1974 European Athletics Indoor Championships

The 5th European Athletics Indoor Championships were held in 1974 in Gothenburg, Sweden.

Medal summary

Men

Event Gold Silver Bronze
60 metres  Valeriy Borzov (URS) 6.58 CR  Manfred Kokot (GDR) 6.63  Aleksandr Kornelyuk (URS) 6.66
400 metres  Fons Brijdenbach (BEL) 46.60  Andreas Scheibe (GDR) 46.80  Günter Arnold (GDR) 46.94
800 metres  Luciano Sušanj (YUG) 1:48.07  András Zsinka (HUN) 1:48.50  Jozef Plachý (TCH) 1:49.49
1500 metres  Henryk Szordykowski (POL) 3:41.78  Thomas Wessinghage (FRG) 3:42.02  Włodzimierz Staszak (POL) 3:43.48
3000 metres  Emiel Puttemans (BEL) 7:48.48  Paul Thijs (BEL) 7:51.76  Pavel Pěnkava (TCH) 7:51.79
60 metres hurdles  Anatoliy Moshiashvili (URS) 7.66 CR  Mirosław Wodzyński (POL) 7.68  Frank Siebeck (GDR) 7.75
4×392 m relay  Sweden
Michael Fredriksson
Gert Möller
Anders Faager
Dimitre Grama
3:04.55  France
Pierre Bonvin
Patrick Salvador
Roger Vélazquez
Lionel Malingre
3:05.46 Only two starting teams
Pole vault  Tadeusz Ślusarski (POL) 5.35  Antti Kalliomäki (FIN) 5.30  Jânis Lauris (URS) 5.30
High jump  Kęstutis Šapka (URS) 2.22  István Major (HUN) 2.20  Vladimír Malý (TCH) 2.17
Long jump  Jean-François Bonhème (FRA) 8.17  Hans Baumgartner (FRG) 8.10  Max Klauss (GDR) 8.03
Triple jump  Michał Joachimowski (POL) 17.03 CR  Mikhail Bariban (URS) 16.88  Bernard Lamitié (FRA) 16.56
Shot put  Geoff Capes (GBR) 20.95 CR  Heinz-Joachim Rothenburg (GDR) 20.87  Jaroslav Brabec (TCH) 19.87

Women

Event Gold Silver Bronze
60 metres  Renate Stecher (GDR) 7.16 CR  Andrea Lynch (GBR) 7.17  Irena Szewińska (POL) 7.20
400 metres  Jelica Pavličić (YUG) 52.64 CR  Nadezhda Ilyina (URS) 52.81  Waltraud Dietsch (GDR) 52.84
800 metres  Elżbieta Katolik (POL) 2:02.38 CR  Gisela Ellenberger (FRG) 2:02.54  Gunhild Hoffmeister (GDR) 2:02.59
1500 metres  Tonka Petrova (BUL) 4:10.97 CR  Karin Krebs (GDR) 4:11.33  Tamara Kazachkova (URS) 4:14.45
60 metres hurdles  Annerose Fiedler (GDR) 8.08  Grażyna Rabsztyn (POL) 8.08  Meta Antenen (SUI) 8.19
4×392 m relay  Sweden
Ann-Charlotte Hesse
Lena Fritzson
Ann-Margret Utterberg
Ann Larsson
3:38.15  Bulgaria
Lilyana Tomova
Sonya Zachariyeva
Yordanka Filipova
Tonka Petrova
3:39.21 Only two starting teams
High jump  Rosemarie Witschas (GDR) 1.90  Milada Karbanová (TCH) 1.88  Rita Kirst (GDR) 1.88
Long jump  Meta Antenen (SUI) 6.69 NR  Angela Schmalfeld (GDR) 6.56  Valeria Stefanescu (ROM) 6.39
Shot put  Helena Fibingerová (TCH) 20.75 CR  Nadezhda Chizhova (URS) 20.62  Marianne Adam (GDR) 19.70

Medal table

 Rank  Nation Gold Silver Bronze Total
1  Poland 4 2 2 8
2  East Germany 3 5 7 15
3  Soviet Union 3 3 3 9
4  Belgium 2 1 0 3
5  Sweden 2 0 0 2
 Yugoslavia 2 0 0 2
7  Czechoslovakia 1 1 4 6
8  France 1 1 1 3
9  Bulgaria 1 1 0 2
 United Kingdom 1 1 0 2
11   Switzerland 1 0 1 2
12  West Germany 0 3 0 3
13  Hungary 0 2 0 2
14  Finland 0 1 0 1
15  Romania 0 0 1 1

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