European Athletics Championships

Sport Athletics
Competition Category Continental Championships
Years 1934—2024
Editions 27
Competitors 2901
Countries 44

The 2020 edition scheduled for Paris (FRA) from 26 to 30 August was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Editions

Edition Host City Country Held Events Competitors Countries
1934 European Athletics Championships Torino ITA 7 – 9 September 1934 22 71 15
1938 European Athletics Championships - Men Paris FRA 3 – 5 September 1938 23 79 13
1938 European Athletics Championships - Women Wien GER 17 – 18 September 1938 9 29 5
1946 European Athletics Championships Oslo NOR 22 – 25 August 1946 33 108 15
1950 European Athletics Championships Bruxelles BEL 23 – 27 August 1950 34 112 15
1954 European Athletics Championships Bern SUI 25 – 29 August 1954 35 118 15
1958 European Athletics Championships Stockholm SWE 19 – 24 August 1958 36 121 17
1962 European Athletics Championships Beograd YUG 12 – 16 September 1962 36 120 15
1966 European Athletics Championships Budapest HUN 30 August – 4 September 1966 36 117 14
1969 European Athletics Championships Athina GRE 16 – 21 September 1969 38 137 21
1971 European Athletics Championships Helsinki FIN 10 – 15 August 1971 38 136 17
1974 European Athletics Championships Roma ITA 2 – 8 September 1974 39 136 17
1978 European Athletics Championships Praha TCH 29 August – 3 September 1978 40 135 19
1982 European Athletics Championships Athina GRE 6 – 12 September 1982 41 140 19
1986 European Athletics Championships Stuttgart GER 26 – 31 August 1986 43 153 17
1990 European Athletics Championships Split YUG 26 August – 2 September 1990 43 152 20
1994 European Athletics Championships Helsinki FIN 7 – 14 August 1994 44 156 25
1998 European Athletics Championships Budapest HUN 18 – 23 August 1998 46 176 26
2002 European Athletics Championships München GER 6 – 11 August 2002 46 179 29
2006 European Athletics Championships Göteborg SWE 7 – 13 August 2006 47 178 31
2010 European Athletics Championships Barcelona ESP 27 July – 1 August 2010 47 188 28
2012 European Athletics Championships Helsinki FIN 27 June – 1 July 2012 42 178 28
2014 European Athletics Championships Zürich SUI 12 – 17 August 2014 47 177 27
2016 European Athletics Championships Amsterdam NED 6 – 10 July 2016 46 177 32
2018 European Athletics Championships Berlin GER 6 – 12 August 2018 50 195 28
2022 European Athletics Championships München GER 15 – 21 August 2022 50 193 29
2024 European Athletics Championships Roma ITA 7 – 12 June 2024 49 192 28

Medal table

Pos Country 🥇 Gold 🥈 Silver 🥉 Bronze Total
1 Great Britain GBR 128 99 111 338
2 Soviet Union URS 120 110 101 331
3 Germany GER 109 127 125 361
4 East Germany GDR 89 75 61 225
5 France FRA 73 74 70 217
6 Poland POL 59 59 68 186
7 Italy ITA 56 55 58 169
8 Russia RUS 49 51 56 156
9 Finland FIN 35 29 41 105
10 Spain ESP 34 31 41 106
11 Netherlands NED 33 28 29 90
12 Sweden SWE 32 44 41 117
13 Ukraine UKR 23 31 23 77
14 Norway NOR 20 17 20 57
15 Hungary HUN 18 23 25 66
16 Portugal POR 17 14 11 42
17 Czechoslovakia TCH 16 16 27 59
18 Belgium BEL 16 15 13 44
19 Greece GRE 16 10 11 37
20 Switzerland SUI 13 16 19 48
21 Bulgaria BUL 12 16 12 40
22 Turkey TUR 12 10 11 33
23 Belarus BLR 11 13 10 34
24 Croatia CRO 9 3 3 15
25 Romania ROU 8 22 10 40
26 Czech Republic CZE 8 14 13 35
27 Yugoslavia YUG 6 6 3 15
28 Ireland IRL 5 9 7 21
29 Denmark DEN 4 7 4 15
30 Estonia EST 4 6 5 15
31 Israel ISR 4 3 4 11
32 Latvia LAT 4 3 3 10
33 Lithuania LTU 3 3 5 11
34 Austria AUT 3 2 7 12
35 Slovenia SLO 3 2 3 8
36 Iceland ISL 3 1 1 5
37 Serbia SRB 2 8 3 13
38 Slovakia SVK 1 5 1 7
39 Neutral Participant NEU 1 3 2 6
40 Albania ALB 1 1 0 2
41 Azerbaijan AZE 0 2 2 4
42 Luxembourg LUX 0 1 0 1
= Montenegro MNE 0 1 0 1
44 Republic of Moldova MDA 0 0 1 1