European Athletics Indoor Championships 1996

24th European Indoor Athletics Championships
The Stockholm Globe Arena in 2012
city	Stockholm , Sweden
Stadion	Stockholm Globe Arena
participating countries	44
opening	March 8, 1996
Final day	March 10, 1996
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The 24th European Athletics Indoor Championships took place from March 8 to 10, 1996 in the Stockholm Globe Arena in Stockholm . Sweden hosted the event for the third time since 1974 and 1984.

Athletes from 44 nations took part, and a total of 25,000 spectators followed the competitions on site. For the first time at the European Indoor Athletics Championships, the pole vault was also included in the women's program.

Men

60 m

space	athlete	country	Time (s)
1	Marc Blume	GER	6.62
2	Jason John	GBR	6.64
3	Peter Karlsson	SWE	6.64
4th	Charalambos papadias	GRE	6.65
5	Patrik Strenius	SWE	6.67
6th	Kevin Williams	GBR	6.72

Final on March 9th

200 m

space	athlete	country	Time (s)
1	Erik Wijmeersch	BEL	21.04
2	Alexios Alexopoulos	GRE	21.05
3	Torbjörn Eriksson	SWE	21.07
4th	Thomas Sbokos	GRE	21.74

Final on March 10th

400 m

space	athlete	country	Time (s)
1	Du'aine Ladejo	GBR	46.12
2	Pierre-Marie Hilaire	FRA	46.82
3	Ashraf Saber	ITA	46.86
4th	Julian Voelkel	GER	47.05

Final on March 10th

800 m

space	athlete	country	Time (min)
1	Roberto Parra	ESP	1: 47.74
2	Giuseppe D'Urso	ITA	1: 48.04
3	Wojciech Kałdowski	POLE	1: 48.40
4th	Michael Wildner	AUT	1: 48.64
5	Andrea Longo	ITA	1: 49.19
	Andrés Manuel Díaz	ESP	DQ

Final on March 10th

1500 m

space	athlete	country	Time (min)
1	Mateo Cañellas	ESP	3: 44.50
2	Anthony Whiteman	GBR	3: 44.78
3	Abdelkader Chekhemani	FRA	3: 45.96
4th	Lukáš Vydra	CZE	3: 46.20
5	Branko Zorko	CRO	3: 46.82
6th	Peter Philipp	SUI	3: 47.55
7th	Thomas Ebner	AUT	3: 47.60
8th	Andrei Sadorozhni	RUS	3: 47.87

Final on March 10th

3000 m

space	athlete	country	Time (min)
1	Anacleto Jiménez	ESP	7: 50.06
2	Christoph Impens	BEL	7: 50.19
3	Panagiotis Papoulias	GRE	7: 50.80
4th	Ovidiu Olteanu	ROU	7: 50.94
5	Eric Dubus	FRA	7: 53.53
6th	Alberto García	ESP	7: 54.57
7th	Kent Claesson	SWE	7: 56.52
8th	Atiq Naaji	FRA	7: 57.42

Final on March 10th

60 m hurdles

space	athlete	country	Time (s)
1	Igors Kazanovs	LAT	7.59
2	Guntis Peders	LAT	7.65
3	Jonathan Nsenga	BEL	7.66
4th	Falk Balzer	GER	7.59
5	Andrei Kislych	RUS	7.72
6th	Johan Lisabeth	BEL	7.78

Final on March 9th

high jump

space	athlete	country	Height (m)
1	Dragutin Topić	YUG	2.35
2	Leonid Pumalainen	RUS	2.33
3	Steinar Hoen	NOR	2.31
4th	Konstantin Matusevich	ISR	2.31
5	Jarosław Kotewicz	POLE	2.29
6th	Arturo Ortíz	ESP	2.27
7th	Jan Janků	CZE	2.24
8th	Mika Polku	FIN	2.24

Final on March 10th

Pole vault

space	athlete	country	Height (m)
1	Dsmitry Markau	BLR	5.85
2	Viktor Chistyakov	RUS	5.80
3	Pyotr Bochkarev	RUS	5.80
4th	Peter Widén	SWE	5.70
5	Martin Eriksson	SWE	5.70
6th	Tim Lobinger	GER	5.65
7th	Nick Buckfield	GBR	5.55
8th	Alain Andji	FRA	5.45
	Michael Stolle	GER	5.45
	Konstantin Semyonov	ISR	5.45

Final on March 9th

Long jump

space	athlete	country	Width (m)
1	Mattias Sunneborn	SWE	8.06
2	Bogdan Țăruş	ROU	8.03
3	Spyridon Vasdekis	GRE	8.03
4th	Gregor Cankar	SLO	8.01
5	Aljaksandr Hlawazki	BLR	7.97
6th	Bogdan Tudor	ROU	7.88
7th	Kirill Sossunov	RUS	7.87
8th	Yuri Naumkin	RUS	7.85

Final on March 8th

Triple jump

space	athlete	country	Width (m)
1	Māris Bružiks	LAT	16.97
2	Francis Agyepong	GBR	16.93
3	Poor Martirosjan	POOR	16.74
4th	Alexandr Asseledtschenko	RUS	16.70
5	Arne Holm	SWE	16.60
6th	Igor Gavrilenko	RUS	16.58
7th	Ionel Eftemie	ROU	16.50
8th	Ketill Hanstveit	NOR	16.35

Final on March 10th

Shot put

space	athlete	country	Width (m)
1	Paolo Dal Soglio	ITA	20.50
2	Dirk Urban	GER	20.04
3	Oliver-Sven Buder	GER	19.91
4th	Corrado Fantini	ITA	19.79
5	Markus Koistinen	FIN	19.72
6th	Oleksandr Bahach	UKR	19.65
7th	Manuel Martínez	ESP	19.50
8th	Andrij Nemchaninov	UKR	19.26

Final on March 8th

Heptathlon

space	athlete	country	Points
1	Erki Nool	EST	6188
2	Tomáš Dvořák	CZE	6114
3	Jón Arnar Magnússon	ISL	6069
4th	Sebastian Chmara	POLE	6016
5	Dezső Szabó	HUN	5957
6th	Sándor Munkácsi	HUN	5899
7th	Mike Maczey	GER	5887
8th	Kamil Damašek	CZE	5858

March 9th and 10th

The heptathlon consists of the disciplines 60-meter run, long jump, shot put, high jump, 60-meter hurdles, pole vault and 1000-meter run.

Women

60 m

space	Athlete	country	Time (s)
1	Ekaterini Thanou	GRE	7.15
2	Odiah Sidibé	FRA	7.25
3	Jerneja Perc	SLO	7.28
4th	Natalia Merslyakova	RUS	7.29
5	Alenka Bikar	SLO	7.32
6th	Éva Barati	HUN	7.44

Final on March 9th

200 m

space	Athlete	country	Time (s)
1	Sandra Myers	ESP	23.15
2	Erika Suchovská	CZE	23.16
3	Slatka Georgieva	BUL	23.40
4th	Alenka Bikar	SLO	23.68

Final on March 10th

400 m

space	Athlete	country	Time (s)
1	Grit Breuer	GER	50.81
2	Olga Kotlyarova	RUS	51.70
3	Tatiana Chebykina	RUS	51.71
4th	Ionela Târlea	ROU	52.90

Final on March 10th

800 m

space	Athlete	country	Time (min)
1	Patricia Djaté-Taillard	FRA	2: 01.71
2	Stella Jongmans	NED	2: 01.88
3	Svetlana Masterkova	RUS	2: 02.86
4th	Ludmila Formanová	CZE	2: 03.47
5	Stephanie Graf	AUT	2: 04.76
6th	Ella Kovacs	ROU	2: 05.39

Final on March 10th

1500 m

space	Athlete	country	Time (min)
1	Carla Sacramento	POR	4: 08.95
2	Ekaterina Podkopaeva	RUS	4: 09.65
3	Małgorzata Rydz	POLE	4: 10.50
4th	Catalina Ghiorgiu	ROU	4: 10.56
5	Theresia Kiesl	AUT	4: 12.61
6th	Sylvia Kühnemund	GER	4: 13.34
7th	Frédérique Quentin	FRA	4: 13.92
8th	Simona Ionescu	ROU	4: 16.19

Final on March 10th

3000 m

space	Athlete	country	Time (min)
1	Fernanda Ribeiro	POR	8: 39.49
2	Sara Wedlund	SWE	8: 50.32
3	Marta Domínguez	ESP	8: 53.34
4th	Blandine Bitzner-Ducret	FRA	8: 54.86
5	Maria Panyukhova	RUS	8: 55.40
6th	Luminita Gogirlea	ROU	8: 56.29
7th	Roberta Brunet	ITA	8: 57.66
8th	Elisa Rea	ITA	8: 59.23

Final on March 9th

60 m hurdles

space	Athlete	country	Time (s)
1	Patricia Girard	FRA	7.89
2	Brigita Bukovec	SLO	7.90
3	Monique Tourret	FRA	8.09
4th	María José Mardomingo	ESP	8.15
5	Anne Piquereau	FRA	8.25
6th	Caren Jung	GER	9.87

Final on March 10th

high jump

space	Athlete	country	Height (m)
1	Alina Astafei	GER	1.98
2	Niki Bakogianni	GRE	1.96
3	Olga Bolşova	MDA	1.94
4th	Nelė Žilinskienė	LTU	1.94
5	Monica Iagăr	ROU	1.94
6th	Kajsa Bergqvist	SWE	1.92
7th	Natalia Golodnova	RUS	1.89
8th	Pia Zinck	THE	1.89
	Alica Javadová	SVK	1.89

Final on March 10th

Pole vault

space	Athlete	country	Height (m)
1	Vala Flosadóttir	ISL	4.16
2	Christine Adams	GER	4.05
3	Gabriela Mihalcea	ROU	4.05
4th	Daniela Köpernick	GER	3.95
5	Andrea Müller	GER	3.95
6th	Daniela Bártová	CZE	3.95
7th	Anshela Balachonova	UKR	3.85
8th	Anita Tomulevski	NOR	3.85

Final on March 8th

Long jump

space	Athlete	country	Width (m)
1	Renata Nielsen	THE	6.76
2	Jelena Zintschukova	RUS	6.75
3	Claudia Gerhardt	GER	6.74
4th	Iwa Prandschewa	BUL	6.73
5	Lyudmila Ninova	AUT	6.65
6th	Heli Koivula	FIN	6.55
7th	Nina Perevedentseva	RUS	6.53
8th	Denise Lewis	GBR	6.42

Final on March 10th

Triple jump

space	Athlete	country	Width (m)
1	Iwa Prandschewa	BUL	14.54
2	Šárka Kašpárková	CZE	14.50
3	Olga Vasdeki	GRE	14.30
4th	Natalia Kajukova	RUS	14.22
5	Virge Naeris	EST	14.05
6th	Olena Howorova	UKR	13.85
7th	Monica Toth	ROU	13.78
8th	Cristina Nicolau	ROU	13.68

Final on March 9th

Shot put

space	Athlete	country	Width (m)
1	Astrid Kumbernuss	GER	19.79
2	Irina Khudoroschkina	RUS	19.07
3	Valentina Fedyushina	UKR	18.90
4th	Judy Oakes	GBR	18.72
5	Nadine Kleinert	GER	18.10
6th	Martina de la Puente	ESP	17.04
7th	Nataša Erjavec	SLO	16.96
8th	Margarita Ramos	ESP	16.53

Final on March 9th

Pentathlon

space	Athlete	country	Points
1	Jelena Lebedenko	RUS	4685
2	Urszula Włodarczyk	POLE	4597
3	Irina Vostrikova	RUS	4545
4th	Mona Steigauf	GER	4540
5	Tiia Hautala	FIN	4450
6th	Karin Specht	GER	4403
7th	Nathalie Teppe	FRA	4379
8th	Liliana Năstase	ROU	4366

9th March

The pentathlon consists of the disciplines 60-meter hurdles, high jump, shot put, long jump and 800-meter run.

Medal table

Medal table final after 26 decisions
space	country	gold	silver	bronze	total
1	Germany	4th	2	2	8th
2	Spain	4th	-	1	5
3	France	2	2	2	6th
4th	Latvia	2	1	-	3
5	Portugal	2	-	-	2
6th	Russia	1	6th	4th	11
7th	United Kingdom	1	3	-	4th
8th	Greece	1	2	3	6th
9	Sweden	1	1	2	4th
10	Belgium	1	1	1	3
10	Italy	1	1	1	3
12	Bulgaria	1	-	1	2
12	Iceland	1	-	1	2
14th	Denmark	1	-	-	1
14th	Estonia	1	-	-	1
14th	Yugoslavia	1	-	-	1
14th	Belarus	1	-	-	1
18th	Czech Republic	-	3	-	3
19th	Poland	-	1	2	3
20th	Slovenia	-	1	1	2
20th	Romania	-	1	1	2
22nd	Netherlands	-	1	-	1
23	Armenia	-	-	1	1
23	Moldova	-	-	1	1
23	Norway	-	-	1	1
23	Ukraine	-	-	1	1

Web links

• European Indoor Championships - Result database on the European Athletic Association website
• Results on Maik Richter's website
• 24th European Indoor Championships 1996 , review by Ulf Saletti on the EAA website