1981 European Junior Championships

Host City Utrecht
Country NED
Held 20 – 23 August 1981
Competitors 130
Countries 15

Events

Event Gender Held Status Competitors Countries
100 m Men Medal 3 3
200 m Men Medal 3 3
400 m Men Medal 3 3
800 m Men Medal 3 2
1,500 m Men Medal 3 3
3,000 m Men Medal 3 2
5,000 m Men Medal 3 3
110 m Hurdles Men Medal 3 2
400 m Hurdles Men Medal 3 3
2,000 m Steeplechase Men Medal 3 3
4 x 100 m Relay Men Medal 12 3
4 x 400 m Relay Men Medal 12 3
10 km Walk Men Medal 3 2
High Jump Men Medal 3 3
Pole Vault Men Medal 3 3
Long Jump Men Medal 3 2
Triple Jump Men Medal 3 2
Shot Put Men Medal 3 2
Discus Throw Men Medal 3 3
Hammer Throw Men Medal 3 2
Javelin Throw Men Medal 3 3
Decathlon Men Medal 3 2
100 m Women Medal 3 2
200 m Women Medal 3 2
400 m Women Medal 3 3
800 m Women Medal 3 3
1,500 m Women Medal 3 3
3,000 m Women Medal 3 2
100 m Hurdles Women Medal 3 2
400 m Hurdles Women Medal 3 2
4 x 100 m Relay Women Medal 12 3
4 x 400 m Relay Women Medal 12 3
High Jump Women Medal 3 3
Long Jump Women Medal 3 3
Shot Put Women Medal 3 2
Discus Throw Women Medal 3 3
Javelin Throw Women Medal 3 3
Heptathlon Women Medal 3 2

Medal table

Pos Country 🥇 Gold 🥈 Silver 🥉 Bronze Total
1 East Germany GDR 22 13 7 42
2 Soviet Union URS 4 11 11 26
3 Bulgaria BUL 3 1 2 6
4 Great Britain GBR 2 3 4 9
5 Germany GER 2 1 5 8
6 Hungary HUN 2 1 0 3
7 Poland POL 1 1 0 2
8 Belgium BEL 1 0 1 2
9 Czechoslovakia TCH 1 0 0 1
10 France FRA 0 5 1 6
11 Italy ITA 0 2 2 4
12 Finland FIN 0 0 2 2
13 Netherlands NED 0 0 1 1
= Norway NOR 0 0 1 1
= Sweden SWE 0 0 1 1

Medal winners

Event 🥇 Gold 🥈 Silver 🥉 Bronze
100 m, Men Thomas Schröder GDR Rolf Kistner GER Pier-Francesco Pavoni ITA
200 m, Men Thomas Schröder GDR Sergey Sokolov URS Kimmo Saaristo FIN
400 m, Men Todd Bennett GBR Jens Carlowitz GDR Jörg Vaihinger GER
800 m, Men József Bereczki HUN István Szalai HUN Chris McGeorge GBR
1,500 m, Men Steffen Oehme GDR Didier Poirier FRA Anatoly Legeda URS
3,000 m, Men Rainer Wachenbrunner GDR Frank Heine GDR Jean-Pierre N'Dayisenga BEL
5,000 m, Men Gábor Szabó HUN Salvatore Antibo ITA Axel Krippschock GDR
110 m Hurdles, Men Holger Pohland GDR Andreas Oschkenat GDR Viktor Batrachenko URS
400 m Hurdles, Men Krasimir Demirev BUL Olivier Gui FRA Hans-Jürgen Ende GDR
2,000 m Steeplechase, Men Paul Davies-Hale GBR Gilbert Jüchert GDR Lev Glinskikh URS
4 x 100 m Relay, Men East Germany GDR Soviet Union URS Finland FIN
4 x 400 m Relay, Men East Germany GDR Great Britain GBR Germany GER
10 km Walk, Men Ralf Kowalsky GDR Aleksandr Potashov URS Viktor Mostovik URS
High Jump, Men Krzysztof Krawczyk POL William Motti FRA Oleg Azizmuradov URS
Pole Vault, Men František Jansa TCH Pierre Quinon FRA Olaf Kasten GDR
Long Jump, Men André Reichelt GDR Sergey Rodin URS Andreas Zwanzig GDR
Triple Jump, Men Sergo Akhvlediani URS Aleksandr Leonov URS Mike Makin GBR
Shot Put, Men Andreas Horn GDR Ulf Timmermann GDR Karsten Stolz GER
Discus Throw, Men Kamen Dimitrov BUL Thomas Christel GDR Erik de Bruin NED
Hammer Throw, Men Christoph Sahner GER Sergey Dorozhon URS Vyacheslav Korovin URS
Javelin Throw, Men Uwe Hohn GDR Roald Bradstock GBR Fabio Michielon ITA
Decathlon, Men Mikhail Romanyuk URS Torsten Voss GDR Sven Reintak URS
100 m, Women Katrin Böhme GDR Shirley Thomas GBR Carola Beuster GDR
200 m, Women Sabine Rieger GDR Valentina Bozhina URS Carola Beuster GDR
400 m, Women Irina Zhdanova URS Heike Bohne GDR Linsey MacDonald GBR
800 m, Women Ines Vogelsang GDR Anna Rybicka POL Lyubov Kiryukhina URS
1,500 m, Women Betty Van Steenbroek BEL Yelena Malykhina URS Kirsti Voldnes NOR
3,000 m, Women Lyudmila Sudak URS Birgit Mauer GDR Uta Möckel GDR
100 m Hurdles, Women Katrin Böhme GDR Gloria Kovarik GDR Anne Piquereau FRA
400 m Hurdles, Women Sylvia Kirchner GDR Anita Lauvensteine URS Margarita Ponomaryova URS
4 x 100 m Relay, Women East Germany GDR France FRA Germany GER
4 x 400 m Relay, Women East Germany GDR Soviet Union URS Germany GER
High Jump, Women Andrea Breder GER Alessandra Fossati ITA Larisa Kositsyna URS
Long Jump, Women Heike Daute GDR Yelena Lugovaya URS Joyce Oladapo GBR
Shot Put, Women Konstanze Simm GDR Gabi Reinsch GDR Svetla Mitkova BUL
Discus Throw, Women Diana Sachse GDR Svetla Mitkova BUL Larisa Mikhalchenko URS
Javelin Throw, Women Antoaneta Todorova BUL Antje Kempe GDR Karin Bergdahl SWE
Heptathlon, Women Anke Tröger GDR Ilona Dietze GDR Tatyana Stoycheva BUL