The 2012 European Athletics Championships were held in Helsinki, Finland between 27 June and 1 July 2012.EAA calendar This edition marks the beginning of a new two-year cycle of the European Athletics Championships which were previously held every four years.

The decision to grant the games for Helsinki was made by the European Athletics Congress on 9 November 2009. Another city that showed interest in hosting the event was Nuremberg, Germany, however Helsinki was in pole position during the whole process. This was the third time that the city had hosted the event, 1971 and 1994 being the other occasions.

Due to 2012 being an Olympic year, there were no racewalking and marathon competitions.European Athletics Championships 2012 in Helsinki –

Event schedule

+Men2012 European Athletics Championships Programme. Helsinki2012. Retrieved on 2012-06-14. Date Jun 27 Jun 28 Jun 29 Jun 30 Jul 1 Event M A M A M A M A A 100 m H ½ F 200 m H ½ F 400 m H ½ F 800 m H ½ F 1500 m H F 5000 m F 10,000 m F 110 m hurdles H ½ F 400 m hurdles H ½ F 3000 m steeplechase H F 4 × 100 m relay H F 4 × 400 m relay H F Long jump Q F Triple jump Q F High jump Q F Pole vault Q F Shot put Q F Discus throw Q F Hammer throw Q F Javelin throw Q F Decathlon F

+Women Date Jun 27 Jun 28 Jun 29 Jun 30 Jul 1 Event ↓ M A M A M A M A A 100 m H ½ F 200 m H ½ F 400 m H ½ F 800 m H F 1500 m H F 5000 m F 10,000 m F 100 m hurdles H ½ F 400 m hurdles H ½ F 3000 m steeplechase H F 4 × 100 m relay H F 4 × 400 m relay H F Long jump Q F Triple jump Q F High jump Q F Pole vault Q F Shot put Q F Discus throw Q F Hammer throw Q F Javelin throw Q F Heptathlon F

Men's results

Track

10.09 10.12 SB 10.17 20.42 20.87 20.95 45.24 45.52 SB 45.82 1:48.61 1:48.69 1:48.83 3:46.20 3:46.33 3:46.45 13:29.91 13:31.83 13:32.63 28:22.27 28:22.73 28:22.95 SB 13.16 13.20 13.27 NR 49.33 SB 49.49 49.69 8:33.29 8:35.24 8:35.87Brian MarianoChurandy MartinaGiovanni CodringtonPatrick van Luijk 38.34 EL, NRJulian Reus Tobias Unger Alexander Kosenkow Lucas Jakubczyk 38.44Ronald Pognon Christophe Lemaitre Pierre-Alexis Pessonneaux Emmanuel Biron 38.46Antoine Gillet Jonathan Borlée Jente Bouckaert Kévin Borlée 3:01.09 ELNigel Levine Conrad Williams Robert Tobin Richard Buck 3:01.56Jonas Plass Kamghe Gaba Eric Krüger Thomas Schneider 3:01.77

Field

2.31 2.31 PB 2.28 5.97 WL 5.92 PB 5.77 =SB 8.34 SB 8.21 SB 8.17 SB 17.63 17.28 16.97 21.58 SB 20.55 =SB 20.36 68.30 66.53 64.02 83.72 83.32 PB 82.63 79.72 77.40 76.67 8558 EL, PB 8321 8219 PB

Women's results Track

11.28 11.32 11.32 SB 23.05 23.17 23.21 51.13 NR 51.26 SB 51.94 ≠1 2:00.52 PB 2:01.02 2:01.29 ≠2 4:08.80 4:09.28 4:10.17 15:11.70 15:12.05 15:12.77 31:44.75 31:49.03 31:51.32 ≠3 12.91 12.97 12.98 =SB 54.24 PB 54.35 PB 54.49 ≠4 9:32.96 9:36.37 9:38.20Leena GüntherAnne CibisTatjana Lofamakanda PintoVerena Sailer 42.51 ELKadene VassellDafne SchippersEva LubbersJamile Samuel 42.80 NRMarika PopowiczDaria KorczyńskaMarta JeschkeEwelina Ptak 43.06Yuilya Olishevska Olha Zemlyak Nataliya Pyhyda Alina Lohvynenko 3:25.07 ELPhara Anacharsis Lenora Guion Firmin Marie Gayot Floria Gueï 3:25.49Zuzana Hejnová Zuzana Bergrová Jitka Bartoničková Denisa Rosolová 3:26.02≠ Doping : 1. Official result following disqualifications for Elena Arzhakova and Irina Maracheva for doping violation.. 2. Official result following disqualification for Aslı Çakır Alptekin , Yekaterina Ishova , Gamze Bulut and Anna Mishchenko for doping violations. 3. Official result following disqualification for Nevin Yanıt for doping violation. 4. Official result following disqualification for Svitlana Shmidt for doping violation.

Field

1.97 =SB 1.97 PB 1.92 4.60 4.60 SB 4.60 =SB 6.81 SB 6.74 6.67 14.99 WL 14.52 NR 14.36 19.18 18.91 18.47 67.62 65.41 62.91 66.86 NR 65.12 63.69 74.29 73.34 SB 71.47 6544 PB 6335 PB 6325 SB

Stripped medals At the Championships 9 medals was stripped, 1 men and 8 women. Event Medal Disqualified Country Variation dateNotes New Podium Originalrank Men's discus throw Zoltán Kővágó 26 July 2012 Rutger Smith 4 Women's 800 m Elena Arzhakova 29 January 2013 Lynsey Sharp Maryna Arzamasava Liliya Lobanova 4 5 Irina Maracheva 25 January 2016Women's 1500 m Aslı Çakır Alptekin 17 August 2015 Nuria Fernández Diana Sujew Tereza Čapková 5 6 7 Gamze Bulut 1 June 2016 Anna Mishchenko 26 February 20164th Yekaterina Ishova Women's 3000 m steeplechase Svitlana Shmidt 12 April 2015 Antje Möldner-Schmidt Gesa Felicitas Krause 4 Women's 100 m hurdles Nevin Yanit 29 August 2013 Alina Talay Katsiaryna Paplauskaya Beate Schrott 4 Women's heptathlon Lyudmyla Yosypenko 30 December 2012 Laura Ikauniece Aiga Grabuste 4

Medal table

Participating nations

(host)

In brackets: Squad size

Broadcasting TerritoryRights holder VRT DR2 ERR Yle Rai LTV Eurosport RTV SLO SVT

See also List of stripped European Athletics Championships medals

References

External links

Organizing Committee official website EAA Official website EAA calendar