2011 European Athletics Indoor Championships

2011 European Athletics Indoor Championships Logo_paris2011.jpg 250 Paris, France 4–6 March 31https://www.european-athletics.com/news/retrospective-31st-european-athletics-indoor-championships A retrospective: 31st European Athletics Indoor Championships 2011-03-12 2024-09-05 European Athletic Association Palais Omnisports de Paris-Bercy 46 577EAA Statistics handbook 26 2009 Turin 2013 Gothenburg The 2011 European Athletics Indoor Championships were held at the Palais Omnisports de Paris-Bercy in Paris, France, from 4 to 6 March 2011. 577 athletes representing 46 countries competed at the championships. Twenty-six track and field events were contested, with the events programme divided equally between the genders. Russia topped the medal table, having won the most gold medals (six), as well as having gained the greatest total with fifteen. The host nation, France, was the next best performing team, with five golds being won by French athletes. Germany had the third highest medal haul, followed by Great Britain.Medal Table. SportResult/European Athletics. Retrieved on 2011-03-09. French triple jumper Teddy Tamgho provided the highlight of the tournament with two world indoor record clearances.Ramsak, Bob (2011-03-06). Tamgho twice (!) triples 17.92m World record in Paris as European Indoor Champs conclude. IAAF. Retrieved on 2011-03-09. His compatriot Renaud Lavillenie also excelled, becoming the third best ever performer indoors in the men's pole vault, while Leslie Djhone and Antoinette Nana Djimou Ida won their events with French record marks.Ramsak, Bob (2011-03-09). Lavillenie’s 6.03m clearance dazzles Paris - European Indoor Champs, Day 2 https://web.archive.org/web/20110307022210/http://www.iaaf.org/news/kind=100/newsid=59467.html 2011-03-07 . IAAF. Retrieved on 2011-03-09.Ramsak, Bob (2011-03-04). Djimou Ida delights with French Pentathlon record in Paris - European Indoor Champs, Day 1 https://web.archive.org/web/20110917012019/http://www.iaaf.org/news/kind=100/newsid=59462.html 2011-09-17 . IAAF. Retrieved on 2011-03-09. Belarusian Andrei Krauchanka's national record performance won the men's heptathlon and Poland's Anna Rogowska took the women's pole vault with a national record. Portuguese runner Francis Obikwelu also had a national record-breaking win, defeating the host favourite Christophe Lemaitre in the 60 metres. The women's 3000 metres saw Briton Helen Clitheroe win her first major title at the age of 37. Ivan Ukhov of Russia attempted the world record in the high jump, but narrowly missed the clearance. The competition closed with the fifth French record of the championships as the host men's team won the 4 × 400 metres relay.Results by date. SportResult/European Athletics. Retrieved on 2011-03-09. Venue The venue for the 2011 European Athletics Indoor Championships was the Palais Omnisports de Paris-Bercy. It can hold a maximum capacity of 18,000 people and has hold several indoor athletics events in the past, including the 1985 IAAF World Indoor Games, the 1994 European Indoor Championships and the 1997 IAAF World Indoor Championships. Ceremonies The opening ceremony was held at 4 March 2011 at 15:00 local time. There was a short ceremony but without teams participation. The closing ceremony took place at 18:00 on the last day, 6 March 2011, and every participating team was invited. Schedule +Men March 4 5 6 60 m H ½ F 400 m H ½ F 800 m H ½ F 1500 m H F 3000 m H F 60 m hurdles H F 4 × 400 m relay F High jump Q F Pole vault Q F Long jump Q F Triple jump Q F Shot put Q F Heptathlon F +Women March 4 5 6 60 m H ½ F 400 m H ½ F 800 m H ½ F 1500 m H F 3000 m H F 60 m hurdles H F 4 × 400 m relay F High jump Q F Pole vault Q F Long jump Q F Triple jump Q F Shot put Q F Pentathlon F Men's results thumb|The men's 60 m medallists (l–r): Chambers, Lemaitre, Obikwelu thumb|Leslie Djhone en route to his 400 m title thumb|Teddy Tamgho celebrates his world record Track 60 metres 2011 European Athletics Indoor Championships – Men's 60 metres Francis ObikweluPOR 6.53NR EL Dwain ChambersGreat Britain 6.54SB Christophe LemaitreFrance 6.58400 metres 2011 European Athletics Indoor Championships – Men's 400 metres Leslie DjhoneFrance 45.54NR EL Thomas SchneiderGermany 46.42 Richard BuckGreat Britain 46.62800 metres 2011 European Athletics Indoor Championships – Men's 800 metres Adam KszczotPOL 1:47.87 Marcin LewandowskiPOL 1:48.23 Kevin LópezESP 1:48.351500 metres 2011 European Athletics Indoor Championships – Men's 1500 metres Manuel OlmedoESP 3:41.03SB Kemal KoyuncuTUR 3:41.18NR Bartosz NowickiPOL 3:41.48 3000 metres 2011 European Athletics Indoor Championships – Men's 3000 metres Mo FarahGreat Britain7:53.00 Hayle IbrahimovAzerbaijan7:53.32 Halil AkkasTUR7:54.19 60 m hurdles 2011 European Athletics Indoor Championships – Men's 60 metres hurdles Petr SvobodaCZE 7.49 Garfield DarienFrance 7.56=PB Adrien DegheltBEL 7.57PB 4 × 400 m relay2011 European Athletics Indoor Championships – Men's 4 × 400 metres relayFranceMarc MacedotLeslie DjhoneMamoudou HanneYoan Décimus 3:06.17NR Great BritainNigel LevineNick LeaveyRichard StrachanRichard Buck 3:06.46BelgiumJonathan BorléeAntoine GilletNils DuerinckKevin Borlée 3:06.57 Field thumb|Renaud Lavillenie clears the bar at the Palais Omnisports High jump 2011 European Athletics Indoor Championships – Men's high jump Ivan UkhovRussia 2.38 =WL Jaroslav BábaCZE 2.34 SB Aleksandr ShustovRussia 2.34 PBPole vault 2011 European Athletics Indoor Championships – Men's pole vault Renaud LavillenieFrance 6.03WL NR CR Jérôme ClavierFrance 5.76 Malte MohrGermany 5.71Long jump 2011 European Athletics Indoor Championships – Men's long jump Sebastian BayerGermany 8.16SB Kafétien GomisFrance 8.03SB Morten JensenDEN 8.00SBTriple jump 2011 European Athletics Indoor Championships – Men's triple jump Teddy TamghoFrance 17.92WR Fabrizio DonatoItaly 17.73NR Marian OpreaROU 17.62SBShot put 2011 European Athletics Indoor Championships – Men's shot put Ralf BartelsGermany 21.16EL David StorlGermany 20.75SB Maksim SidorovRussia 20.55 Combined thumb|Heptathlon winner Andrei Krauchanka with a pole vault Heptathlon 2011 European Athletics Indoor Championships – Men's heptathlon Andrei KrauchankaBLR 6282EL NR Nadir El FassiFrance 6237PB Roman ŠebrleCZE 6178SB Women's results Track thumb|Pre-race favourite Olesya Povh of Ukraine won the 60 m sprint. thumb|Russia's Darya Klishina took the long jump gold. thumb|Pentathlon gold medallist Antoinette Nana Djimou Ida in the long jump 60 metres 2011 European Athletics Indoor Championships – Women's 60 metres Olesya PovhUKR 7.13=EL Mariya RyemyenUKR 7.15=PB Ezinne OkparaeboNOR 7.20 400 metres 2011 European Athletics Indoor Championships – Women's 400 metres Denisa RosolováCZE 51.73PB Olesya KrasnomovetsRussia 51.80 Kseniya ZadorinaRussia 52.03800 metres 2011 European Athletics Indoor Championships – Women's 800 metres* Jenny MeadowsGreat Britain 2:00.50 Linda MarguetFrance 2:01.61 Marilyn OkoroGreat Britain 2:02.461500 metres 2011 European Athletics Indoor Championships – Women's 1500 metres Elena ArzhakovaRussia 4:13.78 Nuria FernándezESP 4:14.04 Yekaterina MartynovaRussia 4:14.163000 metres 2011 European Athletics Indoor Championships – Women's 3000 metres Helen ClitheroeGreat Britain 8:56.66 Lidia ChojeckaPOL 8:58.30 Layes AbdullayevaAZE 9:00.3760 m hurdles 2011 European Athletics Indoor Championships – Women's 60 metres hurdles Carolin NytraGermany 7.80EL Tiffany OfiliGreat Britain 7.80NR, =EL Christina VukicevicNOR 7.83NR4 × 400 m relay2011 European Athletics Indoor Championships – Women's 4 × 400 metres relayRussiaKseniya ZadorinaKseniya VdovinaYelena MigunovaOlesya Forsheva 3:29.34Great BritainKelly SothertonLee McConnellMarilyn OkoroJenny Meadows 3:31.36FranceMuriel Hurtis-HouairiLaetitia DenisMarie GayotFloria Gueï 3:32.16 Original 800m champion Yevgenia Zinurova of Russia was stripped of her title and banned for two years on 3 July 2012 following a doping offence.http://en.ria.ru/sports/20120703/174374797.html Three Russian Runners Banned for Sample Tampering 3 July 2012 Field High jump 2011 European Athletics Indoor Championships – Women's high jump Antonietta Di MartinoItaly 2.01 Ruth BeitiaESP 1.96SB Ebba JungmarkSWE 1.96PBPole vault 2011 European Athletics Indoor Championships – Women's pole vault Anna RogowskaPOL 4.85NR =EL Silke SpiegelburgGermany 4.75 Kristina GadschiewGermany 4.65Long jump 2011 European Athletics Indoor Championships – Women's long jump Darya KlishinaRussia 6.80 Naide GomesPOR 6.79SB Yuliya PidluzhnayaRussia 6.75PBTriple jump 2011 European Athletics Indoor Championships – Women's triple jumpSimona La MantiaItaly 14.60 WL PBOlesya ZabaraRussia 14.45 SBDana VeldákováSVK 14.39 SBShot put 2011 European Athletics Indoor Championships – Women's shot putAnna AvdeyevaRussia 18.70 SBChristina SchwanitzGermany 18.65Josephine TerleckiGermany 18.09 PB Combined Pentathlon 2011 European Athletics Indoor Championships – Women's pentathlon Antoinette Nana Djimou IdaFrance 4723WL, NR Austra SkujytėLTU 4706SB Remona FransenNED 4665PB Medal table thumb|The Russian women were dominant in the 4×400 m relay. thumb|Yoann Décimus winning the men's relay gold for France thumb|Marcin Lewandowski and Adam Kszczot claimed a 1–2 for Poland in the 800 m. flagcountry 5 5 2 5 2 5 3 4 3 3 4 2 2 2 1 2 1 1 2 1 0 1 2 1 1 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 Participating nations 20em (2) (5) (10) (3) (20) Belgium (16) (5) (12) (8) (3) (16) (11) (10) (13) France (47) (2) Germany (38) (2) Great Britain (32) (14) (5) (2) (7) (4) Italy (27) (7) (9) Macedonia (1) (1) (2) (1) Netherlands (15) (12) Poland (18) Portugal (15) (16) Russia (55) (1) (6) (6) (9) Spain (34) Sweden (15) Switzerland (7) (12) (25) References External links http://www.paris-2011.com Event reviews from European Athletics 2011 Category:Athletics in Paris Category:International athletics competitions hosted by France Category:2011 in the sport of athletics Category:March 2011 sports events in France Category:2011 in Paris Category:International sports competitions in Paris Category:2011 in European sport