# 2000 European Athletics Indoor Championships

The 2000 European Athletics Indoor Championships were held from Friday, 25 February to Sunday, 27 February 2000 in Ghent, Belgium. This edition marked the return of relay races to European Indoor Championships, having been held for the last time in 1975.

## Results
### Men

| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| 60 metres details | Jason Gardener Great Britain | 6.49 | Georgios Theodoridis Greece | 6.51 | Aggelos Pavlakakis Greece | 6.54 |
| 200 metres details | Christian Malcolm Great Britain | 20.54 | Patrick Stevens Belgium | 20.70 | Julian Golding Great Britain | 21.05 |
| 400 metres details | Iliya Dzhivondov Bulgaria | 46.63 | David Canal Spain | 46.85 | Marc Raquil France | 47.28 |
| 800 metres details | Yuriy Borzakovskiy Russia | 1:47.92 | Nils Schumann Germany | 1:48.41 | Balázs Korányi Hungary | 1:48.42 |
| 1,500 metres details | José Antonio Redolat Spain | 3:40.51 | James Nolan Ireland | 3:41.59 | Mehdi Baala France | 3:42.27 |
| 3,000 m details | Mark Carroll Ireland | 7:49.24 | Rui Silva Portugal | 7:49.70 | John Mayock Great Britain | 7:49.97 |
| 60 metres hurdles details | Staņislavs Olijars Latvia | 7.50 | Tony Jarrett Great Britain | 7.53 | Tomasz Ścigaczewski Poland | 7.56 |
| 4 × 400 metre relay details | Czech Republic Jiří Mužík Jan Poděbradský Štěpán Tesařík Karel Bláha | 3:06.10 | Germany Ingo Schultz Ruwen Faller Krause Lars Figura | 3:06.64 | Hungary Péter Nyilasi Attila Kilvinger Zétény Dombi Tibor Bédi | 3:09.35 |
| High jump details | Vyacheslav Voronin Russia | 2.34 | Martin Buss Germany | 2.34 | Dragutin Topić Yugoslavia | 2.34 |
| Pole vault details | Aleksander Averbukh Israel | 5.75 | Martin Eriksson Sweden | 5.70 | Rens Blom Netherlands | 5.60 |
| Long jump details | Petar Dachev Bulgaria | 8.26 | Bogdan Tarus Romania | 8.20 | Vitaliy Shkurlatov Russia | 8.10 |
| Triple jump details | Charles Friedek Germany | 17.28 | Rostislav Dimitrov Bulgaria | 17.22 | Paolo Camossi Italy | 17.05 |
| Shot put details | Timo Aaltonen Finland | 20.62 | Manuel Martínez Spain | 20.38 | Miroslav Menc Czech Republic | 20.23 |
| Heptathlon details | Tomáš Dvořák Czech Republic | 6,424 | Roman Šebrle Czech Republic | 6,271 | Erki Nool Estonia | 6,200 |
| WR world record | ER European record | CR championship record | NR national record | WL world leading | EL European leading | PB personal best | SB seasonal best |||||| |

### Women

| Games | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| 60 m details | Ekaterini Thanou (GRE) | 7.05 | Petya Pendareva (BUL) | 7.11 | Irina Pukha (UKR) | 7.11 |
| 200 m details | Muriel Hurtis (FRA) | 23.06 | Alenka Bikar (SLO) | 23.16 | Yekaterina Leshchova (RUS) | 23.20 |
| 400 m details | Svetlana Pospelova (RUS) | 51.66 | Natalya Nazarova (RUS) | 51.69 | Helena Fuchsová (CZE) | 52.32 |
| 800 m details | Stephanie Graf (AUT) | 1:59.70 | Natalya Tsyganova (RUS) | 2:00.17 | Sandra Stals (BEL) | 2:01.34 |
| 1500 m details | Violeta Szekely (ROM) | 4:12.82 | Olga Kuznetsova (RUS) | 4:13.45 | Yuliya Kosenkova (RUS) | 4:13.60 |
| 3000 m details | Gabriela Szabo (ROM) | 8:42.06 | Lidia Chojecka (POL) | 8:42.42 | Marta Domínguez (ESP) | 8:44.08 |
| 60 m hurdles details | Linda Ferga (FRA) | 7.88 | Patricia Girard (FRA) | 7.98 | Olena Krasovska (UKR) | 8.03 |
| 4 × 400 m details | Russia Olesya Zykina Irina Rosikhina Yuliya Sotnikova Svetlana Pospelova | 3:32.53 | Italy Francesca Carbone Carla Barbarino Patrizia Spuri Virna De Angeli | 3:35.01 | Romania Georgeta Lazar Anca Safta Otilia Ruicu Alina Ripanu | 3:36.28 |
| High jump details | Kajsa Bergqvist (SWE) | 2.00 m | Zuzana Hlavoňová (CZE) | 1.98 m | Olga Kaliturina (RUS) | 1.96 m |
| Pole vault details | Pavla Hamáčková-Rybová (CZE) | 4.40 | Yelena Belyakova (RUS) Christine Adams (GER) | 4.35 | | |
| Long jump details | Erica Johansson (SWE) | 6.89 m | Heike Drechsler (GER) | 6.86 m | Iva Prandzheva (BUL) | 6.80 m |
| Triple jump details | Tatyana Lebedeva (RUS) | 14.68 m | Cristina Nicolau (ROM) | 14.63 m | Iva Prandzheva (BUL) | 14.63 m |
| Shot put details | Larisa Peleshenko (RUS) | 20.15 m | Nadine Kleinert (GER) | 19.23 m | Astrid Kumbernuss (GER) | 19.12 m |
| Pentathlon details | Karin Ertl (GER) | 4671 pts | Irina Vostrikova (RUS) | 4615 pts | Urszula Włodarczyk (POL) | 4590 pts |

## Medal table

| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| 1 | Russia (RUS) | 6 | 5 | 4 | 15 |
| 2 | Czech Republic (CZE) | 3 | 2 | 2 | 7 |
| 3 | Germany (GER) | 2 | 6 | 1 | 9 |
| 4 | Bulgaria (BUL) | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 |
| 5 | Romania (ROM) | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 |
| 6 | France (FRA) | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 |
| 6 | Great Britain (GBR) | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 |
| 8 | Sweden (SWE) | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| 9 | Spain (ESP) | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
| 10 | Greece (GRE) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 11 | Ireland (IRL) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 12 | Austria (AUT) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 12 | Finland (FIN) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 12 | Israel (ISR) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 12 | Latvia (LAT) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 16 | Poland (POL) | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 17 | Belgium (BEL) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 17 | Italy (ITA) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 19 | Portugal (POR) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 19 | Slovenia (SLO) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 21 | Hungary (HUN) | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 21 | Ukraine (UKR) | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 23 | Estonia (EST) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 23 | Netherlands (NED) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 23 | Serbia and Montenegro (SCG) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (25 entries) | Totals (25 entries) | 28 | 29 | 27 | 84 |

## Participating nations

* Andorra (2)
* Armenia (1)
* Austria (10)
* Azerbaijan (1)
* Belarus (3)
* Belgium (29)
* Bosnia and Herzegovina (2)
* Bulgaria (11)
* Croatia (2)
* Cyprus (4)
* Czech Republic (13)
* Denmark (2)
* Estonia (3)
* Finland (13)
* France (50)
* Germany (50)
* Great Britain (28)
* Greece (22)
* Hungary (20)
* Iceland (4)
* Ireland (7)
* Israel (5)
* Italy (36)
* Latvia (4)
* Lithuania (5)
* Luxembourg (1)
* Macedonia (1)
* Malta (1)
* Moldova (1)
* Netherlands (11)
* Norway (5)
* Poland (18)
* Portugal (9)
* Romania (18)
* Russia (53)
* San Marino (2)
* Slovakia (6)
* Slovenia (12)
* Spain (22)
* Sweden (20)
* Switzerland (8)
* Turkey (8)
* Ukraine (21)
* Yugoslavia (2)