2010 European Athletics Championships
# 2010 European Athletics Championships

The 2010 European Athletics Championships were the 20th edition of the European Athletics Championships, organised under the supervision of the European Athletic Association. They were held at the Estadi Olímpic Lluís Companys in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain from 27 July to 1 August 2010. Barcelona was the first Spanish city to host the European Championships.

Barni was the mascot of the event, he was the main promotional tool of the Championship. His name comes from Barna and was designed by the workshop Dortoka.

## Event schedule

Legend :

| Key | P | Q | H | ½ | F |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Value | Preliminary round | Qualifiers | Heats | Semifinals | Final |

Men :

| Date → | 27 | 27 | 28 | 28 | 28 | 29 | 29 | 30 | 30 | 30 | 31 | 31 | 1 | 1 |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Event ↓ | M | A | M | A | A | M | A | M | A | A | M | A | M | A |
| 100 m | H | H | | ½ | F | | | | | | | | | |
| 200 m | | | | | | H | ½ | | F | F | | | | |
| 400 m | H | | | ½ | ½ | | | | F | F | | | | |
| 800 m | | | H | | | | ½ | | | | | F | | |
| 1500 m | | | | H | H | | | | F | F | | | | |
| 5000 m | | | | | | | H | | | | | F | | |
| 10,000 m | | F | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Marathon | | | | | | | | | | | | | F | |
| 110 m hurdles | | | | | | H | | | ½ | F | | | | |
| 400 m hurdles | | | H | | | | ½ | | | | | F | | |
| 3000 m steeplechase | | | | | | | | H | | | | | | F |
| 4×100 m relay | | | | | | | | | | | Q | | | F |
| 4×400 m relay | | | | | | | | | | | Q | | | F |
| 20 km walk | F | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 50 km walk | | | | | | | | F | | | | | | |
| Long jump | | | | | | | | | Q | Q | | | | F |
| Triple jump | | Q | | | | | F | | | | | | | |
| High jump | | Q | | | | | F | | | | | | | |
| Pole vault | | | | | | Q | | | | | | F | | |
| Shot put | | | | | | | | Q | | | | F | | |
| Discus throw | | | | | | | | | | | Q | | | F |
| Hammer throw | Q | | | F | F | | | | | | | | | |
| Javelin throw | | | | | | | | Q | | | | F | | |
| Decathlon | | | F | F | F | F | F | | | | | | | |

Women :

| Date | 27 | 27 | 28 | 28 | 29 | 29 | 29 | 30 | 30 | 31 | 31 | 31 | 1 | 1 |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Event ↓ | M | A | M | A | M | A | A | M | A | M | A | A | M | A |
| 100 m | | | H | | | ½ | F | | | | | | | |
| 200 m | | | | | | | | H | ½ | | F | F | | |
| 400 m | | | | H | | | | | F | | | | | |
| 800 m | | H | | ½ | | | | | F | | | | | |
| 1500 m | | | | | | | | | H | | | | | F |
| 5000 m | | | | | | | | | | | | | | F |
| 10,000 m | | | | F | | | | | | | | | | |
| Marathon | | | | | | | | | | F | | | | |
| 100 m hurdles | | | | | | | | H | | | ½ | F | | |
| 400 m hurdles | H | | | ½ | | | | | F | | | | | |
| 3000 m steeplechase | | | H | | | | | | F | | | | | |
| 4×100 m relay | | | | | | | | | | Q | | | | F |
| 4×400 m relay | | | | | | | | | | Q | | | | F |
| 20 km walk | | | F | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Long jump | Q | | | F | | | | | | | | | | |
| Triple jump | | | | | Q | | | | | | F | F | | |
| High jump | | | | | | | | Q | | | | | | F |
| Pole vault | | | Q | | | | | | F | | | | | |
| Shot put | Q | F | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Discus throw | Q | | | F | | | | | | | | | | |
| Hammer throw | | | Q | | | | | | F | | | | | |
| Javelin throw | | Q | | | | F | F | | | | | | | |
| Heptathlon | | | | | | | | F | F | F | F | F | | |

## Men's results

### Track

2002 | 2006 | 2010 | 2012 | 2014

| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 100 metres details | Christophe Lemaitre France (FRA) | 10.11 | Mark Lewis-Francis Great Britain & N.I. (GBR) | 10.18 | Martial Mbandjock France (FRA) | 10.18 |
| 200 metres details | Christophe Lemaitre France (FRA) | 20.37 | Christian Malcolm Great Britain & N.I. (GBR) | 20.38 SB | Martial Mbandjock France (FRA) | 20.42 |
| 400 metres details | Kevin Borlée Belgium (BEL) | 45.08 SB | Michael Bingham Great Britain & N.I. (GBR) | 45.23 | Martyn Rooney Great Britain & N.I. (GBR) | 45.23 |
| 800 metres details | Marcin Lewandowski Poland (POL) | 1:47.07 | Michael Rimmer Great Britain & N.I. (GBR) | 1:47.17 | Adam Kszczot Poland (POL) | 1:47.22 |
| 1500 metres details | Arturo Casado Spain (ESP) | 3:42.74 | Carsten Schlangen Germany (GER) | 3:43.52 | Manuel Olmedo Spain (ESP) | 3:43.54 |
| 5000 metres details | Mo Farah Great Britain & N.I. (GBR) | 13:31.18 | Jesús España Spain (ESP) | 13:33.12 | Hayle Ibrahimov Azerbaijan (AZE) | 13:34.15 |
| 10,000 metres details | Mo Farah Great Britain & N.I. (GBR) | 28:24.99 | Chris Thompson Great Britain & N.I. (GBR) | 28:27.33 | Daniele Meucci Italy (ITA) | 28:27.33 |
| Marathon details | Viktor Röthlin Switzerland (SUI) | 2:15:31 | José Manuel Martínez Spain (ESP) | 2:17:50 | Dmitry Safronov Russia (RUS) | 2:18:16 |
| 110 metres hurdles details | Andy Turner Great Britain & N.I. (GBR) | 13.28 SB | Garfield Darien France (FRA) | 13.34 PB | Dániel Kiss Hungary (HUN) | 13.39 |
| 400 metres hurdles details | Dai Greene Great Britain & N.I. (GBR) | 48.12 EL | Rhys Williams Great Britain & N.I. (GBR) | 48.96 PB | Stanislav Melnykov Ukraine (UKR) | 49.09 PB |
| 3000 metres steeplechase details | Mahiedine Mekhissi-Benabbad France (FRA) | 8:07.87 CR | Bouabdellah Tahri France (FRA) | 8:09.28 | Ion Luchianov Moldova (MDA) | 8:19.64 SB |
| 20 kilometres walk details | Alex $Schwazer^1$ Italy (ITA) | 1:20:38 | João Vieira Portugal (POR) | 1:20:49 SB | Robert Heffernan Ireland (IRL) | 1:21:00 |
| 50 kilometres walk details | Yohann Diniz France (FRA) | 3:40:37 EL | Grzegorz Sudoł Poland (POL) | 3:42:24 PB | Sergey Bakulin Russia (RUS) | 3:43:26 PB |
| 4x100 metres relay details | France Jimmy Vicaut Christophe Lemaitre Pierre-Alexis Pessonneaux Martial Mbandjock | 38.11 EL | Italy Roberto Donati Simone Collio Emanuele Di Gregorio Maurizio Checcucci | 38.17 NR | Germany Tobias Unger Marius Broening Alexander Kosenkow Martin Keller | 38.44 |
| 4x400 metres relay details | Russia Maksim Dyldin Aleksey Aksyonov Vladimir Krasnov Pavel Trenikhin | 3:02.14 | Great Britain Conrad Williams Michael Bingham Martyn Rooney Robert Tobin | 3:02.25 | Belgium Arnaud Destatte Kevin Borlée Cédric Van Branteghem Jonathan Borlée | 3:02.60 |
| WR world record | AR area record | CR championship record | GR games record | NR national record | OR Olympic record | PB personal best | SB season best | WL world leading (in a given season) |||||| |

$^1$ Stanislav Emelyanov of Russia originally won the 20 km walk gold medal with a time of 1:20:10, but he was disqualified in 2014 after he tested positive for drugs.

### Field

2002 | 2006 | 2010 | 2012 | 2014

| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| High jump details | Aleksandr Shustov Russia (RUS) | 2.33 | Ivan Ukhov Russia (RUS) | 2.31 | Martyn Bernard Great Britain & N.I. (GBR) | 2.29 |
| Pole vault details | Renaud Lavillenie France (FRA) | 5.85 | Maksym Mazuryk Ukraine (UKR) | 5.80 SB | Przemysław Czerwiński Poland (POL) | 5.75 SB |
| Long jump details | Christian Reif Germany (GER) | 8.47 CR, WL, PB | Kafétien Gomis France (FRA) | 8.24 PB | Chris Tomlinson Great Britain & N.I. (GBR) | 8.23 SB |
| Triple jump details | Phillips Idowu Great Britain & N.I. (GBR) | 17.81 PB | Marian Oprea Romania (ROM) | 17.51 SB | Teddy Tamgho France (FRA) | 17.45 |
| Shot put details | Tomasz $Majewski^2$ Poland (POL) | 21.00 | Ralf Bartels Germany (GER) | 20.93 | Māris Urtāns Latvia (LAT) | 20.72 |
| Discus throw details | Piotr Małachowski Poland (POL) | 68.87 CR | Robert Harting Germany (GER) | 68.47 | Róbert Fazekas Hungary (HUN) | 66.43 SB |
| Javelin throw details | Andreas Thorkildsen Norway (NOR) | 88.37 | Matthias de Zordo Germany (GER) | 87.81 PB | Tero Pitkämäki Finland (FIN) | 86.67 |
| Hammer throw details | Libor Charfreitag Slovakia (SVK) | 80.02 | Nicola Vizzoni Italy (ITA) | 79.12 | Krisztián Pars Hungary (HUN) | 79.06 |
| Decathlon details | Romain Barras France (FRA) | 8453 EL, PB | Eelco Sintnicolaas Netherlands (NED) | 8436 PB | Andrei Krauchanka Belarus (BLR) | 8370 SB |
| WR world record | AR area record | CR championship record | GR games record | NR national record | OR Olympic record | PB personal best | SB season best | WL world leading (in a given season) |||||| |

$^2$ Andrei Mikhnevich of Belarus originally won the gold medal in 21.01 m, but was disqualified in 2013 (all his results starting from the 2005 World Championships were canceled).

## Women's results

### Doping cases

The women's medal standings were significantly altered after various post-race doping controversies. The following medals were revoked years after the event for doping cases, and assigned to the athletes who followed in the ranking.

| Athlese | Country | Performance | Event |
| - | - | - | - |
| Tatyana Firova | Russia | 49.89 | 400 m |
| Mariya Savinova | Russia | 1:58.22 | 800 m |
| Alemitu Bekele | Turkey | 14:52.20 | 5000 m |
| Inga Abitova | Russia | 31:22.83 | 10,000 m |
| Živile Balciunaite | Lithuania | 2:31:14 | Marathon |
| Nailya Yulamanova | Russia | 2:32:15 | Marathon |
| Olga Kaniskina | Russia | 1:27:44 | 20 km race walk |
| Marta Domínguez | Spain | 9:17.74 | 3000 m steeplechase |
| Lyubov Kharlamova | Russia | 9:29.82 | 3000 m steeplechase |
| Anastasiya Kapachinskaya Antonina Krivoshapka Kseniya Ustalova Tatyana Firova | Russia | 3:21.26 | 4x400 m relay |
| Nadzeya Ostapchuk | Belarus | 20.48 m | Shot put |
| Natallia Mikhnevich | Belarus | 19.53 m | Shot put |

### Track

2002 | 2006 | 2010 | 2012 | 2014

| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 100 metres details | Verena Sailer Germany (GER) | 11.10 PB | Véronique Mang France (FRA) | 11.11 PB | Myriam Soumaré France (FRA) | 11.18 PB |
| 200 metres details | Myriam Soumaré France (FRA) | 22.32 EL, PB | Yelizaveta Bryzhina Ukraine (UKR) | 22.44 PB | Aleksandra Fedoriva Russia (RUS) | 22.44 |
| 400 metres details | Kseniya Ustalova Russia (RUS) | 49.92 PB | Antonina Krivoshapka Russia (RUS) | 50.10 SB | Libania Grenot Italy (ITA) | 50.43 SB |
| 800 metres details | Yvonne Hak Netherlands (NED) | 1:58.85 PB | Jenny Meadows Great Britain & N.I. (GBR) | 1:59.39 | Lucia Klocová Slovakia (SVK) | 1:59.64 |
| 1500 metres details | Nuria Fernández Spain (ESP) | 4:00.20 PB | Hind Dehiba France (FRA) | 4:01.17 | Natalia Rodríguez Spain (ESP) | 4:01.30 SB |
| 5000 metres details | Elvan Abeylegesse Turkey (TUR) | 14:54.44 | Sara Moreira Portugal (POR) | 14:54.71 PB | Jéssica Augusto Portugal (POR) | 14.58.47 |
| 10,000 metres details | Elvan Abeylegesse Turkey (TUR) | 31:10.23 EL | Jéssica Augusto Portugal (POR) | 31:25.77 | Hilda Kibet Netherlands (NED) | 31:36.90 SB |
| Marathon details | Anna Incerti Italy (ITA) | 2:32:48 | Tetyana Filonyuk Ukraine (UKR) | 2:33:57 | Isabellah Andersson Sweden (SWE) | 2:34:43 |
| 100 metres hurdles details | Nevin Yanıt Turkey (TUR) | 12.63 NR | Derval O'Rourke Ireland (IRL) | 12.65 NR | Carolin Nytra Germany (GER) | 12.68 |
| 400 metres hurdles details | Natalya Antyukh Russia (RUS) | 52.92 CR, EL | Vania Stambolova Bulgaria (BUL) | 53.82 NR | Perri Shakes-Drayton Great Britain & N.I. (GBR) | 54.18 PB |
| 3000 metres steeplechase details | Yuliya Zarudneva Russia (RUS) | 9:17.57 CR | Hatti Dean Great Britain & N.I. (GBR) | 9:30.19 PB | Wioletta Frankiewicz Poland (POL) | 9:34.13 |
| 20 kilometres walk details | Anisya Kirdyapkina Russia (RUS) | 1:28:55 | Vera Sokolova Russia (RUS) | 1:29:32 | Melanie Seeger Germany (GER) | 1:29:43 |
| 4x100 metres relay details | Ukraine Olesya Povh Nataliya Pohrebnyak Mariya Ryemyen Yelizaveta Bryzhina | 42.29 WL | France Myriam Soumaré Véronique Mang Lina Jacques-Sébastien Christine Arron | 42.45 | Poland Marika Popowicz Daria Korczyńska Marta Jeschke Weronika Wedler | 42.68 NR |
| 4x400 metres relay details | Germany Janin Lindenberg Esther Cremer Fabienne Kohlmann Claudia Hoffmann | 3:24.07 | Great Britain Nicola Sanders Marilyn Okoro Perri Shakes-Drayton Lee McConnell | 3:24.32 | Italy Chiara Bazzoni Marta Milani Maria Enrica Spacca Libania Grenot | 3:25.71 |
| WR world record | AR area record | CR championship record | GR games record | NR national record | OR Olympic record | PB personal best | SB season best | WL world leading (in a given season) |||||| |

* Živilė Balčiūnaitė (LIT) won the Marathon, but was disqualified for doping after testing positive for testosterone.
* Nailiya Yulamanova (RUS) came second in the Marathon, and was set to be upgraded to gold winner after Živilė Balčiūnaitė was disqualified. However, in July 2012, Yulamanova was also disqualified for doping, and her results from 20 August 2009 onwards were annulled due to abnormalities in her biological passport profile.
* Mariya Savinova (RUS) won the 800 metres but was disqualified in 2017 for doping, and her result annulled.

### Field

2002 | 2006 | 2010 | 2012 | 2014

| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| High jump details | Blanka Vlašić Croatia (CRO) | 2.03 =CR, =EL | Emma Green Sweden (SWE) | 2.01 PB | Ariane Friedrich Germany (GER) | 2.01 |
| Pole vault details | Svetlana Feofanova Russia (RUS) | 4.75 SB | Silke Spiegelburg Germany (GER) | 4.65 | Lisa Ryzih Germany (GER) | 4.65 PB |
| Long jump details | Ineta Radēviča Latvia (LAT) | 6.92 NR | Naide Gomes Portugal (POR) | 6.92 SB | Olga Kucherenko Russia (RUS) | 6.84 |
| Triple jump details | Olha Saladukha Ukraine (UKR) | 14.81 EL | Simona La Mantia Italy (ITA) | 14.56 SB | Svetlana Bolshakova Belgium (BEL) | 14.55 NR |
| Shot put details | Anna Avdeyeva Russia (RUS) | 19.39 | Yanina Pravalinskay-Karolchyk Belarus (BLR) | 19.29 | Olga Ivanova Russia (RUS) | 19.02 |
| Discus throw details | Sandra Perković Croatia (CRO) | 64.67 | Nicoleta Grasu Romania (ROM) | 63.48 | Joanna Wiśniewska Poland (POL) | 62.37 SB |
| Hammer throw details | Betty Heidler Germany (GER) | 76.38 SB | Tatyana Lysenko Russia (RUS) | 75.65 | Anita Włodarczyk Poland (POL) | 73.56 |
| Javelin throw details | Linda Stahl Germany (GER) | 66.81 PB | Christina Obergföll Germany (GER) | 65.58 | Barbora Špotáková Czech Republic (CZE) | 65.36 |
| Heptathlon details | Jessica Ennis Great Britain & N.I. (GBR) | 6823 CR, WL, PB | Nataliya Dobrynska Ukraine (UKR) | 6778 PB | Jennifer Oeser Germany (GER) | 6683 PB |
| WR world record | AR area record | CR championship record | GR games record | NR national record | OR Olympic record | PB personal best | SB season best | WL world leading (in a given season) |||||| |

## Participating nations

* Albania (2)
* Andorra (6)
* Armenia (3)
* Austria (15)
* Azerbaijan (5)
* Belarus (42)
* Belgium (32)
* Bosnia and Herzegovina (2)
* Bulgaria (17)
* Croatia (12)
* Cyprus (10)
* Czech Republic (41)
* Denmark (15)
* Estonia (17)
* Finland (39)
* France (60)
* Georgia (2)
* Germany (74)
* Gibraltar (1)
* Great Britain and Northern Ireland (72)
* Greece (33)
* Hungary (23)
* Iceland (6)
* Ireland (30)
* Israel (16)
* Italy (73)
* Latvia (21)
* Liechtenstein (1)
* Lithuania (25)
* Luxembourg (1)
* Macedonia (2)
* Malta (2)
* Moldova (6)
* Monaco (1)
* Montenegro (2)
* Netherlands (36)
* Norway (38)
* Poland (71)
* Portugal (42)
* Romania (33)
* Russia (105)
* San Marino (2)
* Serbia (11)
* Slovakia (19)
* Slovenia (33)
* Spain (host) (88)
* Sweden (41)
* Switzerland (22)
* Turkey (20)
* Ukraine (62)

In brackets: Squad size

## Medal table

* Host nation (Spain)

| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | France (FRA) | 8 | 6 | 4 | 18 |
| 2 | Russia (RUS) | 8 | 4 | 5 | 17 |
| 3 | Great Britain (GBR) | 6 | 10 | 4 | 20 |
| 4 | Germany (GER) | 5 | 6 | 6 | 17 |
| 5 | Poland (POL) | 3 | 1 | 6 | 10 |
| 6 | Turkey (TUR) | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 7 | Ukraine (UKR) | 2 | 4 | 1 | 7 |
| 8 | Italy (ITA) | 2 | 3 | 3 | 8 |
| 9 | Spain (ESP)* | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 |
| 10 | Croatia (CRO) | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 11 | Netherlands (NED) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 12 | Belgium (BEL) | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 13 | Latvia (LAT) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 13 | Slovakia (SVK) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 15 | Norway (NOR) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 15 | Switzerland (SUI) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 17 | Portugal (POR) | 0 | 4 | 1 | 5 |
| 18 | Romania (ROU) | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 19 | Belarus (BLR) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 19 | Ireland (IRL) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 19 | Sweden (SWE) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 22 | Bulgaria (BUL) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 23 | Hungary (HUN) | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 24 | Azerbaijan (AZE) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 24 | Czech Republic (CZE) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 24 | Finland (FIN) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 24 | Moldova (MDA) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (27 entries) | Totals (27 entries) | 47 | 47 | 47 | 141 |

* † = Totals following the removal of José Luis Blanco bronze medal in the steeplechase due to positive doping test.
* †2 = Totals following the removal of Nailya Yulamanova gold medal in the marathon due to positive doping test.
* †3 = Totals following the removal of Andrei Mikhnevich gold medal in the shot put due to positive doping test.
* †4 = Totals following the disqualification of Marta Domínguez.
