# 2016 European Athletics Championships

The 2016 European Athletics Championships was held in Amsterdam, Netherlands, between 6 and 10 July 2016. It was the first time the Netherlands hosted the event.
Due to 2016 being an Olympic year, there was no racewalking and the marathon competition was replaced by half marathon. The Russian team did not participate due to the suspension of the All-Russia Athletic Federation by the International Association of Athletics Federations. However, Yuliya Stepanova was individually cleared by the IAAF to compete as an independent athlete; she participated in the European championships under the flag of the European Athletic Association.
Germany and Great Britain topped the medal table with 16, with Poland winning 12 medals. Poland won and topped the victory column with 6 gold medals (Germany & Great Britain tied with 5).

## Event schedule

Legend :
| Key | P | Q | H | ½ | F |
| Value | Preliminary round | Qualifiers | Heats | Semifinals | Final |
Men :
| Date | Jul 6 | Jul 6 | Jul 7 | Jul 7 | Jul 7 | Jul 8 | Jul 8 | Jul 8 | Jul 9 | Jul 9 | Jul 9 | Jul 10 | Jul 10 |
| Event | M | A | M | A | A | M | A | A | M | A | A | M | A |
| 100 m | H | | | ½ | F | | | | | | | | |
| 200 m | | | H | | | | ½ | F | | | | | |
| 400 m | H | | | ½ | ½ | | F | F | | | | | |
| 800 m | | | H | | | | ½ | ½ | | | | | F |
| 1500 m | | | | H | H | | | | | F | F | | |
| 5000 m | | | | | | | | | | | | | F |
| 10,000 m | | | | | | | F | F | | | | | |
| Half marathon | | | | | | | | | | | | F | |
| 110 m hurdles | | | | | | H | | | | ½ | F | | |
| 400 m hurdles | | H | | ½ | ½ | | F | F | | | | | |
| 3000 m steeplechase | | H | | | | | F | F | | | | | |
| 4 × 100 m relay | | | | | | | | | | H | H | | F |
| 4 × 400 m relay | | | | | | | | | H | | | | F |
| Long jump | Q | | | F | F | | | | | | | | |
| Triple jump | | | Q | | | | | | | F | F | | |
| High jump | | | | | | | | | Q | | | | F |
| Pole vault | | Q | | | | | F | F | | | | | |
| Shot put | | | | | | | | | | Q | Q | | F |
| Discus throw | | | | Q | Q | | | | | F | F | | |
| Hammer throw | | | | | | Q | | | | | | | F |
| Javelin throw | | Q | | F | F | | | | | | | | |
| Decathlon | F | F | F | F | F | | | | | | | | |
Women :
| Date | Jul 6 | Jul 6 | Jul 7 | Jul 7 | Jul 7 | Jul 8 | Jul 8 | Jul 8 | Jul 9 | Jul 9 | Jul 9 | Jul 10 | Jul 10 |
| Event | M | A | M | A | A | M | A | A | M | A | A | M | A |
| 100 m | | | | H | H | | ½ | F | | | | | |
| 200 m | H | ½ | | F | F | | | | | | | | |
| 400 m | H | | | ½ | ½ | | F | F | | | | | |
| 800 m | | H | | ½ | ½ | | | | | F | F | | |
| 1500 m | | | | | | | H | H | | | | | F |
| 5000 m | | | | | | | | | | F | F | | |
| 10,000 m | | F | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Half marathon | | | | | | | | | | | | F | |
| 100 m hurdles | H | | | ½ | F | | | | | | | | |
| 400 m hurdles | | | | | | H | | | | ½ | ½ | | F |
| 3000 m steeplechase | | | | | | H | | | | | | | F |
| 4 × 100 m relay | | | | | | | | | | H | H | | F |
| 4 × 400 m relay | | | | | | | | | H | | | | F |
| Long jump | | Q | | | | | F | F | | | | | |
| Triple jump | | | | | | Q | | | | | | | F |
| High jump | Q | | | F | F | | | | | | | | |
| Pole vault | | | Q | | | | | | | F | F | | |
| Shot put | | Q | | F | F | | | | | | | | |
| Discus throw | Q | | | | | | F | F | | | | | |
| Hammer throw | Q | | | | | | F | F | | | | | |
| Javelin throw | | Q | | | | | | | | F | F | | |
| Heptathlon | | | | | | F | F | F | F | F | F | | |

## Results
### Men
#### Track

* Chronology: 2012 | 2014 | 2016 | 2018 | 2020
| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| 100 metres details | Churandy Martina Netherlands (NED) | 10.07 SB | Jak Ali Harvey Turkey (TUR) | 10.07 | Jimmy Vicaut France (FRA) | 10.08 |
| 200 metres details | Bruno Hortelano Spain (ESP) | 20.45 | Ramil Guliyev Turkey (TUR) | 20.51 | Daniel Talbot Great Britain & N.I. (GBR) | 20.56 |
| 400 metres details | Martyn Rooney Great Britain & N.I. (GBR) | 45.29 | Pavel Maslák Czech Republic (CZE) | 45.36 | Liemarvin Bonevacia Netherlands (NED) | 45.41 SB |
| 800 metres details | Adam Kszczot Poland (POL) | 1:45.18 | Marcin Lewandowski Poland (POL) | 1:45.54 | Elliot Giles Great Britain & N.I. (GBR) | 1:45.54 PB |
| 1500 metres details | Filip Ingebrigtsen Norway (NOR) | 3:46.65 | David Bustos Spain (ESP) | 3:46.90 | Henrik Ingebrigtsen Norway (NOR) | 3:47.18 |
| 5000 metres details | Ilias Fifa Spain (ESP) | 13:40.85 | Adel Mechaal Spain (ESP) | 13:40.85 | Richard Ringer Germany (GER) | 13:40.85 SB |
| 10,000 metres details | Polat Kemboi Arıkan Turkey (TUR) | 28:18.52 | Ali Kaya Turkey (TUR) | 28:21.42 | Antonio Abadía Spain (ESP) | 28:26.07 |
| Half marathon details | Tadesse Abraham Switzerland (SUI) | 1:02:03 | Kaan Kigen Özbilen Turkey (TUR) | 1:02:27 | Daniele Meucci Italy (ITA) | 1:02:38 |
| Half marathon details | Switzerland (SUI) | 3:12:04 | Spain (ESP) | 3:12:06 | Italy (ITA) | 3:12:41 |
| 110 metres hurdles details | Dimitri Bascou France (FRA) | 13.25 | Balázs Baji Hungary (HUN) | 13.28 NR | Wilhem Belocian France (FRA) | 13.33 |
| 400 metres hurdles details | Yasmani Copello Turkey (TUR) | 48.98 | Sérgio Fernández Spain (ESP) | 49.06 | Kariem Hussein Switzerland (SUI) | 49.10 |
| 3000 metres steeplechase details | Mahiedine Mekhissi-Benabbad France (FRA) | 8:25.63 | Aras Kaya Turkey (TUR) | 8:29.91 PB | Yoann Kowal France (FRA) | 8:30.79 |
| 4 × 100 metres relay details | Great Britain & N.I. (GBR) James Dasaolu Adam Gemili James Ellington Chijindu Ujah | 38.17 | France (FRA) Marvin René Stuart Dutamby Mickael-Meba Zeze Jimmy Vicaut | 38.38 SB | Germany (GER) Julian Reus Sven Knipphals Roy Schmidt Lucas Jakubczyk | 38.47 |
| 4 × 400 metres relay details | Belgium (BEL) Julien Watrin Jonathan Borlée Dylan Borlée Kévin Borlée | 3:01:10 EL | Poland (POL) Rafał Omelko Kacper Kozłowski Łukasz Krawczuk Jakub Krzewina | 3:01:18 SB | Great Britain & N.I. (GBR) Rabah Yousif Delano Williams Jack Green Matthew Hudson-Smith | 3:01:44 SB |
| WR world record | ER European record | CR championship record | NR national record | WL world leading | EL European leading | PB personal best | SB seasonal best |||||| |

#### Field

* Chronology: 2012 | 2014 | 2016 | 2018 | 2020
| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| High jump details | Gianmarco Tamberi Italy (ITA) | 2.32 | Robbie Grabarz Great Britain & N.I. (GBR) | 2.29 | Chris Baker Great Britain & N.I. (GBR) Eike Onnen Germany (GER) | 2.29 |
| Pole vault details | Robert Sobera Poland (POL) | 5.60 | Jan Kudlička Czech Republic (CZE) | 5.60 | Robert Renner Slovenia (SLO) | 5.50 |
| Long jump details | Greg Rutherford Great Britain & N.I. (GBR) | 8.25 | Michel Tornéus Sweden (SWE) | 8.21 SB | Ignisious Gaisah Netherlands (NED) | 7.93 |
| Triple jump details | Max Hess Germany (GER) | 17.20 EL | Karol Hoffmann Poland (POL) | 17.16 PB | Julian Reid Great Britain & N.I. (GBR) | 16.76 SB |
| Shot put details | David Storl Germany (GER) | 21.31 EL | Michał Haratyk Poland (POL) | 21.19 | Tsanko Arnaudov Portugal (POR) | 20.59 SB |
| Discus throw details | Piotr Małachowski Poland (POL) | 67.06 | Philip Milanov Belgium (BEL) | 65.71 | Gerd Kanter Estonia (EST) | 65.27 SB |
| Javelin throw details | Zigismunds Sirmais Latvia (LAT) | 86.66 PB | Vítězslav Veselý Czech Republic (CZE) | 83.59 | Antti Ruuskanen Finland (FIN) | 82.44 |
| Hammer throw details | Paweł Fajdek Poland (POL) | 80.93 | Ivan Tikhon Belarus (BLR) | 78.84 | Wojciech Nowicki Poland (POL) | 77.53 |
| Decathlon details | Thomas Van der Plaetsen Belgium (BEL) | 8218 | Adam Helcelet Czech Republic (CZE) | 8157 SB | Mihail Dudaš Serbia (SRB) | 8153 |
| 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
#### Track

* Chronology: 2012 | 2014 | 2016 | 2018 | 2020
| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| 100 metres details | Dafne Schippers Netherlands (NED) | 10.90 | Ivet Lalova-Collio Bulgaria (BUL) | 11.20 | Mujinga Kambundji Switzerland (SUI) | 11.25 |
| 200 metres details | Dina Asher-Smith Great Britain & N.I. (GBR) | 22.37 SB | Ivet Lalova-Collio Bulgaria (BUL) | 22.52 SB | Gina Lückenkemper Germany (GER) | 22.74 |
| 400 metres details | Libania Grenot Italy (ITA) | 50.73 | Floria Gueï France (FRA) | 51.21 | Anyika Onuora Great Britain & N.I. (GBR) | 51.47 SB |
| 800 metres details | Nataliya Pryshchepa Ukraine (UKR) | 1:59.70 | Rénelle Lamote France (FRA) | 2:00.19 | Lovisa Lindh Sweden (SWE) | 2:00.37 PB |
| 1500 metres details | Angelika Cichocka Poland (POL) | 4:33.00 | Sifan Hassan Netherlands (NED) | 4:33.76 | Ciara Mageean Ireland (IRL) | 4:33.78 |
| 5000 metres details | Yasemin Can Turkey (TUR) | 15:18.15 | Meraf Bahta Sweden (SWE) | 15:20.54 | Stephanie Twell Great Britain & N.I. (GBR) | 15:20.70 |
| 10,000 metres details | Yasemin Can Turkey (TUR) | 31:12.86 EL, EU23 | Dulce Félix Portugal (POR) | 31:19.03 PB | Karoline Bjerkeli Grøvdal Norway (NOR) | 31:23.45 PB |
| Half marathon details | Sara Moreira Portugal (POR) | 1:10:19 | Veronica Inglese Italy (ITA) | 1:10:35 | Jéssica Augusto Portugal (POR) | 1:10:55 |
| Half marathon details | Portugal (POR) | 3:33:53 | Italy (ITA) | 3:36:38 | Turkey (TUR) | 3:39:59 |
| 100 metres hurdles details | Cindy Roleder Germany (GER) | 12.62 EL | Alina Talay Belarus (BLR) | 12.68 | Tiffany Porter Great Britain & N.I. (GBR) | 12.76 |
| 400 metres hurdles details | Sara Slott Petersen Denmark (DEN) | 55.12 SB | Joanna Linkiewicz Poland (POL) | 55.33 | Léa Sprunger Switzerland (SUI) | 55.41 |
| 3000 metres steeplechase details | Gesa-Felicitas Krause Germany (GER) | 9:18.85 EL | Luiza Gega Albania (ALB) | 9:28.52 NR | Özlem Kaya Turkey (TUR) | 9:35.05 SB |
| 4 × 100 metres relay details | Netherlands (NED) Jamile Samuel Dafne Schippers Tessa van Schagen Naomi Sedney | 42.04 NR | Great Britain & N.I. (GBR) Asha Philip Dina Asher-Smith Bianca Williams Daryll Neita | 42.45 SB | Germany (GER) Tatjana Pinto Lisa Mayer Gina Lückenkemper Rebekka Haase | 42.48 |
| 4 × 400 metres relay details | Great Britain & N.I. (GBR) Emily Diamond Anyika Onuora Eilidh Doyle Seren Bundy-Davies | 3:25.05 WL | France (FRA) Phara Anacharsis Brigitte Ntiamoah Marie Gayot Floria Gueï | 3:25.96 SB | Italy (ITA) Maria Benedicta Chigbolu Maria Enrica Spacca Chiara Bazzoni Libania Grenot | 3:27.49 SB |
| WR world record | ER European record | CR championship record | NR national record | WL world leading | EL European leading | PB personal best | SB seasonal best |||||| |

#### Field

* Chronology: 2012 | 2014 | 2016 | 2018 | 2020
| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| High jump details | Ruth Beitia Spain (ESP) | 1.98 SB | Mirela Demireva Bulgaria (BUL) Airinė Palšytė Lithuania (LTU) | 1.96 1.96 SB | Not awarded | Not awarded |
| Pole vault details | Ekaterini Stefanidi Greece (GRE) | 4.81 CR | Lisa Ryzih Germany (GER) | 4.70 SB | Angelica Bengtsson Sweden (SWE) | 4.65 SB |
| Long jump details | Ivana Španović Serbia (SRB) | 6.94 | Jazmin Sawyers Great Britain & N.I. (GBR) | 6.86 | Malaika Mihambo Germany (GER) | 6.65 |
| Triple jump details | Patrícia Mamona Portugal (POR) | 14.58 NR | Hanna Minenko Israel (ISR) | 14.51 | Paraskevi Papachristou Greece (GRE) | 14.47 |
| Shot put details | Christina Schwanitz Germany (GER) | 20.17 EL | Anita Márton Hungary (HUN) | 18.72 | Emel Dereli Turkey (TUR) | 18.22 |
| Discus throw details | Sandra Perković Croatia (CRO) | 69.97 | Julia Fischer Germany (GER) | 65.77 | Shanice Craft Germany (GER) | 63.89 |
| Javelin throw details | Tatsiana Khaladovich Belarus (BLR) | 66.34 NR | Linda Stahl Germany (GER) | 65.25 SB | Sara Kolak Croatia (CRO) | 63.50 NR |
| Hammer throw details | Anita Włodarczyk Poland (POL) | 78.14 | Betty Heidler Germany (GER) | 75.77 SB | Hanna Skydan Azerbaijan (AZE) | 73.83 |
| Heptathlon details | Anouk Vetter Netherlands (NED) | 6626 NR | Antoinette Nana Djimou France (FRA) | 6458 SB | Ivona Dadic Austria (AUT) | 6408 NR |
| WR world record | ER European record | CR championship record | NR national record | WL world leading | EL European leading | PB personal best | SB seasonal best |||||| |

## Medal table

* Host nation (Host nation)
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| 1 | Poland (POL) | 6 | 5 | 1 | 12 |
| 2 | Germany (GER) | 5 | 4 | 7 | 16 |
| 3 | Great Britain & N.I. (GBR) | 5 | 3 | 8 | 16 |
| 4 | Turkey (TUR) | 4 | 5 | 2 | 11 |
| 5 | Netherlands (NED)* | 4 | 1 | 2 | 7 |
| 6 | Spain (ESP) | 3 | 3 | 1 | 7 |
| 7 | France (FRA) | 2 | 5 | 3 | 10 |
| 8 | Italy (ITA) | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 |
| 8 | Portugal (POR) | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 |
| 10 | Belgium (BEL) | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| 11 | Belarus (BLR) | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| 12 | Switzerland (SUI) | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 |
| 13 | Norway (NOR) | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 14 | Croatia (CRO) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 14 | Greece (GRE) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 14 | Serbia (SRB) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 17 | Denmark (DEN) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 17 | Latvia (LAT) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 17 | Ukraine (UKR) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 20 | Czech Republic (CZE) | 0 | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| 21 | Bulgaria (BUL) | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 22 | Sweden (SWE) | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| 23 | Hungary (HUN) | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 24 | Albania (ALB) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 24 | Israel (ISR) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 24 | Lithuania (LTU) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 27 | Austria (AUT) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 27 | Azerbaijan (AZE) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 27 | Estonia (EST) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 27 | Finland (FIN) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 27 | Ireland (IRL) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 27 | Slovenia (SLO) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (32 entries) | Totals (32 entries) | 44 | 45 | 44 | 133 |

## Participating nations

Athletes from a total of 50 member federations of the European Athletics Association competed at these Championships. Russia, suspended, did not participate. EAA accepted the participation of Russian-born athlete Yuliya Stepanova as an independent neutral athlete.
* Albania (ALB) (2)
* Andorra (AND) (3)
* Armenia (ARM) (3)
* Austria (AUT) (15)
* Azerbaijan (AZE) (5)
* Belarus (BLR) (39)
* Belgium (BEL) (30)
* Bosnia and Herzegovina (BIH) (5)
* Bulgaria (BUL) (17)
* Croatia (CRO) (11)
* Cyprus (CYP) (14)
* Czech Republic (CZE) (46)
* Denmark (DEN) (12)
* Estonia (EST) (23)
* Finland (FIN) (36)
* France (FRA) (60)
* Georgia (GEO) (2)
* Germany (GER) (96)
* Gibraltar (GIB) (2)
* Great Britain & N.I. (GBR) (85)
* Greece (GRE) (35)
* Hungary (HUN) (29)
* Independent Athletes (EAA) (1)
* Iceland (ISL) (5)
* Ireland (IRL) (38)
* Israel (ISR) (17)
* Italy (ITA) (73)
* Kosovo (KOS) (2)
* Latvia (LAT) (16)
* Liechtenstein (LIE) (1)
* Lithuania (LTU) (19)
* Luxembourg (LUX) (2)
* Macedonia (MKD) (1)
* Malta (MLT) (2)
* Moldova (MDA) (8)
* Monaco (MON) (1)
* Montenegro (MNE) (4)
* Netherlands (NED) (52) (host)
* Norway (NOR) (48)
* Poland (POL) (67)
* Portugal (POR) (32)
* Romania (ROM) (22)
* San Marino (SMR) (1)
* Serbia (SRB) (9)
* Slovakia (SVK) (21)
* Slovenia (SLO) (18)
* Spain (ESP) (75)
* Sweden (SWE) (57)
* Switzerland (SUI) (44)
* Turkey (TUR) (44)
* Ukraine (UKR) (81)