2015 European Athletics Indoor Championships

The 33rd European Athletics Indoor Championships were held from 5 to 8 March 2015 in the O2 Arena in Prague, Czech Republic.

The outside of the O2 Arena which hosted the event.

2015 European Athletics Indoor Championships
Dates	5–8 March
Host city	Prague, Czech Republic
Venue	O2 Arena
Events	26
Participation	614 athletes from 49 nations
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Bidding process

Prague was chosen as the host of the Championships on the European Athletics council meeting in Sofia, Bulgaria in May 2012. The other candidate city was Istanbul, Turkey.[1] Previously, Prague hosted the 1967 European Indoor Games, the forerunner of the European Athletics Indoor Championships. It was the first time since the 1978 European Athletics Championships that Prague hosted a major athletics championships.[2]

International athletics events in the Czech Republic traditionally took place away from Prague at the outdoor arena in Ostrava. That city's annual Golden Spike Ostrava meet began in 1961,[3] and the 2011 European Athletics U23 Championships and 2007 World Youth Championships in Athletics were held in the preceding years.[4] However, the annual Josef Odložil Memorial outdoor meeting in Prague has attracted international athletes since 1994.[5][6]

Preparation

Prior to the event, the O2 Arena in Prague was not a regular venue for indoor track and field. The stadium was host to the one-off "Meeting of World Record Holders" in 2009, which was the first international non-championship indoor meeting to be staged in the capital.[7][8] A year before the championships, the Prague Indoor Meeting was staged as a test event and it received European Athletics permit status.[9] This attracted top level performers and highlights included a European indoor record by high jumper Ivan Ukhov and a European indoor best for the 500 metres by home athlete Pavel Maslák.[10]

The leading Czech athlete, Pavel Maslák, winning his European indoor title in 2013

Maslák, the 400 m champion from the 2013 European Athletics Indoor Championships, led the Czech team for the championships, which at 46 athletes was the country's largest squad ever for the competition. Libor Varhaník, chairman of the organising committee, specifically aimed to have as many Czech athletes compete in the events as possible in order to build local interest and boost ticket sales. The opening ceremony was held on 5 March – a day before the main competition began on Friday (although shot put and men's long jump qualifying was held that evening).[11][12] Former international high jumper and European indoor medallist Tomáš Janků was appointed as CEO and committee member of the organising group.[4]

The event was televised live, with a total of 28 international broadcasters having agreements to show the proceedings either live or delayed. Eurosport was the most prominent of these in the competition's region, continuing its place as the traditional main broadcaster. A live internet feed of the event was also available on the European Athletics website. Retail chain Spar was the principal sponsor, reflecting the fact that it is the main commercial sponsor for the governing body.[13] The event also had a dedicated social media presence in the form of a Facebook page and a Twitter feed (@praha2015), as well as an official website.[14]

The view of the Hradčany district, which was inspiration for the event's logo

The competition logo incorporated a stylised version of the skyline of Hradčany – the district around Prague Castle and historical seat of government.[14] The official mascot of the competition was the Little Mole (Krtek), the protagonist of a popular Czech cartoon series.[15]

As the only major international indoor athletics event to be staged that year, the European Athletics Indoor Permit Meetings and (almost exclusively European-based) IAAF Indoor Permit Meetings served as the competitive build up for the event.[16] In the absence of official qualifying standards, team selection was partially based on performances at national championships for some of the larger European nations.[17][18][19][20][21]

Men's results

Track

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
60 metres	Richard Kilty  Great Britain	6.51 SB	Christian Blum  Germany	6.58	Julian Reus  Germany	6.60
400 metres	Pavel Maslák  Czech Republic	45.33 CR	Dylan Borlée  Belgium	46.25	Rafał Omelko  Poland	46.26
800 metres	Marcin Lewandowski  Poland	1:46.67	Mark English  Ireland	1:47.20	Thijmen Kupers  Netherlands	1:47.25
1500 metres	Jakub Holuša  Czech Republic	3:37.68 NR	Ilham Tanui Özbilen  Turkey	3:37.74	Chris O'Hare  Great Britain	3:38.96
3000 metres	Ali Kaya  Turkey	7:38.42	Lee Emanuel  Great Britain	7:44.48	Henrik Ingebrigtsen  Norway	7:45.54 NR
60 metres hurdles	Pascal Martinot-Lagarde  France	7.49	Dimitri Bascou  France	7.50	Wilhem Belocian  France	7.52
4 × 400 metres relay	Belgium Julien Watrin Dylan Borlée Jonathan Borlée Kevin Borlée	3:02.87 AR	Poland Karol Zalewski Rafał Omelko Łukasz Krawczuk Jakub Krzewina	3:02.97 NR	Czech Republic Daniel Němeček Patrik Šorm Jan Tesař Pavel Maslák	3:04.09 NR

Field

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
High jump	Daniil Tsyplakov  Russia	2.31	Silvano Chesani  Italy Antonios Mastoras  Greece	2.31	Not awarded
Pole vault	Renaud Lavillenie  France	6.04 CR	Aleksandr Gripich  Russia	5.85	Piotr Lisek  Poland	5.85
Long jump	Michel Tornéus  Sweden	8.30 NR	Radek Juška  Czech Republic	8.10	Andreas Otterling  Sweden	8.06
Triple jump	Nelson Évora  Portugal	17.21	Pablo Torrijos  Spain	17.04 NR	Marian Oprea  Romania	16.91
Shot put	David Storl  Germany	21.23	Asmir Kolašinac  Serbia	20.90	Ladislav Prášil  Czech Republic	20.66

Combined

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
Heptathlon	Ilya Shkurenyov  Russia	6353 WL	Arthur Abele  Germany	6279	Eelco Sintnicolaas  Netherlands	6185

Women's results

Track

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
60 metres	Dafne Schippers  Netherlands	7.05 WL	Dina Asher-Smith  Great Britain	7.08 NR	Verena Sailer  Germany	7.09
400 metres	Nataliya Pyhyda  Ukraine	51.96	Indira Terrero  Spain	52.63	Seren Bundy-Davies  Great Britain	52.64
800 metres	Selina Büchel   Switzerland	2:01.95	Nataliya Lupu  Ukraine	2:02.25	Joanna Jóźwik  Poland	2:02.45
1500 metres	Sifan Hassan  Netherlands	4:09.04	Angelika Cichocka  Poland	4:10.53	Federica Del Buono  Italy	4:11.61
3000 metres	Yelena Korobkina  Russia	8:47.62	Sviatlana Kudzelich  Belarus	8:48.02	Maureen Koster  Netherlands	8:51.64
60 metres hurdles	Alina Talay  Belarus	7.85 NR	Lucy Hatton  Great Britain	7.90	Serita Solomon  Great Britain	7.93
4 × 400 metres relay	France Floria Guei Elea Mariama Diarra Agnes Raharolahy Marie Gayot	3:31.61	United Kingdom Kelly Massey Seren Bundy-Davies Laura Maddox Kirsten McAslan	3:31.79	Poland Joanna Linkiewicz Małgorzata Hołub Monika Szczęsna Justyna Święty	3:31.90

Field

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
High jump	Mariya Kuchina  Russia	1.97	Alessia Trost  Italy	1.97	Kamila Lićwinko  Poland	1.94
Pole vault	Anzhelika Sidorova  Russia	4.80	Ekaterini Stefanidi  Greece	4.75	Angelica Bengtsson  Sweden	4.70 NR
Long jump	Ivana Španović  Serbia	6.98 NR	Sosthene Taroum Moguenara  Germany	6.83	Florentina Marincu  Romania	6.79
Triple jump	Yekaterina Koneva  Russia	14.69	Gabriela Petrova  Bulgaria	14.52	Hanna Knyazyeva-Minenko  Israel	14.49 NR
Shot put	Anita Márton  Hungary	19.23 NR	Yuliya Leantsiuk  Belarus	18.60	Radoslava Mavrodieva  Bulgaria	17.83

Combined

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
Pentathlon	Katarina Johnson-Thompson  Great Britain	5000 NR CR	Nafissatou Thiam  Belgium	4696	Eliška Klučinová  Czech Republic	4687 NR

Medal table

  The host country is highlighted in blue

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Russia (RUS)	6	1	0	7
2	France (FRA)	3	1	1	5
3	Great Britain (GBR)	2	4	3	9
4	Czech Republic (CZE)*	2	1	3	6
5	Netherlands (NED)	2	0	3	5
6	Germany (GER)	1	3	2	6
7	Poland (POL)	1	2	5	8
8	Belarus (BLR)	1	2	0	3
	Belgium (BEL)	1	2	0	3
10	Serbia (SRB)	1	1	0	2
	Turkey (TUR)	1	1	0	2
	Ukraine (UKR)	1	1	0	2
13	Sweden (SWE)	1	0	2	3
14	Hungary (HUN)	1	0	0	1
	Portugal (POR)	1	0	0	1
	Switzerland (SUI)	1	0	0	1
17	Italy (ITA)	0	2	1	3
18	Greece (GRE)	0	2	0	2
	Spain (ESP)	0	2	0	2
20	Bulgaria (BUL)	0	1	1	2
21	Ireland (IRL)	0	1	0	1
22	Romania (ROM)	0	0	2	2
23	Israel (ISR)	0	0	1	1
	Norway (NOR)	0	0	1	1
Totals (24 nations)		26	27	25	78

Placing table

Points were awarded for every place in the top eight of each event: 8 for 1st, 7 for 2nd, 6 for 3rd, etc. [22]

Rank	Nation	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	6th	7th	8th	Total
1	Russia	48	14	–	20	–	9	4	1	96
2	Germany	8	21	12	20	12	9	2	2	86
3	Great Britain	16	28	18	5	12	6	–	–	85
4	Poland	8	14	24	20	4	9	2	2	83
5	France	24	7	6	5	16	6	2	–	66
6	Czech Republic	16	7	18	5	8	3	4	2	63
7	Spain	–	14	–	10	8	3	2	1	38
8	Netherlands	16	–	18	–	–	–	2	1	37
9	Belarus	8	14	–	10	–	–	4	–	36
10	Italy	–	14	6	5	–	3	4	–	32
11	Ukraine	8	–	6	–	8	6	2	1	31
12	Greece	–	14	–	5	8	3	–	–	30
13	Sweden	8	–	12	5	–	–	–	1	26
14	Belgium	8	14	–	–	–	–	–	–	22
15	Bulgaria	–	7	6	–	4	–	2	1	20
16	Romania	–	–	12	5	–	3	–	–	20
17	Norway	–	–	6	5	4	3	–	–	18
18	Turkey	8	7	–	–	–	–	2	–	17
19	Switzerland	8	–	–	–	8	–	–	–	16
20	Serbia	8	7	–	–	–	–	–	–	15
21	Hungary	8	–	–	–	–	3	2	1	14
22	Portugal	8	–	–	–	4	–	–	–	12
23	Ireland	–	7	–	–	–	3	2	–	12
24	Finland	–	–	–	–	4	3	–	1	8
25	Israel	–	–	6	–	–	–	–	–	6
=26	Lithuania	–	–	–	5	–	–	–	–	5
=26	Slovakia	–	–	–	5	–	–	–	–	5
=28	Iceland	–	–	–	–	4	–	–	–	4
=28	Luxembourg	–	–	–	–	4	–	–	–	4
30	Croatia	–	–	–	–	–	–	4	–	4
=31	Estonia	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	1	1
=31	Latvia	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	1	1
=31	Slovenia	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	1	1

Records

Athlete	Nation	Event	Performance	Type	Date
Stipe Žunić	Croatia	Shot put	20.67 m	NR	5 March
Bob Bertemes	Luxembourg	Shot put	20.56 m	NR	5 March
Katarina Johnson-Thompson	Great Britain	Pentathlon high jump	1.95 m	Championship best	6 March
Katarina Johnson-Thompson	Great Britain	Pentathlon long jump	6.89 m	World best	6 March
Katarina Johnson-Thompson	Great Britain	Pentathlon	5000 pts	CR	6 March
				NR
Eliška Klučinová	Czech Republic	Pentathlon	4687 pts	NR	6 March
Andrea Ivančević	Croatia	60 m hurdles	8.02	NR	6 March
João Carlos Almeida	Portugal	60 m hurdles	7.66	NR=	6 March
Iveta Putalová	Slovakia	400 m	53.28	NR	6 March
Amaliya Sharoyan	Armenia	400 m	54.24	NR	6 March
Aníta Hinriksdóttir	Iceland	800 m	2:01.56	NR	6 March
Andrea Ivančević	Croatia	60 m hurdles	7.97	NR	6 March
Nooralotta Neziri	Finland	60 m hurdles	7.98	NR=	6 March
Kira Grünberg	Austria	Pole vault	4.45 m	NR	6 March
Gina Reuland	Luxembourg	Pole vault	4.30 m	NR	6 March
Andreas Martinsen	Denmark	60 m hurdles	7.73	NR	6 March
Aliaksandr Linnik	Belarus	400 m	46.78	NR	6 March
Iveta Putalová	Slovakia	400 m	52.99	NR	6 March
Michel Tornéus	Sweden	Long jump	8.30 m	NR	6 March
Alina Talay	Belarus	60 m hurdles	7.85	NR	6 March
Nooralotta Neziri	Finland	60 m hurdles	7.97	NR	6 March
Tiffany Tshilumba	Luxembourg	60 m	7.38	NR	7 March
Hanna Knyazyeva-Minenko	Israel	Triple jump	14.40	NR	7 March
Dmitrijs Jurkevičs	Latvia	1500 m	3:42.84	NR	7 March
Ivana Španović	Serbia	Long jump	6.98 m	NR	7 March
Florentina Marincu	Romania	Long jump	6.79 m	AJR	7 March
Renaud Lavillenie	France	Pole vault	6.04 m	CR	7 March
Anita Márton	Hungary	Shot put	19.23 m	NR	7 March
Pablo Torrijos	Spain	Triple jump	17.04 m	NR	7 March
Sandra Eriksson	Finland	3000 m	8:54.06	NR	7 March
Iveta Putalová	Slovakia	400 m	52.84	NR	7 March
Pavel Maslák	Czech Republic	400 m	45.33	CR	7 March
Ali Kaya	Turkey	3000 m	7:38.42	CR	7 March
Henrik Ingebrigtsen	Norway	3000 m	7:45.54	NR	7 March
Mujinga Kambundji	Switzerland	60 m	7.15	NR	8 March
Ewa Swoboda	Poland	60 m	7.22	AJR=	8 March
Pascal Mancini	Switzerland	60 m	6.60	NR=	8 March
Angelica Bengtsson	Sweden	Pole vault	4.70 m	NR	8 March
Hanna Knyazyeva-Minenko	Israel	Triple jump	14.49 m	NR	8 March
Jakub Holuša	Czech Republic	1500 m	3:37.68	NR	8 March
Henrik Ingebrigtsen	Norway	1500 m	3:39.70	NR	8 March
Dina Asher-Smith	Great Britain	60 m	7.08	NR=	8 March
Ezinne Okparaebo	Norway	60 m	7.10	NR	8 March
Mujinga Kambundji	Switzerland	60 m	7.11	NR	8 March
Ewa Swoboda	Poland	60 m	7.20	AJR	8 March
Julien Watrin Dylan Borlée Jonathan Borlée Kevin Borlée	Belgium	4×400 m relay	3:02.87	AR	8 March
Karol Zalewski Rafał Omelko Łukasz Krawczuk Jakub Krzewina	Poland	4×400 m relay	3:02.97	NR	8 March
Daniel Němeček Patrik Šorm Jan Tesar Pavel Maslák	Czech Republic	4×400 m relay	3:04.09	NR	8 March

Participating nations

•  Albania (2)
•  Andorra (2)
•  Armenia (2)
•  Austria (7)
•  Azerbaijan (2)
•  Belarus (15)
•  Belgium (12)
•  Bosnia and Herzegovina (3)
•  Bulgaria (13)
•  Croatia (3)
•  Cyprus (6)
•  Czech Republic (45) (Host)
•  Denmark (12)
•  Estonia (8)
•  Finland (7)
•  France (26)
•  Georgia (4)
•  Germany (39)
•  Gibraltar (1)
•  Great Britain(35)
•  Greece (11)
•  Hungary (11)
•  Iceland (5)
•  Ireland (12)
•  Israel (4)
•  Italy (22)
•  Latvia (11)
•  Lithuania (6)
•  Luxembourg (4)
•  Macedonia (2)
•  Malta (2)
•  Moldova (2)
•  Monaco (1)
•  Montenegro (2)
•  Netherlands (17)
•  Norway (12)
•  Poland (42)
•  Portugal (7)
•  Romania (16)
•  Russia (41)
•  San Marino (1)
•  Serbia (6)
•  Slovakia (27)
•  Slovenia (12)
•  Spain (30)
•  Sweden (24)
•   Switzerland (7)
•  Turkey (10)
•  Ukraine (23)

References

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22. Placing table

External links

• Official website
• EAA competition website