The 2013 European Athletics Indoor Championships were held at Scandinavium and Svenska Mässan in Gothenburg, Sweden, on 1–3 March 2013.
Bidding process The decision to grant the event for Gothenburg was made by the European Athletics Council at their long meeting in Malta on October 15, 2007. Initially, Gothenburg applied for the 2011 Championships against Paris. The European Athletic Association thought the two cities presented very good concepts, and it ended up with the two candidates get one championship each; Paris in 2011 and Gothenburg in 2013. Gothenburg used the concept All under one roof.
Venue
The main venue for the 2013 European Athletics Indoor Championships will be Scandinavium with a maximum capacity of 12,000 spectators, but at the event the arena will have about 6,500 spectators because of the reconstruction. Prior to the championships, the arena floor was raised 3 metres and equipped with running tracks. In Svenska Mässan, next to Scandinavium, there was a Market Square, where various activities were organized during the competitions. All the victory ceremonies took place in the Market Square during the evenings. The shot put qualifications was also held at a special shot put venue in Svenska Mässan. The host city Gothenburg organized several championships in athletics before. In 1974 and 1984, Scandinavium hosted the European Indoor Championships. Moreover, nearby Ullevi Stadium staged the 1995 World Championships in Athletics and the 2006 European Athletics Championships. Last time Sweden hosted the European Indoor Championships was in 1996 when Ericsson Globe in Stockholm held the event.
Men's results
Track 60 metres Jimmy Vicaut 6.48WL James Dasaolu 6.48WL Michael Tumi 6.52400 metres* Pavel Maslák 45.66EL, NR Nigel Levine 46.21SB Pavel Trenikhin 46.70800 metres Adam Kszczot 1:48.69 Kevin López 1:49.31 Mukhtar Mohammed 1:49.601500 metres Mahiedine Mekhissi-Benabbad 3:37.17 İlham Tanui Özbilen 3:37.22SB Simon Denissel 3:37.70PB3000 metres Hayle Ibrahimov 7:49.74 Juan Carlos Higuero 7:50.26 Ciarán Ó Lionáird 7:50.40PB60 metres hurdles Sergey Shubenkov 7.49WL Paolo Dal Molin 7.51NR Pascal Martinot-Lagarde 7.53=PB4 × 400 metres relay** Michael BinghamRichard BuckNigel LevineRichard Strachan 3:05.78 Pavel TrenikhinYuriy TrambovetskiyKonstantin SvechkarVladimir Krasnov 3:06.96 Daniel NěmečekJosef ProrokPetr LichýPavel Maslák 3:07.64
* Pavel Trenikhin was originally disqualified, but was reinstated upon appeal. ** Great Britain were originally disqualified, but were reinstated upon appeal.
Field High jump Sergey Mudrov 2.35PB Aleksey Dmitrik 2.33 Jaroslav Bába 2.31SBPole vault Renaud Lavillenie 6.01WL Björn Otto 5.76 Malte Mohr 5.76Long jump Aleksandr Menkov 8.31WL Michel Tornéus 8.29NR Christian Reif 8.07Triple jump Daniele Greco 17.70 mWL Ruslan Samitov 17.30 mPB Aleksey Fyodorov 17.12PBShot put Asmir Kolašinac 20.62SB Hamza Alić 20.34PB Ladislav Prášil 20.29
Combined Heptathlon Eelco Sintnicolaas 6372WL, NR Kevin Mayer 6297PB Mihail Dudaš 6099NR
Women's results
Track 60 metres Mariya Ryemyen 7.10=PB Myriam Soumaré 7.11 Ivet Lalova 7.12PB400 metres Perri Shakes-Drayton 50.85WLEilidh Child 51.45PBMoa Hjelmer 52.04NR800 metres Nataliya Lupu 2:00.26 Yelena Kotulskaya 2:00.98 Maryna Arzamasava 2:01.211500 metres Abeba Aregawi 4:04.47 Isabel Macías 4:14.19 Katarzyna Broniatowska 4:14.303000 metres Sara Moreira 8:58.50Corinna Harrer 9:00.50Fionnuala Britton 9:00.5460 metres hurdles Alina Talay 7.94=PBVeronica Borsi 7.94NRDerval O'Rourke7.95SB4 × 400 metres relay Eilidh ChildShana CoxChristine OhuruoguPerri Shakes-Drayton 3:27.56WL, NR, CR Olga TovarnovaTatyana VeshkurovaNadezhda KotlyarovaKseniya Zadorina 3:28.18 Denisa RosolováJitka BartonickováLenka MasnáZuzana Hejnová 3:28.49
Field High jump Ruth Beitia 1.99SB Ebba Jungmark 1.96=PB Emma Green Tregaro 1.96SBPole vault Holly Bleasdale 4.67 Anna Rogowska 4.67SB Anzhelika Sidorova 4.62PBLong jump Darya Klishina 7.01WL Éloyse Lesueur 6.90NR Erica Jarder 6.71PBTriple jump Olha Saladuha 14.88WL, NR Irina Gumenyuk 14.30 Simona La Mantia 14.26SBShot put Christina Schwanitz 19.25 Alena Kopets 18.85 Chiara Rosa 18.37SB
Combined Pentathlon Antoinette Nana Djimou 4666 Yana Maksimava 4658PB Hanna Melnychenko 4604
Medal table
Participating nations A total of 577 athletes from 47 countries has participated in the championships.
(3) (1) (2) (5) (2) (12) (13) (2) (13) (8) (4) (21) (6) (7) (11) (32) (3) (28) (2) (29)
(7) (2) (11) (2) (40) (10) (4) (1) (1) (1) (1) (13) (12) (21) (13) (18) (51) (1) (4) (11) (7) (26) (40) (Host) (6) (15) (38)
In brackets: Squad size
Broadcasting TV4 in Sweden is the host broadcaster of the 2013 European Athletics Indoor Championships. Territory Rights holder HTV2 DR3 Eurosport RTÉ LTV 7 TVP Sport TVR2, TVR HD Teledeporte TV4 BBC
References
External links
EAA competition website