# 1983 European Athletics Junior Championships

The 1983 European Athletics Junior Championships was the seventh edition of the biennial athletics competition for European athletes aged under twenty. It was held in Schwechat, Austria between 25 and 28 August.

## Men's results

| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| 100 metres | Lincoln Asquith (GBR) | 10.34 | Sergey Poduzdov (URS) | 10.52 | Max Morinière (FRA) | 10.56 |
| 200 metres | Jürgen Evers (FRG) | 20.37 | Ralf Lübke (FRG) | 20.50 | Lincoln Asquith (GBR) | 20.86 |
| 400 metres | Thomas Schönlebe (GDR) | 45.64 | Jens Carlowitz (GDR) | 45.72 | Klaus Just (FRG) | 46.44 |
| 800 metres | Ikem Billy (GBR) | 1:47.15 | Piotr Piekarski (POL) | 1:47.70 | Alberto Barsotti (ITA) | 1:48.44 |
| 1500 metres | Maik Dreissigacker (GDR) | 3:40.79 | Igor Lotorev (URS) | 3:41.41 | Raf Wijns (BEL) | 3:41.75 |
| 3000 metres | Maik Dreissigacker (GDR) | 8:03.18 | Sergey Afanasyev (URS) | 8:03.63 | Sławomir Majusiak (POL) | 8:03.69 |
| 5000 metres | Jonathan Richards (GBR) | 13:56.41 | Heiner Mebes (GDR) | 14:02.76 | Detlef Schwarz (FRG) | 14:04.83 |
| 110 m hurdles | Jiří Hudec (TCH) | 13.85 | Sergey Usov (URS) | 13.96 | Paul Brice (GBR) | 14.08 |
| 400 m hurdles | Ruslan Mishchenko (URS) | 49.71 | Vladimir Budko (URS) | 50.05 | Martin Briggs (GBR) | 50.22 |
| 2000 m s'chase | Mykola Matyushenko (URS) | 5:31.54 | Burkhard Dahm (FRG) | 5:33.88 | Lorenzo Hidalgo (ESP) | 5:36.86 |
| 10.000 m walk | Walter Arena (ITA) | 42:16.44 | Jacek Herok (POL) | 42:58.95 | Jos Martens (BEL) | 43:01.97 |
| 4 × 100 m relay | West Germany (FRG) Norbert Dobeleit Markus Klameth Jürgen Evers Ralf Lübke | 39.25 | Soviet Union (URS) Sergey Grishchenko Andrijus Kornikas Sergey Poduzdov Aleksandr Knysh | 39.73 | Great Britain (GBR) Stephen Graham Steve Eden Elliot Bunney Lincoln Asquith | 39.83 |
| 4 × 400 m relay | East Germany (GDR) Mario Fischer Mathias Schersing Jens Carlowitz Thomas Schönlebe | 3:04.95 | West Germany (FRG) Jürgen Gruber Frank Seybold Sven Mikisch Klaus Just | 3:05.77 | Soviet Union (URS) Sergey Filipyev Ruslan Mishchenko Feliks Tatoyev Vladimir Budko | 3:06.45 |
| High jump | Yuriy Sergiyenko (URS) | 2.28 m | Evgeni Peyev (BUL) | 2.21 m | Patrik Sjöberg (SWE) | 2.21 m |
| Pole vault | Radion Gataullin (URS) | 5.55 m | Aleksandr Grigoryev (URS) | 5.45 m | Ryszard Kolasa (POL) | 5.40 m |
| Long jump | Ron Beer (GDR) | 7.93 m | Andreja Marinkovic (YUG) | 7.86 m | Robert Emmiyan (URS) | 7.83 m |
| Triple jump | Khristo Markov (BUL) | 16.72 m | Artem Tsygankov (URS) | 16.30 m | Claes Rahm (SWE) | 16.27 m |
| Shot put | Oleg Zolotukhin (URS) | 19.20 m | Mikhail Kulish (URS) | 18.29 m | Richard Navara (TCH) | 17.85 m |
| Discus throw | Yevgeniy Burin (URS) | 55.94 m | Valeriy Murashov (URS) | 55.22 m | Patrick Journoud (FRA) | 53.64 m |
| Hammer throw | Sergey Dorozhon (URS) | 74.28 m | Aleksandr Zeleznev (URS) | 71.90 m | Marco Gerloff (GDR) | 70.94 m |
| Javelin throw | Oleg Pakhol (URS) | 80.88 m | Sergey Glebov (URS) | 77.86 m | Klaus-Jorg Murawa (GDR) | 74.84 m |
| Decathlon | Valter Külvet (URS) | 7915 pts | Christian Schenk (GDR) | 7607 pts | Vassiliy Potapenko (URS) | 7465 pts |

## Women's results

| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| 100 metres | Natalya Pomoshchnikova (URS) | 11.57 | Simmone Jacobs (GBR) | 11.59 | Henrietta Kessebeh (GBR) | 11.72 |
| 200 metres | Simone Schumann (GDR) | 23.04 | Valentina Bozhina (URS) | 23.14 | Simmone Jacobs (GBR) | 23.28 |
| 400 metres | Petra Müller (GDR) | 51.79 | Gerda Haas (AUT) | 52.59 | Malinka Girova (BUL) | 52.61 |
| 800 metres | Katrin Wühn (GDR) | 2:00.25 | Christine Wachtel (GDR) | 2:00.42 | Monika Bens (FRG) | 2:01.29 |
| 1500 metres | Margareta Keszeg (ROM) | 4:13.17 | Pavlina Evro (ALB) | 4:13.77 | Yvonne Grabner (GDR) | 4:14.00 |
| 3000 metres | Věra Nožičková (TCH) | 9:19.56 | Zita Agoston (HUN) | 9:19.92 | Marion Josefsen (NOR) | 9:20.93 |
| 100 m hurdles | Susanne Losch (GDR) | 13.22 | Jeanette Kreisch (GDR) | 13.26 | Nathalie Byer (GBR) | 13.46 |
| 400 m hurdles | Radostina Shtereva (BUL) | 56.01 | Kristina Jauch (GDR) | 57.56 | Marina Mironova (URS) | 58.13 |
| 4 × 100 m relay | East Germany (GDR) Sabine Klaus Simone Schumann Ute Beck Stefanie Jacob | 44.12 | Soviet Union (URS) Yelena Fyodorova Natalya Pomoshchnikova Yelena Fedosenko Valentina Bozhina | 44.44 | Great Britain (GBR) Etta Kessebeh Georgina Oladapo Simmone Jacobs Lisa Goreeph | 44.86 |
| 4 × 400 m relay | East Germany (GDR) Frauke Jürgens Sigrun Ludwigs Petra Müller Christine Wachtel | 3:30.44 | Bulgaria (BUL) Petya Strashilova Yuliana Rasheva Malina Girova Radostina Shtereva | 3:31.78 | West Germany (FRG) Christine Wahl Karin Lix Annegret Ley Nicole Leistenschneider | 3:31.94 |
| High jump | Yelena Topchina (URS) | 1.94 m | Tamara Malešev (YUG) | 1.88 m | Debbie Marti (GBR) | 1.88 m |
| Long jump | Larissa Baluta (URS) | 6.67 m | Monika Beyer (GDR) | 6.53 m | Jana Sobotka (GDR) | 6.48 m |
| Shot put | Heidi Krieger (GDR) | 18.06 m | Valentina Fedyushina (URS) | 17.01 m | Astrid Wagner (GDR) | 16.89 m |
| Discus throw | Heidi Krieger (GDR) | 60.14 m | Larissa Platonova (URS) | 59.04 m | Irina Yefrosimina (URS) | 57.40 m |
| Javelin throw | Natalya Chernyenko (URS) | 62.04 m | Trine Solberg (NOR) | 61.40 m | Jana Kopping (GDR) | 59.08 m |
| Heptathlon | Sybille Thiele (GDR) | 6421 pts | Sabine Braun (FRG) | 6273 pts | Jana Sobotka (GDR) | 6222 pts |

## Medal table

| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| 1 | East Germany (GDR) | 14 | 7 | 7 | 28 |
| 2 | Soviet Union (URS) | 13 | 16 | 5 | 34 |
| 3 | Great Britain (GBR) | 3 | 1 | 9 | 13 |
| 4 | West Germany (FRG) | 2 | 4 | 4 | 10 |
| 5 | Bulgaria (BUL) | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 |
| 6 | Czechoslovakia (TCH) | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 7 | Italy (ITA) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 8 | Romania (ROU) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 9 | Poland (POL) | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| 10 | Yugoslavia (YUG) | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 11 | Norway (NOR) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 12 | Albania (ALB) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 12 | Austria (AUT) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 12 | Hungary (HUN) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 15 | Belgium (BEL) | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 15 | France (FRA) | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 15 | Sweden (SWE) | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 18 | Spain (ESP) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (18 entries) | Totals (18 entries) | 38 | 38 | 38 | 114 |