58.15 EL | Lynsey Sharp Great Britain & N.I. (GBR) | 1:58.80 PB | Joanna Jóźwik Poland (POL) | 1:59.63 PB |
| 1500 metres details | Sifan Hassan Netherlands (NED) | 4:04.18 | Abeba Aregawi Sweden (SWE) | 4:05.08 | Laura Weightman Great Britain & N.I. (GBR) | 4:06.32 |
| 5000 metres details | Meraf Bahta Sweden (SWE) | 15:31.39 | Sifan Hassan Netherlands (NED) | 15:31.79 | Susan Kuijken Netherlands (NED) | 15:32.82 |
| 10,000 metres details | Joanne Pavey Great Britain & N.I. (GBR) | 32:22.39 | Clémence Calvin France (FRA) | 32:23.58 | Laila Traby France (FRA) | 32:26.03 PB |
| Marathon details | Christelle Daunay France (FRA) | 2:25:14 CR | Valeria Straneo Italy (ITA) | 2:25:27 | Jéssica Augusto Portugal (POR) | 2:25:41 |
| 100 metres hurdles details | Tiffany Porter Great Britain & N.I. (GBR) | 12.76 | Cindy Billaud France (FRA) | 12.79 | Cindy Roleder Germany (GER) | 12.82 PB |
| 400 metres hurdles details | Eilidh Child Great Britain & N.I. (GBR) | 54.48 | Anna Titimets Ukraine (UKR) | 54.56 PB | Denisa Rosolová Czech Republic (CZE) | 54.70 |
| 3000 metres steeplechase details | Antje Möldner-Schmidt Germany (GER) | 9:29:43 SB | Charlotta Fougberg Sweden (SWE) | 9:30:16 | Diana Martín Spain (ESP) | 9:30:70 PB |
| 4 × 100 metres relay details | Great Britain & N.I. (GBR) Asha Philip Ashleigh Nelson Jodie Williams Desirèe Henry Anyika Onuora* | 42.24 EL NR | France (FRA) Céline Distel-Bonnet Ayodelé Ikuesan Myriam Soumaré Stella Akakpo | 42.45 | Russia (RUS) Marina Panteleyeva Natalia Rusakova Kristina Sivkova Yelizaveta Savlinis Yekaterina Vukolova* | 43.22 SB |
| 4 × 400 metres relay details | France (FRA) Marie Gayot Muriel Hurtis-Houairi Agnès Raharolahy Floria Gueï Estelle Perrossier* Phara Anacharsis* | 3:24.27 EL | Ukraine (UKR) Nataliya Pyhyda Hrystyna Stuy Hanna Ryzhykova Olha Zemlyak Daryna Prystupa* Olha Lyakhova* | 3:24.32 SB | Great Britain & N.I. (GBR) Eilidh Child Kelly Massey Shana Cox Margaret Adeoye Emily Diamond* Victoria Ohuruogu* | 3:24.34 SB |
| 20 kilometres walk details | Elmira Alembekova Russia (RUS) | 1:27:56 | Lyudmyla Olyanovska Ukraine (UKR) | 1:28:07 | Anežka Drahotová Czech Republic (CZE) | 1:28:08 NR |
| WR world record | ER European record | CR championship record | NR national record | WL world leading | EL European leading | PB personal best | SB seasonal best |||||| |
(*) Heat only.

#### Field

* Chronology: 2010 | 2012 | 2014 | 2016 | 2018
| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| High jump details | Ruth Beitia Spain (ESP) | 2.01 WL | Mariya Kuchina Russia (RUS) | 1.99 | Ana Šimić Croatia (CRO) | 1.99 PB |
| Pole vault details | Anzhelika Sidorova Russia (RUS) | 4.65 | Katerina Stefanidi Greece (GRE) | 4.60 | Angelina Zhuk-Krasnova Russia (RUS) | 4.60 |
| Long jump details | Éloyse Lesueur France (FRA) | 6.85 | Ivana Španović Serbia (SRB) | 6.81 | Darya Klishina Russia (RUS) | 6.65 |
| Triple jump details | Olha Saladuha Ukraine (UKR) | 14.73 SB | Ekaterina Koneva Russia (RUS) | 14.69 | Irina Gumenyuk Russia (RUS) | 14.46 SB |
| Shot put details | Christina Schwanitz Germany (GER) | 19.90 | Anita Márton Hungary (HUN) | 19.04 NR | Yuliya Leantsiuk Belarus (BLR) | 18.68 |
| Discus throw details | Sandra Perković Croatia (CRO) | 71.08 WL, NR | Mélina Robert-Michon France (FRA) | 65.33 | Shanice Craft Germany (GER) | 64.33 |
| Javelin throw details | Barbora Špotáková Czech Republic (CZE) | 64.41 | Tatjana Jelača Serbia (SRB) | 64.21 NR | Linda Stahl Germany (GER) | 63.91 |
| Hammer throw details | Anita Włodarczyk Poland (POL) | 78.76 WL, CR, NR | Martina Hrašnová Slovakia (SVK) | 74.66 | Joanna Fiodorow Poland (POL) | 73.67 |
| Heptathlon details | Antoinette Nana Djimou France (FRA) | 6551 SB | Nadine Broersen Netherlands (NED) | 6498 | Nafissatou Thiam Belgium (BEL) | 6423 |
| WR world record | ER European record | CR championship record | NR national record | WL world leading | EL European leading | PB personal best | SB seasonal best |||||| |

## Medal table

* Host nation (Switzerland)
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| 1 | Great Britain & N.I. (GBR) | 12 | 5 | 6 | 23 |
| 2 | France (FRA) | 9 | 8 | 8 | 25 |
| 3 | Germany (GER) | 4 | 1 | 3 | 8 |
| 4 | Russia (RUS) | 3 | 4 | 8 | 15 |
| 5 | Netherlands (NED) | 3 | 2 | 1 | 6 |
| 6 | Poland (POL) | 2 | 6 | 4 | 12 |
| 7 | Ukraine (UKR) | 2 | 5 | 2 | 9 |
| 8 | Spain (ESP) | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 |
| 9 | Italy (ITA) | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| 10 | Belarus (BLR) | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 11 | Sweden (SWE) | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| 12 | Czech Republic (CZE) | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 |
| 13 | Hungary (HUN) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 14 | Croatia (CRO) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 14 | Finland (FIN) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 16 | Switzerland (SUI)* | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 17 | Estonia (EST) | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 17 | Greece (GRE) | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 17 | Serbia (SRB) | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 17 | Slovakia (SVK) | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 21 | Azerbaijan (AZE) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 21 | Norway (NOR) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 23 | Belgium (BEL) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 23 | Ireland (IRL) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 23 | Israel (ISR) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 23 | Portugal (POR) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 23 | Turkey (TUR) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (27 entries) | Totals (27 entries) | 47 | 47 | 48 | 142 |

## Participating nations

Athletes from a total of 50 member federations of the European Athletics Association are competing at these Championships.
* Albania (ALB) (2)
* Andorra (AND) (2)
* Armenia (ARM) (3)
* Austria (AUT) (13)
* Azerbaijan (AZE) (2)
* Belarus (BLR) (29)
* Belgium (BEL) (35)
* Bosnia and Herzegovina (BIH) (4)
* Bulgaria (BUL) (22)
* Croatia (CRO) (23)
* Cyprus (CYP) (7)
* Czech Republic (CZE) (42)
* Denmark (DEN) (14)
* Estonia (EST) (26)
* Finland (FIN) (36)
* France (FRA) (57)
* Georgia (GEO) (3)
* Germany (GER) (93)
* Gibraltar (GIB) (3)
* Great Britain & N.I. (GBR) (74)
* Greece (GRE) (26)
* Hungary (HUN) (27)
* Iceland (ISL) (5)
* Ireland (IRL) (25)
* Israel (ISR) (10)
* Italy (ITA) (78)
* Latvia (LAT) (26)
* Liechtenstein (LIE) (1)
* Lithuania (LTU) (35)
* Luxembourg (LUX) (4)
* Macedonia (MKD) (2)
* Malta (MLT) (2)
* Moldova (MDA) (3)
* Monaco (MON) (1)
* Montenegro (MNE) (1)
* Netherlands (NED) (43)
* Norway (NOR) (40)
* Poland (POL) (62)
* Portugal (POR) (44)
* Romania (ROM) (20)
* Russia (RUS) (93)
* San Marino (SMR) (2)
* Serbia (SRB) (11)
* Slovakia (SVK) (25)
* Slovenia (SLO) (15)
* Spain (ESP) (74)
* Sweden (SWE) (60)
* Switzerland (SUI) (53) (host)
* Turkey (TUR) (29)
* Ukraine (UKR) (70)