1969 European Indoor Games

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1969 European Indoor Games
Belgrade Fair - Hall 1.jpg
Dates8–9 March 1969
Host cityBelgrade
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Yugoslavia
VenueBelgrade Fair – Hall 1
Events23
Participation220 athletes from
22 nations

The 1969 European Indoor Games were held between 8–9 March 1969 in Belgrade, the capital of Yugoslavia (present-day Serbia). In 1970 the European Indoor Games were replaced by the European Athletics Indoor Championships.

The track used for the championships was 195 metres long.

Medal summary[]

Men[]

Event Gold Silver Bronze
50 metres
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 Zenon Nowosz (POL) 5.8  Valeriy Borzov (URS) 5.8  Bob Frith (GBR) 5.8
400 metres
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 Jan Balachowski (POL) 47.3  Jan Werner (POL) 47.4  Yuriy Zorin (URS) 47.4
800 metres
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 Dieter Fromm (GDR) 1:46.6 CR  Henryk Szordykowski (POL) 1:47.1  Noel Carroll (IRL) 1:47.6
1500 metres
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 Edgard Salvé (BEL) 3:45.9  Knut Brustad (NOR) 3:46.2  Walter Wilkinson (GBR) 3:46.4
3000 metres
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 Ian Stewart (GBR) 7:55.4 CR  Javier Álvarez (ESP) 7:56.2  Werner Girke (FRG) 7:56.8
50 metres hurdles
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 Alan Pascoe (GBR) 6.6  Werner Trzmiel (FRG) 6.6   (ROM) 6.7
4 × 390 metres relay
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 Poland
Jan Werner

Andrzej Badeński
Jan Balachowski
3:01.9  Soviet Union

Aleksandr Bratchikov
Valeriy Borzov
Yuriy Zorin
3:01.9  West Germany


Peter Bernreuther
Manfred Kinder
3:04.5
Medley relay
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 Poland
Edward Romanowski
Andrzej Badeński
Henryk Szordykowski
4:16.4 Only one finishing team
3 × 1000 metres relay
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 West Germany

Walter Adams
Harald Norpoth
7:08.0  Czechoslovakia


7:23.1  Yugoslavia


7:42.8
High jump
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 Valentin Gavrilov (URS) 2.14  Henry Elliott (FRA) 2.14  Șerban Ioan (ROM) 2.14
Pole vault
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 Wolfgang Nordwig (GDR) 5.20 =CR  Hennadiy Bleznitsov (URS) 5.10   (GDR) 5.10
Long jump
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 Klaus Beer (GDR) 7.77  Lynn Davies (GBR) 7.76  Rafael Blanquer (ESP) 7.63
Triple jump
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 Nikolay Dudkin (URS) 16.73 CR  Zoltán Cziffra (HUN) 16.46  Carol Corbu (ROM) 16.20
Shot put
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 Heinfried Birlenbach (FRG) 19.51 CR  Hartmut Briesenick (GDR) 19.19  Heinz-Joachim Rothenburg (GDR) 18.69

Women[]

Event Gold Silver Bronze
50 metres
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 Irena Szewińska (POL) 6.4  Sylviane Telliez (FRA) 6.5  Madeleine Cobb (GBR) 6.5
400 metres
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 Colette Besson (FRA) 54.0 CR  Christel Frese (FRG) 54.8  Rosemary Stirling (GBR) 54.8
800 metres
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 Barbara Wieck (GDR) 2:05.3 CR  Magdolna Kulcsár (HUN) 2:07.5  Anna Zimina (URS) 2:08.0
50 metres hurdles
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 Karin Balzer (GDR) 7.2  Meta Antenen (SUI) 7.3  Christine Perera (GBR) 7.4
4 × 195 metres relay
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 France
Odette Ducas
Sylviane Telliez
Colette Besson
1:34.3  Soviet Union
Galina Bukharina
Vera Popkova
Lyudmila Golomazova
Lyudmila Samotyosova
1:34.6  Yugoslavia



Marijana Lubej
1:36.9
Medley relay
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 Soviet Union
Vera Popkova
Lyudmila Samotyosova

Anna Zimina
4:52.4  Poland
Irena Szewińska

Elżbieta Skowrońska
4:53.2  Yugoslavia



5:05.9
High jump
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 Rita Schmidt (GDR) 1.82  Yordanka Blagoeva (BUL) 1.82  Antonina Lazareva (URS) 1.79
Long jump
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 Irena Szewińska (POL) 6.38  Sue Scott (GBR) 6.18  Meta Antenen (SUI) 6.15
Shot put
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 Marita Lange (GDR) 17.52  Ivanka Khristova (BUL) 16.94   (GDR) 16.42

Medal table[]

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 East Germany (GDR)71311
2 Poland (POL)6309
3 Soviet Union (URS)34310
4 Great Britain (GBR)2259
5 West Germany (FRG)2226
6 France (FRA)2204
7 Belgium (BEL)1001
8 Bulgaria (BUL)0202
 Hungary (HUN)0202
10 Spain (ESP)0112
  Switzerland (SUI)0112
12 Czechoslovakia (TCH)0101
 Norway (NOR)0101
14 Romania (ROU)0033
 Yugoslavia (YUG)0033
16 Ireland (IRL)0011
Totals (16 nations)23222267

Participating nations[]

  •  Austria (5)
  •  Belgium (3)
  •  Bulgaria (9)
  •  Czechoslovakia (15)
  •  Denmark (2)
  •  East Germany (14)
  •  Finland (2)
  •  France (13)
  •  Great Britain (14)
  •  Hungary (13)
  •  Ireland (1)
  •  Italy (5)
  •  Norway (2)
  •  Poland (21)
  •  Romania (9)
  •  Soviet Union (21)
  •  Spain (6)
  •  Sweden (7)
  •   Switzerland (5)
  •  Turkey (2)
  •  West Germany (22)
  •  Yugoslavia (29)

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