# 1973 European Athletics Junior Championships

The 1973 European Athletics Junior Championships was the second edition of the biennial athletics competition for European athletes aged under twenty. It was held in Duisburg, West Germany between 24 and 26 August.

## Men's results

| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| 100 metres | Klaus-Dieter Kurrat (GDR) | 10.42 | Petar Petrov (BUL) | 10.49 | Jerzy Wieczorek (POL) | 10.57 |
| 200 metres | Klaus-Dieter Kurrat (GDR) | 21.01 | Petar Petrov (BUL) | 21.12 | Jerzy Wieczorek (POL) | 21.20 |
| 400 metres | Fons Brijdenbach (BEL) | 45.86 | Jürgen Utikal (GDR) | 46.73 | Dietmar Krug (GDR) | 46.81 |
| 800 metres | Steve Ovett (GBR) | 1:47.53 | Willi Wülbeck (FRG) | 1:47.57 | Erwin Gohlke (GDR) | 1:47.83 |
| 1500 metres | Gheorghe Ghipu (ROM) | 3:45.78 | Nicolae Onescu (ROM) | 3:46.07 | Bernhard Vifian (SUI) | 3:46.70 |
| 3000 metres | Hans-Jürgen Orthmann (FRG) | 8:03.4 | Klaus-Peter Weippert (GDR) | 8:03.6 | Ulo Kriisa (URS) | 8:04.6 |
| 5000 metres | Fernando Cerrada (ESP) | 14:01.8 | Enn Sellik (URS) | 14:11.8 | Nikolay Radostyev (URS) | 14:16.0 |
| 110 m hurdles | Vyacheslav Naydenko (URS) | 14.42 | Volker Warbende (FRG) | 14.43 | Gus McKenzie (GBR) | 14.46 |
| 400 m hurdles | Jerzy Pietrzyk (POL) | 50.07 | Fedor Ekelmann (GDR) | 50.88 | Vladimir Nagaynik (URS) | 51.10 |
| 2000 m s'chase | Frank Baumgartl (GDR) | 5:28.14 | Vladimir Kanev (BUL) | 5:28.36 | Magnus Tellander (SWE) | 5:32.66 |
| 10,000 m walk | Hartwig Gauder (GDR) | 44:13.6 | Evgeni Semerdzhiev (BUL) | 44:41.6 | Angelo Di Chio (ITA) | 45:31.4 |
| 4 × 100 m relay | East Germany (GDR) Hans-Jürgen Gerhardt Jürgen Hellmann Klaus-Dieter Kurrat Andreas Kühne | 40.03 | France (FRA) Serge Dalbon Philippe Lemaitre Gilles Douezi Alain Gracieux | 40.26 | West Germany (FRG) Karl-Heinz Weisenseel Klaus-Günther Lemke Rüdiger Harksen Helmut Leibner | 40.66 |
| 4 × 400 m relay | East Germany (GDR) Udo Gehrmann Erwin Gohlke Jürgen Utikal Dietmar Krug | 3:06.77 | Poland (POL) Zdzisław Sobieraj Janusz Wysocki Krzysztof Kołodziej Jerzy Pietrzyk | 3:07.09 | Great Britain (GBR) Christopher van Rees Bob Benn Roger Jenkins Glen Cohen | 3:07.29 |
| Pole vault | Sergey Krivozub (URS) | 5.00 m | Bruno Sestier (FRA) | 4.80 m | Roger Thorstensson (SWE) Gianpaolo Gaspari (ITA) | 4.65 m |
| High jump | Franck Bonnet (FRA) | 2.14 m | Serhiy Senyukov (URS) | 2.14 m | Giordano Ferrari (ITA) | 2.12 m |
| Long jump | Frank Wartenberg (GDR) | 7.85 m | Jochen Verschl (FRG) | 7.59 m | Jean-Hervé Stievenart (FRA) | 7.54 m |
| Triple jump | Lothar Gora (GDR) | 16.29 m | Ramón Cid (ESP) | 16.06 m | Jean-Hervé Stievenart (FRA) | 15.82 m |
| Shot put | Udo Beyer (GDR) | 19.65 m | Wolfgang Schmidt (GDR) | 18.45 m | Mieczysław Bręczewski (POL) | 17.42 m |
| Discus throw | Wolfgang Schmidt (GDR) | 58.16 m | Kenth Gardenkrans (SWE) | 56.84 m | Nikolay Vikhor (URS) | 56.84 m |
| Javelin throw | Gerd Elze (GDR) | 75.86 m | Gheorghe Megelea (ROM) | 74.68 m | Bent Larsen (DEN) | 73.46 m |
| Hammer throw | Yuriy Sedykh (URS) | 67.32 m | Pavel Ryepin (URS) | 63.58 m | Manfred Sens (GDR) | 62.06 m |
| Decathlon | Vladimir Buryakov (URS) | 7554 pts | Dieter Leyckes (FRG) | 7371 pts | Claus Marek (FRG) | 7370 pts |

## Women's results

| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| 100 metres | Sonia Lannaman (GBR) | 11.73 | Nadine Goletto (FRA) | 11.77 | Jutta Fernys (GDR) | 11.80 |
| 200 metres | Bärbel Eckert (GDR) | 22.85 | Ildikó Szabó (HUN) | 23.62 | Elfriede Meierholz (FRG) | 23.66 |
| 400 metres | Bettine Wolfrum (GDR) | 53.28 | Ann Larsson (SWE) | 53.34 | Rosine Wallez (BEL) | 53.68 |
| 800 metres | Anita Barkusky (GDR) | 2:03.30 | Lesley Kiernan (GBR) | 2:03.66 | Nadezhda Zabozhko (URS) | 2:03.83 |
| 1500 metres | Inger Knutsson (SWE) | 4:07.47 | Doris Gluth (GDR) | 4:16.96 | Veronika Hansen (GDR) | 4:17.32 |
| 100 m hurdles | Bärbel Eckert (GDR) | 13.14 | Chantal Réga (FRA) | 13.38 | Gudrun Berend (GDR) | 13.43 |
| 4 × 100 m relay | East Germany (GDR) Heidrun Nagorka Bärbel Eckert Gudrun Berend Jutta Fernys | 44.37 | West Germany (FRG) Brigitte Rubner Elfriede Meierholz Dagmar Schenten Elvira Springsguth | 45.27 | Great Britain (GBR) Barbara Martin Wendy Hill Donna Murray Sonia Lannaman | 45.38 |
| 4 × 400 m relay | East Germany (GDR) Heiderose Arbeiter Waltraud Kämpf Anita Barkusky Bettine Wolfrum | 3:34.35 | Great Britain (GBR) Janet Ravenscroft Evelyn McMeekin Ruth Kennedy Susan Pettett | 3:36.98 | Poland (POL) Grażyna Siewierska Genowefa Nowaczyk Bernarda Zalewska Barbara Kwietniewska | 3:37.03 |
| High jump | Ellen Mundinger (FRG) | 1.82 m | Annemieke Bouma (NED) Ulrike Meyfarth (FRG) | 1.80 m | Not awarded |
| Long jump | Heidemarie Anders (GDR) | 6.36 m | Gunhild Hetzel (FRG) | 6.28 m | Doina Spinu (ROM) | 6.28 m |
| Shot put | Ilona Schoknecht (GDR) | 17.05 m | Marina Hein (GDR) | 16.97 m | Ruska Dzhendova (BUL) | 16.21 m |
| Discus throw | Evelin Schlaak (GDR) | 60.00 m | Ilona Schoknecht (GDR) | 52.92 m | Danuta Cymer (POL) | 51.12 m |
| Javelin throw | Tonya Khristova (BUL) | 54.84 m | Anneliese Kopsch (GDR) | 52.94 m | Maria Jabłońska (POL) | 50.44 m |
| Pentathlon | Bärbel Müller (GDR) | 4519 pts | Sue Mapstone (GBR) | 4105 pts | Ulrike Göhring (FRG) | 4067 pts |

## Medal table

| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| 1 | East Germany (GDR) | 21 | 9 | 5 | 35 |
| 2 | Soviet Union (URS) | 4 | 3 | 5 | 12 |
| 3 | West Germany (FRG) | 2 | 7 | 4 | 13 |
| 4 | Great Britain (GBR) | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 |
| 5 | France (FRA) | 1 | 4 | 2 | 7 |
| 6 | Bulgaria (BUL) | 1 | 4 | 1 | 6 |
| 7 | Sweden (SWE) | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 |
| 8 | Romania (ROU) | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
| 9 | Poland (POL) | 1 | 1 | 6 | 8 |
| 10 | Spain (ESP) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 11 | Belgium (BEL) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 12 | Hungary (HUN) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 12 | Netherlands (NED) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 14 | Italy (ITA) | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 15 | Denmark (DEN) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 15 | Switzerland (SUI) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (16 entries) | Totals (16 entries) | 36 | 37 | 35 | 108 |