# 1989 European Athletics Junior Championships

The 1989 European Athletics Junior Championships was the tenth edition of the biennial athletics competition for European athletes aged under twenty. It was held in Varaždin, Yugoslavia (present-day Croatia) between 24 and 27 August.

## Men's results

| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| 100 metres | Aleksandr Shlychkov (URS) | 10.48 | Marek Zalewski (POL) | 10.52 | Jason Livingston (GBR) | 10.57 |
| 200 metres | Marek Zalewski (POL) | 21.06 | Aleksandr Shlychkov (URS) | 21.37 | Leif Jonsson (SWE) | 21.41 |
| 400 metres | Wayne McDonald (GBR) | 47.27 | Jan Lenzke (GDR) | 47.30 | Dmitriy Golovastov (URS) | 47.31 |
| 800 metres | Craig Winrow (GBR) | 1:50.01 | Paul Burgess (GBR) | 1:50.18 | Vaclav Hrich (TCH) | 1:50.22 |
| 1500 metres | Michael Kluwe (FRG) | 3:45.19 | Marco Barbone (ITA) | 3:45.23 | Morgan Tollofsen (SWE) | 3:45.34 |
| 5000 metres | Carsten Eich (GDR) | 14:00.76 | John Mayock (GBR) | 14:11.05 | Jon Dennis (GBR) | 14:11.18 |
| 10,000 metres | Christian Leuprecht (ITA) | 29:04.06 | Laurent Saudrais (FRA) | 29:07.99 | Vincenzo Modica (ITA) | 29:33.28 |
| 3000 m s'chase | Angelo Giardiello (ITA) | 8:53.60 | Spencer Duval (GBR) | 8:54.68 | Kim Bauermeister (FRG) | 8:56.36 |
| 110 m hurdles | Antti Haapakoski (FIN) | 14.03 | Sébastien Thibault (FRA) | 14.14 | Dario Volturara (ITA) | 14.28 |
| 400 m hurdles | Enzo Franciosi (ITA) | 50.69 | Vyachelsav Orinchuk (URS) | 50.96 | Radek Bartakovic (TCH) | 51.16 |
| 10,000 m walk | Valentin Massana (ESP) | 40:14.17 | German Nieto (ESP) | 40:37.47 | Rashid Shafikov (URS) | 40:38.47 |
| 20 km run | Dirk Nurnberger (GDR) | 1 h 01:55 | Dmitriy Solovyov (URS) | 1 h 02:11 | Giacomo Leone (ITA) | 1 h 02:23 |
| High jump | Mats Kollbrink (SWE) | 2.26 m | Stevan Zorić (YUG) | 2.22 m | Wolfgang Kreissig (FRG) | 2.20 m |
| Pole vault | Maksim Tarasov (URS) | 5.60 m | Igor Zaytsev (URS) | 5.45 m | Olli-Pekka Mattila (FIN) | 5.25 m |
| Long jump | Peter Oldin (SWE) | 7.92 m | Wayne Griffith (GBR) | 7.84 m | Rudi Vanlancker (BEL) | 7.79 m |
| Triple jump | Denis Kapustin (URS) | 16.63 m | Sergey Bykov (URS) | 16.53 m | Mario Quintero (ESP) | 16.18 m |
| Shot put | Aleksandr Klimenko (URS) | 19.38 m | Dirk Preuss (GDR) | 18.20 m | Matthew Simson (GBR) | 18.11 m |
| Discus throw | Andreas Seelig (GDR) | 59.10 m | Ion Oprea (ROM) | 54.72 m | Gennadiy Pronko (URS) | 54.22 m |
| Hammer throw | Sergey Kirmasov (URS) | 72.68 m | Savvas Saritzoglou (GRE) | 67.68 m | Igor Fyodorov (URS) | 67.44 m |
| Javelin throw | Vladimir Ovchinnikov (URS) | 76.96 m | Jarkko Kinnunen (FIN) | 74.44 m | Andrey Shevchuk (URS) | 73.04 m |
| 4 × 100 m relay | Poland (POL) Piotr Cywiński Sławomir Kusiowski Marek Zalewski Robert Maćkowiak | 40.00 | Great Britain (GBR) Steve Gookey John Kenny Wayne Griffith Jason Livingston | 40.11 | Soviet Union (URS) Eduard Krasnov Aleksandr Shlychkov Viktor Ziabkin Anvar Kuchmuradov | 40.39 |
| 4 × 400 m relay | Soviet Union (URS) Aleksandr Angelov Stanislav Gabydullin Pyotr Zhelezniy Dmitriy Golovastov | 3:10.14 | East Germany (GDR) Karsten Leuteritz Gunnar Schmidt Ralf Baxmann Jan Lenzke | 3:10.27 | Bulgaria (BUL) Dian Ivanov Dian Petkov Dimitar Kolev Konstantin Babalievski | 3:11.10 |
| Decathlon | Michael Kohnle (FRG) | 8 114 pts | Norbert Lampe (GDR) | 7 586 pts | David Bigham (GBR) | 7 446 pts |

## Women's results

| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| 100 metres | Odiah Sidibé (FRA) | 11.41 | Zoya Taurin (URS) | 11.48 | Manuela Derr (GDR) | 11.51 |
| 200 metres | Manuela Derr (GDR) | 23.39 | Jana Schönenberger (GDR) | 23.49 | Zoya Taurin (URS) | 23.66 |
| 400 metres | Anke Wohlk (GDR) | 52.74 | Elena Solcan (ROM) | 52.90 | Julia Merino (ESP) | 53.57 |
| 800 metres | Birte Bruhns (GDR) | 2:01.86 | Denisa Zavelca (ROM) | 2:02.99 | Stella Jongmans (NED) | 2:04.76 |
| 1500 metres | Snežana Pajkić (YUG) | 4:13.34 | Anke Schaning (GDR) | 4:14.29 | Olga Yegorova (URS) | 4:14.76 |
| 3000 metres | Olga Nazarkina (URS) | 9:08.41 | Anke Schaning (GDR) | 9:08.66 | Agata Balsamo (ITA) | 9:18.96 |
| 10,000 metres | Olga Nazarkina (URS) | 32:25.74 | Mónica Gama (POR) | 32:26.41 | Larissa Alekseyeva (URS) | 33:20.53 |
| 100 m hurdles | Ilka Ronisch (GDR) | 13.27 | Yuliya Filippova (URS) | 13.36 | Brigita Bukovec (YUG) | 13.50 |
| 400 m hurdles | Silvia Rieger (FRG) | 56.39 | Anna Chuprina (URS) | 56.70 | Heike Meissner (GDR) | 56.77 |
| 5000 m walk | Kathrin Born (GDR) | 22:10.59 | Olga Sánchez (ESP) | 22:20.75 | Fina Compte (ESP) | 22:53.71 |
| High jump | Yelena Yelesina (URS) | 1.95 m | Svetlana Lavrova (URS) | 1.93 m | Šárka Kašpárková (TCH) | 1.91 m |
| Long jump | Mirela Belu (ROM) | 6.58 m | Erica Johansson (SWE) | 6.50 m | Lyudmila Galkina (URS) | 6.44 m |
| Shot put | Astrid Kumbernuss (GDR) | 19.53 m | Gabriele Volkl (FRG) | 17.19 m | Renata Brukova (TCH) | 17.18 m |
| Discus throw | Astrid Kumbernuss (GDR) | 63.70 m | Jana Lauren (GDR) | 62.38 m | Jacqueline Goormachtigh (NED) | 57.02 m |
| Javelin throw | Karen Forkel (GDR) | 70.12 m | Britta Heydrich (GDR) | 63.44 m | Nathalie Teppe (FRA) | 55.88 m |
| 4 × 100 m relay | France (FRA) Florence Ropars Magalie Simioneck Hélène Declerck Odiah Sidibé | 44.23 | West Germany (FRG) Melanie Paschke Katrin Bartschat Stefanie Hütz Katja Seidel | 44.71 | East Germany (GDR) Ilka Rönisch Manuela Derr Jana Schönenberger Andrea Philipp | 44.99 |
| 4 × 400 m relay | East Germany (GDR) Manuela Derr Anja Rücker Heike Meissner Birte Bruhns | 3:33.38 | Soviet Union (URS) Yana Manuylova Anna Mironova Natalya Sniga Viktoria Miloserdova | 3:35.09 | West Germany (FRG) Anke Feller Amona-Nicola Schneeweis Tanja Schnabel Silvia Rieger | 3:36.49 |
| Heptathlon | Tatyana Blokhina (URS) | 6032 pts | Beatrice Mau (GDR) | 5974 pts | Marcela Podracka (TCH) | 5960 pts |

## Medal table

| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| 1 | East Germany (GDR) | 12 | 10 | 4 | 26 |
| 2 | Soviet Union (URS) | 11 | 10 | 9 | 30 |
| 3 | West Germany (FRG) | 3 | 2 | 3 | 8 |
| 4 | Italy (ITA) | 3 | 1 | 4 | 8 |
| 5 | Great Britain (GBR) | 2 | 5 | 4 | 11 |
| 6 | France (FRA) | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 |
| 7 | Sweden (SWE) | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 |
| 8 | Poland (POL) | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| 9 | Romania (ROU) | 1 | 3 | 0 | 4 |
| 10 | Spain (ESP) | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 |
| 11 | Finland (FIN) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 11 | Yugoslavia (YUG) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 13 | Greece (GRE) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 13 | Portugal (POR) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 15 | Czechoslovakia (TCH) | 0 | 0 | 5 | 5 |
| 16 | Netherlands (NED) | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 17 | Belgium (BEL) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 17 | Bulgaria (BUL) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (18 entries) | Totals (18 entries) | 41 | 41 | 41 | 123 |