1980 European Athletics Indoor Championships

The 11th European Athletics Indoor Championships were held in Sindelfingen, a city in West Germany, on 1 and 2 March 1980. The championships were boycotted by East Germany. The middle-distance races were hand-timed.

1980 European Athletics Indoor Championships
Dates1–2 March 1980
Host citySindelfingen
West Germany
VenueGlaspalast
Events19
Participation234 athletes from
26 nations

The host nation topped the medal table with 12 medals, including 5 golds, followed closely by Poland and the Soviet Union.

Medal summary

Men

Event Gold Silver Bronze
60 metres
 Marian Woronin (POL)6.62  Christian Haas (FRG)6.62  Aleksandr Aksinin (URS)6.63
400 metres
 Nikolay Chernetskiy (URS)46.29  Karel Kolář (TCH)46.55  Remigijus Valiulis (URS)46.75
800 metres
 Roger Milhau (FRA)1:50.2a  András Paróczai (HUN)1:50.3a  Herbert Wursthorn (FRG)1:50.4a
1500 metres
 Thomas Wessinghage (FRG)3:37.6a CR  Ray Flynn (IRL)3:38.5a  Pierre Délèze (SUI)3:38.9a
3000 metres
 Karl Fleschen (FRG)7:57.5a  Klaas Lok (NED)7:57.9a  Hans-Jürgen Orthmann (FRG)7:59.9a
60 metres hurdles
 Yuriy Chervanyov (URS)7.54 CR  Romuald Giegiel (POL)7.73  Javier Moracho (ESP)7.75
High jump
 Dietmar Mögenburg (FRG)2.31  Jacek Wszoła (POL)2.29  Adrian Proteasa (ROM)2.29
Pole vault
 Konstantin Volkov (URS)5.60 CR  Vladimir Polyakov (URS)5.60  Patrick Abada (FRA)5.55
Long jump
 Winfried Klepsch (FRG)7.98  Nenad Stekić (YUG)7.91  Stanisław Jaskułka (POL)7.85
Triple jump
 Béla Bakosi (HUN)16.86  Jaak Uudmäe (URS)16.51  Gennadiy Kovtunov (URS)16.45
Shot put
 Zlatan Saracevic (YUG)20.43  Jaromír Vlk (TCH)20.19  Ivan Ivančić (YUG)19.48

Women

Event Gold Silver Bronze
60 metres
 Sofka Popova (BUL)7.11  Linda Haglund (SWE)7.14  Lyudmila Kondratyeva (URS)7.15
400 metres
 Elke Decker (FRG)52.28  Karoline Käfer (AUT)52.70  Tatyana Goyshchik (URS)52.71
800 metres
 Jolanta Januchta (POL)2:00.6a CR  Anne-Marie Van Nuffel (BEL)2:00.9a  Liz Barnes (GBR)2:01.5a
1500 metres
 Tamara Koba (URS)4:12.5a  Anna Bukis (POL)4:13.1a  Mary Purcell (IRL)4:14.2a
60 metres hurdles
 Zofia Bielczyk (POL)7.77 WR  Grażyna Rabsztyn (POL)7.89  Natalya Lebedeva (URS)8.04
High jump
 Sara Simeoni (ITA)1.95 CR  Andrea Mátay (HUN)1.93  Urszula Kielan (POL)1.93
Long jump
 Anna Włodarczyk (POL)6.74 CR  Anke Weigt (FRG)6.68  Sabine Everts (FRG)6.54
Shot put
 Helena Fibingerová (TCH)19.92  Eva Wilms (FRG)19.66  Beatrix Philipp (FRG)17.59

Medal table

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 West Germany (FRG)53412
2 Poland (POL)44210
3 Soviet Union (URS)42612
4 Czechoslovakia (TCH)1203
 Hungary (HUN)1203
6 Yugoslavia (YUG)1113
7 France (FRA)1012
8 Bulgaria (BUL)1001
 Italy (ITA)1001
10 Ireland (IRL)0112
11 Austria (AUT)0101
 Belgium (BEL)0101
 Netherlands (NED)0101
 Sweden (SWE)0101
15 Great Britain (GBR)0011
 Romania (ROU)0011
 Spain (ESP)0011
  Switzerland (SUI)0011
Totals (18 nations)19191957


Participating nations

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