# 1994 European Athletics Championships

The 16th European Athletics Championships were held from 7 August to 14 August 1994 in the Olympic Stadium of Helsinki, Finland.

## Men's results

Complete results were published.

### Track

1986 |1990 |1994 |1998 |2002 |
| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| 100 m details | Linford Christie Great Britain | 10.14 | Geir Moen Norway | 10.20 | Aleksandr Porkhomovskiy Russia | 10.31 |
| 200 m details | Geir Moen Norway | 20.30 | Vladyslav Dolohodin Ukraine | 20.47 | Patrick Stevens Belgium | 20.68 |
| 400 m details | Du'aine Ladejo Great Britain | 45.09 | Roger Black Great Britain | 45.20 | Matthias Rusterholz Switzerland | 45.96 |
| 800 m details | Andrea Benvenuti Italy | 1:46.12 | Vebjørn Rodal Norway | 1:46.53 | Tomás de Teresa Spain | 1:46.56 |
| 1500 m details | Fermín Cacho Spain | 3:35.27 | Isaac Viciosa Spain | 3:36.01 | Branko Zorko Croatia | 3:36.88 |
| 5000 m details | Dieter Baumann Germany | 13:36.93 | Robert Denmark Great Britain | 13:37.50 | Abel Antón Spain | 13:38.04 |
| 10,000 m details | Abel Antón Spain | 28:06.03 | Vincent Rousseau Belgium | 28:06.63 | Stéphane Franke Germany | 28:07.95 |
| Marathon details | Martín Fiz Spain | 2:10:31 | Diego Garcia Spain | 2:10:46 | Alberto Juzdado Spain | 2:11:18 |
| 110 metres hurdles details | Colin Jackson Great Britain | 13.08 | Florian Schwarthoff Germany | 13.16 | Tony Jarrett Great Britain | 13.23 |
| 400 metres hurdles details | Oleg Tverdokhleb Ukraine | 48.06 | Sven Nylander Sweden | 48.22 | Stéphane Diagana France | 48.23 |
| 3000 metres steeplechase details | Alessandro Lambruschini Italy | 8:28.68 | Angelo Carosi Italy | 8:29.81 | William Van Dijck Belgium | 8:30.93 |
| 20 kilometres walk details | Mikhail Shchennikov Russia | 1:18:45 | Yevgeniy Misyulya Belarus | 1:19:22 | Valentí Massana Spain | 1:20:33 |
| 50 kilometres walk details | Valeriy Spitsyn Russia | 3:41:07 | Thierry Toutain France | 3:43:52 | Giovanni Perricelli Italy | 3:43:55 |
| 4 × 100 metres relay details | Hermann Lomba Éric Perrot Jean-Charles Trouabal Daniel Sangouma France | 38.57 | Serhiy Osovych Oleh Kramarenko Dmytro Vanyayikin Vladyslav Dolohodin Ukraine | 38.98 | Ezio Madonia Domenico Nettis Giorgio Marras Sandro Floris Italy | 38.99 |
| 4 × 400 metres relay details | David McKenzie Roger Black Brian Whittle Du'aine Ladejo Great Britain | 2:59.13 | Pierre-Marie Hilaire Jacques Farraudiére Jean-Louis Rapnouil Stéphane Diagana France | 3:01.11 | Mikhail Vdovin Dmitriy Bey Dmitriy Kosov Dmitriy Golovastov Russia | 3:03.10 |
| WR world record | AR area record | CR championship record | GR games record | NR national record | OR Olympic record | PB personal best | SB season best | WL world leading (in a given season) |||||| |

### Field

1986 |1990 |1994 |1998 |2002 |
| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| High jump details | Steinar Hoen Norway | 2.35 | Artur Partyka Poland Steve Smith Great Britain | 2.33 | | |
| Long jump details | Ivaylo Mladenov Bulgaria | 8.09 | Milan Gombala Czech Republic | 8.04 | Konstantinos Koukodimos Greece | 8.01 |
| Pole vault details | Radion Gataullin Russia | 6.00 | Igor Trandenkov Russia | 5.90 | Jean Galfione France | 5.85 |
| Triple jump details | Denis Kapustin Russia | 17.62 | Serge Hélan France | 17.55 | Māris Bružiks Latvia | 17.20 |
| Shot put details | Aleksandr Klimenko Ukraine | 20.78 | Oleksandr Bagach Ukraine | 20.34 | Roman Virastyuk Ukraine | 19.59 |
| Discus throw details | Vladimir Dubrovshchik Belarus | 64.78 | Dmitriy Shevchenko Russia | 64.56 | Jürgen Schult Germany | 64.18 |
| Javelin throw details | Steve Backley Great Britain | 85.20 | Seppo Räty Finland | 82.90 | Jan Železný Czech Republic | 82.58 |
| Hammer throw details | Vasiliy Sidorenko Russia | 81.10 | Igor Astapkovich Belarus | 80.40 | Heinz Weis Germany | 78.48 |
| Decathlon details | Alain Blondel France | 8453 | Henrik Dagård Sweden | 8362 | Lev Lobodin Ukraine | 8201 |
| WR world record | AR area record | CR championship record | GR games record | NR national record | OR Olympic record | PB personal best | SB season best | WL world leading (in a given season) |||||| |

## Women's results
### Track

1986 |1990 |1994 |1998 |2002 |
| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| 100 metres details | Irina Privalova Russia | 11.02 | Zhanna Pintusevich Ukraine | 11.10 | Melanie Paschke Germany | 11.28 |
| 200 metres details | Irina Privalova Russia | 22.32 | Zhanna Pintusevich Ukraine | 22.77 | Galina Malchugina Russia | 22.90 |
| 400 metres details | Marie-José Pérec France | 50.33 | Svetlana Goncharenko Russia | 51.24 | Phylis Smith Great Britain | 51.30 |
| 800 metres details | Lyubov Gurina Russia | 1:58.55 | Natalya Dukhnova Belarus | 1:58.55 | Lyudmila Rogachova Russia | 1:58.69 |
| 1500 metres details | Lyudmila Rogachova Russia | 4:18.93 | Kelly Holmes Great Britain | 4:19.30 | Yekaterina Podkopayeva Russia | 4:19.37 |
| 3000 metres details | Sonia O'Sullivan Ireland | 8:31.84 | Yvonne Murray Great Britain | 8:36.48 | Gabriela Szabo Romania | 8:40.08 |
| 10,000 metres details | Fernanda Ribeiro Portugal | 31:08.75 | Conceição Ferreira Portugal | 31:32.82 | Daria Nauer Switzerland | 31:35.96 |
| Marathon details | Manuela Machado Portugal | 2:29:54 | Maria Curatolo Italy | 2:30:33 | Adriana Barbu Romania | 2:30:55 |
| 100 metres hurdles details | Svetla Dimitrova Bulgaria | 12.72 | Yuliya Graudyn Russia | 12.93 | Yordanka Donkova Bulgaria | 12.93 |
| 400 metres hurdles details | Sally Gunnell Great Britain | 53.33 | Silvia Rieger Germany | 54.68 | Anna Knoroz Russia | 54.68 |
| 10 kilometres walk details | Sari Essayah Finland | 42:37 | Annarita Sidoti Italy | 42:43 | Yelena Nikolayeva Russia | 42:43 |
| 4 × 100 metres relay details | Melanie Paschke Silke Knoll Bettina Zipp Silke Lichtenhagen Germany | 42.90 | Natalya Anisimova Marina Trandenkova Galina Malchugina Irina Privalova Russia | 42.96 | Desislava Dimitrova Svetla Dimitrova Anelia Nuneva Petya Pendareva Bulgaria | 43.00 |
| 4 × 400 metres relay details | Francine Landre Évelyne Élien Viviane Dorsile Marie-José Pérec France | 3:22.34 | Natalya Khrushcheleva Yelena Andreyeva Tatyana Zakharova Svetlana Goncharenko Russia | 3:24.06 | Karin Janke Heike Meißner Uta Rohländer Anja Rücker Germany | 3:24.10 |

### Field

1986 |1990 |1994 |1998 |2002 |
| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| High jump details | Britta Bilač Slovenia | 2.00 | Yelena Gulyayeva Russia | 1.96 | Nelė Žilinskienė Lithuania | 1.93 |
| Long jump details | Heike Drechsler Germany | 7.14 | Inessa Kravets Ukraine | 6.99 | Fiona May Italy | 6.90 |
| Triple jump details | Anna Biryukova Russia | 14.89 | Inna Lasovskaya Russia | 14.85 | Inessa Kravets Ukraine | 14.67 |
| Shot put details | Vita Pavlysh Ukraine | 19.61 | Astrid Kumbernuss Germany | 19.49 | Svetla Mitkova Bulgaria | 19.45 |
| Discus throw details | Ilke Wyludda Germany | 68.72 | Ellina Zvereva Belarus | 64.46 | Mette Bergmann Norway | 64.34 |
| Javelin throw details | Trine Hattestad Norway | 68.00 | Karen Forkel Germany | 66.10 | Felicia Moldovan Romania | 64.34 |
| Heptathlon details | Sabine Braun Germany | 6,419 | Rita Ináncsi Hungary | 6,404 | Urszula Włodarczyk Poland | 6,322 |

## Medal table

* Host nation (Finland)
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| 1 | Russia (RUS) | 10 | 8 | 7 | 25 |
| 2 | Great Britain (GBR) | 6 | 5 | 2 | 13 |
| 3 | Germany (GER) | 5 | 4 | 5 | 14 |
| 4 | France (FRA) | 4 | 3 | 2 | 9 |
| 5 | Ukraine (UKR) | 3 | 6 | 3 | 12 |
| 6 | Spain (ESP) | 3 | 2 | 4 | 9 |
| 7 | Norway (NOR) | 3 | 2 | 1 | 6 |
| 8 | Italy (ITA) | 2 | 3 | 3 | 8 |
| 9 | Portugal (POR) | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| 10 | Bulgaria (BUL) | 2 | 0 | 3 | 5 |
| 11 | Belarus (BLR) | 1 | 4 | 0 | 5 |
| 12 | Finland (FIN)* | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 13 | Ireland (IRL) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 13 | Slovenia (SLO) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 15 | Sweden (SWE) | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 16 | Belgium (BEL) | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 17 | Czech Republic (CZE) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 17 | Poland (POL) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 19 | Hungary (HUN) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 20 | Romania (ROU) | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 21 | Switzerland (SUI) | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 22 | Croatia (CRO) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 22 | Greece (GRE) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 22 | Latvia (LAT) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 22 | Lithuania (LTU) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (25 entries) | Totals (25 entries) | 44 | 45 | 43 | 132 |

## Participation

According to an unofficial count, 1125 athletes from 43 countries participated in the event, 12 athletes more than the official number of 1113 and one country less than the official number of 44 as published. The announced athlete from Macedonia did not show.
* Albania (1)
* Armenia (1)
* Austria (12)
* Belarus (37)
* Belgium (13)
* Bosnia and Herzegovina (2)
* Bulgaria (21)
* Croatia (4)
* Cyprus (7)
* Czech Republic (23)
* Denmark (12)
* Estonia (17)
* Finland (85)
* France (78)
* Georgia (2)
* Germany (101)
* Great Britain & N.I. (90)
* Greece (18)
* Hungary (27)
* Independent European Participants (Yugoslavia) (8)
* Iceland (6)
* Ireland (21)
* Israel (6)
* Italy (73)
* Latvia (11)
* Liechtenstein (1)
* Lithuania (11)
* Luxembourg (1)
* Malta (1)
* Moldova (6)
* Netherlands (23)
* Norway (32)
* Poland (37)
* Portugal (25)
* Romania (22)
* Russia (96)
* Slovakia (11)
* Slovenia (7)
* Spain (58)
* Sweden (45)
* Switzerland (28)
* Turkey (6)
* Ukraine (39)