The 2010 European Athletics Championships were the 20th edition of the European Athletics Championships, organised under the supervision of the European Athletic Association. They were held at the Estadi Olímpic Lluís CompanysinBarcelona, Catalonia, Spain from 27 July to 1 August 2010. Barcelona was the first Spanish city to host the European Championships.
| 20th European Athletics Championships | |
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| Dates | 27 July – 1 August |
| Host city | Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain |
| Venue | Estadi Olímpic Lluís Companys |
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| Level | Senior |
| Type | Outdoor |
| Events | 47 (men: 24; women: 23) |
| Participation | 1,368[1] athletes from 50 nations |
| Records set | 8Championships records |
Barni was the mascot of the event, he was the main promotional tool of the Championship. His name comes from Barna and was designed by the workshop Dortoka.
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| Value | Preliminary round | Qualifiers | Heats | Semifinals | Final |
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2002 | 2006 | 2010 | 2012 | 2014
1 Stanislav Emelyanov of Russia originally won the 20 km walk gold medal with a time of 1:20:10, but he was disqualified in 2014 after he tested positive for drugs.[2]
2002 | 2006 | 2010 | 2012 | 2014
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
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| High jump details |
Aleksandr Shustov Russia (RUS) |
2.33 | Ivan Ukhov Russia (RUS) |
2.31 | Martyn Bernard Great Britain & N.I. (GBR) |
2.29 |
| Pole vault details |
Renaud Lavillenie France (FRA) |
5.85 | Maksym Mazuryk Ukraine (UKR) |
5.80 SB | Przemysław Czerwiński Poland (POL) |
5.75 SB |
| Long jump details |
Christian Reif Germany (GER) |
8.47 CR, WL, PB | Kafétien Gomis France (FRA) |
8.24 PB | Chris Tomlinson Great Britain & N.I. (GBR) |
8.23 SB |
| Triple jump details |
Phillips Idowu Great Britain & N.I. (GBR) |
17.81 PB | Marian Oprea Romania (ROM) |
17.51 SB | Teddy Tamgho France (FRA) |
17.45 |
| Shot put details |
Tomasz Majewski2 Poland (POL) |
21.00 | Ralf Bartels Germany (GER) |
20.93 | Māris Urtāns Latvia (LAT) |
20.72 |
| Discus throw details |
Piotr Małachowski Poland (POL) |
68.87 CR | Robert Harting Germany (GER) |
68.47 | Róbert Fazekas Hungary (HUN) |
66.43 SB |
| Javelin throw details |
Andreas Thorkildsen Norway (NOR) |
88.37 | Matthias de Zordo Germany (GER) |
87.81 PB | Tero Pitkämäki Finland (FIN) |
86.67 |
| Hammer throw details |
Libor Charfreitag Slovakia (SVK) |
80.02 | Nicola Vizzoni Italy (ITA) |
79.12 | Krisztián Pars Hungary (HUN) |
79.06 |
| Decathlon details |
Romain Barras France (FRA) |
8453 EL, PB | Eelco Sintnicolaas Netherlands (NED) |
8436 PB | Andrei Krauchanka Belarus (BLR) |
8370 SB |
WR world record | AR area record | CR championship record | GR games record | NR national record | OR Olympic record | PB personal best | SB season best | WL world leading (in a given season) | ||||||
2 Andrei Mikhnevich of Belarus originally won the gold medal in 21.01 m, but was disqualified in 2013 (all his results starting from the 2005 World Championships were canceled).
The women's medal standings were significantly altered after various post-race doping controversies. The following medals were revoked years after the event for doping cases, and assigned to the athletes who followed in the ranking.[3][4]
| Rank | Athlese | Country | Performance | Event |
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Tatyana Firova |  Russia |
49.89 | 400 m |
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Mariya Savinova | Russia |
1:58.22 | 800 m |
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Alemitu Bekele |  Turkey |
14:52.20 | 5000 m |
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Inga Abitova | Russia |
31:22.83 | 10,000 m |
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Živile Balciunaite |  Lithuania |
2:31:14 | Marathon |
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Nailya Yulamanova | Russia |
2:32:15 | Marathon |
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Olga Kaniskina | Russia |
1:27:44 | 20 km race walk |
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Marta Domínguez |  Spain |
9:17.74 | 3000 m steeplechase |
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Lyubov Kharlamova | Russia |
9:29.82 | 3000 m steeplechase |
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Anastasiya Kapachinskaya Antonina Krivoshapka Kseniya Ustalova Tatyana Firova |
Russia |
3:21.26 | 4x400 m relay |
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Nadzeya Ostapchuk |  Belarus |
20.48 m | Shot put |
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Natallia Mikhnevich | Belarus |
19.53 m | Shot put |
2002 | 2006 | 2010 | 2012 | 2014
2002 | 2006 | 2010 | 2012 | 2014
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
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| High jump details |
Blanka Vlašić  Croatia (CRO) |
2.03 =CR, =EL | Emma Green  Sweden (SWE) |
2.01 PB | Ariane Friedrich Germany (GER) |
2.01 |
| Pole vault details |
Svetlana Feofanova Russia (RUS) |
4.75 SB | Silke Spiegelburg Germany (GER) |
4.65 | Lisa Ryzih Germany (GER) |
4.65 PB |
| Long jump details |
Ineta Radēviča Latvia (LAT) |
6.92 NR | Naide Gomes  Portugal (POR) |
6.92 SB | Olga Kucherenko Russia (RUS) |
6.84 |
| Triple jump details |
Olha Saladukha Ukraine (UKR) |
14.81 EL | Simona La Mantia Italy (ITA) |
14.56 SB | Svetlana Bolshakova  Belgium (BEL) |
14.55 NR |
| Shot put details |
Anna Avdeyeva Russia (RUS) |
19.39 | Yanina Pravalinskay-Karolchyk Belarus (BLR) |
19.29 | Olga Ivanova Russia (RUS) |
19.02 |
| Discus throw details |
Sandra Perković Croatia (CRO) |
64.67 | Nicoleta Grasu Romania (ROM) |
63.48 | Joanna Wiśniewska Poland (POL) |
62.37 SB |
| Hammer throw details |
Betty Heidler Germany (GER) |
76.38 SB | Tatyana Lysenko Russia (RUS) |
75.65 | Anita Włodarczyk Poland (POL) |
73.56 |
| Javelin throw details |
Linda Stahl Germany (GER) |
66.81 PB | Christina Obergföll Germany (GER) |
65.58 | Barbora Špotáková  Czech Republic (CZE) |
65.36 |
| Heptathlon details |
Jessica Ennis Great Britain & N.I. (GBR) |
6823 CR, WL, PB | Nataliya Dobrynska Ukraine (UKR) |
6778 PB | Jennifer Oeser Germany (GER) |
6683 PB |
WR world record | AR area record | CR championship record | GR games record | NR national record | OR Olympic record | PB personal best | SB season best | WL world leading (in a given season) | ||||||
Albania (2)
Andorra (6)
Armenia (3)
Austria (15)
Azerbaijan (5) Belarus (42) Belgium (32)
Bosnia and Herzegovina (2)
Bulgaria (17) Croatia (12)
Cyprus (10) Czech Republic (41)
Denmark (15)
Estonia (17) Finland (39) France (60)
Georgia (2) Germany (74)
Gibraltar (1) Great Britain and Northern Ireland (72)
Greece (33) Hungary (23)
Iceland (6)
Ireland (30)
Israel (16) Italy (73) Latvia (21)
Liechtenstein (1)
Lithuania (25)
Luxembourg (1)
Macedonia (2)
Malta (2)
Moldova (6)
Monaco (1)
Montenegro (2) Netherlands (36) Norway (38) Poland (71) Portugal (42) Romania (33) Russia (105)
San Marino (2)
Serbia (11) Slovakia (19)
Slovenia (33)
Spain (host) (88) Sweden (41)
Switzerland (22)
Turkey (20) Ukraine (62)In brackets: Squad size
* Host nation (Spain)
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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| 1 |  France (FRA) | 8 | 6 | 4 | 18 |
| 2 | Russia (RUS) | 8 | 4 | 5 | 17 |
| 3 |  Great Britain (GBR) | 6 | 10 | 4 | 20 |
| 4 |  Germany (GER) | 5 | 6 | 6 | 17 |
| 5 |  Poland (POL) | 3 | 1 | 6 | 10 |
| 6 | Turkey (TUR) | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 7 |  Ukraine (UKR) | 2 | 4 | 1 | 7 |
| 8 |  Italy (ITA) | 2 | 3 | 3 | 8 |
| 9 | Spain (ESP)* | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 |
| 10 |  Croatia (CRO) | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 11 |  Netherlands (NED) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 12 |  Belgium (BEL) | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 13 |  Latvia (LAT) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
 Slovakia (SVK) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
| 15 |  Norway (NOR) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
 Switzerland (SUI) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 17 |  Portugal (POR) | 0 | 4 | 1 | 5 |
| 18 |  Romania (ROU) | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 19 | Belarus (BLR) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
 Ireland (IRL) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
 Sweden (SWE) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| 22 |  Bulgaria (BUL) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 23 |  Hungary (HUN) | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 24 |  Azerbaijan (AZE) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
 Czech Republic (CZE) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
 Finland (FIN) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
 Moldova (MDA) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Totals (27 entries) | 47 | 47 | 47 | 141 | |
