European Athletics Championships 2010 / Participant (Switzerland)

Viktor Röthlin after his victory in the marathon

The following Swiss athletes took part in the 2010 European Athletics Championships (July 27th to August 1st in Barcelona ).

The team consisted of twelve men and ten women. The result was a medal: Viktor Röthlin won gold in the marathon . It was the first gold medal at the European Athletics Championships since that of Werner Günthör in the shot put in 1986. In order for Switzerland finished in the medals table to 12th place. Further results among the top eight: The 4 x 100 meter relay took fourth place with a new Swiss record, Christian Belz took sixth place in the 10,000 meter run and Lisa Urech took seventh place in the 100 meter hurdles .

competition	Men	Women
100 m
200 m	Marc Schneeberger (12th place) Alex Wilson (29th place)
800 m
5000 m	Philipp Bandi (21st place)	Sabine Fischer (9th place)
10,000 m	Christian Belz (6th place)	Martina Strähl (11th place)
marathon	Viktor Röthlin (gold medal)	Patricia Morceli ( DNF ) Maja Neuenschwander (27th place)
100 m hurdles	-	Lisa Urech (7th place) Clélia Reuse (26th place)
400 m hurdles	Fausto Santini (19th place)
high jump		Beatrice Lundmark (10th place)
Pole vault		Anna Katharina Schmid (final)
Long jump		Irene Pusterla (13th place)
Triple jump	Alexander Martínez (25th place)
Heptathlon	-	Linda Züblin (16th place)
Decathlon	Simon Walter (DNF)	-
4 × 100 m relay	Pascal Mancini Aron Beyene Reto Amaru Schenkel Marc Schneeberger (4th Place)

Web link

• Switzerland with 22 athletes to Barcelona on swiss-athletics.ch

Individual evidence

1. ↑ List of male participants ( English , PDF; 151 kB) July 21, 2010. Accessed on July 28, 2010.
2. ↑ Participant list women ( English , PDF; 126 kB) July 21, 2010. Accessed July 28, 2010.