1968 European Indoor Games

1968 European Indoor Games Madrid1968logo.png MadridESP 1945 Spain 9–10 March 1968 Palacio de Deportes 20 206 23 1967 Prague 1969 Belgrade The 1968 European Indoor Games were held between 9–10 March 1968 at Palacio de Deportes, Madrid, the capital of Spain. The track used for the championships was 182 metres long. Medal summary Men 50 metres MenJobst Hirscht FRG 5.72Bob Frith GBR 5.78Günter Gollos GDR 5.78400 metres MenAndrzej Badeński POL 1928 47.09u CRAleksandr Bratchikov URS 47.3 Jan Balachowski POL 1928 47.3800 metres MenNoel Carroll IRL 1:56.66u Alberto Estebán ESP 1945 1:57.7 Sergey Kryuchok URS 1:58.11500 metres MenJohn Whetton GBR 3:50.99u José María Morera ESP 1945 3:51.7 Igor Potapchenko URS 3:51.93000 metres MenViktor Kudinskiy URS 8:10.27u Bernd Diessner GDR 8:11.8 Wolfgang Zur FRG 8:11.850 metres hurdles MenEddy Ottoz ITA 6.57Günther Nickel FRG 6.68Milan Kotík TCH 6.734 × 364 metres relay MenPoland 1928Waldemar KoryckiJan BalachowskiJan WernerAndrzej Badeński 2:48.9Horst DaverkausenPeter BernreutherIngo RoperMartin Jellinghaus 2:49.7Boris SavchukVasyl AnisimovSergey AbalichinAleksandr Bratchikov 2:51.1Medley relay Men 1820 mAleksandr LebedevBoris SavchukIgor PotapchenkoSergey Kryuchok 3:52.2Poland 1928Marian DudziakWaldemar KoryckiAndrzej BadeńskiEdmund Borowski 3:54.6Spain 1945José Luis Sánchez ParaísoRamon MagarinosAlfonso GabernetJosé María Reina 4:02.83 × 1000 metres relay MenMikhail ZhelobovskiyOleg RaykoAnatoliy Verlan 7:13.6Spain 1945Alberto EstebánEnrique BondiaVirgilio González 7:23.6Pavel HruškaJán KasalMiroslav Jůza 7:40.2High jump MenValeriy Skvortsov URS 2.17 =CRValentin Gavrilov URS 2.17 =CRKenneth Lundmark SWE 2.14Pole vault MenWolfgang Nordwig GDR 5.20 CRHennadiy Bleznitsov URS 5.10 Jörge Milack GDR 5.00Long jump MenIgor Ter-Ovanesyan URS 8.16 Tõnu Lepik URS 7.87 Bernhard Stierle FRG 7.59Triple jump MenNikolay Dudkin URS 16.71 CRViktor Sanyeyev URS 16.69 Luis Felipe Areta ESP 1945 16.47Shot put MenHeinfried Birlenbach FRG 18.65 CRWładysław Komar POL 1928 18.40 Nikolay Karasyov URS 18.35 Women 50 metres WomenSylviane Telliez FRA 6.29Erika Rost FRG 6.43Hannelore Trabert FRG 6.46400 metres WomenNatalya Pechonkina URS 55.29u CRGisela Köpke FRG 56.2 Tatyana Arnautova URS 56.3800 metres WomenKarin Burneleit GDR 2:07.65u CRAlla Kolesnikova URS 2:08.3 Valentina Lukyanova URS 2:09.450 metres hurdles WomenKarin Balzer GDR 7.08Bärbel Weidlich GDR 7.12Liudmila Ievleva URS 7.144 × 182 metres relay WomenRenate MeyerHannelore TrabertChrista ElslerErika Rost 1:28.8Only one finishing teamMedley relay Women 1820 mLiliya TkachenkoVera PopkovaNadezhda SyeropeginaAnna Zimina 4:28.4Eva PutnováVlasta SeifertováLibuše MacounováEmilie Ovadková 4:39.0 Only two teams startedHigh jump WomenRita Schmidt GDR 1.84 CRVirginia Bonci ROM 1965 1.76 Antonina Okorokova URS 1.76Long jump WomenBerit Berthelsen NOR 6.43 Bärbel Löhnert GDR 6.23 Viorica Viscopoleanu ROM 1965 6.23Shot put WomenNadezhda Chizhova URS 18.18 CRMargitta Gummel GDR 17.62 Marita Lange GDR 17.19 Medal table 9 6 8 4 4 3 3 4 3 2 2 1 POL 1928 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 3 2 ESP 1945 0 1 2 0 1 1 ROU 1965 0 1 0 0 0 1 Participating nations 20em Bulgaria 1967 (5) (17) (2) (15) (12) (7) Greece old (2) (1) (8) (5) Poland 1928 (12) (3) Romania 1965 (6) (41) Spain 1945 (16) (7) (6) (2) (28) (11) References Results Medallists – men at GBRathletics.com Medallists – women at GBRathletics.com Category:European Athletics Indoor Championships European Indoor Games Category:Sports competitions in Madrid Category:International athletics competitions hosted by Spain Athletics European Indoor Category:1960s in Madrid European Indoor Games