# 2015 European Athletics Indoor Championships

The 2015 European Athletics Indoor Championships were held from 5 to 8 March 2015 in the O2 Arena in Prague, Czech Republic.

## Bidding process

Prague was chosen as the host of the Championships on the European Athletics council meeting in Sofia, Bulgaria in May 2012. The other candidate city was Istanbul, Turkey. Previously, Prague hosted the 1967 European Indoor Games, the forerunner of the European Athletics Indoor Championships. It was the first time since the 1978 European Athletics Championships that Prague hosted a major athletics championships.
International athletics events in the Czech Republic traditionally took place away from Prague at the outdoor arena in Ostrava. That city's annual Golden Spike Ostrava meet began in 1961, and the 2011 European Athletics U23 Championships and 2007 World Youth Championships in Athletics were held in the preceding years. However, the annual Josef Odložil Memorial outdoor meeting in Prague has attracted international athletes since 1994.

## Preparation

Prior to the event, the O2 Arena in Prague was not a regular venue for indoor track and field. The stadium was host to the one-off "Meeting of World Record Holders" in 2009, which was the first international non-championship indoor meeting to be staged in the capital. A year before the championships, the Prague Indoor Meeting was staged as a test event and it received European Athletics permit status. This attracted top level performers and highlights included a European indoor record by high jumper Ivan Ukhov and a European indoor best for the 500 metres by home athlete Pavel Maslák.
Maslák, the 400 m champion from the 2013 European Athletics Indoor Championships, led the Czech team for the championships, which at 46 athletes was the country's largest squad ever for the competition. Libor Varhaník, chairman of the organising committee, specifically aimed to have as many Czech athletes compete in the events as possible in order to build local interest and boost ticket sales. The opening ceremony was held on 5 March – a day before the main competition began on Friday (although shot put and men's long jump qualifying was held that evening). Former international high jumper and European indoor medallist Tomáš Janků was appointed as CEO and committee member of the organising group.
The event was televised live, with a total of 28 international broadcasters having agreements to show the proceedings either live or delayed. Eurosport was the most prominent of these in the competition's region, continuing its place as the traditional main broadcaster. A live internet feed of the event was also available on the European Athletics website. Retail chain Spar was the principal sponsor, reflecting the fact that it is the main commercial sponsor for the governing body. The event also had a dedicated social media presence in the form of a Facebook page and a Twitter feed (@praha2015), as well as an official website.
The competition logo incorporated a stylised version of the skyline of Hradčany – the district around Prague Castle and historical seat of government. The official mascot of the competition was the Little Mole (Krtek), the protagonist of a popular Czech cartoon series.
As the only major international indoor athletics event to be staged that year, the European Athletics Indoor Permit Meetings and (almost exclusively European-based) IAAF Indoor Permit Meetings served as the competitive build up for the event. In the absence of official qualifying standards, team selection was partially based on performances at national championships for some of the larger European nations.

## Men's results
### Track

| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| 60 metres details | Richard Kilty Great Britain | 6.51 SB | Christian Blum Germany | 6.58 | Julian Reus Germany | 6.60 |
| 400 metres details | Pavel Maslák Czech Republic | 45.33 CR | Dylan Borlée Belgium | 46.25 | Rafał Omelko Poland | 46.26 |
| 800 metres details | Marcin Lewandowski Poland | 1:46.67 | Mark English Ireland | 1:47.20 | Thijmen Kupers Netherlands | 1:47.25 |
| 1500 metres details | Jakub Holuša Czech Republic | 3:37.68 NR | Ilham Tanui Özbilen Turkey | 3:37.74 | Chris O'Hare Great Britain | 3:38.96 |
| 3000 metres details | Ali Kaya Turkey | 7:38.42 | Lee Emanuel Great Britain | 7:44.48 | Henrik Ingebrigtsen Norway | 7:45.54 NR |
| 60 metres hurdles details | Pascal Martinot-Lagarde France | 7.49 | Dimitri Bascou France | 7.50 | Wilhem Belocian France | 7.52 |
| 4 × 400 metres relay details | Belgium Julien Watrin Dylan Borlée Jonathan Borlée Kevin Borlée | 3:02.87 AR | Poland Karol Zalewski Rafał Omelko Łukasz Krawczuk Jakub Krzewina | 3:02.97 NR | Czech Republic Daniel Němeček Patrik Šorm Jan Tesař Pavel Maslák | 3:04.09 NR |

### Field

| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| High jump details | Daniil Tsyplakov Russia | 2.31 | Silvano Chesani ItalyAntonios Mastoras Greece | 2.31 | Not awarded | Not awarded |
| Pole vault details | Renaud Lavillenie France | 6.04 CR | Aleksandr Gripich Russia | 5.85 | Piotr Lisek Poland | 5.85 |
| Long jump details | Michel Tornéus Sweden | 8.30 NR | Radek Juška Czech Republic | 8.10 | Andreas Otterling Sweden | 8.06 |
| Triple jump details | Nelson Évora Portugal | 17.21 | Pablo Torrijos Spain | 17.04 NR | Marian Oprea Romania | 16.91 |
| Shot put details | David Storl Germany | 21.23 | Asmir Kolašinac Serbia | 20.90 | Ladislav Prášil Czech Republic | 20.66 |

### Combined

| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| Heptathlon details | Ilya Shkurenyov Russia | 6353 WL | Arthur Abele Germany | 6279 | Eelco Sintnicolaas Netherlands | 6185 |

## Women's results
### Track

| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| 60 metres details | Dafne Schippers Netherlands | 7.05 WL | Dina Asher-Smith Great Britain | 7.08 NR | Verena Sailer Germany | 7.09 |
| 400 metres details | Nataliya Pyhyda Ukraine | 51.96 | Indira Terrero Spain | 52.63 | Seren Bundy-Davies Great Britain | 52.64 |
| 800 metres details | Selina Büchel Switzerland | 2:01.95 | Nataliya Lupu Ukraine | 2:02.25 | Joanna Jóźwik Poland | 2:02.45 |
| 1500 metres details | Sifan Hassan Netherlands | 4:09.04 | Angelika Cichocka Poland | 4:10.53 | Federica Del Buono Italy | 4:11.61 |
| 3000 metres details | Sviatlana Kudzelich Belarus | 8:48.02 | Maureen Koster Netherlands | 8:51.64 | Laura Muir Great Britain | 8:52.24 |
| 60 metres hurdles details | Alina Talay Belarus | 7.85 NR | Lucy Hatton Great Britain | 7.90 | Serita Solomon Great Britain | 7.93 |
| 4 × 400 metres relay details | France Floria Gueï Elea-Mariama Diarra Agnès Raharolahy Marie Gayot | 3:31.61 | Great Britain Kelly Massey Seren Bundy-Davies Laura Maddox Kirsten McAslan | 3:31.79 | Poland Joanna Linkiewicz Małgorzata Hołub Monika Szczęsna Justyna Święty | 3:31.90 |
* $^{3000metres}$ Gold medalist Yelena Korobkina of Russia was disqualified for doping in January 2024. Sviatlana Kudzelich of Belarus was upgraded to gold, Maureen Koster of Netherlands was upgraded to silver, and Laura Muir of Great Britain was awarded bronze.

### Field

| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| High jump details | Mariya Kuchina Russia | 1.97 | Alessia Trost Italy | 1.97 | Kamila Lićwinko Poland | 1.94 |
| Pole vault details | Anzhelika Sidorova Russia | 4.80 | Ekaterini Stefanidi Greece | 4.75 | Angelica Bengtsson Sweden | 4.70 NR |
| Long jump details | Ivana Španović Serbia | 6.98 NR | Sosthene Taroum Moguenara Germany | 6.83 | Florentina Marincu Romania | 6.79 |
| Triple jump details | Yekaterina Koneva Russia | 14.69 | Gabriela Petrova Bulgaria | 14.52 | Hanna Knyazyeva-Minenko Israel | 14.49 NR |
| Shot put details | Anita Márton Hungary | 19.23 NR | Yuliya Leantsiuk Belarus | 18.60 | Radoslava Mavrodieva Bulgaria | 17.83 |

### Combined

| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| Pentathlon details | Katarina Johnson-Thompson Great Britain | 5000 NR CR | Nafissatou Thiam Belgium | 4696 | Eliška Klučinová Czech Republic | 4687 NR |

## Medal table

| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| 1 | Russia (RUS) | 6 | 1 | 0 | 7 |
| 2 | France (FRA) | 3 | 1 | 1 | 5 |
| 3 | Great Britain (GBR) | 2 | 4 | 3 | 9 |
| 4 | Czech Republic (CZE)* | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 |
| 5 | Netherlands (NED) | 2 | 0 | 3 | 5 |
| 6 | Germany (GER) | 1 | 3 | 2 | 6 |
| 7 | Poland (POL) | 1 | 2 | 5 | 8 |
| 8 | Belarus (BLR) | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| 8 | Belgium (BEL) | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| 10 | Serbia (SRB) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 10 | Turkey (TUR) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 10 | Ukraine (UKR) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 13 | Sweden (SWE) | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 14 | Hungary (HUN) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 14 | Portugal (POR) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 14 | Switzerland (SUI) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 17 | Italy (ITA) | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 18 | Greece (GRE) | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 18 | Spain (ESP) | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 20 | Bulgaria (BUL) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 21 | Ireland (IRL) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 22 | Romania (ROM) | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 23 | Israel (ISR) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 23 | Norway (NOR) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (24 entries) | Totals (24 entries) | 26 | 27 | 25 | 78 |

## Placing table

Points were awarded for every place in the top eight of each event: 8 for 1st, 7 for 2nd, 6 for 3rd, etc.
| Rank | Nation | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th | 7th | 8th | Total |
| 1 | Russia | 48 | 14 | – | 20 | – | 9 | 4 | 1 | 96 |
| 2 | Germany | 8 | 21 | 12 | 20 | 12 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 86 |
| 3 | Great Britain | 16 | 28 | 18 | 5 | 12 | 6 | – | – | 85 |
| 4 | Poland | 8 | 14 | 24 | 20 | 4 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 83 |
| 5 | France | 24 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 16 | 6 | 2 | – | 66 |
| 6 | Czech Republic | 16 | 7 | 18 | 5 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 63 |
| 7 | Spain | – | 14 | – | 10 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 38 |
| 8 | Netherlands | 16 | – | 18 | – | – | – | 2 | 1 | 37 |
| 9 | Belarus | 8 | 14 | – | 10 | – | – | 4 | – | 36 |
| 10 | Italy | – | 14 | 6 | 5 | – | 3 | 4 | – | 32 |
| 11 | Ukraine | 8 | – | 6 | – | 8 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 31 |
| 12 | Greece | – | 14 | – | 5 | 8 | 3 | – | – | 30 |
| 13 | Sweden | 8 | – | 12 | 5 | – | – | – | 1 | 26 |
| 14 | Belgium | 8 | 14 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 22 |
| 15 | Bulgaria | – | 7 | 6 | – | 4 | – | 2 | 1 | 20 |
| 16 | Romania | – | – | 12 | 5 | – | 3 | – | – | 20 |
| 17 | Norway | – | – | 6 | 5 | 4 | 3 | – | – | 18 |
| 18 | Turkey | 8 | 7 | – | – | – | – | 2 | – | 17 |
| 19 | Switzerland | 8 | – | – | – | 8 | – | – | – | 16 |
| 20 | Serbia | 8 | 7 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 15 |
| 21 | Hungary | 8 | – | – | – | – | 3 | 2 | 1 | 14 |
| 22 | Portugal | 8 | – | – | – | 4 | – | – | – | 12 |
| 23 | Ireland | – | 7 | – | – | – | 3 | 2 | – | 12 |
| 24 | Finland | – | – | – | – | 4 | 3 | – | 1 | 8 |
| 25 | Israel | – | – | 6 | – | – | – | – | – | 6 |
| =26 | Lithuania | – | – | – | 5 | – | – | – | – | 5 |
| =26 | Slovakia | – | – | – | 5 | – | – | – | – | 5 |
| =28 | Iceland | – | – | – | – | 4 | – | – | – | 4 |
| =28 | Luxembourg | – | – | – | – | 4 | – | – | – | 4 |
| 30 | Croatia | – | – | – | – | – | – | 4 | – | 4 |
| =31 | Estonia | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | 1 |
| =31 | Latvia | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | 1 |
| =31 | Slovenia | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | 1 |

## Records

| Athlete | Nation | Event | Performance | Type | Date |
| Stipe Žunić | Croatia | Shot put | 20.67 m | NR | 5 March |
| Bob Bertemes | Luxembourg | Shot put | 20.56 m | NR | 5 March |
| Katarina Johnson-Thompson | Great Britain | Pentathlon high jump | 1.95 m | Championship best | 6 March |
| Katarina Johnson-Thompson | Great Britain | Pentathlon long jump | 6.89 m | World best | 6 March |
| Katarina Johnson-Thompson | Great Britain | Pentathlon | 5000 pts | CR | 6 March |
| Katarina Johnson-Thompson | Great Britain | Pentathlon | 5000 pts | NR | 6 March |
| Eliška Klučinová | Czech Republic | Pentathlon | 4687 pts | NR | 6 March |
| Andrea Ivančević | Croatia | 60 m hurdles | 8.02 | NR | 6 March |
| João Carlos Almeida | Portugal | 60 m hurdles | 7.66 | NR= | 6 March |
| Iveta Putalová | Slovakia | 400 m | 53.28 | NR | 6 March |
| Amaliya Sharoyan | Armenia | 400 m | 54.24 | NR | 6 March |
| Aníta Hinriksdóttir | Iceland | 800 m | 2:01.56 | NR | 6 March |
| Andrea Ivančević | Croatia | 60 m hurdles | 7.97 | NR | 6 March |
| Nooralotta Neziri | Finland | 60 m hurdles | 7.98 | NR= | 6 March |
| Kira Grünberg | Austria | Pole vault | 4.45 m | NR | 6 March |
| Gina Reuland | Luxembourg | Pole vault | 4.30 m | NR | 6 March |
| Andreas Martinsen | Denmark | 60 m hurdles | 7.73 | NR | 6 March |
| Aliaksandr Linnik | Belarus | 400 m | 46.78 | NR | 6 March |
| Iveta Putalová | Slovakia | 400 m | 52.99 | NR | 6 March |
| Michel Tornéus | Sweden | Long jump | 8.30 m | NR | 6 March |
| Alina Talay | Belarus | 60 m hurdles | 7.85 | NR | 6 March |
| Nooralotta Neziri | Finland | 60 m hurdles | 7.97 | NR | 6 March |
| Tiffany Tshilumba | Luxembourg | 60 m | 7.38 | NR | 7 March |
| Hanna Knyazyeva-Minenko | Israel | Triple jump | 14.40 | NR | 7 March |
| Dmitrijs Jurkevičs | Latvia | 1500 m | 3:42.84 | NR | 7 March |
| Ivana Španović | Serbia | Long jump | 6.98 m | NR | 7 March |
| Florentina Marincu | Romania | Long jump | 6.79 m | AJR | 7 March |
| Renaud Lavillenie | France | Pole vault | 6.04 m | CR | 7 March |
| Anita Márton | Hungary | Shot put | 19.23 m | NR | 7 March |
| Pablo Torrijos | Spain | Triple jump | 17.04 m | NR | 7 March |
| Sandra Eriksson | Finland | 3000 m | 8:54.06 | NR | 7 March |
| Iveta Putalová | Slovakia | 400 m | 52.84 | NR | 7 March |
| Pavel Maslák | Czech Republic | 400 m | 45.33 | CR | 7 March |
| Ali Kaya | Turkey | 3000 m | 7:38.42 | CR | 7 March |
| Henrik Ingebrigtsen | Norway | 3000 m | 7:45.54 | NR | 7 March |
| Mujinga Kambundji | Switzerland | 60 m | 7.15 | NR | 8 March |
| Ewa Swoboda | Poland | 60 m | 7.22 | AJR= | 8 March |
| Pascal Mancini | Switzerland | 60 m | 6.60 | NR= | 8 March |
| Angelica Bengtsson | Sweden | Pole vault | 4.70 m | NR | 8 March |
| Hanna Knyazyeva-Minenko | Israel | Triple jump | 14.49 m | NR | 8 March |
| Jakub Holuša | Czech Republic | 1500 m | 3:37.68 | NR | 8 March |
| Henrik Ingebrigtsen | Norway | 1500 m | 3:39.70 | NR | 8 March |
| Dina Asher-Smith | Great Britain | 60 m | 7.08 | NR= | 8 March |
| Ezinne Okparaebo | Norway | 60 m | 7.10 | NR | 8 March |
| Mujinga Kambundji | Switzerland | 60 m | 7.11 | NR | 8 March |
| Ewa Swoboda | Poland | 60 m | 7.20 | AJR | 8 March |
| Julien Watrin Dylan Borlée Jonathan Borlée Kevin Borlée | Belgium | 4 × 400 m relay | 3:02.87 | AR | 8 March |
| Karol Zalewski Rafał Omelko Łukasz Krawczuk Jakub Krzewina | Poland | 4 × 400 m relay | 3:02.97 | NR | 8 March |
| Daniel Němeček Patrik Šorm Jan Tesař Pavel Maslák | Czech Republic | 4 × 400 m relay | 3:04.09 | NR | 8 March |

## Participating nations

* Albania (2)
* Andorra (2)
* Armenia (2)
* Austria (7)
* Azerbaijan (2)
* Belarus (15)
* Belgium (12)
* Bosnia and Herzegovina (3)
* Bulgaria (13)
* Croatia (3)
* Cyprus (6)
* Czech Republic (45) (Host)
* Denmark (12)
* Estonia (8)
* Finland (7)
* France (26)
* Georgia (4)
* Germany (39)
* Gibraltar (1)
* Great Britain (35)
* Greece (11)
* Hungary (11)
* Iceland (5)
* Ireland (12)
* Israel (4)
* Italy (22)
* Latvia (11)
* Lithuania (6)
* Luxembourg (4)
* Macedonia (2)
* Malta (2)
* Moldova (2)
* Monaco (1)
* Montenegro (2)
* Netherlands (17)
* Norway (12)
* Poland (42)
* Portugal (7)
* Romania (16)
* Russia (41)
* San Marino (1)
* Serbia (6)
* Slovakia (27)
* Slovenia (12)
* Spain (30)
* Sweden (24)
* Switzerland (7)
* Turkey (10)
* Ukraine (23)