# 2011 European Athletics Indoor Championships

The 2011 European Athletics Indoor Championships were held at the Palais Omnisports de Paris-Bercy in Paris, France, from 4 to 6 March 2011.
577 athletes representing 46 countries competed at the championships. Twenty-six track and field events were contested, with the events programme divided equally between the genders. Russia topped the medal table, having won the most gold medals (six), as well as having gained the greatest total with fifteen. The host nation, France, was the next best performing team, with five golds being won by French athletes. Germany had the third highest medal haul, followed by Great Britain.
French triple jumper Teddy Tamgho provided the highlight of the tournament with two world indoor record clearances. His compatriot Renaud Lavillenie also excelled, becoming the third best ever performer indoors in the men's pole vault, while Leslie Djhone and Antoinette Nana Djimou Ida won their events with French record marks.
Belarusian Andrei Krauchanka's national record performance won the men's heptathlon and Poland's Anna Rogowska took the women's pole vault with a national record. Portuguese runner Francis Obikwelu also had a national record-breaking win, defeating the host favourite Christophe Lemaitre in the 60 metres. The women's 3000 metres saw Briton Helen Clitheroe win her first major title at the age of 37. Ivan Ukhov of Russia attempted the world record in the high jump, but narrowly missed the clearance. The competition closed with the fifth French record of the championships as the host men's team won the 4 × 400 metres relay.

## Venue

The venue for the 2011 European Athletics Indoor Championships was the Palais Omnisports de Paris-Bercy. It can hold a maximum capacity of 18,000 people and has hold several indoor athletics events in the past, including the 1985 IAAF World Indoor Games, the 1994 European Indoor Championships and the 1997 IAAF World Indoor Championships.

## Ceremonies

The opening ceremony was held at 4 March 2011 at 15:00 local time. There was a short ceremony but without teams participation. The closing ceremony took place at 18:00 on the last day, 6 March 2011, and every participating team was invited.

## Schedule

Legend :
| Key | P | Q | H | ½ | F |
| Value | Preliminary round | Qualifiers | Heats | Semifinals | Final |
Men :
| March | 4 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 6 |
| 60 m | | | H | ½ | | F |
| 400 m | H | ½ | | F | | |
| 800 m | | H | | ½ | | F |
| 1500 m | | | | H | | F |
| 3000 m | H | | | F | | |
| 60 m hurdles | H | F | | | | |
| 4 × 400 m relay | | | | | | F |
| High jump | | Q | | F | | |
| Pole vault | | Q | | F | | |
| Long jump | Q | | | F | | |
| Triple jump | | Q | | | | F |
| Shot put | Q | F | | | | |
| Heptathlon | | | F | F | F | F |
Women :
| March | 4 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 6 |
| 60 m | | | H | ½ | F |
| 400 m | H | ½ | | F | |
| 800 m | | H | | ½ | F |
| 1500 m | | H | | F | |
| 3000 m | | | H | F | |
| 60 m hurdles | H | F | | | |
| 4 × 400 m relay | | | | | F |
| High jump | | | Q | | F |
| Pole vault | | | Q | | F |
| Long jump | | | Q | | F |
| Triple jump | Q | | | F | |
| Shot put | | Q | | F | |
| Pentathlon | F | F | | | |

## Men's results
### Track

| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| 60 metres details | Francis Obikwelu Portugal | 6.53 NR EL | Dwain Chambers Great Britain | 6.54 SB | Christophe Lemaitre France | 6.58 |
| 400 metres details | Leslie Djhone France | 45.54 NR EL | Thomas Schneider Germany | 46.42 | Richard Buck Great Britain | 46.62 |
| 800 metres details | Adam Kszczot Poland | 1:47.87 | Marcin Lewandowski Poland | 1:48.23 | Kevin López Spain | 1:48.35 |
| 1500 metres details | Manuel Olmedo Spain | 3:41.03 SB | Kemal Koyuncu Turkey | 3:41.18 NR | Bartosz Nowicki Poland | 3:41.48 |
| 3000 metres details | Mo Farah Great Britain | 7:53.00 | Hayle Ibrahimov Azerbaijan | 7:53.32 | Halil Akkas Turkey | 7:54.19 |
| 60 m hurdles details | Petr Svoboda Czech Republic | 7.49 | Garfield Darien France | 7.56 =PB | Adrien Deghelt Belgium | 7.57 PB |
| 4 × 400 m relay details | France Marc Macedot Leslie Djhone Mamoudou Hanne Yoan Décimus | 3:06.17 NR | Great Britain Nigel Levine Nick Leavey Richard Strachan Richard Buck | 3:06.46 | Belgium Jonathan Borlée Antoine Gillet Nils Duerinck Kevin Borlée | 3:06.57 |
| WR world record | ER European record | CR championship record | NR national record | WL world leading | EL European leading | PB personal best | SB seasonal best |||||| |

### Field

| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| High jump details | Ivan Ukhov Russia | 2.38 =WL | Jaroslav Bába Czech Republic | 2.34 SB | Aleksandr Shustov Russia | 2.34 PB |
| Pole vault details | Renaud Lavillenie France | 6.03 WL NR CR | Jérôme Clavier France | 5.76 | Malte Mohr Germany | 5.71 |
| Long jump details | Sebastian Bayer Germany | 8.16 SB | Kafétien Gomis France | 8.03 SB | Morten Jensen Denmark | 8.00 SB |
| Triple jump details | Teddy Tamgho France | 17.92 WR | Fabrizio Donato Italy | 17.73 NR | Marian Oprea Romania | 17.62 SB |
| Shot put details | Ralf Bartels Germany | 21.16 EL | David Storl Germany | 20.75 SB | Maksim Sidorov Russia | 20.55 |
| WR world record | ER European record | CR championship record | NR national record | WL world leading | EL European leading | PB personal best | SB seasonal best |||||| |

### Combined

| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| Heptathlon details | Andrei Krauchanka Belarus | 6282 EL NR | Nadir El Fassi France | 6237 PB | Roman Šebrle Czech Republic | 6178 SB |
| 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's results
### Track

| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| 60 metres details | Olesya Povh Ukraine | 7.13 =EL | Mariya Ryemyen Ukraine | 7.15 =PB | Ezinne Okparaebo Norway | 7.20 |
| 400 metres details | Denisa Rosolová Czech Republic | 51.73 PB | Olesya Krasnomovets Russia | 51.80 | Kseniya Zadorina Russia | 52.03 |
| 800 metres details* | Jenny Meadows Great Britain | 2:00.50 | Linda Marguet France | 2:01.61 | Marilyn Okoro Great Britain | 2:02.46 |
| 1500 metres details | Elena Arzhakova Russia | 4:13.78 | Nuria Fernández Spain | 4:14.04 | Yekaterina Martynova Russia | 4:14.16 |
| 3000 metres details | Helen Clitheroe Great Britain | 8:56.66 | Lidia Chojecka Poland | 8:58.30 | Layes Abdullayeva Azerbaijan | 9:00.37 |
| 60 m hurdles details | Carolin Nytra Germany | 7.80 EL | Tiffany Ofili Great Britain | 7.80 NR, =EL | Christina Vukicevic Norway | 7.83 NR |
| 4 × 400 m relay details | Russia Kseniya Zadorina Kseniya Vdovina Yelena Migunova Olesya Forsheva | 3:29.34 | Great Britain Kelly Sotherton Lee McConnell Marilyn Okoro Jenny Meadows | 3:31.36 | France Muriel Hurtis-Houairi Laetitia Denis Marie Gayot Floria Gueï | 3:32.16 |
| WR world record | ER European record | CR championship record | NR national record | WL world leading | EL European leading | PB personal best | SB seasonal best |||||| |
* Original 800m champion Yevgenia Zinurova of Russia was stripped of her title and banned for two years on 3 July 2012 following a doping offence.

### Field

| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| High jump details | Antonietta Di Martino Italy | 2.01 | Ruth Beitia Spain | 1.96 SB | Ebba Jungmark Sweden | 1.96 PB |
| Pole vault details | Anna Rogowska Poland | 4.85 NR =EL | Silke Spiegelburg Germany | 4.75 | Kristina Gadschiew Germany | 4.65 |
| Long jump details | Darya Klishina Russia | 6.80 | Naide Gomes Portugal | 6.79 SB | Yuliya Pidluzhnaya Russia | 6.75 PB |
| Triple jump details | Simona La Mantia Italy | 14.60 WL PB | Olesya Zabara Russia | 14.45 SB | Dana Veldáková Slovakia | 14.39 SB |
| Shot put details | Anna Avdeyeva Russia | 18.70 SB | Christina Schwanitz Germany | 18.65 | Josephine Terlecki Germany | 18.09 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 |||||| |

### Combined

| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| Pentathlon details | Antoinette Nana Djimou Ida France | 4723 WL, NR | Austra Skujytė Lithuania | 4706 SB | Remona Fransen Netherlands | 4665 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 |||||| |

## Medal table

| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| 1 | France | 5 | 5 | 2 | 12 |
| 2 | Russia | 5 | 2 | 5 | 12 |
| 3 | Germany | 3 | 4 | 3 | 10 |
| 4 | Great Britain | 3 | 4 | 2 | 9 |
| 5 | Poland | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 |
| 6 | Czech Republic | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| 7 | Italy | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| 8 | Spain | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
| 9 | Portugal | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 9 | Ukraine | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 11 | Belarus | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 12 | Azerbaijan | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 12 | Turkey | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 14 | Lithuania | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 15 | Belgium | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 15 | Norway | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 17 | Denmark | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 17 | Netherlands | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 17 | Romania | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 17 | Slovakia | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 17 | Sweden | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (21 entries) | Totals (21 entries) | 26 | 26 | 26 | 78 |

## Participating nations

* Albania (2)
* Armenia (5)
* Austria (10)
* Azerbaijan (3)
* Belarus (20)
* Belgium (16)
* Bosnia and Herzegovina (5)
* Bulgaria (12)
* Croatia (8)
* Cyprus (3)
* Czech Republic (16)
* Denmark (11)
* Estonia (10)
* Finland (13)
* France (47)
* Georgia (2)
* Germany (38)
* Gibraltar (2)
* Great Britain (32)
* Greece (14)
* Hungary (5)
* Iceland (2)
* Ireland (7)
* Israel (4)
* Italy (27)
* Latvia (7)
* Lithuania (9)
* Macedonia (1)
* Malta (1)
* Moldova (2)
* Monaco (1)
* Netherlands (15)
* Norway (12)
* Poland (18)
* Portugal (15)
* Romania (16)
* Russia (55)
* San Marino (1)
* Serbia (6)
* Slovakia (6)
* Slovenia (9)
* Spain (34)
* Sweden (15)
* Switzerland (7)
* Turkey (12)
* Ukraine (25)