1981 European Athletics Indoor Championships

Host City Grenoble
Country FRA
Held 21 – 22 February 1981
Competitors 59
Countries 15

Events

Event Gender Held Status Competitors Countries
50 m Men 21 February 1981 Medal 3 2
400 m Men 21 – 22 February 1981 Medal 3 3
800 m Men 21 – 22 February 1981 Medal 3 3
1,500 m Men 22 February 1981 Medal 3 2
3,000 m Men 22 February 1981 Medal 3 3
50 m Hurdles Men 22 February 1981 Medal 3 3
5,000 m Walk Men 22 February 1981 Medal 3 3
High Jump Men 21 February 1981 Medal 3 2
Pole Vault Men 22 February 1981 Medal 3 2
Long Jump Men 22 February 1981 Medal 3 3
Triple Jump Men 21 February 1981 Medal 3 3
Shot Put Men 22 February 1981 Medal 3 3
50 m Women 22 February 1981 Medal 3 3
400 m Women 21 – 22 February 1981 Medal 3 3
800 m Women 21 – 22 February 1981 Medal 3 2
1,500 m Women 22 February 1981 Medal 3 2
50 m Hurdles Women 21 February 1981 Medal 3 2
High Jump Women 21 February 1981 Medal 3 2
Long Jump Women 22 February 1981 Medal 3 2
Shot Put Women 21 February 1981 Medal 3 2

Medal table

Pos Country 🥇 Gold 🥈 Silver 🥉 Bronze Total
1 East Germany GDR 4 1 2 7
2 Germany GER 3 4 2 9
3 France FRA 2 1 3 6
4 Poland POL 2 1 2 5
5 Italy ITA 2 1 1 4
6 Finland FIN 2 0 0 2
= Switzerland SUI 2 0 0 2
8 Soviet Union URS 1 5 5 11
9 Bulgaria BUL 1 2 1 4
10 Czechoslovakia TCH 1 1 0 2
11 Spain ESP 0 2 1 3
12 Hungary HUN 0 1 0 1
= Sweden SWE 0 1 0 1
14 Great Britain GBR 0 0 2 2
15 Yugoslavia YUG 0 0 1 1

Medal winners

Event 🥇 Gold 🥈 Silver 🥉 Bronze
50 m, Men Marian Woronin POL Vladimir Muravyov URS Andrey Shlyapnikov URS
400 m, Men Andreas Knebel GDR Martin Weppler GER Stefano Malinverni ITA
800 m, Men Herbert Wursthorn GER András Paróczai HUN Antonio Páez ESP
1,500 m, Men Thomas Wessinghage GER Uwe Becker GER Mirosław Żerkowski POL
3,000 m, Men Alex Gonzalez FRA Evgeni Ignatov BUL Valery Abramov URS
50 m Hurdles, Men Arto Bryggare FIN Javier Moracho ESP Guy Drut FRA
5,000 m Walk, Men Hartwig Gauder GDR Maurizio Damilano ITA Gérard Lelièvre FRA
High Jump, Men Roland Dalhäuser SUI Carlo Thränhardt GER Dietmar Mögenburg GER
Pole Vault, Men Thierry Vigneron FRA Aleksandr Krupsky URS Jean-Michel Bellot FRA
Long Jump, Men Rolf Bernhard SUI Antonio Corgos ESP Shamil Abbyasov URS
Triple Jump, Men Shamil Abbyasov URS Klaus Kübler GER Aston Moore GBR
Shot Put, Men Reijo Ståhlberg FIN Luc Viudès FRA Zlatan Saračević YUG
50 m, Women Sofka Popova BUL Linda Haglund SWE Marita Koch GDR
400 m, Women Jarmila Kratochvílová TCH Nataliya Bochina URS Verona Elder GBR
800 m, Women Hildegard Ullrich GDR Svetla Zlateva BUL Nikolina Shtereva BUL
1,500 m, Women Agnese Possamai ITA Valentina Ilyinykh URS Lyubov Smolka URS
50 m Hurdles, Women Zofia Bielczyk POL Mariya Kemenchezhi URS Tatyana Anisimova URS
High Jump, Women Sara Simeoni ITA Elżbieta Krawczuk POL Urszula Kielan POL
Long Jump, Women Karin Hänel GER Sigrid Heimann GDR Jasmin Fischer GER
Shot Put, Women Ilona Slupianek GDR Helena Fibingerová TCH Helma Knorscheidt GDR