1970 European Athletics Junior Championships

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1970 European Athletics Junior Championships
LevelUnder 20
Events35
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The 1970 European Athletics Junior Championships was the inaugural edition of the biennial athletics competition for European athletes aged under twenty. It was held in Colombes, near Paris, France, between 11 and 13 September.[1]

Men's results[]

Event Gold Silver Bronze
100 metres  Franz-Peter Hofmeister (FRG) 10.61  Dominique Chauvelot (FRA) 10.65   (FRA) 10.73
200 metres  Franz-Peter Hofmeister (FRG) 21.49   (URS) 21.80   (URS) 21.80
400 metres   (GBR) 47.11  Ulrich Reich (FRG) 47.36   (GDR) 47.65
800 metres   (GDR) 1:50.96   (URS) 1:51.39   (GDR) 1:51.41
1500 metres  Klaus-Peter Justus (GDR) 3:51.39  Paul-Heinz Wellmann (FRG) 3:51.79   (ESP) 3:52.48
3000 metres  Herman Mignon (BEL) 8:08.73   (GBR) 8:10.43   (URS) 8:11.15
110 m hurdles  Berwyn Price (GBR) 14.21  Mirosław Wodzyński (POL) 14.22   (GDR) 14.22
400 m hurdles  Dmitriy Stukalov (URS) 50.30   (FRA) 50.45  Yevgeniy Gavrilenko (URS) 50.72
2000 m s'chase  Bronisław Malinowski (POL) 5:44.00   (FIN) 5:45.48   (HUN) 5:45.48
10,000 m walk   (GDR) 43:35.6   (FRG) 44:02.0   (URS) 44:19.4
4 × 100 m relay  Soviet Union (URS)
Valeriy Pidluzhnyy

Vladimir Lovetskiy
 40.18  France (FRA)



Philippe Leroux		 40.27  West Germany (FRG)
Manfred Schumann


Franz-Peter Hofmeister		 40.55
4 × 400 m relay  Soviet Union (URS)
Yevgeniy Gavrilenko

Dmitriy Stukalov
 3:11.2  France (FRA)



 3:11.5  West Germany (FRG)
Ulrich Reich

Bernd Herrmann
 3:11.7
Pole vault  François Tracanelli (FRA) 5.20 m   (FRA) 4.80 m   (POL) 4.80 m
High jump   (TCH) 2.18 m  Csaba Dosa (ROM) 2.16 m   (HUN) 2.06 m
Long jump  Valeriy Pidluzhnyy (URS) 7.87 m  Jacques Rousseau (FRA) 7.81 m  Nenad Stekić (YUG) 7.75 m
Triple jump  Valeriy Pidluzhnyy (URS) 16.25 m   (URS) 16.05 m  Gábor Katona (HUN) 16.03 m
Shot put   (FRG) 18.10 m   (GDR) 17.40 m   (TCH) 17.11 m
Discus throw   (URS) 54.18 m   (GDR) 53.96 m   (HUN) 53.00 m
Javelin throw   (FIN) 76.98 m  Aleksandr Makarov (URS) 74.92 m  Wolfgang Hanisch (GDR) 73..22 m
Hammer throw  Todor Manolov (BUL) 65.16 m  Aleksey Spiridonov (URS) 64.88 m   (URS) 64.32 m
Decathlon   (URS) 7632 pts  Eberhard Stroot (FRG) 7584 pts   (NED) 7129 pts

Women's results[]

Event Gold Silver Bronze
100 metres  Helena Kerner (POL) 12.10  Andrea Lynch (GBR) 12.19  Helen Golden (GBR) 12.23
200 metres  Helen Golden (GBR) 24.34  Annegret Kroniger (FRG) 24.64  Véronique Grandrieux (FRA) 24.72
400 metres  Monika Zehrt (GDR) 54.00  Bozena Zientarska (POL) 54.61  Brigitte Rohde (GDR) 54.07
800 metres  Waltraud Pöhland (GDR) 2:05.29  Sylvia Schenk (FRG) 2:05.30   (URS) 2:06.45
1500 metres   (GDR) 4:24.17  Christine Haskett (GBR) 4:27.16  Olga Dvirna (URS) 4:28.17
100 m hurdles  Grażyna Rabsztyn (POL) 14.06   (GDR) 14.11   (FRG) 14.51
4 × 100 m relay  Poland (POL)

Elzbieta Nowak

Helena Kerner		 45.26  West Germany (FRG)

Annegret Kroniger

 45.27  East Germany (GDR)
Evelin Kaufer
Ellen Stropahl

Monika Meyer		 45.47
4 × 400 m relay  East Germany (GDR)
Brigitte Rohde


Monika Zehrt		 3:40.2  Poland (POL)



Bożena Zientarska		 3:44.0  Sweden (SWE)



 3:46.7
High jump   (NED) 1.74 m   (URS) 1.74 m  Renate Gärtner (FRG) 1.74 m
Long jump  Jarmila Nygrýnová (TCH) 6.27 m  Moira Walls (GBR) 6.26 m   (FRG) 6.03 m
Shot put   (GDR) 16.91 m   (FRG) 16.56 m  Margitta Ludewig (GDR) 15.98 m
Discus throw   (HUN) 48.26 m   (ROM) 47.76 m   (URS) 47.50 m
Javelin throw  Jacqueline Todten (GDR) 55.20 m  Christine Schmidt (GDR) 53.08 m   (URS) 52.36 m
Pentathlon  Monika Peikert (GDR) 4578 pts   (URS) 4482 pts  Florence Picaut (FRA) 4422 pts

Medal table[]

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 East Germany104721
2 Soviet Union77923
3 Poland4318
4 West Germany38516
5 Great Britain3418
6 Czechoslovakia2013
7 France16310
8 Finland1102
9 Hungary1045
10 Netherlands1012
11 Belgium1001
 Bulgaria1001
13 Romania0202
14 Spain0011
 Sweden0011
 Yugoslavia0011
Totals (16 nations)353535105

Significant participating athletes[]

According to the publication Athletics International who published the list below, it is interesting to underline some of the most significant names who competed in Paris Colombes, most of whom did not immediately make their best result but who definitely achieved distinction in the years afterwards:

  • Pietro Mennea ITA: 5th in 200m (22.3), set world record of 19.72A in 1979 and won 1980 Olympic title.
  • Fernando Mamede POR: 5th in 800m heat (1:56.3), set world 10,000m record of 27:13.81 in 1984.
  • Thomas Wessinghage GER: 8th in 1500m (3:57.5), 1982 European 5000m champion.
  • Bronislaw Malinowski POL: 1st in 2000mSC (5:44.0), 1980 Olympic 3000mSC champion; pb 8:09.11 in 1976.
  • Jürgen Straub GDR: 6th in 2000mSC heat (5:55.6), 2nd 1980 Olympic 1500m.
  • Aleksey Spiridonov URS: 2nd in HT (64.88m), set world record of 78.62m in 1976 and 2nd in that year's Olympics.
  • Karl-Hans Riehm FRG: 4th in HT (64.22m), set world records of 78.50 in 1975 and 80.32 in 1978; 2nd 1984 Olympics.
  • Aleksandr Makarov URS: 2nd in JT (74.92m), 2nd 1980 Olympics with pb of 89.64 (old model).
  • Ferenc Paragi HUN: 8th in JT (65.14), set world record of 96.72 (old model) in 1980.
  • Aleksandr Grebenyuk URS: 7th in Dec (6404 points), European champion in 1978; pb of 8400 in 1977.
  • Monika Zehrt GDR: 1st in 400m (54.0), Won 1972 Olympic title and set world record of 51.0 that year.
  • Grazyna Rabsztyn POL: 1st in 100mH (13.9), set world records of 12.48 in 1978 and 12.36 in 1980.
  • Sara Simeoni ITA: 5th in HJ (1.70m), 1980 Olympic champion and set world record of 2.01m twice in 1978.
  • Jacqueline Todten GDR: 1st in JT (55.20m), 2nd 1972 Olympics; pb of 63.14m (old model) in 1973.
  • Eva Wilms FRG: 5th in Pen (4315 points), 4641 indoors in 1977; 2nd European Indoor SP in 1980; pb of 21.43 in 1977.

References[]

  1. ^ European Junior Championships. GBRAthletics. Retrieved on 2013-05-29.
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