2015 European Athletics Indoor Championships

2015 European Athletics Indoor Championships Prague2015logo.png Prague, Czech Republic 5–8 March 33https://www.european-athletics.com/news/prague-will-best-ever-claims-president-wirz Prague will be "best ever" claims President Wirz 2015-05-05 2024-09-05 European Athletic Association O2 Arena 49 614 26 2013 Gothenburg 2017 Belgrade The 2015 European Athletics Indoor Championships were held from 5 to 8 March 2015 in the O2 Arena in Prague, Czech Republic. thumb|The outside of the O2 Arena which hosted the event. 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.Prague to Host 2015 European Athletics Indoor Championships 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. http://media.praha2015.org/userfiles/file/2015_EICH_MEDIA_GUIDE.pdf https://web.archive.org/web/20150402143545/http://media.praha2015.org/userfiles/file/2015_EICH_MEDIA_GUIDE.pdf usurped April 2, 2015 Media Guide 1 March 2015 Official Site 2 March 2015 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 1961,53rd Golden Spike Ostrava, 17.06.2014. World Challenge (2014). Retrieved on 2015-03-05. and the 2011 European Athletics U23 Championships and 2007 World Youth Championships in Athletics were held in the preceding years.2015 European Athletics Indoor Championships Team Manual. European Athletics (2015). Retrieved on 2015-03-05. However, the annual Josef Odložil Memorial outdoor meeting in Prague has attracted international athletes since 1994.Cantwell, Slesarenko and Murofushi top Prague line-up. IAAF (2004-06-26). Retrieved on 2015-03-05.History. Praha2015. Retrieved on 2015-03-05. 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.Defar Targeting Two Mile Mark in Prague - rrw. RunnerSpace (2009-02-25). Retrieved on 2015-03-05.Isinbayeva and Defar targeting more records in Prague. IAAF (2009-02-25). Retrieved on 2015-03-05. A year before the championships, the Prague Indoor Meeting was staged as a test event and it received European Athletics permit status.Prague hosts first major athletics meeting since 2009. European Athletics (2014-01-23). Retrieved on 2015-03-05. 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.Minshull, Phil (2014-02-25). Ukhov's stock continues to rise as the Russian jumps 2.42m in Prague". IAAF. Retrieved on 2015-03-05. thumb|left|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).Prague hosts European Athletics Indoor Championships. Radio Prague (2015-03-05). Retrieved on 2015-03-05.Timetable & Results Thursday 5 March. European Athletics. Retrieved on 2015-03-07. Former international high jumper and European indoor medallist Tomáš Janků was appointed as CEO and committee member of the organising group. 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. Strong broadcast intentions for European Athletics Indoor Championships. European Athletics (2015-03-04). Retrieved on 2015-03-05. 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.2015 European Athletics Indoor Championships Media Guide. European Athletics. Retrieved on 2015-03-05. thumb|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. The official mascot of the competition was the Little Mole (Krtek), the protagonist of a popular Czech cartoon series.Little Mole - the official patron of the championships 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.2015 Calendar IAAF Indoor Permits. IAAF. Retrieved on 2015-03-05. In the absence of official qualifying standards, team selection was partially based on performances at national championships for some of the larger European nations. pdf 2015 European Athletics Indoor Championships - Final https://web.archive.org/web/20150111033406/http://www.britishathletics.org.uk/EasysiteWeb/getresource.axd?AssetID=129096&type=full&servicetype=Attachment 2015-01-11 . British Athletics. Retrieved on 2015-03-05.Minshull, Phil (2015-02-22). Lavillenie 6.01m, world leads for Gomis and Maslak on second day of national indoor champs. IAAF. Retrieved on 2015-03-05.Mulkeen, Jon (2015-02-21). Licwinko, Bascou and Storl shine on first day of national indoor champs. IAAF. Retrieved on 2015-03-05.Maryanchik, Natalia (2015-02-19). Sidorova flies high and three doubles at the Russian Indoor Championships. IAAF. Retrieved on 2015-03-05.Mulkeen, Jon (2015-02-15). Johnson-Thompson sets national high jump record at British Indoor Championships. IAAF. Retrieved on 2015-03-05. Men's results Track 60 metres 2015 European Athletics Indoor Championships – Men's 60 metres Richard KiltyGBR 6.51 SB Christian BlumGER 6.58 Julian ReusGER 6.60400 metres 2015 European Athletics Indoor Championships – Men's 400 metres Pavel MaslákCZE 45.33 CR Dylan BorléeBEL 46.25 Rafał OmelkoPOL 46.26800 metres 2015 European Athletics Indoor Championships – Men's 800 metres Marcin LewandowskiPOL 1:46.67 Mark EnglishIRL 1:47.20 Thijmen KupersNED 1:47.251500 metres 2015 European Athletics Indoor Championships – Men's 1500 metres Jakub HolušaCZE 3:37.68 NR Czech Ilham Tanui ÖzbilenTUR 3:37.74 Chris O'HareGBR 3:38.963000 metres 2015 European Athletics Indoor Championships – Men's 3000 metres Ali KayaTUR 7:38.42 Lee EmanuelGBR 7:44.48 Henrik IngebrigtsenNOR 7:45.54 NR Norwegian60 metres hurdles 2015 European Athletics Indoor Championships – Men's 60 metres hurdles Pascal Martinot-LagardeFRA 7.49 Dimitri BascouFRA 7.50 Wilhem BelocianFRA 7.524 × 400 metres relay2015 European Athletics Indoor Championships – Men's 4 × 400 metres relay BelgiumJulien WatrinDylan BorléeJonathan BorléeKevin Borlée 3:02.87 AR European PolandKarol ZalewskiRafał OmelkoŁukasz KrawczukJakub Krzewina 3:02.97 NR Polish Daniel NěmečekPatrik ŠormJan TesařPavel Maslák 3:04.09 NR Czech Field High jump 2015 European Athletics Indoor Championships – Men's high jumpDaniil TsyplakovRussia 2.31Silvano ChesaniItalyAntonios MastorasGRE 2.31Not awardedPole vault 2015 European Athletics Indoor Championships – Men's pole vault Renaud LavillenieFrance 6.04 CR Aleksandr GripichRussia 5.85 Piotr LisekPOL 5.85Long jump 2015 European Athletics Indoor Championships – Men's long jump Michel TornéusSWE 8.30 NR Swedish Radek JuškaCZE 8.10 Andreas OtterlingSWE 8.06Triple jump 2015 European Athletics Indoor Championships – Men's triple jump Nelson ÉvoraPOR 17.21 Pablo TorrijosESP 17.04 NR Spanish Marian OpreaROM 16.91Shot put 2015 European Athletics Indoor Championships – Men's shot put David StorlGermany 21.23 Asmir KolašinacSRB 20.90 Ladislav PrášilCZE 20.66 Combined Heptathlon 2015 European Athletics Indoor Championships – Men's heptathlon Ilya ShkurenyovRussia 6353 WL Arthur AbeleGermany 6279 Eelco SintnicolaasNED 6185 Women's results Track 60 metres 2015 European Athletics Indoor Championships – Women's 60 metres Dafne SchippersNED 7.05 WL Dina Asher-SmithGBR 7.08 NR British Verena SailerGER 7.09400 metres 2015 European Athletics Indoor Championships – Women's 400 metres Nataliya PyhydaUKR 51.96 Indira TerreroESP 52.63 Seren Bundy-DaviesGBR 52.64800 metres 2015 European Athletics Indoor Championships – Women's 800 metres Selina BüchelSUI 2:01.95 Nataliya LupuUKR 2:02.25 Joanna JóźwikPOL 2:02.451500 metres 2015 European Athletics Indoor Championships – Women's 1500 metres Sifan HassanNED 4:09.04 Angelika CichockaPOL 4:10.53 Federica Del BuonoItaly 4:11.613000 metres 2015 European Athletics Indoor Championships – Women's 3000 metres a a 3000 metres Sviatlana KudzelichBLR 8:48.02 Maureen KosterNED 8:51.64 Laura MuirGBR 8:52.2460 metres hurdles 2015 European Athletics Indoor Championships – Women's 60 metres hurdles Alina TalayBLR 7.85 NR Belarusian Lucy HattonGBR 7.90 Serita SolomonGBR 7.934 × 400 metres relay2015 European Athletics Indoor Championships – Women's 4 × 400 metres relay FRAFloria GueïElea-Mariama DiarraAgnès RaharolahyMarie Gayot 3:31.61 GBRKelly MasseySeren Bundy-DaviesLaura MaddoxKirsten McAslan 3:31.79 POLJoanna LinkiewiczMałgorzata HołubMonika SzczęsnaJustyna Święty 3:31.90 a a 3000 metres Gold medalist Yelena Korobkina of Russia was disqualified for doping in January 2024. Sviatlana Kudzelich of Belarus was upgraded to gold, Maureen Koster of Netherlands was upgraded to silver, and Laura Muir of Great Britain was awarded bronze. Field High jump 2015 European Athletics Indoor Championships – Women's high jump Mariya KuchinaRussia 1.97 Alessia TrostItaly 1.97 Kamila LićwinkoPOL 1.94Pole vault 2015 European Athletics Indoor Championships – Women's pole vault Anzhelika SidorovaRussia 4.80 Ekaterini StefanidiGRE 4.75 Angelica BengtssonSWE 4.70 NR SwedishLong jump 2015 European Athletics Indoor Championships – Women's long jump Ivana ŠpanovićSRB 6.98 NR Serbian Sosthene Taroum MoguenaraGermany 6.83 Florentina MarincuROM 6.79Triple jump 2015 European Athletics Indoor Championships – Women's triple jump Yekaterina KonevaRussia 14.69 Gabriela PetrovaBUL 14.52 Hanna Knyazyeva-MinenkoISR 14.49 NR IsraeliShot put 2015 European Athletics Indoor Championships – Women's shot put Anita MártonHUN 19.23 NR Hungarian Yuliya LeantsiukBLR 18.60 Radoslava MavrodievaBUL 17.83 Combined Pentathlon 2015 European Athletics Indoor Championships – Women's pentathlon Katarina Johnson-ThompsonGreat Britain 5000 NR British CR Nafissatou ThiamBEL 4696 Eliška KlučinováCZE 4687 NR Czech Medal table #ccccff The host country is highlighted in blue solid 1px #AAAAAA 6 1 0 3 1 1 2 4 3 2 1 3 yes 2 0 3 1 3 2 1 2 5 1 2 0 1 2 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 2 1 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 1 0 2 0 0 2 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 1 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.Placing table 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 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 8 14 – 10 – – 4 – 36 10 Italy – 14 6 5 – 3 4 – 32 11 8 – 6 – 8 6 2 1 31 12 – 14 – 5 8 3 – – 30 13 Sweden 8 – 12 5 – – – 1 26 14 Belgium 8 14 – – – – – – 22 15 – 7 6 – 4 – 2 1 20 16 – – 12 5 – 3 – – 20 17 – – 6 5 4 3 – – 18 18 8 7 – – – – 2 – 17 19 Switzerland 8 – – – 8 – – – 16 20 8 7 – – – – – – 15 21 8 – – – – 3 2 1 14 22 8 – – – 4 – – – 12 23 – 7 – – – 3 2 – 12 24 – – – – 4 3 – 1 8 25 – – 6 – – – – – 6 =26 – – – 5 – – – – 5 =26 – – – 5 – – – – 5 =28 – – – – 4 – – – 4 =28 – – – – 4 – – – 4 30 – – – – – – 4 – 4 =31 – – – – – – – 1 1 =31 – – – – – – – 1 1 =31 – – – – – – – 1 1 Records AthleteNationEventPerformanceTypeDateStipe ŽunićShot put20.67 mNR Croatian5 MarchBob BertemesShot put20.56 mNR Luxembourg5 MarchKatarina Johnson-ThompsonGreat BritainPentathlon high jump1.95 mChampionship best6 MarchKatarina Johnson-ThompsonGreat BritainPentathlon long jump6.89 mWorld best6 MarchKatarina Johnson-ThompsonGreat BritainPentathlon 5000 ptsCR6 MarchNR BritishEliška KlučinováPentathlon4687 ptsNR6 MarchAndrea Ivančević60 m hurdles8.02NR Croatian6 MarchJoão Carlos Almeida60 m hurdles7.66NR Portuguese=6 MarchIveta Putalová400 m53.28NR Slovak6 MarchAmaliya Sharoyan400 m54.24NR Armenian6 MarchAníta Hinriksdóttir800 m2:01.56NR Icelandic6 MarchAndrea Ivančević60 m hurdles7.97NR Croatian6 MarchNooralotta Neziri60 m hurdles7.98NR Finnish=6 MarchKira GrünbergPole vault4.45 mNR Austrian6 MarchGina ReulandPole vault4.30 mNR Luxembourg6 MarchAndreas Martinsen60 m hurdles7.73NR Danish6 MarchAliaksandr Linnik400 m46.78NR Belarusian6 MarchIveta Putalová400 m52.99NR Slovak6 MarchMichel TornéusSwedenLong jump8.30 mNR Swedish6 MarchAlina Talay60 m hurdles7.85NR Belarusian6 MarchNooralotta Neziri60 m hurdles7.97NR Finnish6 MarchTiffany Tshilumba60 m7.38NR Luxembourg7 MarchHanna Knyazyeva-MinenkoTriple jump14.40NR Israeli7 MarchDmitrijs Jurkevičs1500 m3:42.84NR Latvian7 MarchIvana ŠpanovićLong jump6.98 mNR Serbian7 MarchFlorentina MarincuLong jump6.79 mAJR European7 MarchRenaud LavillenieFrancePole vault6.04 mCR7 MarchAnita MártonShot put19.23 mNR Hungarian7 MarchPablo TorrijosSpainTriple jump17.04 mNR Spanish7 MarchSandra Eriksson3000 m8:54.06NR Finnish7 MarchIveta Putalová400 m52.84NR Slovak7 MarchPavel Maslák400 m45.33CR7 MarchAli Kaya3000 m7:38.42CR7 MarchHenrik Ingebrigtsen3000 m7:45.54NR Norwegian7 MarchMujinga KambundjiSwitzerland60 m7.15NR Swiss8 MarchEwa SwobodaPoland60 m7.22AJR European=8 MarchPascal ManciniSwitzerland60 m6.60NR Swiss=8 MarchAngelica BengtssonSwedenPole vault4.70 mNR Swedish8 MarchHanna Knyazyeva-MinenkoTriple jump14.49 mNR Israeli8 MarchJakub Holuša1500 m3:37.68NR Czech8 MarchHenrik Ingebrigtsen1500 m3:39.70NR Norwegian8 MarchDina Asher-SmithGreat Britain60 m7.08NR British=8 MarchEzinne Okparaebo60 m7.10NR Norwegian8 MarchMujinga KambundjiSwitzerland60 m7.11NR Swiss8 MarchEwa SwobodaPoland60 m7.20AJR European8 MarchJulien WatrinDylan BorléeJonathan BorléeKevin BorléeBelgium4 × 400 m relay3:02.87AR European8 MarchKarol ZalewskiRafał OmelkoŁukasz KrawczukJakub KrzewinaPoland4 × 400 m relay3:02.97NR Polish8 MarchDaniel NěmečekPatrik ŠormJan TesařPavel Maslák4 × 400 m relay3:04.09NR Czech8 March Participating nations 20em (2) (2) (2) (7) (2) (15) Belgium (12) (3) (13) (3) (6) (45) (Host) (12) (8) (7) France (26) (4) Germany (39) (1) Great Britain (35) (11) (11) (5) (12) (4) Italy (22) (11) (6) (4) Macedonia (2) (2) (2) (1) (2) Netherlands (17) (12) Poland (42) (7) (16) Russia (41) (1) (6) (27) (12) Spain (30) Sweden (24) Switzerland (7) (10) (23) References 2 External links Official website EAA competition website Category:European Athletics Indoor Championships Category:International athletics competitions hosted by the Czech Republic European Athletics Indoor Championships European Athletics Indoor Championships Category:Sports competitions in Prague European Athletics Indoor Championships European Athletics Indoor Championships Category:March 2015 sports events in Europe