European Indoor Games 1968

The 3rd European Indoor Games were played on March 9 and 10, 1968 in Madrid . The competitions took place in the Palacio de Deportes de la Comunidad de Madrid .

Men

50 m

space	athlete	country	Time (s)
1	Jobst Hirscht	FRG	5.72
2	Bob Frith	GBR	5.78
3	Günter Gollos	GDR	5.78
4th	Wiesław Maniak	POLE	5.79
5	Ivan Karasi	YUG	5.79
6th	Vladislav Sapeja	URS	5.80

400 m

space	athlete	country	Time (s)
1	Andrzej Badeński	POLE	47.04
2	Alexandr Bratchikov	URS	47.3
3	Jan Balachowski	POLE	47.3
4th	Colin Campbell	GBR	47.6

800 m

space	athlete	country	Time (min)
1	Noel Carroll	IRL	1: 56.61
2	Alberto Esteban	ESP	1: 57.7
3	Sergei Kryuchok	URS	1: 58.1
4th	Gerd Larsen	THE	1: 58.3
5	Mikhail Shelobovsky	URS	1: 58.7
6th	Jan Kasal	TCH	1: 59.2

1500 m

space	athlete	country	Time (min)
1	John Whetton	GBR	3: 50.94
2	José María Morera	ESP	3: 51.7
3	Igor Potaptschenko	URS	3: 51.9
4th	José Lourenço	POR	3: 59.6

3000 m

space	athlete	country	Time (min)
1	Viktor Kudinski	URS	8: 10.22
2	Bernd Dießner	GDR	8: 11.0
3	Wolfgang Zur	FRG	8: 11.8
4th	Werner Schneiter	SUI	8: 12.8
5	Dane Korica	YUG	8: 15.4
6th	Miroslav Jůza	TCH	8: 19.4
7th	Arne Risa	NOR	8: 25.0

50 m hurdles

space	athlete	country	Time (s)
1	Eddy Ottoz	ITA	6.52
2	Günther Nickel	FRG	6.68
3	Milan Kotík	TCH	6.73
4th	Adam Kołodziejczyk	POLE	6.78
5	Victor Balichin	URS	6.79
6th	Valentin Chistyakov	URS	6.95

high jump

space	athlete	country	Height (m)
1	Valery Skvortsov	URS	2.17
2	Valentin Gavrilov	URS	2.17
3	Kenneth Lundmark	SWE	2.14
4th	Rudolf Huebner	TCH	2.14
5	Ingomar Sieghart	FRG	2.11
6th	Bo Jonsson	SWE	2.11
7th	Rudolf Baudis	TCH	2.11
8th	Robert Sainte-Rose	FRA	2.08

Pole vault

space	athlete	country	Height (m)
1	Wolfgang Nordwig	GDR	5.20
2	Hennadij Blesnizow	URS	5.10
3	Jörg Milack	GDR	5.00
4th	Renato Dionisi	ITA	5.00
5	Ignacio Sola	ESP	5.00
6th	Kjell Isaksson	SWE	4.90
7th	Leszek Butscher	POLE	4.80
8th	Mike Bull	GBR	4.80

Long jump

space	athlete	country	Width (m)
1	Igor Ter-Ovansyan	URS	8.16
2	Tõnu Lepik	URS	7.87
3	Bernhard Stierle	FRG	7.59
4th	Klaus Beer	GDR	7.55
5	Jack Pani	FRA	7.53
6th	Jacinto Segura	ESP	7.45
7th	Dimos Manglaras	GRE	7.18
8th	Michael Sauer	FRG	7.14

Triple jump

space	athlete	country	Width (m)
1	Mikalaj Dudkin	URS	16.71
2	Viktor Saneyev	URS	16.69
3	Luis Felipe Areta Sampériz	ESP	16.47
4th	Șerban Ciochină	ROU	16.42
5	Giuseppe Gentile	ITA	16.03
6th	Petr Nemšovský	TCH	15.64
7th	Michael Sauer	FRG	15.61
8th	Aşkın Tuna	DOOR	15.48

Shot put

space	athlete	country	Width (m)
1	Heinfried Birlenbach	FRG	18.65
2	Wladyslaw Komar	POLE	18.40
3	Nikolai Karassev	URS	18.35
4th	Traugott Glöckler	FRG	18.33
5	Edy Hubacher	SUI	18.33
6th	Arnjolt Beer	FRA	18.12
7th	Pierre Colnard	FRA	18.02
8th	Eduard Gushchin	URS	18.00

4-by-364-meter relay

space	country	Athletes	Time (min)
1	Poland	Waldemar Korycki Jan Balachowski Jan Werner Andrzej Badeński	2: 48.9
2	BR Germany	Horst Daverkausen Peter Bernreuther Ingo Röper Martin Jellinghaus	2: 49.7
3	Soviet Union	Boris Savchuk Wassyl Anissimow Sergei Abalichin Alexandr Bratchikow	2: 51.5

1820 meter relay (1 + 2 + 3 + 4 laps)

space	country	Athletes	Time (min)
1	Soviet Union	Alexander Lebedew Boris Savchuk Igor Potaptschenko Sergei Kryuchok	3: 52.2
2	Poland	Marian Dudziak Waldemar Korycki Andrzej Badeński Edmund Borowski	3: 54.6
3	Spain	José Luis Sánchez Ramón Magariños Alfonso Gabernet José María Reina	4: 02.7
	Czechoslovakia	Petr Utěkal Ladislav Kříž Pavel Hruška Jan Kasal	DNF

3 x 1000 meter relay

space	country	Athletes	Time (min)
1	Soviet Union	Michail Schelobowski Oleg Raiko Anatoli Werlan	7: 13.6
2	Spain	Alberto Esteban Enrique Bondía Virgilio González	7: 23.6
3	Czechoslovakia	Pavel Hruška Jan Kasal Miroslav Jůza	7: 40.2

Women

50 m

space	Athlete	country	Time (s)
1	Sylviane Telliez	FRA	6.24
2	Erika Rost	FRG	6.38
3	Hannelore Trabert	FRG	6.41
4th	Galina Mitrochina	URS	6.45
5	Galina Bucharina	URS	6.45
6th	Renate Heldt	GDR	6.48

400 m

space	Athlete	country	Time (s)
1	Natalia Pechonkina	URS	55.24
2	Gisela Koepke	FRG	56.2
3	Tatiana Arnautova	URS	56.3
4th	Ika Maričić	YUG	56.5

800 m

space	Athlete	country	Time (min)
1	Karin Burneleit	GDR	2: 07.60
2	Alla Kolesnikova	URS	2: 08.3
3	Valentina Lukyanova	URS	2: 09.4
4th	Emília Ovádková	TCH	2: 09.9
5	Ingela Ericson	SWE	2: 10.3
6th	Elisabeth Östberg	SWE	2: 20.2

50 m hurdles

space	Athlete	country	Time (s)
1	Karin Balzer	GDR	7.03
2	Bärbel Weidlich	GDR	7.07
3	Lyudmila Ijewleva	URS	7.09
4th	Inge Schell	FRG	7.13
5	Valeria Bufanu	ROU	7.19
6th	Galina Sarubina	URS	7.22

high jump

space	Athlete	country	Height (m)
1	Rita Schmidt	GDR	1.84
2	Virginia Bonci	ROU	1.76
3	Antonina Okorokova	URS	1.76
4th	Snežana Hrepevnik	YUG	1.76
5	Jordanka Blagoewa	BUL	1.76
6th	Klara Pushkarjowa	URS	1.73
7th	Katja Lasowa	BUL	1.70
8th	Barbara Inkpen	GBR	1.65

Long jump

space	Athlete	country	Width (m)
1	Berit Berthelsen	NOR	6.43
2	Bärbel Löhnert	GDR	6.23
3	Viorica Viscopoleanu	ROU	6.23
4th	Heide Rosendahl	FRG	6.20
5	Helēna Ringa	URS	6.14
6th	Meta antennas	SUI	6.08
7th	Marijana Lubej	YUG	5.51
	Tatiana Talysheva	URS	NM

Shot put

space	Athlete	country	Width (m)
1	Nadezhda Tschischowa	URS	18.18
2	Margitta Gummel	GDR	17.69
3	Marita Lange	GDR	17.62
4th	Ivanka Christowa	BUL	17.11
5	Marlene Fuchs	FRG	16.01
6th	Maria Chorbova	BUL	15.73
7th	Brenda Bedford	GBR	13.99

4-by-182-meter relay

space	country	Athletes	Time (min)
1	BR Germany	Renate Meyer Hannelore Trabert Christa Elsler Erika Rost	1: 28.8
	Soviet Union	Lilia Tkachenko Lyudmila Samotjossova Vera Popkova Natalja Pechonkina	DQ

1820 meter relay (1 + 2 + 3 + 4 laps)

space	country	Athletes	Time (min)
1	Soviet Union	Lilija Tkachenko Vera Popkova Nadezhda Seropegina Anna Simina	4: 28.3
2	Czechoslovakia	Eva Putnová Vlasta Seifertová Libuše Macounová Emília Ovádková	4: 39.0

Web links

• 3. European indoor games , results on Maik Richter's website
• European Indoor Championships (Men) on gbrathletics
• European Indoor Championships (Women) on gbrathletics