# 1982 European Athletics Championships

The 13th European Athletics Championships were held from 6 September to 12 September 1982 at the Olympic Stadium in Athens, Greece. Contemporaneous reports on the event were given in the Glasgow Herald.

## Men's results

Complete results were published.

### Track

1974 | 1978 | 1982 | 1986 | 1990 |
| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| 100 metres details | Frank Emmelmann East Germany | 10.21 | Pierfrancesco Pavoni Italy | 10.25 | Marian Woronin Poland | 10.28 |
| 200 metres details | Olaf Prenzler East Germany | 20.46 | Cameron Sharp Great Britain | 20.47 | Frank Emmelmann East Germany | 20.60 |
| 400 metres details | Hartmut Weber West Germany | 44.72 CR | Andreas Knebel East Germany | 45.29 | Viktor Markin Soviet Union | 45.30 |
| 800 metres details | Hans-Peter Ferner West Germany | 1:46.33 | Sebastian Coe Great Britain | 1:46.68 | Jorma Härkönen Finland | 1:46.90 |
| 1500 metres details | Steve Cram Great Britain | 3:36.49 | Nikolay Kirov Soviet Union | 3:36.99 | José Manuel Abascal Spain | 3:37.04 |
| 5000 metres details | Thomas Wessinghage West Germany | 13:28.90 | Werner Schildhauer East Germany | 13:30.03 | David Moorcroft Great Britain | 13:30.42 |
| 10,000 metres details | Alberto Cova Italy | 27:41.03 | Werner Schildhauer East Germany | 27:41.21 | Martti Vainio Finland | 27:42.51 |
| Marathon details | Gerard Nijboer Netherlands | 2:15:16 | Armand Parmentier Belgium | 2:15:51 | Karel Lismont Belgium | 2:16:04 |
| 110 metres hurdles details | Thomas Munkelt East Germany | 13.41 | Andrey Prokofyev Soviet Union | 13.44 | Arto Bryggare Finland | 13.60 |
| 400 metres hurdles details | Harald Schmid West Germany | 47.48 CR | Aleksandr Yatsevich Soviet Union | 48.60 | Uwe Ackermann East Germany | 48.64 |
| 3000 metres steeplechase details | Patriz Ilg West Germany | 8:18.52 | Bogusław Mamiński Poland | 8:19.22 | Domingo Ramón Spain | 8:20.48 |
| 20 kilometres walk details | José Marín Spain | 1:23:43 CR | Jozef Pribilinec Czechoslovakia | 1:25:55 | Pavol Blažek Czechoslovakia | 1:26:13 |
| 50 kilometres walk details | Reima Salonen Finland | 3:55:29 | José Marín Spain | 3:59:18 | Bo Gustafsson Sweden | 4:01:21 |
| 4x100 metres relay details | Sergey Sokolov Aleksandr Aksinin Andrey Prokofyev Nikolay Sidorov Soviet Union | 38.60 | Detlef Kübeck Olaf Prenzler Thomas Munkelt Frank Emmelmann East Germany | 38.71 | Christian Zirkelbach Christian Haas Peter Klein Erwin Skamrahl West Germany | 38.71 |
| 4x400 metres relay details | Erwin Skamrahl Harald Schmid Thomas Giessing Hartmut Weber West Germany | 3.00.51 CR | David Jenkins Garry Cook Todd Bennett Phil Brown Great Britain | 3.00.68 | Aleksandr Troshchilo Pavel Roshchin Pavel Konovalov Viktor Markin Soviet Union | 3.00.80 |

### Field

1974 | 1978 | 1982 | 1986 | 1990 |
| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| High jump details | Dietmar Mögenburg West Germany | 2.30 m =CR | Janusz Trzepizur Poland | 2.27 m | Gerd Nagel West Germany | 2.24 m |
| Pole vault details | Aleksandr Krupskiy Soviet Union | 5.60 m CR | Vladimir Polyakov Soviet Union | 5.60 m =CR | Atanas Tarev Bulgaria | 5.60 m =CR |
| Long jump details | Lutz Dombrowski East Germany | 8.41 m w | Antonio Corgos Spain | 8.19 m | Jan Leitner Czechoslovakia | 8.08 m |
| Triple jump details | Keith Connor Great Britain | 17.29 m CR | Vasiliy Grishchenkov Soviet Union | 17.15 m | Béla Bakosi Hungary | 17.04 m |
| Shot put details | Udo Beyer East Germany | 21.50 m CR | Jānis Bojārs Soviet Union | 20.81 m | Remigius Machura Czechoslovakia | 20.59 m |
| Discus throw details | Imrich Bugár Czechoslovakia | 66.64 m | Ihor Duhinets Soviet Union | 65.60 m | Wolfgang Warnemünde East Germany | 64.20 m |
| Hammer throw details | Yuriy Sedykh Soviet Union | 81.66 m CR | Igor Nikulin Soviet Union | 79.44 m | Sergey Litvinov Soviet Union | 78.66 m |
| Javelin throw details | Uwe Hohn East Germany | 91.34 m | Heino Puuste Soviet Union | 89.56 m | Detlef Michel East Germany | 89.32 m |
| Decathlon details | Daley Thompson Great Britain | 8774 pts CR | Jürgen Hingsen West Germany | 8517 pts | Siegfried Stark East Germany | 8433 pts |
* $^{nb1}$ Lutz Dombrowski from East Germany jumped 8.25 m in the qualification round, which was a new championship record.

## Women's results
### Track

1974 | 1978 | 1982 | 1986 | 1990 |
| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| 100 metres details | Marlies Göhr East Germany | 11.01 CR | Bärbel Wöckel East Germany | 11.20 | Rose-Aimée Bacoul France | 11.29 |
| 200 metres details | Bärbel Wöckel East Germany | 22.04 CR | Kathy Smallwood Great Britain | 22.13 | Sabine Rieger East Germany | 22.51 |
| 400 metres details | Marita Koch East Germany | 48.16 CR, WR | Jarmila Kratochvílová Czechoslovakia | 48.85 | Taťána Kocembová Czechoslovakia | 50.55 |
| 800 metres details | Olga Mineyeva Soviet Union | 1:55.41 CR | Lyudmila Veselkova Soviet Union | 1:55.96 | Margrit Klinger West Germany | 1:57.22 |
| 1500 metres details | Olga Dvirna Soviet Union | 3:57.80 CR | Zamira Zaytseva Soviet Union | 3:58.82 | Gabriella Dorio Italy | 3:59.02 |
| 3000 metres details | Svetlana Ulmasova Soviet Union | 8:30.28 CR | Maricica Puică Romania | 8:33.33 | Yelena Sipatova Soviet Union | 8:34.06 |
| Marathon details | Rosa Mota Portugal | 2:36:04 | Laura Fogli Italy | 2:36:29 | Ingrid Kristiansen Norway | 2:36:39 |
| 100 metres hurdles details | Lucyna Kałek Poland | 12.45 =CR | Yordanka Donkova Bulgaria | 12.54 | Kerstin Knabe East Germany | 12.54 |
| 400 metres hurdles details | Ann-Louise Skoglund Sweden | 54.58 CR | Petra Pfaff East Germany | 54.89 | Chantal Réga France | 54.93 |
| 4x100 metres relay details | Gesine Walther Bärbel Wöckel Sabine Rieger Marlies Göhr East Germany | 42.19 CR | Wendy Hoyte Kathy Smallwood Bev Callender Shirley Thomas Great Britain | 42.66 | Laurence Bily Marie-Christine Cazier Rose-Aimée Bacoul Liliane Gaschet France | 42.69 |
| 4x400 metres relay details | Kirsten Siemon Sabine Busch Dagmar Rübsam Marita Koch East Germany | 3:19.04 CR, WR | Věra Tylová Milena Matejkovičová Taťána Kocembová Jarmila Kratochvílová Czechoslovakia | 3:22.17 | Yelena Didilenko Irina Olkhovnikova Olga Mineyeva Irina Baskakova Soviet Union | 3:22.79 |
* $^{nb1}$ Lucyna Kałek also ran 12.45 in the heats, which was a new championship record.

### Field

1974 | 1978 | 1982 | 1986 | 1990 |
| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| High jump details | Ulrike Meyfarth West Germany | 2.02 m CR | Tamara Bykova Soviet Union | 1.97 m | Sara Simeoni Italy | 1.97 m |
| Long jump details | Vali Ionescu Romania | 6.79 m | Anişoara Cuşmir-Stanciu Romania | 6.73 m | Yelena Ivanova Soviet Union | 6.73 m |
| Shot put details | Ilona Slupianek East Germany | 21.59 m CR | Helena Fibingerová Czechoslovakia | 20.94 m | Nunu Abashidze Soviet Union | 20.82 m |
| Discus throw details | Tsvetanka Khristova Bulgaria | 68.34 m | Mariya Petkova Bulgaria | 67.94 m | Galina Savinkova Soviet Union | 67.82 m |
| Javelin throw details | Anna Verouli Greece | 70.02 m CR | Antje Kempe East Germany | 67.94 m | Sofia Sakorafa Greece | 67.04 m |
| Heptathlon details | Ramona Neubert East Germany | 6664 pts | Sabine Mobius-Paetz East Germany | 6594 pts | Sabine Everts West Germany | 6418 pts |

## Medal table

* Host nation (Greece)
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| 1 | East Germany (GDR) | 13 | 8 | 7 | 28 |
| 2 | West Germany (FRG) | 8 | 1 | 4 | 13 |
| 3 | Soviet Union (URS) | 6 | 12 | 8 | 26 |
| 4 | Great Britain (GBR) | 3 | 5 | 1 | 9 |
| 5 | Czechoslovakia (TCH) | 1 | 4 | 4 | 9 |
| 6 | Italy (ITA) | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 |
| 6 | Spain (ESP) | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 |
| 8 | Bulgaria (BUL) | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
| 8 | Poland (POL) | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
| 10 | Romania (ROU) | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| 11 | Finland (FIN) | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 |
| 12 | Greece (GRE)* | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 12 | Sweden (SWE) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 14 | Netherlands (NED) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 14 | Portugal (POR) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 16 | Belgium (BEL) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 17 | France (FRA) | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 18 | Hungary (HUN) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 18 | Norway (NOR) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (19 entries) | Totals (19 entries) | 41 | 41 | 41 | 123 |

## Participation

According to an unofficial count, 777 athletes from 30 countries participated in the event, 21 athletes more than the official number of 756, and one country more than the official number of 29 as published.
* Austria (7)
* Belgium (12)
* Bulgaria (34)
* Cyprus (3)
* Czechoslovakia (28)
* Denmark (9)
* East Germany (65)
* Finland (38)
* France (48)
* Gibraltar (1)
* Greece (29)
* Hungary (18)
* Iceland (4)
* Ireland (9)
* Italy (55)
* Luxembourg (1)
* Malta (1)
* Netherlands (9)
* Norway (18)
* Poland (37)
* Portugal (11)
* Romania (18)
* Soviet Union (92)
* Spain (24)
* Sweden (55)
* Switzerland (25)
* Turkey (2)
* United Kingdom (51)
* West Germany (59)
* Yugoslavia (14)