# 2017 European Athletics Indoor Championships

The 2017 European Athletics Indoor Championships were held between 3 and 5 March 2017 at the Kombank Arena in Belgrade, Serbia. This was the second time this event was held in the city after the 1969 edition then known as the European Indoor Games, and the first time in more than 30 years that the competition was held in Eastern Europe. The three-day competition featured 13 men's and 13 women's athletics events and took place over two morning and three afternoon sessions.
The decision of Belgrade as the host-city was announced on 4 May 2014 in Frankfurt am Main, beating bids from Istanbul and Polish city Toruń. The host nation's leading athlete was Ivana Španović, who returned to defend her European indoor title in the long jump. The 2017 Balkan Indoor Athletics Championships was held at the Kombank Arena a week prior to the competition. Former athlete Slobodan Branković led the local organising committee. The event had an official website and a social media presence on Twitter and Facebook. The event mascot was decided by competition among Serbian schoolchildren, with the winning design coming from Sladjana Ljubic. A white lion named "Bela", it reflects Belgrade Zoo's breeding programme for the animals. The event logo was simply a stylised version of the phrase "Belgrade 2017", rendered in a font resembling the natural straights and curves of an athletics track.
Only one Russian athlete, women's long jumper Darya Klishina, was present at the competition, due to the international ban of the All-Russia Athletic Federation in place since November 2015 following systemic doping. Klishina competed as a neutral athlete. Three other Russians were cleared to compete as neutrals, but did not attend. Russia had led the medal table at the competition in both 2013 and 2015.
Poland and Great Britain dominated the medal table, taking 12 of the twenty six golds available between them (7 for the Poles, 5 for the Britons) - of the other competing nations, only Germany and France won more than a single gold, with two each. In the placings table, Great Britain and Poland were inseparable on 103 points each, but Germany came a much closer third.

## Men's results
### Track

| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| 60 metres details | Richard Kilty Great Britain | 6.54 EL | Ján Volko Slovakia | 6.58 NR | Austin Hamilton Sweden | 6.63 PB |
| 400 metres details | Pavel Maslák Czech Republic | 45.77 EL | Rafał Omelko Poland | 46.08 PB | Liemarvin Bonevacia Netherlands | 46.26 NR |
| 800 metres details | Adam Kszczot Poland | 1:48.87 | Andreas Bube Denmark | 1:49.32 | Álvaro de Arriba Spain | 1:49.68 |
| 1500 metres details | Marcin Lewandowski Poland | 3:44.82 | Kalle Berglund Sweden | 3:45.56 | Filip Sasínek Czech Republic | 3:45.89 |
| 3000 metres details | Adel Mechaal Spain | 8:00.60 | Henrik Ingebrigtsen Norway | 8:00.93 | Richard Ringer Germany | 8:01.01 |
| 60 metres hurdles details | Andrew Pozzi Great Britain | 7.51 | Pascal Martinot-Lagarde France | 7.52 | Petr Svoboda Czech Republic | 7.53 SB |
| 4 × 400 metres relay details | Poland Kacper Kozłowski Łukasz Krawczuk Przemysław Waściński Rafał Omelko | 3:06.99 | Belgium Robin Vanderbemden Julien Watrin Kevin Borlée Dylan Borlée | 3:07.80 | Czech Republic Patrik Šorm Jan Tesař Jan Kubista Pavel Maslák | 3:08.60 |

### Field

| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| High jump details | Sylwester Bednarek Poland | 2.32 | Robbie Grabarz Great Britain | 2.30 SB | Pavel Seliverstau Belarus | 2.27 |
| Pole vault details | Piotr Lisek Poland | 5.85 | Konstadinos Filippidis Greece | 5.85 NR | Paweł Wojciechowski Poland | 5.85 SB |
| Long jump details | Izmir Smajlaj Albania | 8.08 NR | Michel Tornéus Sweden | 8.08 SB | Serhiy Nykyforov Ukraine | 8.07 |
| Triple jump details | Nelson Évora Portugal | 17.20 SB | Fabrizio Donato Italy | 17.13 | Max Heß Germany | 17.12 |
| Shot put details | Konrad Bukowiecki Poland | 21.97 WL NR AUR | Tomáš Staněk Czech Republic | 21.43 PB | David Storl Germany | 21.30 |

### Combined

| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| Heptathlon details | Kevin Mayer France | 6479 ER | Jorge Ureña Spain | 6227 | Adam Helcelet Czech Republic | 6110 |

## Women's results
### Track

| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| 60 metres details | Asha Philip Great Britain | 7.06 EL NR | Ewa Swoboda Poland | 7.10 SB | Mujinga Kambundji Switzerland | 7.16 SB |
| 400 metres details | Floria Gueï France | 51.90 PB | Zuzana Hejnová Czech Republic | 52.42 | Justyna Święty Poland | 52.52 |
| 800 metres details | Selina Büchel Switzerland | 2:00.38 NR | Shelayna Oskan-Clarke Great Britain | 2:00.39 PB | Aníta Hinriksdóttir Iceland | 2:01.25 |
| 1500 metres details | Laura Muir Great Britain | 4:02.39 CR NR | Konstanze Klosterhalfen Germany | 4:04.45 PB | Sofia Ennaoui Poland | 4:06.59 |
| 3000 metres details | Laura Muir Great Britain | 8:35.67 CR | Yasemin Can Turkey | 8:43.46 NR | Eilish McColgan Great Britain | 8:47.43 |
| 60 metres hurdles details | Cindy Roleder Germany | 7.88 | Alina Talay Belarus | 7.92 | Pamela Dutkiewicz Germany | 7.95 |
| 4 × 400 metres relay details | Poland Patrycja Wyciszkiewicz Małgorzata Hołub Iga Baumgart Justyna Święty | 3:29.94 | Great Britain Eilidh Doyle Phillipa Lowe Mary Iheke Laviai Nielsen | 3:31.05 | Ukraine Olha Bibik Tetyana Melnyk Anastasiya Bryzhina Olha Lyakhova | 3:32.10 |

### Field

| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| High jump details | Airinė Palšytė Lithuania | 2.01 WL NR | Ruth Beitia Spain | 1.94 | Yuliya Levchenko Ukraine | 1.94 PB |
| Pole vault details | Katerina Stefanidi Greece | 4.85 WL SB | Lisa Ryzih Germany | 4.75 PB | Angelica Bengtsson SwedenMaryna Kylypko Ukraine | 4.55 |
| Long jump details | Ivana Španović Serbia | 7.24 WL NR | Lorraine Ugen Great Britain | 6.97 NR | Claudia Salman-Rath Germany | 6.94 PB |
| Triple jump details | Kristin Gierisch Germany | 14.37 EL | Patrícia Mamona Portugal | 14.32 SB | Paraskevi Papachristou Greece | 14.24 SB |
| Shot put details | Anita Márton Hungary | 19.28 WL | Radoslava Mavrodieva Bulgaria | 18.36 PB | Yuliya Leantsiuk Belarus | 18.32 |

### Combined

| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| Pentathlon details | Nafissatou Thiam Belgium | 4870 WL | Ivona Dadic Austria | 4767 NR | Györgyi Zsivoczky-Farkas Hungary | 4723 PB |

## Medal table

| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| 1 | Poland (POL) | 7 | 2 | 3 | 12 |
| 2 | Great Britain (GBR) | 5 | 4 | 1 | 10 |
| 3 | Germany (GER) | 2 | 2 | 5 | 9 |
| 4 | France (FRA) | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| 5 | Czech Republic (CZE) | 1 | 2 | 4 | 7 |
| 6 | Spain (ESP) | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
| 7 | Greece (GRE) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 8 | Belgium (BEL) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 8 | Portugal (POR) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 10 | Hungary (HUN) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 10 | Switzerland (SUI) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 12 | Albania (ALB) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 12 | Lithuania (LTU) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 12 | Serbia (SRB)* | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 15 | Sweden (SWE) | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| 16 | Belarus (BLR) | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 17 | Austria (AUT) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 17 | Bulgaria (BUL) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 17 | Denmark (DEN) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 17 | Italy (ITA) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 17 | Norway (NOR) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 17 | Slovakia (SVK) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 17 | Turkey (TUR) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 24 | Ukraine (UKR) | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 |
| 25 | Iceland (ISL) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 25 | Netherlands (NED) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (26 entries) | Totals (26 entries) | 26 | 26 | 27 | 79 |

## Placing table

In the placing table the 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 | Poland | 56 | 14 | 18 | 10 | – | 6 | – | – | 104 |
| 2 | Great Britain | 40 | 28 | 6 | 5 | 12 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 103 |
| 3 | Germany | 16 | 14 | 30 | – | 20 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 99 |
| 4 | Sweden | – | 14 | 11.5 | 20 | 8 | 5.5 | 2 | 1 | 62 |
| 5 | France | 16 | 7 | – | 10 | 12 | 9 | 4 | 3.5 | 61.5 |
| 6 | Spain | 8 | 14 | 6 | 10 | 8 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 61 |
| 7 | Czech Republic | 8 | 14 | 24 | 5 | – | 6 | – | 1 | 58 |
| 8 | Ukraine | – | 7 | 23.5 | 10 | 4 | – | 2 | – | 46.5 |
| 9 | Belarus | – | 7 | 12 | – | – | – | 4 | 2 | 25 |
| 10 | Italy | – | 7 | – | 5 | – | 6 | 6 | 1 | 25 |
| 11 | Portugal | 8 | 7 | – | 5 | – | – | 4 | – | 24 |
| 12 | Netherlands | – | – | 6 | 5 | 8 | – | 4 | – | 23 |
| 13 | Greece | 8 | 7 | 6 | – | – | – | – | – | 21 |
| 14 | Switzerland | 8 | – | – | 5 | 4 | 3 | – | – | 20 |
| 15 | Hungary | 8 | – | 6 | 5 | – | – | – | – | 19 |
| 16 | Denmark | – | 7 | – | 5 | 4 | – | – | 2 | 18 |
| 17 | Belgium | 8 | 7 | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | 16 |
| 18 | Serbia | 8 | – | – | – | 4 | 3 | – | 1 | 16 |
| 19 | Austria | – | 7 | – | 5 | – | 3 | – | – | 15 |
| 20 | Bulgaria | – | 7 | – | 5 | – | – | – | 1 | 13 |
| 21 | Albania | 8 | – | – | – | 4 | – | – | – | 12 |
| 22 | Norway | – | 7 | – | – | 4 | – | – | – | 11 |
| 22 | Slovakia | – | 7 | – | – | 4 | – | – | – | 11 |
| 24 | Turkey | – | 7 | – | – | – | 3 | – | – | 10 |
| 25 | Lithuania | 8 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 8 |
| 26 | Croatia | – | – | – | – | 4 | – | 4 | – | 8 |
| 27 | Iceland | – | – | 6 | – | – | – | – | – | 6 |
| 28 | Finland | – | – | 6 | – | – | 2.5 | 2 | 1.5 | 6 |
| 29 | Latvia | – | – | – | 5 | – | – | – | 0.5 | 5.5 |
| 30 | Independent Athletes | – | – | – | 5 | – | – | – | – | 5 |
| 30 | Azerbaijan | – | – | – | 5 | – | – | – | – | 5 |
| 32 | Estonia | – | – | – | – | 4 | – | – | – | 4 |
| 33 | Cyprus | – | – | – | – | – | 3 | – | – | 3 |
| 33 | Montenegro | – | – | – | – | – | 3 | – | – | 3 |
| 35 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | – | – | – | – | – | – | 2 | – | 2 |
| 36 | Slovenia | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 0.5 | 0.5 |

## Participating nations

There was a total of 525 participants (out of the 567 initially entered) from 48 nations. The only federations missing were Georgia, Kosovo, and Liechtenstein.
* Albania (2)
* Andorra (2)
* Armenia (5)
* Austria (8)
* Azerbaijan (1)
* Belarus (19)
* Belgium (8)
* Bosnia and Herzegovina (3)
* Bulgaria (8)
* Croatia (7)
* Cyprus (5)
* Czech Republic (24)
* Denmark (6)
* Estonia (6)
* Finland (11)
* France (31)
* Germany (41)
* Gibraltar (3)
* Great Britain (30)
* Greece (7)
* Hungary (14)
* Independent Athletes (EAA) (1)
* Iceland (2)
* Ireland (10)
* Israel (1)
* Italy (26)
* Latvia (5)
* Lithuania (5)
* Luxembourg (2)
* Macedonia (2)
* Malta (2)
* Moldova (1)
* Monaco (1)
* Montenegro (2)
* Netherlands (13)
* Norway (8)
* Poland (29)
* Portugal (10)
* Romania (12)
* San Marino (1)
* Serbia (12)
* Slovakia (15)
* Slovenia (5)
* Spain (34)
* Sweden (29)
* Switzerland (13)
* Turkey (13)
* Ukraine (31)