European Championships 2018

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Seal "Bonnie", the mascot of the European Championships in Glasgow

The European Championships 2018 included European championships in seven sports . They took place from August 2 to 12, 2018 in the Scottish city ​​of Glasgow ( United Kingdom ) and in the German capital Berlin .

At that time, the European championships in swimming (disciplines swimming , synchronized swimming , water jumping , open water swimming ), cycling (disciplines track cycling , road cycling , mountain biking , BMX ), rowing , triathlon , golf and gymnastics were held in Glasgow . In addition, the European Athletics Championships took place in Berlin from August 6th to 12th. Around 4500 athletes were expected for the competitions.

The European Championships create a new platform for sports, whose European championships have so far received different media coverage.

European championships

The European sports associations for athletics, swimming, cycling, golf, gymnastics, rowing and triathlon coordinated their respective continental championships as part of the first edition of the European Championships. At the time of this decision, Berlin had already been awarded the contract for the European Athletics Championships and Glasgow for the European Swimming Championships. Glasgow was entrusted with hosting the title fights from the other associations involved.

Competition venues

Most of the plants were in Berlin and Glasgow. There were also some plants outside of Glasgow. There were a total of 13 different competition venues.

Berlin

Glasgow

Outside of Glasgow

Participating nations and teams

A total of 3,791 athletes from 52 nations and two teams were registered (as of August 4, 2018). At the European Championships in athletics , no athletes were allowed under the Russian flag, but some were allowed to compete under a neutral flag ( Authorized Neutral Athletes (ANA)). In addition, a recognized refugee appeared at the European Athletics Championships as a refugee team ( Athlete Refugee Team (ART)).

Time schedule

● Preliminary decisions X Number of decisions
August 2018 2nd
Thursday 		3.
Fri. 		4th
Sat 		5th
Sun 		6th
Mon 		7th
Tuesday 		8.
Wed 		9.
Thursday 		10.
Fri. 		11th
Sat 		12.
So. 		Gold medals
Gymnastics (artistic) pictogram.svg Apparatus gymnastics ● 1 4th ● 1 6th 12
Golf pictogram.svg golf ● ● ● 1 2 3
Athletics pictogram.svg athletics ● 7th 5 6th 9 11 12 50
Cycling Cycling (track) pictogram.svg train ● 6th 4th 4th 4th 4th 30th
Cycling (BMX) pictogram.svg BMX ● 2
Cycling (mountain biking) pictogram.svg Mountain bike 2
Cycling (road) pictogram.svg Street 1 2 1
Rowing pictogram.svg rowing ● ● 9 8th 17th
Swimming Open water swimming pictogram.svg Free swimming 2 2 1 2 72
Swimming pictogram.svg swim 4th 6th 6th 6th 6th 6th 9
Synchronized swimming pictogram.svg Synchronized swimming 2 1 1 2 3
Diving pictogram.svg Diving 1 2 2 2 2 2 2
Triathlon pictogram.svg Triathlon 1 1 1 3
Gold medals 0 12 21st 24 13 24 17th 20th 12 19th 25th 187
Total 0 12 33 57 70 94 111 131 143 162 187

Medal table

Overview of the medals of the European Championships 2018. Hosts in blue.

Final result after 187 competitions:

  • host
  • European Championships Trophy winner
    • space country gold silver bronze total
    1 RussiaRussia Russia 31 19th 16 66
    2 United KingdomUnited Kingdom Great Britain 26th 26th 22nd 74
    3 ItalyItaly Italy 15th 17th 28 60
    4th NetherlandsNetherlands Netherlands 15th 15th 13 43
    5 GermanyGermany Germany 13 17th 23 53
    6th FranceFrance France 13 14th 15th 42
    7th PolandPoland Poland 9 6th 6th 21st
    8th UkraineUkraine Ukraine 8th 13 5 26th
    9 SwitzerlandSwitzerland Switzerland 8th 4th 7th 19th
    10 HungaryHungary Hungary 7th 4th 4th 15th
    11 BelgiumBelgium Belgium 6th 5 8th 19th
    12 SwedenSweden Sweden 6th 3 2 11
    13 NorwayNorway Norway 5 2 1 8th
    14th GreeceGreece Greece 4th 3 2 9
    15th BelarusBelarus Belarus 4th 2 3 9
    16 SpainSpain Spain 3 6th 10 19th
    17th RomaniaRomania Romania 3 4th 3 10
    18th PortugalPortugal Portugal 2 2 0 4th
    19th CroatiaCroatia Croatia 2 1 0 3
    20th DenmarkDenmark Denmark 1 4th 2 7th
    LithuaniaLithuania Lithuania 1 4th 2 7th
    22nd Authorized Neutral AthletesAuthorized Neutral Athletes Authorized Neutral Athletes 1 3 2 6th
    TurkeyTurkey Turkey 1 3 2 6th
    24 IrelandIreland Ireland 1 1 2 4th
    25th IcelandIceland Iceland 1 1 0 2
    IsraelIsrael Israel 1 1 0 2
    27 Czech RepublicCzech Republic Czech Republic 0 3 1 4th
    28 AustriaAustria Austria 0 1 3 4th
    29 SloveniaSlovenia Slovenia 0 1 1 2
    30th AzerbaijanAzerbaijan Azerbaijan 0 1 0 1
    BulgariaBulgaria Bulgaria 0 1 0 1
    SlovakiaSlovakia Slovakia 0 1 0 1
    33 ArmeniaArmenia Armenia 0 0 1 1
    EstoniaEstonia Estonia 0 0 1 1
    FinlandFinland Finland 0 0 1 1
    Total 187 187 187 561

    Media and sponsors

    All of Europe's major public television broadcasters broadcast the European Championships 2018. These included the BBC in Great Britain, ARD / ZDF in Germany, France Télévisions in France, RAI in Italy and RTVE in Spain. Other members of the EBU include VRT (Belgium), HRT (Croatia), DR (Denmark), YLE (Finland), RTÉ (Ireland), NOS (Netherlands), NRK (Norway), TVP (Poland), SRG SSR ( Switzerland) and SVT / TV4 (Sweden). The spread of the broadcast was also supplemented by a contract with Eurosport . By April 2018, a total of 40 EBU members had reached agreements with the EBU to broadcast the European Championships.

    The organizers in Glasgow had four official partners (People Make Glasgow, the Scottish Government, Strathmore and Spar), Berlin five (Spar, Le Gruyere, Nike, Toyo Tires and Eurovision) as well as an additional sponsorship level from "Official Supporters".

    The championships were staged under a new brand with the “Mark of a Champion”, a star-like, six-colored logo.

    Web links

    Commons : European Championships 2018  - collection of images, videos and audio files

    Individual evidence

    1. ↑ Official event website (English).
    2. ↑ https://www.europeanchampionships.com/venues
    3. ↑ Athletes at a glance
    4. ↑ Final entries available for European Championships. In: european-athletics.org. July 31, 2018, accessed August 4, 2018 .
    5. ↑ ARD & ZDF show the first “European Championships”. In: sponsors.de. April 20, 2016. Retrieved August 19, 2017 .
    6. ^ Gillian West: Mark of a Champion branding unveiled at European Championships 2018 launch. In: thedrum.com. February 22, 2016, accessed August 19, 2017 .