1970 European Athletics Junior Championships

The 1970 European Athletics Junior Championships was the inaugural edition of the biennial athletics competition for European athletes aged under twenty. It was held in Colombes, near Paris, France, between 11 and 13 September.European Junior Championships. GBRAthletics. Retrieved on 2013-05-29.

Men's results 100 metres 10.61 10.65 10.73200 metres 21.49 21.80 21.80400 metres 47.11 47.36 47.65800 metres 1:50.96 1:51.39 1:51.411500 metres 3:51.39 3:51.79 3:52.483000 metres 8:08.73 8:10.43 8:11.15110 m hurdles 14.21 14.22 14.22400 m hurdles 50.30 50.45 50.722000 m s'chase 5:44.00 5:45.48 5:45.4810,000 m walk 43:35.6 44:02.0 44:19.44 × 100 m relayValeriy PidluzhnyyAleksandr ZhidkikhVladimir LovetskiySergey Korovin 40.18Michel LimousinPatrick DerochJean-Paul DubuissonPhilippe Leroux 40.27Manfred SchumannThomas van WickerenMichael van WickerenFranz-Peter Hofmeister 40.55 4 × 400 m relayYevgeniy GavrilenkoNikolay KornyushkinDmitriy StukalovSemyon Kocher 3:11.2Claude DumontPatrick SalvadorDaniel RaoultLionel Malingre 3:11.5Ulrich ReichJohannes DickhutBernd HerrmannWolfgang Druschky 3:11.7Pole vault 5.20 m 4.80 m 4.80 mHigh jump 2.18 m 2.16 m 2.06 m Long jump 7.87 m 7.81 m 7.75 mTriple jump 16.25 m 16.05 m 16.03 mShot put 18.10 m 17.40 m 17.11 m Discus throw 54.18 m 53.96 m 53.00 mJavelin throw 76.98 m 74.92 m 73..22 mHammer throw 65.16 m 64.88 m 64.32 m Decathlon 7632 pts 7584 pts 7129 pts

Women's results 100 metres 12.10 12.19 12.23200 metres 24.34 24.64 24.72400 metres 54.00 54.61 54.07800 metres 2:05.29 2:05.30 2:06.451500 metres 4:24.17 4:27.16 4:28.17100 m hurdles 14.06 14.11 14.514 × 100 m relayAniela SzubertElzbieta NowakUrszula SoszkaHelena Kerner 45.26Liesel BömelburgAnnegret KronigerEllen WalterElvira Springsguth 45.27Evelin KauferEllen StropahlMarion WagnerMonika Meyer 45.47 4 × 400 m relayBrigitte RohdeRenate MarderBrigitte UllmannMonika Zehrt 3:40.2Aniela SzubertKrystyna LechDanuta GaskaBożena Zientarska 3:44.0Ragnhild SkoogMargaretha LarssonGunhild SkoogMonica Bergendahl 3:46.7High jump 1.74 m 1.74 m 1.74 mLong jump 6.27 m 6.26 m 6.03 mShot put 16.91 m 16.56 m 15.98 mDiscus throw 48.26 m 47.76 m 47.50 mJavelin throw 55.20 m 53.08 m 52.36 mPentathlon 4578 pts 4482 pts 4422 pts

Medal table

Significant participating athletes

According to the publication Athletics International who published the list below, it is interesting to underline some of the most significant names who competed in Paris Colombes, most of whom did not immediately make their best result but who definitely achieved distinction in the years afterwards:

Pietro Mennea ITA: 5th in 200m (22.3), set world record of 19.72A in 1979 and won 1980 Olympic title. Fernando Mamede POR: 5th in 800m heat (1:56.3), set world 10,000m record of 27:13.81 in 1984. Thomas Wessinghage GER: 8th in 1500m (3:57.5), 1982 European 5000m champion. Bronislaw Malinowski POL: 1st in 2000mSC (5:44.0), 1980 Olympic 3000mSC champion; pb 8:09.11 in 1976. Jürgen Straub GDR: 6th in 2000mSC heat (5:55.6), 2nd 1980 Olympic 1500m. Aleksey Spiridonov URS: 2nd in HT (64.88m), set world record of 78.62m in 1976 and 2nd in that year's Olympics. Karl-Hans Riehm FRG: 4th in HT (64.22m), set world records of 78.50 in 1975 and 80.32 in 1978; 2nd 1984 Olympics. Aleksandr Makarov URS: 2nd in JT (74.92m), 2nd 1980 Olympics with pb of 89.64 (old model). Ferenc Paragi HUN: 8th in JT (65.14), set world record of 96.72 (old model) in 1980. Aleksandr Grebenyuk URS: 7th in Dec (6404 points), European champion in 1978; pb of 8400 in 1977. Monika Zehrt GDR: 1st in 400m (54.0), Won 1972 Olympic title and set world record of 51.0 that year. Grażyna Rabsztyn POL: 1st in 100mH (13.9), set world records of 12.48 in 1978 and 12.36 in 1980. Sara Simeoni ITA: 5th in HJ (1.70m), 1980 Olympic champion and set world record of 2.01m twice in 1978. Jacqueline Todten GDR: 1st in JT (55.20m), 2nd 1972 Olympics; pb of 63.14m (old model) in 1973. Eva Wilms FRG: 5th in Pen (4315 points), 4641 indoors in 1977; 2nd European Indoor SP in 1980; pb of 21.43 in 1977.

References

Results European Junior Championships 1970. World Junior Athletics History. Retrieved on 2013-05-29.