European Athletics Indoor Championships 1972

3. European Athletics Indoor Championships
Stade des Alpes and Palais des Sports
city	Grenoble , France
Stadion	Palais des Sports
opening	March 11, 1972
Final day	March 12, 1972
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The 3rd European Athletics Indoor Championships took place on March 11 and 12, 1972 in Grenoble ( France ). The venue was the Palais des Sports .

Men

50 m

space	athlete	country	Time (s)
1	Valery Borsov	URS	5.75
2	Alexandr Korneljuk	URS	5.81
3	Vasilis Papageorgopoulos	GRE	5.82
4th	Gerhard Wucherer	FRG	5.84
5	Raimo Vilén	FIN	5.93
6th	Manuel Carballo	ESP	6.28

Final on March 11th

400 m

space	athlete	country	Time (s)
1	Georg Nückles	FRG	47.24
2	Ulrich Reich	FRG	47.42
3	Wolfgang Müller	GDR	47.42
4th	Alfonso Gabernet	ESP	47.66

Final on March 12th

800 m

space	athlete	country	Time (min)
1	Jozef Plachý	TCH	1: 48.84
2	Ivan Ivanov	URS	1: 49.05
3	Francis Gonzalez	FRA	1: 49.17
4th	András Zsinka	HUN	1: 50.62
5	Pete Browne	GBR	1: 51.27
6th	Manuel Gayoso	ESP	1: 52.15
7th	Þorsteinn Þorsteinsson	ISL	1: 53.26
	Jan Reijnders	NED	DNF

Final on March 12th

1500 m

space	athlete	country	Time (min)
1	Jacky Boxberger	FRA	3: 45.66
2	Spilios Zacharopoulos	GRE	3: 46.08
3	Jürgen May	FRG	3: 46.62
4th	Juan Borraz	ESP	3: 47.16
5	Bram Wassenaar	NED	3: 47.61
6th	Jan Prasek	POLE	3: 47.74
7th	Viktor Semyashkin	URS	3: 47.76
8th	Herman Mignon	BEL	3: 50.73

Final on March 12th

3000 m

space	athlete	country	Time (min)
1	Juris Grustiņš	URS	8: 02.85
2	Yuri Alexashin	URS	8: 03.20
3	Ulrich Brugger	FRG	8: 05.07
4th	André Ornelis	BEL	8: 11.43
5	By hall	NOR	8: 15.49
6th	Renzo Finelli	ITA	8: 18.74
7th	Michel Géraudie	FRA	8: 24.48

Final on March 12th

50 m hurdles

space	athlete	country	Time (s)
1	Guy Drut	FRA	6.51
2	Manfred Schumann	FRG	6.58
3	Anatoly Moshiashvili	URS	6.59
4th	Marek Jóźwik	POLE	6.63
5	Marc Noé	FRA	6.67
6th	Mirosław Wodzyński	POLE	6.68

Final on March 12th

high jump

space	athlete	country	Height (m)
1	Istvan Major	HUN	2.24
2	Kęstutis Šapka	URS	2.22
3	Jüri Tarmak	URS	2.22
4th	Jan Dahlgren	SWE	2.17
5	Vladimír Malý	TCH	2.17
6th	Asko pesons	FIN	2.17
7th	József Tihanyi	HUN	2.14
8th	Roman Moravec	TCH	2.14

Final on March 11th

Pole vault

space	athlete	country	Height (m)
1	Wolfgang Nordwig	GDR	5.40
2	Hans Lagerqvist	SWE	5.40
3	Antti Kalliomäki	FIN	5.30
4th	Yuri Issakov	URS	5.20
5	Ignacio Sola	ESP	5.00
6th	Mike Bull	GBR	5.00
7th	Heinfried Engel	FRG	4.80
8th	Flemming Johansen	THE	4.80

Final on March 12th

Long jump

space	athlete	country	Width (m)
1	Max Klauss	GDR	8.02
2	Hans Baumgartner	FRG	7.99
3	Jaroslav Brož	TCH	7.88
4th	Miljenko Rak	YUG	7.88
5	Tõnu Lepik	URS	7.82
6th	Jack Pani	FRA	7.79
7th	Klaus Beer	GDR	7.71
8th	Lynn Davies	GBR	7.64

Final on March 11th

Triple jump

space	athlete	country	Width (m)
1	Viktor Saneyev	URS	16.97
2	Carol Corbu	ROU	16.89
3	Valentin Shevchenko	URS	16.73
4th	Gennady Bessonov	URS	16.58
5	Milan Spasojevic	YUG	16.29
6th	Michael Sauer	FRG	16.27
7th	Bernard Lamitié	FRA	16.26
8th	Michał Joachimowski	POLE	16.21

Final on March 11th

Shot put

space	athlete	country	Width (m)
1	Hartmut Briesenick	GDR	20.67
2	Wladyslaw Komar	POLE	20.32
3	Jaroslav Brabec	TCH	19.94
4th	Heinz-Joachim Rothenburg	GDR	19.90
5	Yves Brouzet	FRA	19.80
6th	Miroslav Janoušek	TCH	19.34
7th	Seppo Simola	FIN	18.97
8th	Geoff Capes	GBR	18.67

Final on March 12th

4 x 360 meter relay

space	country	Athletes	Time (min)
1	Poland	Jan Werner Waldemar Korycki Jan Balachowski Andrzej Badeński	2: 46.4
2	BR Germany	Peter Bernreuther Rolf Krüsmann Georg Nückles Ulrich Reich	2: 46.9
3	France	Patrick Salvador André Paoli Michel roof Gilles Bertould	2: 50.2

Final on March 11th

4 x 720 meter relay

space	country	Athletes	Time (min)
1	BR Germany	Thomas Wessinghage Harald Norpoth Paul-Heinz Wellmann Franz-Josef Kemper	6: 26.4
2	Soviet Union	Alexei Taranow Valentin Taratynow Ivan Ivanov Stanislav Meshcherskich	6: 27.0
3	Poland	Zenon Szordykowski Krzysztof Linkowski Stanisław Waśkiewicz Andrzej Kupczyk	6: 27.6
4th	France	Yves Gringoire Aimé Cordoba Philippe Renaudie Philippe Meyer	6: 30.7

Final on March 12th

Women

50 m

space	Athlete	country	Time (s)
1	Renate Stecher	GDR	6.25
2	Annegret Richter	FRG	6.28
3	Sylviane Telliez	FRA	6.31
4th	Inge Helten	FRG	6.34
5	Elfgard Schittenhelm	FRG	6.34
6th	Irena Szewińska	POLE	6.39

Final on March 12th

400 m

space	Athlete	country	Time (s)
1	Christel Frese	FRG	53.36
2	Inge Bödding	FRG	54.60
3	Erika Weinstein	FRG	54.73
4th	Colette Besson	FRA	55.64

Final on March 12th

800 m

space	Athlete	country	Time (min)
1	Gunhild Hoffmeister	GDR	2: 04.83
2	Ileana Silai	ROU	2: 05.17
3	Svetla Slateva	BUL	2: 05.50
4th	Christa Merten	FRG	2: 05.86
5	Gisela Ellenberger	FRG	2: 08.72
6th	Donata Govoni	ITA	2: 09.69

Final on March 12th

1500 m

space	Athlete	country	Time (min)
1	Tamara Pangelova	URS	4: 14.62
2	Lyudmila Bragina	URS	4: 18.35
3	Wassilena Amsina	BUL	4: 18.84
4th	Ellen Tittel	FRG	4: 20.23
5	Monique Baulu	FRA	4: 49.38

Final on March 12th

50 m hurdles

space	Athlete	country	Time (s)
1	Annelie Ehrhardt	GDR	6.85
2	Teresa Sukniewicz	POLE	6.94
3	Grażyna Rabsztyn	POLE	7.05
4th	Meta antennas	SUI	7.05
5	Margit Bach	FRG	7.10
6th	Carmen Mähr	AUT	7.40

Final on March 11th

high jump

space	Athlete	country	Height (m)
1	Rita Schmidt	GDR	1.90
2	Rita Gildemeister	GDR	1.84
3	Jordanka Blagoewa	BUL	1.84
4th	Magdolna Komka	HUN	1.84
5	Grith Ejstrup	THE	1.80
6th	Marta Kostlánová	TCH	1.78
7th	Alena Prosková	TCH	1.78
8th	Monique Horrent	FRA	1.76

Final on March 12th

Long jump

space	Athlete	country	Width (m)
1	Brigitte Roesen	FRG	6.58
2	Meta antennas	SUI	6.42
3	Jarmila Nygrýnová	TCH	6.39
4th	Sieglinde Ammann	SUI	6.26
5	Maureen Chitty	GBR	6.26
6th	Elena Vintilă	ROU	6.26
7th	Diana Jorgowa	BUL	6.21
8th	Viorica Viscopoleanu	ROU	6.01

Final on March 12th

Shot put

space	Athlete	country	Width (m)
1	Nadezhda Tschischowa	URS	19.41
2	Antonina Ivanova	URS	18.54
3	Marianne Adam	GDR	18.30
4th	Ivanka Christowa	BUL	17.92
5	Ludwika Chewińska	POLE	17.88
6th	Galina Nekrasova	URS	17.68
7th	Radostina Vassekowa	BUL	17.60
8th	Helena Fibingerová	TCH	17.40

Final on March 11th

4 x 180 meter relay

space	country	Athletes	Time (min)
1	BR Germany	Elfgard Schittenhelm Christine Tackenberg Annegret Kroniger Rita Wilden	1: 24.1
2	France	Michèle Beugnet Christiane Marlet Claudine Meire Nicole Pani	1: 27.6
3	Austria	Christa Kepplinger Maria Sykora Carmen Mähr Monika Holzschuster	1: 29.5

Final on March 11th

4 x 360 meter relay

space	country	Athletes	Time (min)
1	BR Germany	Rita Wilden Erika Weinstein Christel Frese Inge Bödding	3: 10.4
2	Soviet Union	Natalja Tschistjakowa Lyudmila Aksjonowa Lyubow Sawjalowa Nadeschda Kolesnikowa	3: 11.2
3	France	Madeleine Thomas Bernadette Martin Nicole Duclos Colette Besson	3: 11.3

Final on March 12th

Web links

• European Indoor Championships - Result database on the European Athletic Association website
• Results on Maik Richter's website
• Results on Todor Krastev's website