# 2005 European Athletics Indoor Championships

The 2005 European Athletics Indoor Championships were held at the Palacio de Deportes in Madrid, the capital city of Spain, from Friday, 4 March to Sunday, 6 March 2005. This was the first edition to be held in an odd year since switching to the biennial format, so as not to occur in the same as the outdoor European Athletics Championships and also recently moved IAAF World Indoor Championships. To accommodate this change, there was a two-year gap since the previous edition. It also marked the last time that the 200 metres were contested at the event.
Russia finished on top of the medal table with 17 medals including 9 gold and a clear lead over Sweden and France. The host nation Spain lost only to Russia on the number of medals but won only one gold and finished fifth overall.

## Medal summary
### Men

| Games | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| 60 m details | Jason Gardener (GBR) | 6.55 | Ronald Pognon (FRA) | 6.62 | Kostyantyn Vasyukov (UKR) | 6.62 |
| 200 m details | Tobias Unger (GER) | 20.53 | Chris Lambert (GBR) | 20.69 | Marcin Urbaś (POL) | 21.04 |
| 400 m details | David Gillick (IRL) | 46.30 | David Canal (ESP) | 46.64 | Sebastian Gatzka (GER) | 46.88 |
| 800 m details | Dmitriy Bogdanov (RUS) | 1:48.61 | Antonio Manuel Reina (ESP) | 1:48.76 | Juan de Dios Jurado (ESP) | 1:49.11 |
| 1500 m details | Ivan Heshko (UKR) | 3:36.70 (CR) | Juan Carlos Higuero (ESP) | 3:37.98 | Reyes Estévez (ESP) | 3:38.90 |
| 3000 m details | Alistair Cragg (IRL) | 7:46.32 | John Mayock (GBR) | 7:51.46 | Reyes Estévez (ESP) | 7:51.65 |
| 60 m hurdles details | Ladji Doucouré (FRA) | 7.50 | Felipe Vivancos (ESP) | 7.61 | Robert Kronberg (SWE) | 7.65 |
| 4 × 400 m relay details | France Richard Maunier Remi Wallard Brice Panel Marc Raquil | 3:07.90 | Great Britain Dale Garland Daniel Cossins Richard Davenport Gareth Warburton | 3:09.53 | Russia Andrey Polukeyev Aleksandr Usov Dmitriy Forshev Aleksandr Broshchenko | 3:09.63 |
| High jump details | Stefan Holm (SWE) | 2.40 m (CR) | Yaroslav Rybakov (RUS) | 2.38 m | Pavel Fomenko (RUS) | 2.32 m |
| Pole vault details | Igor Pavlov (RUS) | 5.90 m (CR) | Denys Yurchenko (UKR) | 5.85 m | Tim Lobinger (GER) | 5.80 m |
| Long jump details | Joan Lino Martínez (ESP) | 8.37 m | Bogdan Tarus (ROU) | 8.14 m | Volodymyr Zyuskov (UKR) | 7.99 m |
| Triple jump details | Igor Spasovkhodskiy (RUS) | 17.20 m | Mykola Savolainen (UKR) | 17.01 m | Aleksandr Petrenko (RUS) | 16.98 m |
| Shot put details | Joachim Olsen (DEN) | 21.19 m | Rutger Smith (NED) | 20.79 m | Manuel Martinez (ESP) | 20.51 m |
| Heptathlon details | Roman Šebrle (CZE) | 6232 pts | Aleksandr Pogorelov (RUS) | 6111 pts | Roland Schwarzl (AUT) | 6064 pts |
* Note: Britain's Mark Lewis-Francis, second in men's 60 m (6.59), was later disqualified for doping offence (tetrahydrocannabinol).

### Women

| Games | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| 60 m details | Kim Gevaert (BEL) | 7.16 | Yeoryia Kokloni (GRE) | 7.18 | Maria Karastamati (GRE) | 7.25 |
| 200 m details | Ivet Lalova (BUL) | 22.91 (NR) | Karin Mayr-Krifka (AUT) | 22.94 | Jacqueline Poelman (NED) | 23.42 |
| 400 m details | Svetlana Pospelova (RUS) | 50.41 | Sviatlana Usovich (BLR) | 50.55 | Irina Rosikhina (RUS) | 52.05 |
| 800 m details | Larisa Chzhao (RUS) | 1:59.97 | Mayte Martínez (ESP) | 2:00.52 | Natalya Tsyganova (RUS) | 2:01.62 |
| 1500 m details | Elena Iagăr (ROM) | 4:03.09 | Corina Dumbravean (ROM) | 4:05.88 | Hind Dehiba (FRA) | 4:07.20 |
| 3000 m details | Lidia Chojecka (POL) | 8:43.76 | Susanne Pumper (AUT) | 8:47.74 (*) | Sabrina Mockenhaupt (GER) | 8:47.76 |
| 60 m hurdles details | Susanna Kallur (SWE) | 7.80 | Jenny Kallur (SWE) | 7.99 | Kirsten Bolm (GER) | 8.00 |
| 4 × 400 m details | Russia Tatyana Levina Yuliya Pechonkina Irina Rosikhina Svetlana Pospelova | 3:28.00 (CR) | Poland Anna Pacholak Monika Bejnar Marta Chrust-Rożej Małgorzata Pskit | 3:29.37 | United Kingdom Melanie Purkiss Donna Fraser Catherine Murphy Lee McConnell | 3:29.81 |
| High jump details | Anna Chicherova (RUS) | 2.01 m | Ruth Beitia (ESP) | 1.99 m | Venelina Veneva (BUL) | 1.97 m |
| Pole vault details | Yelena Isinbayeva (RUS) | 4.90 m (WR) | Anna Rogowska (POL) | 4.75 m | Monika Pyrek (POL) | 4.70 m |
| Long jump details | Naide Gomes (POR) | 6.70 m | Stiliani Pilatou (GRE) | 6.64 m | Adina Anton (ROM) Bianca Kappler (GER) | 6.59 m 6.53 (**) |
| Triple jump details | Viktoriya Gurova (RUS) | 14.74 m | Magdelín Martínez (ITA) | 14.54 m | Carlota Castrejana (ESP) | 14.45 m |
| Shot put details | Nadzeya Astapchuk (BLR) | 19.37 m | Krystyna Zabawska (POL) | 18.96 m | Olga Ryabinkina (RUS) | 18.83 m |
| Pentathlon details | Carolina Klüft (SWE) | 4948 pts | Kelly Sotherton (GBR) | 4733 pts | Natalya Dobrynska (UKR) | 4667 pts |
* Notes:
** (*) Turkey's Tezeta Desalegn-Dengersa originally won the 3,000 m silver medal in 8:46.65, but was later disqualified for doping offence (metenolone). This was announced on April 6, 2006.
** (**) Bianca Kappler was awarded joint bronze medal as final jump was incorrectly measured. The jump was misread, putting her in first place, but she pointed out the mistake and was awarded the medal for fair play.

## Medal table

| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| 1 | Russia (RUS) | 9 | 2 | 6 | 17 |
| 2 | Sweden (SWE) | 3 | 1 | 1 | 5 |
| 3 | France (FRA) | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| 4 | Ireland (IRL) | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 5 | Spain (ESP) | 1 | 6 | 5 | 12 |
| 6 | Great Britain (GBR) | 1 | 4 | 1 | 6 |
| 7 | Poland (POL) | 1 | 3 | 2 | 6 |
| 8 | Ukraine (UKR) | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 |
| 9 | Romania (ROM) | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
| 10 | Belarus (BLR) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 11 | Germany (GER) | 1 | 0 | 5 | 6 |
| 12 | Bulgaria (BUL) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 13 | Belgium (BEL) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 13 | Czech Republic (CZE) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 13 | Denmark (DEN) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 13 | Portugal (POR) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 17 | Austria (AUT) | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 17 | Greece (GRE) | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 19 | Netherlands (NED) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 20 | Italy (ITA) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Totals (20 entries) | Totals (20 entries) | 28 | 28 | 29 | 85 |

## Participating nations

* Albania (2)
* Armenia (1)
* Austria (8)
* Belarus (11)
* Belgium (9)
* Bulgaria (8)
* Croatia (6)
* Cyprus (3)
* Czech Republic (16)
* Denmark (5)
* Estonia (10)
* Finland (13)
* France (44)
* Georgia (2)
* Germany (36)
* Great Britain (44)
* Greece (24)
* Hungary (6)
* Iceland (1)
* Ireland (16)
* Israel (2)
* Italy (21)
* Latvia (5)
* Liechtenstein (1)
* Lithuania (3)
* Luxembourg (1)
* Malta (3)
* Moldova (2)
* Netherlands (12)
* Poland (31)
* Portugal (13)
* Romania (18)
* Russia (64)
* Serbia and Montenegro (4)
* Slovakia (6)
* Slovenia (17)
* Spain (46)
* Sweden (20)
* Switzerland (6)
* Turkey (2)
* Ukraine (21)