1974 European Athletics Championships
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| Host city | Roma, Italy |
| Date(s) | 1 – 8 September 1974 |
| Main stadium | Stadio Olimpico |
| Level | Senior |
| Type | Outdoor |
| Participation |
745 athletes from 29 nations |
| Events | 39 |
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The 11th European Athletics Championships of 1974 were held from 2 September to 8 September in Italy, at Rome's Stadio Olimpico. Contemporaneous reports on the event were given in the Glasgow Herald.[1][2][3][4]
Men's results
Complete results were published.[5]
Track
Field
Women's results
Track
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Field
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
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| High jump |
Rosemarie Witschas East Germany | 1.95 (EMR) |
Milada Karbanová Czechoslovakia | 1.91 | Sara Simeoni Italy | 1.89 |
| Long jump |
Ilona Bruzsenyák Hungary | 6.65 | Eva Šuranová Czechoslovakia | 6.65 | Pirkko Helenius Finland | 6.59 |
| Javelin throw |
Ruth Fuchs East Germany | 67.22 (WR) |
Jacqueline Todten East Germany | 62.10 | Nataša Urbančič Yugoslavia | 61.66 |
| Discus throw |
Faina Melnyk Soviet Union | 69.00 (EMR) |
Argentina Menis.svg.png){kind=small} Romania | 64.62 | Gabriele Hinzmann East Germany | 62.50 |
| Shot put |
Nadezhda Chizhova Soviet Union | 20.78 (EMR) |
Marianne Adam East Germany | 20.43 | Helena Fibingerová Czechoslovakia | 20.33 |
| Pentathlon |
Nadezhda Tkachenko Soviet Union | 4776 | Burglinde Pollak East Germany | 4678 | Zoya Spasovkhodskaya Soviet Union | 4550 |
Medals table
Host nation (Italy)
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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| 1 | East Germany | 10 | 12 | 5 | 27 |
| 2 | Soviet Union | 9 | 3 | 5 | 17 |
| 3 |  Great Britain | 4 | 3 | 4 | 11 |
| 4 |  Poland | 4 | 2 | 4 | 10 |
| 5 | Finland | 4 | 1 | 5 | 10 |
| 6 |  France | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 |
| 7 |  West Germany | 1 | 5 | 6 | 12 |
| 8 | Italy | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 |
| 9 | Yugoslavia | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 10 | .svg.png){kind=small} Bulgaria | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 10 |  Denmark | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 12 | Hungary | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 13 | Czechoslovakia | 0 | 3 | 2 | 5 |
| 14 | Romania | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 15 |  Sweden | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 16 |  Norway | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 17 | .svg.png){kind=small} Belgium | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 17 | Total | 39 | 39 | 39 | 117 |
Participation
According to an unofficial count, 747 athletes from 29 countries participated in the event, two athletes more than the official number of 745 as published.[6]
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References
- ↑ Marshall, Ron (September 2, 1974), Rome games off with a bang, Glasgow Herald, p. 4, retrieved September 10, 2014
- ↑ Marshall, Ron (September 3, 1974), Simmons just beaten for gold, Glasgow Herald, p. 4, retrieved September 10, 2014
- ↑ Marshall, Ron (September 7, 1974), Clement fails to qualify, Glasgow Herald, p. 4, retrieved September 10, 2014
- ↑ Marshall, Ron (September 9, 1974), Britain end games with a gold rush, Glasgow Herald, p. 4, retrieved September 10, 2014
- ↑ European Athletics Championships Zürich 2014 - STATISTICS HANDBOOK, European Athletics Association, pp. 420–427, retrieved 13 August 2014
- ↑ European Athletics Championships Zürich 2014 - STATISTICS HANDBOOK, European Athletics Association, p. 4, retrieved 13 August 2014
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