# 1996 European Athletics Indoor Championships

The 1996 European Athletics Indoor Championships were held at the Globe Arena, Stockholm, the capital city of Sweden from Friday, 8 March to Sunday, 10 March 1996.
This was the first edition to feature women's pole vault.

## Medal summary
### Men

| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| 60 metres details | Marc Blume (GER) | 6.62 | Jason John (GBR) | 6.64 | Peter Karlsson (SWE) | 6.64 |
| 200 metres details | Erik Wijmeersch (BEL) | 21.04 | Alexis Alexopoulos (GRE) | 21.05 | Torbjörn Eriksson (SWE) | 21.07 |
| 400 metres details | Du'aine Ladejo (GBR) | 46.12 | Pierre-Marie Hilaire (FRA) | 46.82 | Ashraf Saber (ITA) | 46.86 |
| 800 metres details | Roberto Parra (ESP) | 1:47.74 | Giuseppe D'Urso (ITA) | 1:48.04 | Wojciech Kałdowski (POL) | 1:48.40 |
| 1500 metres details | Mateo Cañellas (ESP) | 3:44.50 | Anthony Whiteman (GBR) | 3:44.78 | Abdelkader Chékhémani (FRA) | 3:45.96 |
| 3000 metres details | Anacleto Jiménez (ESP) | 7:50.06 | Christophe Impens (BEL) | 7:50.19 | Panagiotis Papoulias (GRE) | 7:50.80 |
| 60 metres hurdles details | Igors Kazanovs (LAT) | 7.59 | Guntis Peders (LAT) | 7.65 | Jonathan Nsenga (BEL) | 7.66 |
| High jump details | Dragutin Topić (FR Yugoslavia) | 2.35 | Leonid Pumalainen (RUS) | 2.33 | Steinar Hoen (NOR) | 2.31 |
| Pole vault details | Dmitriy Markov (BLR) | 5.85 | Viktor Chistyakov (RUS) | 5.80 | Pyotr Bochkaryov (RUS) | 5.80 |
| Long jump details | Mattias Sunneborn (SWE) | 8.06 | Bogdan Tarus (ROM) | 8.03 | Spyridon Vasdekis (GRE) | 8.03 |
| Triple jump details | Māris Bružiks (LAT) | 16.97 | Francis Agyepong (GBR) | 16.93 | Armen Martirosyan (ARM) | 16.74 |
| Shot put details | Paolo Dal Soglio (ITA) | 20.50 | Dirk Urban (GER) | 20.04 | Oliver-Sven Buder (GER) | 19.91 |
| Heptathlon details | Erki Nool (EST) | 6188 | Tomáš Dvořák (CZE) | 6114 | Jón Arnar Magnússon (ISL) | 6069 |

### Women

| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| 60 metres details | Ekaterini Thanou (GRE) | 7.15 | Odiah Sidibé (FRA) | 7.15 | Jerneja Perc (SLO) | 7.28 |
| 200 metres details | Sandra Myers (ESP) | 23.15 | Erika Suchovská (CZE) | 23.16 | Zlatka Georgieva (BUL) | 23.40 |
| 400 metres details | Grit Breuer (GER) | 50.81 | Olga Kotlyarova (RUS) | 51.70 | Tatyana Chebykina (RUS) | 51.71 |
| 800 metres details | Patricia Djaté (FRA) | 2:01.71 | Stella Jongmans (NED) | 2:01.88 | Svetlana Masterkova (RUS) | 2:02.61 |
| 1500 metres details | Carla Sacramento (POR) | 4:08.95 | Yekaterina Podkopayeva (RUS) | 4:09.65 | Małgorzata Rydz (POL) | 4:10.50 |
| 3000 metres details | Fernanda Ribeiro (POR) | 8:39.48 | Sara Wedlund (SWE) | 8:50.32 | Marta Domínguez (ESP) | 8:53.34 |
| 60 metres hurdles details | Patricia Girard-Léno (FRA) | 7.89 | Brigita Bukovec (SLO) | 7.90 | Monique Tourret (FRA) | 8.09 |
| High jump details | Alina Astafei (GER) | 1.98 | Níki Bakogiánni (GRE) | 1.96 | Olga Bolşova (MDA) | 1.94 NR |
| Pole vault details | Vala Flosadóttir (ISL) | 4.16 | Christine Adams (GER) | 4.05 | Gabriela Mihalcea (ROM) | 4.05 |
| Long jump details | Renata Nielsen (DEN) | 6.76 | Yelena Sinchukova (RUS) | 6.75 | Claudia Gerhardt (GER) | 6.74 |
| Triple jump details | Iva Prandzheva (BUL) | 14.54 | Šárka Kašpárková (CZE) | 14.50 | Ólga Vasdéki (GRE) | 14.30 |
| Shot put details | Astrid Kumbernuss (GER) | 19.79 | Irina Khudoroshkina (RUS) | 19.07 | Valentina Fedyushina (UKR) | 18.90 |
| Pentathlon details | Yelena Lebedenko (RUS) | 4685 | Urszula Włodarczyk (POL) | 4597 | Irina Vostrikova (RUS) | 4545 |

## Medal table

| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| 1 | Germany (GER) | 4 | 2 | 2 | 8 |
| 2 | Spain (ESP) | 4 | 0 | 1 | 5 |
| 3 | France (FRA) | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 |
| 4 | Latvia (LAT) | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| 5 | Portugal (POR) | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 6 | Russia (RUS) | 1 | 6 | 4 | 11 |
| 7 | Great Britain (GBR) | 1 | 3 | 0 | 4 |
| 8 | Greece (GRE) | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 |
| 9 | Sweden (SWE) | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 10 | Belgium (BEL) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 10 | Italy (ITA) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 12 | Bulgaria (BUL) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 12 | Iceland (ISL) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 14 | Belarus (BLR) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 14 | Denmark (DEN) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 14 | Estonia (EST) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 14 | Yugoslavia (FR Yugoslavia) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 18 | Czech Republic (CZE) | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 19 | Poland (POL) | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 20 | Romania (ROM) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 20 | Slovenia (SLO) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 22 | Netherlands (NED) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 23 | Armenia (ARM) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 23 | Moldova (MDA) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 23 | Norway (NOR) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 23 | Ukraine (UKR) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (26 entries) | Totals (26 entries) | 26 | 26 | 26 | 78 |

## Participating nations

* Albania (1)
* Andorra (1)
* Armenia (2)
* Austria (9)
* Belarus (9)
* Belgium (7)
* Bosnia and Herzegovina (1)
* Bulgaria (15)
* Croatia (3)
* Cyprus (5)
* Czech Republic (18)
* Denmark (4)
* Estonia (8)
* Finland (7)
* France (37)
* Georgia (1)
* Germany (33)
* Great Britain (25)
* Greece (24)
* Hungary (7)
* Iceland (4)
* Israel (3)
* Ireland (12)
* Italy (23)
* Latvia (8)
* Lithuania (4)
* Macedonia (2)
* Malta (2)
* Moldova (5)
* Netherlands (6)
* Norway (8)
* Poland (12)
* Portugal (7)
* Romania (18)
* Russia (33)
* San Marino (1)
* Slovakia (2)
* Slovenia (11)
* Spain (28)
* Sweden (23)
* Switzerland (8)
* Turkey (7)
* Ukraine (15)
* Yugoslavia (4)