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2010 European Athletics Championships

2010 edition of the European Athletics Championships

2010 European Athletics Championships

2010 edition of the European Athletics Championships

FieldValue
Name20th European Athletics Championships
Colour#E0ECF8
LogoBarcelona 2010 European Athletics Championships logo.svg
Size
Host cityBarcelona, Catalonia, Spain
Dates27 July – 1 August
StadiumEstadi Olímpic Lluís Companys
Stadium image[[File:Estadi.JPG180px]]
LevelSenior
TypeOutdoor
Nations participating50
Athletes participating1,368
Events47 (men: 24; women: 23)
Records set8 Championships records
Previous[2006 Gothenburg](2006-european-athletics-championships)
Next[2012 Helsinki](2012-european-athletics-championships)

The 2010 European Athletics Championships were the 20th edition of the European Athletics Championships, organised under the supervision of the European Athletic Association. They were held at the Estadi Olímpic Lluís Companys in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain from 27 July to 1 August 2010. Barcelona was the first Spanish city to host the European Championships.

Barni was the mascot of the event, he was the main promotional tool of the Championship. His name comes from Barna and was designed by the workshop Dortoka.

Event schedule

Date →colspan="2"27colspan="3"28colspan="2"29colspan="3"30colspan="2"31colspan="2"1Event ↓MAMcolspan="2"AMAMcolspan="2"AMAMA
[100 m](2010-european-athletics-championships-men-s-100-metres)H
[200 m](2010-european-athletics-championships-men-s-200-metres)
[400 m](2010-european-athletics-championships-men-s-400-metres)H
[800 m](2010-european-athletics-championships-men-s-800-metres)
[1500 m](2010-european-athletics-championships-men-s-1500-metres)
[5000 m](2010-european-athletics-championships-men-s-5000-metres)
[10,000 m](2010-european-athletics-championships-men-s-10-000-metres)
[Marathon](2010-european-athletics-championships-men-s-marathon)
[110 m hurdles](2010-european-athletics-championships-men-s-110-metres-hurdles)
[400 m hurdles](2010-european-athletics-championships-men-s-400-metres-hurdles)
[3000 m steeplechase](2010-european-athletics-championships-men-s-3000-metres-steeplechase)
[4 × 100 m relay](2010-european-athletics-championships-men-s-4-x-100-metres-relay)
[4 × 400 m relay](2010-european-athletics-championships-men-s-4-x-400-metres-relay)
[20 km walk](2010-european-athletics-championships-men-s-20-kilometres-walk)F
[50 km walk](2010-european-athletics-championships-men-s-50-kilometres-walk)
[Long jump](2010-european-athletics-championships-men-s-long-jump)
[Triple jump](2010-european-athletics-championships-men-s-triple-jump)
[High jump](2010-european-athletics-championships-men-s-high-jump)
[Pole vault](2010-european-athletics-championships-men-s-pole-vault)
[Shot put](2010-european-athletics-championships-men-s-shot-put)
[Discus throw](2010-european-athletics-championships-men-s-discus-throw)
[Hammer throw](2010-european-athletics-championships-men-s-hammer-throw)Q
[Javelin throw](2010-european-athletics-championships-men-s-javelin-throw)
[Decathlon](2010-european-athletics-championships-men-s-decathlon)
Datecolspan="2"27colspan="2"28colspan="3"29colspan="2"30colspan="3"31colspan="2"1Event ↓MAMAMcolspan="2"AMAMcolspan="2"AMA
[100 m](2010-european-athletics-championships-women-s-100-metres)
[200 m](2010-european-athletics-championships-women-s-200-metres)
[400 m](2010-european-athletics-championships-women-s-400-metres)
[800 m](2010-european-athletics-championships-women-s-800-metres)
[1500 m](2010-european-athletics-championships-women-s-1500-metres)
[5000 m](2010-european-athletics-championships-women-s-5000-metres)
[10,000 m](2010-european-athletics-championships-women-s-10-000-metres)
[Marathon](2010-european-athletics-championships-women-s-marathon)
[100 m hurdles](2010-european-athletics-championships-women-s-100-metres-hurdles)
[400 m hurdles](2010-european-athletics-championships-women-s-400-metres-hurdles)H
[3000 m steeplechase](2010-european-athletics-championships-women-s-3000-metres-steeplechase)
[4 × 100 m relay](2010-european-athletics-championships-women-s-4-x-100-metres-relay)
[4 × 400 m relay](2010-european-athletics-championships-women-s-4-x-400-metres-relay)
[20 km walk](2010-european-athletics-championships-women-s-20-kilometres-walk)
[Long jump](2010-european-athletics-championships-women-s-long-jump)Q
[Triple jump](2010-european-athletics-championships-women-s-triple-jump)
[High jump](2010-european-athletics-championships-women-s-high-jump)
[Pole vault](2010-european-athletics-championships-women-s-pole-vault)
[Shot put](2010-european-athletics-championships-women-s-shot-put)Q
[Discus throw](2010-european-athletics-championships-women-s-discus-throw)Q
[Hammer throw](2010-european-athletics-championships-women-s-hammer-throw)
[Javelin throw](2010-european-athletics-championships-women-s-javelin-throw)
[Heptathlon](2010-european-athletics-championships-women-s-heptathlon)

Men's results

[[Christophe Lemaitre

Track

2002 | 2006 | 2010 | 2012 | 2014

1 Stanislav Emelyanov of Russia originally won the 20 km walk gold medal with a time of 1:20:10, but he was disqualified in 2014 after he tested positive for drugs.

Field

2002 | 2006 | 2010 | 2012 | 2014

2 Andrei Mikhnevich of Belarus originally won the gold medal in 21.01 m, but was disqualified in 2013 (all his results starting from the 2005 World Championships were canceled).

Women's results

[[Verena Sailer

Doping cases

The women's medal standings were significantly altered after various post-race doping controversies. The following medals were revoked years after the event for doping cases, and assigned to the athletes who followed in the ranking.

RankAthleseCountryPerformanceEvent
Tatyana Firova49.89[400 m](2010-european-athletics-championships-women-s-400-metres)
Mariya Savinova1:58.22[800 m](2010-european-athletics-championships-women-s-800-metres)
Alemitu Bekele14:52.20[5000 m](2010-european-athletics-championships-women-s-5000-metres)
Inga Abitova31:22.83[10,000 m](2010-european-athletics-championships-women-s-10-000-metres)
Živile Balciunaite2:31:14[Marathon](2010-european-athletics-championships-women-s-marathon)
Nailya Yulamanova2:32:15[Marathon](2010-european-athletics-championships-women-s-marathon)
Olga Kaniskina1:27:44[20 km race walk](2010-european-athletics-championships-women-s-20-kilometres-walk)
Marta Domínguez9:17.74[3000 m steeplechase](2010-european-athletics-championships-women-s-3000-metres-steeplechase)
Lyubov Kharlamova9:29.82[3000 m steeplechase](2010-european-athletics-championships-women-s-3000-metres-steeplechase)
Anastasiya Kapachinskaya
Antonina Krivoshapka
Kseniya Ustalova
Tatyana Firova3:21.26[4 × 400 m relay](2010-european-athletics-championships-women-s-4-x-400-metres-relay)
Nadzeya Ostapchuk20.48 m[Shot put](2010-european-athletics-championships-women-s-shot-put)
Natallia Mikhnevich19.53 m[Shot put](2010-european-athletics-championships-women-s-shot-put)

Track

2002 | 2006 | 2010 | 2012 | 2014

  • Živilė Balčiūnaitė (LIT) won the Marathon, but was disqualified for doping after testing positive for testosterone.
  • Nailiya Yulamanova (RUS) came second in the Marathon, and was set to be upgraded to gold winner after Živilė Balčiūnaitė was disqualified. However, in July 2012, Yulamanova was also disqualified for doping, and her results from 20 August 2009 onwards were annulled due to abnormalities in her biological passport profile.
  • Mariya Savinova (RUS) won the 800 metres but was disqualified in 2017 for doping, and her result annulled.

Field

2002 | 2006 | 2010 | 2012 | 2014

Participating nations

  • ALB (2)
  • AND (6)
  • ARM (3)
  • AUT (15)
  • AZE (5)
  • BLR (42)
  • BEL (32)
  • BIH (2)
  • BUL (17)
  • CRO (12)
  • CYP (10)
  • CZE (41)
  • DEN (15)
  • EST (17)
  • FIN (39)
  • FRA (60)
  • GEO (2)
  • GER (74)
  • GIB (1)
  • GBR (72)
  • GRE (33)
  • HUN (23)
  • ISL (6)
  • IRL (30)
  • ISR (16)
  • ITA (73)
  • LAT (21)
  • LIE (1)
  • LTU (25)
  • LUX (1)
  • MKD (2)
  • MLT (2)
  • MDA (6)
  • MON (1)
  • MNE (2)
  • NED (36)
  • NOR (38)
  • POL (71)
  • POR (42)
  • ROU (33)
  • RUS (105)
  • SMR (2)
  • SRB (11)
  • SVK (19)
  • SLO (33)
  • ESP (host) (88)
  • SWE (41)
  • SUI (22)
  • TUR (20)
  • UKR (62) In brackets: Squad size

Medal table

Mascot "Barni"
  • † = Totals following the removal of José Luis Blanco bronze medal in the steeplechase due to positive doping test.
  • †2 = Totals following the removal of Nailya Yulamanova gold medal in the marathon due to positive doping test.
  • †3 = Totals following the removal of Andrei Mikhnevich gold medal in the shot put due to positive doping test.
  • †4 = Totals following the disqualification of Marta Domínguez.

References

References

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  3. (5 April 2011). "20th European championships 2010 - women". run123.one.
  4. "A Grenot il bronzo europeo di Barcellona 2010". fidal.it.
  5. [https://www.bbc.com/sport/0/athletics/12976926 European marathon champion Balciunaite given doping ban], bbc.com, 5 April 2011
  6. Associated Press: [https://www.espn.com/olympics/trackandfield/story/_/id/7764992/european-marathon-champ-zivile-balciunaite-loses-doping-appeal-2012-games Zivile Balciunaite loses appeal], espn.com, 4 February 2012
  7. [https://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/olympics/athletics/9373488/London-2012-Olympics-Russian-athletics-trio-banned-for-doping-offences.html London 2012 Olympics: Russian athletics trio banned for doping offences]. ''Daily Telegraph'' (3 July 2012). Retrieved on 17 July 2014
  8. (10 February 2017). "The Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) imposes four-year period of ineligibility on Russian Athlete Mariya Savinova-Farnosova". Court of Arbitration for Sport.
  9. [http://www.iaaf.org/mm/Document/News/GeneralNews/05/91/37/20110125045748_httppostedfile_NEWS119_23319.pdf IAAF Newsletter Ed. 119] {{webarchive. link. (2011-03-03 . [[IAAF]] (2011-01-25). Retrieved on 2011-01-25.)
  10. (3 July 2012). "London 2012 Olympics: Russian athletics trio banned for doping offences".
  11. [http://www.thenews.pl/1/5/Artykul/138487,Shotputter-Majewski-takes-belated-gold-after-doping-ruling Shot-putter Majewski takes belated gold after doping ruling.] 13 June 2013
  12. (November 19, 2015). "Marta Domínguez Banned for 3 Years by the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS)".
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