European Athletics Indoor Championships 1981

12th European Indoor Athletics Championships
Stade des Alpes and Palais des Sports
city	Grenoble , France
Stadion	Palais des Sports
opening	February 21, 1981
Final day	February 22, 1981
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The 12th European Athletics Indoor Championships took place on February 21 and 22, 1981 for the second time after 1972 in Grenoble ( France ). The venue was the Palais des Sports .

Men

50 m

space	athlete	country	Time (s)
1	Marian Voronin	POLE	5.65
2	Vladimir Muravyov	URS	5.76
3	Andrei Slyapnikov	URS	5.77
4th	Antoine Richard	FRA	5.78
5	Philippe Le Joncour	FRA	5.79
6th	Selwyn Clarke	GBR	5.82

Final on February 21

400 m

space	athlete	country	Time (s)
1	Andreas Knebel	GDR	46.52
2	Martin Weppler	FRG	46.88
3	Stefano Malinverni	ITA	46.96
4th	Paul Bourdin	FRA	47.69

Final on February 22nd

800 m

space	athlete	country	Time (min)
1	Herbert Wursthorn	FRG	1: 47.70
2	András Paróczai	HUN	1: 47.73
3	Antonio Páez	ESP	1: 48.31
4th	Andreas Busse	GDR	1: 48.82
5	Detlef Wagenknecht	GDR	1: 48.87
6th	Thomas Wilking	FRG	1: 49.49

Final on February 22nd

1500 m

space	athlete	country	Time (min)
1	Thomas Wessinghage	FRG	3: 42.64
2	Uwe Becker	FRG	3: 43.02
3	Mirosław Żerkowski	POLE	3: 44.32
4th	Peter Belger	FRG	3: 44.89
5	José Manuel Abascal	ESP	3: 45.08
6th	László Tóth	HUN	3: 45.34
7th	Marc Nevens	BEL	3: 45.67
8th	Gianni Truschi	ITA	3: 48.22

Final on February 22nd

3000 m

space	athlete	country	Time (min)
1	Alex Gonzalez	FRA	7: 22.71
2	Evgeni Ignatov	BUL
3	Valery Abramov	URS
4th	Francis Gonzalez	FRA
5	Christoph Herle	FRG
6th	Robert Nemeth	AUT
7th	Lubomír Tesáček	TCH
8th	Didier Chauvelier	FRA

Final on February 21

Since the race was inadvertently ended one lap too early and only 2,820 meters were covered, no official timekeeping was carried out.

50 m hurdles

space	athlete	country	Time (s)
1	Arto Bryggare	FIN	6.47
2	Javier Moracho	ESP	6.48
3	Guy Drut	FRA	6.54
4th	Plamen Krastew	BUL	6.62
5	Yuri Chervanyov	URS	6.62
6th	Hans-Gerd Klein	FRG	6.71

Final on February 22nd

high jump

space	athlete	country	Height (m)
1	Roland Dalhauser	SUI	2.28
2	Carlo Thränhardt	FRG	2.25
3	Dietmar Mögenburg	FRG	2.25
4th	Vladimir Granenkov	URS	2.25
5	Franck Bonnet	FRA	2.19
6th	Stefan Karlsson	SWE	2.19
	Jörg Freimuth	GDR	2.19
	Krzysztof Krawczyk	POLE	2.19
	Andre Schneider-Laub	FRG	2.19

Final on February 21

Pole vault

space	athlete	country	Height (m)
1	Thierry Vigneron	FRA	5.70
2	Alexandr Krupski	URS	5.65
3	Jean-Michel Bellot	FRA	5.65
4th	Patrick Desruelles	BEL	5.60
5	Mariusz Klimczyk	POLE	5.55
6th	Philippe Houvion	FRA	5.55
7th	Vladimir Polyakov	URS	5.55
8th	Atanas Tarew	BUL	5.50

Final on February 22nd

Long jump

space	athlete	country	Width (m)
1	Rolf Bernhard	SUI	8.01
2	Antonio Corgos	ESP	7.97
3	Shamil Abbyasov	URS	7.95
4th	Lázló Szalma	HUN	7.90
5	Joachim Busse	FRG	7.72
6th	Kristijan Apostolow	BUL	7.69
7th	Ivan Tuparov	BUL	7.61
8th	Atanas Chochev	BUL	7.61

Final on February 22nd

Triple jump

space	athlete	country	Width (m)
1	Shamil Abbyasov	URS	17.30
2	Klaus Kübler	FRG	16.73
3	Aston Moore	GBR	16.73
4th	Peter Bouschen	FRG	16.61
5	Bernard Lamitié	FRA	16.50
6th	Alexandr Beskrowni	URS	16.46
7th	Janoš Hegediš	YUG	16.31
8th	Wolfgang boy	FRG	16.14

Final on February 21

Shot put

space	athlete	country	Width (m)
1	Reijo Ståhlberg	FIN	19.88
2	Luc Viudès	FRA	19.41
3	Zlatan Saračević	YUG	19.40
4th	Alessandro Andrei	ITA	19.34
5	Remigius Machura	TCH	19.22
6th	Hreinn Halldórsson	ISL	19.13
7th	Óskar Jakobsson	ISL	19.13
8th	Dalibor Vašícek	TCH	19.09

Final on February 21

5000 m walking (demonstration competition)

space	athlete	country	Time (min)
1	Hartwig Gauder	GDR	19: 08.59
2	Maurizio Damilano	ITA	19: 13.90
3	Gérard Lelièvre	FRA	19: 55.02
4th	Giorgio Damilano	ITA	20: 31.97
5	Dominique Guebey	FRA	20: 41.25
6th	Pascal Lenglart	FRA	21: 41.37
7th	Roger Mills	GBR	22: 08.87

Final on February 22nd

Women

50 m

space	Athlete	country	Time (s)
1	Sofka Popova	BUL	6.17
2	Linda Haglund	SWE	6.17
3	Marita Koch	GDR	6.19
4th	Ingrid Auerswald	GDR	6.20
5	Olga Korotkowa	URS	6.22
6th	Wendy Hoyte	GBR	6.30

Final on February 22nd

400 m

space	Athlete	country	Time (s)
1	Jarmila Kratochvílová	TCH	50.07
2	Natalia Botschina	URS	52.32
3	Verona Elder	GBR	52.37
4th	Karoline Beetle	AUT	52.50

Final on February 22nd

800 m

space	Athlete	country	Time (min)
1	Hildegard Ullrich	GDR	2: 00.94
2	Svetla Slateva	BUL	2: 01.37
3	Nikolina Shtereva	BUL	2: 02.50
4th	Kirsty McDermott	GBR	2: 02.88
5	Anne-Marie Van Nuffel	BEL	2: 05.37
6th	Montserrat Pujol	ESP	2: 06.13

Final on February 22nd

1500 m

space	Athlete	country	Time (min)
1	Agnese Possamai	ITA	4: 07.49
2	Valentina Ilyinych	URS	4: 08.17
3	Lyubov Smolka	URS	4: 08.64
4th	Vanya Gospodinova	BUL	4: 10.13
5	Dorthe S. Rasmussen	THE	4: 16.50
6th	Gillian Dainty	GBR	4: 25.34
	Joëlle De Brouwer	FRA	DNF

Final on February 22nd

50 m hurdles

space	Athlete	country	Time (s)
1	Zofia Bielczyk	POLE	6.74
2	Maria Chemenceji	URS	6.80
3	Tatiana Anisimova	URS	6.81
4th	Silvia Kempin	FRG	6.84
5	Lidija Gusheva	BUL	6.89
6th	Xénia Siska	HUN	7.02

Final on February 21

high jump

space	Athlete	country	Height (m)
1	Sara Simeoni	ITA	1.97
2	Elżbieta Krawczuk	POLE	1.94
3	Urszula Kielan	POLE	1.94
4th	Ulrike Meyfarth	FRG	1.88
5	Jasmin Fischer	FRG	1.88
6th	Emese Béla	HUN	1.85
7th	Susanne Lorentzon	SWE	1.85
8th	Donatella Bulfoni	ITA	1.85

Final on February 22nd

Long jump

space	Athlete	country	Width (m)
1	Karin Hänel	FRG	6.77
2	Sigrid Heimann	GDR	6.66
3	Jasmin Fischer	FRG	6.65
4th	Tetjana Skachko	URS	6.60
5	Christina Sussiek	FRG	6.60
6th	Lene Demsitz	THE	6.40
7th	Edine van Heezik	NED	6.36
8th	Dorthe A. Rasmussen	THE	6.30

Final on February 21

Shot put

space	Athlete	country	Width (m)
1	Ilona Slupianek	GDR	20.77
2	Helena Fibingerová	TCH	20.64
3	Helma Knorscheidt	GDR	20.12
4th	Nunu Abashydze	URS	18.50
5	Venissa Head	GBR	17.65
6th	Soultana Saroudi	GRE	17.44
7th	Tuula Kivi	FIN	16.77
8th	Léone Bertimon	FRA	16.59

Final on February 21

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