2011 European Athletics Indoor Championships

The 31st European Athletics Indoor Championships were held from 4th to 6th March 2011 at the Palais Omnisports de Paris -Bercy. Thus it was held for the second time after 1994 in Paris, and for a fifth time in France. Medals were awarded in 26 contests.

  • 4.1 60 m
  • 4.2 400 m
  • 4.3 800 m
  • 4.4 1500 m
  • 4.5 3000 m
  • 4.6 60 m hurdles
  • 4.7 4 × 400 m relay
  • 4.8 High Jump
  • 4.9 Pole Vault
  • 4:10 Long Jump
  • 4:11 Triple Jump
  • 4:12 Shot Put
  • 4:13 Pentathlon

Applications for the venue

In addition to Paris Apeldoorn (Netherlands), Gothenburg (Sweden) and Leipzig had expressed ( Germany ) interest in hosting the Indoor Athletics Championships. While Paris finally prevailed, the last remaining rival candidate Gothenburg awarded the contract for the Indoor Athletics Championships 2013.

At the Palais Omnisports de Paris -Bercy had already occurred several international athletics competitions in the past: the IAAF World Indoor Games in 1985, the IAAF European Indoor Championships in 1994 and the IAAF World Indoor Championships in 1997.

Participant

With a total of 630 athletes, 346 men and 284 women, a new message record was achieved. Of the 50 national members of the European Athletic Association except Andorra, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg and Montenegro were all represented by at least one participant.

The German Athletics Federation announced 38 athletes, three of which had canceled their participation due to injury before the start of the competitions. The Austrian Athletics Federation sent a ten-member team, Swiss Athletics nominated seven athletes.

Results Men

60 m

Date: March 6, 16:55 clock

Francis Obikwelu won the final surprise about the favorites Dwain Chambers and Christophe Lemaitre. In the history of the Indoor Athletics Championships, he became the oldest title winner in this discipline as well as the first Portuguese medalist in the sprint area.

Other participants from German speaking countries: In the semi finals: Pascal Mancini ( SUI), 6.67 s In the run- Board: Christian Blum ( GER), 6.80 s

400 m

Date: March 5, 17:45 clock

Leslie Djhone took over at the end of the first round of the lead and sat through clearly. Thomas Schneider overtook on target very quickly started Britons and an astounding the silver medal.

Other participants from German speaking countries: In the semi finals: Clemens Zeller (Austria ), 47.35 s; David Gollnow (GER ), 48.07 s

800 m

Date: March 6, 15:45 clock

Luis Alberto Marco came in the third round basis. While dodging Robin Schembera injured and gave up the race early on. In the final sprint Marcin Lewandowski his compatriot Adam Kszczot had to admit defeat.

Other participants from German speaking countries: In the run- Board: Andreas Rapatz (AUT) 1:49,96 min; Raphael Pallitsch (AUT) 1:52,19 min

1500 m

Date: March 6, 16:20 clock

Other participants from German speaking countries: In the run- Board: Florian Orth (GER ) 3:47,47 min; Christoph Lohse (GER ) 3:48,52 min; Andreas Vojta (AUT) 3:49,24 min

3000 m

Date: March 5, 16:50 clock

Mo Farah defended his title in the 3000 -meter run successfully. His winning time was almost 13 seconds slower than two years in Turin. Behind Hayle İbrahimov took the first medal at the European Championships Indoor Athletics at all for Azerbaijan.

60m hurdles

Date: March 4, 18:50 clock

The leader of Europe's annual leaderboard Petr Svoboda won ahead of the European Vice Champion in the 110- meter hurdles Garfield Darien and the surprise third Adrien Deghelt. Svoboda thus remained unbeaten in his seventh final of the season.

Other participants from German speaking countries: In the semi finals: Tobias Furer (SUI ), 7.93 s; Manuel Prazak (AUT ), 7.98 s

4 × 400 m relay

Date: March 6, 17:40 clock

High Jump

Date: March 5, 14:30 clock

Defending champion and World Indoor champion Ivan Uchow let his Weltjahresbestleistung and won as expected. Jaroslav Bába won the silver medal in front of the same height Alexandr Shustov due to the lower number of failed attempts.

Pole vault

Date: March 5, 15:45 clock

The sporting highlight of the second competition day was the national indoor record Lavillenies Renaud with whom he surpassed his Freiluftbestleistung. Having already been determined at 5.81 m as the winner, he jumped 5.91 m in the third and 6.03 m in the first attempt. He then tried under the eyes of the world record holder Serhiy Bubka (6.15 m) three times in vain to 6.16 m.

Long-jump

Date: March 5, 16:25 clock

Defending champion and European Indoor record holder Sebastian Bayer was the second attempt with 8.10 m in leadership and increased in the fourth attempt yet to six inches. Triple Jump specialist Teddy Tamgho missed a medal just barely.

Other participants from German speaking countries: In the qualification excreted: Nils Winter ( GER ) 7.61 m

Triple Jump

Date: March 6, 16:25 clock

World Indoor champion Teddy Tamgho increased his own world record in the second attempt by one centimeter to 17.92 m. The same distance he jumped in the fourth test again. Defending champion Fabrizio Donato was only the second place in spite of two improvement in his own national record.

Shot Put

Date: March 4, 17:30 clock

Ralf Bartels favorite took in his second attempt with 20,80 m the lead and did not let off until the end. In the fourth attempt, he still rose to 21.16 m. Four of his five valid trials in the final he pushed further than any of its competitors. David Storl, Bartels had beaten in the previous week at the German Championships, made ​​for a German double victory. Marco Fortes ( 20.34 m) and Nedžad Mulabegović ( 20,05 m) had pushed national indoor record in qualifying. Mulabegović could be significantly increased in the finals again.

Heptathlon

Date: 5th - 6th March

Andrej Krautschanka won with a personal best before Nadir El Fassi, who still vorschob in the final 1000 - meter race from fourth to second place. The former Olympic and world champion in the decathlon, Roman Šebrle, secured his third in total 18 medals at international championships. In the end he had only three points ahead of Eelco Sintnicolaas, who scored a national record. The best individual performances go Ingmar Vos in the 60 - meter dash and the 60 - meter hurdles, Darius Draudvila in the long jump, Vasily Kharlamov in the shot put, El Fassi in the high jump and in the 1000 -meter run and Sintnicolaas in the pole vault.

Other participants from German speaking countries: # 10: Roland black (AUT) 5846 Points SB; # 15: Dominik Distelberger (AUT ), 4135 points (injured after five disciplines abandoned)

Results Women

60 m

Date: March 6, 16:40 clock

With the setting of their European Jahresbestleistung Olesja Powch won ahead of her compatriot Maria Rjemjen and the silver medalist in 2009, Ezinne Okparaebo.

400 m

Date: March 5, 17:30 clock

The previously successful primarily as a long jumper Denisa Rosolova won with a personal best the gold medal in front of the former World Indoor champion Olesja Krasnomowez.

800 m

Date: March 6, 16:00 clock

Gold and bronze went first to the two Russian women Jewgenija Sinurowa and Julija Rusanova. Both were locked but later.

Other participants from German-speaking countries: In the semi finals: Jana Hartmann ( GER ) 2:02,65 min

1500 m

Date: March 5, 17:15 clock

Other participants from German-speaking countries: In the run excreted Jennifer Wenth (AUT) 4:16,74 min

3000 m

Date: March 6, 15:15 clock

Nine years after she won the third place in the 1500 meter race at the 2002 Commonwealth Games in Manchester their first and only international medal, won already 37 years old Helen Clitheroe surprisingly the 3000 -meter run. 300 meters to go, they took the lead and defended it to the finish line just ahead of Olesja Syrewa. Syrewa but was subsequently blocked and had to give up her silver medal again.

Other participants from German-speaking regions: In the run excreted Silvia Weissteiner (ITA ) 9:19,96 min SB

60m hurdles

Date: March 4, 18:40 clock

Caroline Nytra decided the finals in a photo finish in front of Tiffany Ofili for themselves. Your leadership was a thousandth of a second ( 7.793 to 7.794 seconds ). While Nytra undercutting their personal best by nine hundredths of a second, Ofili scored a UK indoor record. The previous years as leader of the European leaderboard in the competitions Norwegian Christina Vukicevic also ran a national indoor record and finished third.

Other participants from German-speaking countries: In the semi finals: Cindy Roleder (GER ), 8.06 s; Lisa Urech (SUI ), 8.06 s; Nadine Hildebrand ( GER), 8.23 s In the run- Board: Clélia Reuse (SUI ), 8.24 s; Beate Schrott (AUT ), 8.25 s

4 × 400 m relay

Date: March 6, 17:15 clock

High Jump

Date: March 6, 15:30 clock

Other participants from German-speaking countries: In the qualifying Board: Marie- Laurence Jungfleisch (GER ) 1.89 m; Beatrice Lundmark (SUI ), 1.85 m

Pole vault

Date: March 6, 15:00 clock

Kristina Gadschiew afforded the only vaulter to 4.65 m no mistrial, but could not then continue to increase. Silke mirror castle and Anna Rogowska coped 4.75 m respectively at the second attempt. With skipped 4.80 m, Rogowska then secured the win before they even improved the Polish national record to 4.85 m.

Long-jump

Date: March 6, 14:50 clock

The two-time World Indoor and European champion Naide Gomes went in first attempt with 6.67 m in leadership and increased in the fourth test at 6.79 m. In the fifth experiment Darya Klischina surpassed it by one centimeter, thus securing the victory.

Other participants from German-speaking countries: In the qualifying Board: Michelle Weitzel (GER ) 6.44 m; Nadja Kaether (GER ) 6.36 m

Triple Jump

Date: March 5, 14:45 clock

Simona La Mantia winner won as only the second Italian a triple jump medal at IAAF European Indoor Championships and took the lead in the annual global leaderboard. In qualifying the German Katja humility and Paraskevi Greek Papahrístou who had gone as a first and third place of the annual European leaderboard in the competition were excreted surprising.

Other participants from German-speaking countries: In the qualification excreted Katja humility (GER ) 13.81 m

Shot Put

Date: March 5, 14:20 clock

The European Championship third party outdoors, Anna Awdejewa, prevailed against the leader of the annual European leaderboard, Christina Schwanitz, and outsider Josephine Terlecki. Terlecki increased their personal best, which they had set up the day before in qualifying, in the final of eight inches.

Pentathlon

Date: March 4,

Antoinette Nana Djimou Ida won a surprise gold medal before lying ahead after four disciplines Austra Skujytė. Although this was considered the better 800 -meter runner of the two, they broke into the final discipline a perfect and fell back to second place. The best individual performances go Nana Djimou Ida in the 60 - meter hurdles race and the long jump, shot put Skujytė, Remona fringes in the high jump and Zuzana Hejnová in the 800 -meter run.

Medal Tally

Abbreviations

  • WR: World Record (world record)
  • NR: National Record (national record)
  • CR: Championship Record ( championship record)
  • PB: personal best ( personal best )
  • SB: Season Best (season best)
  • WL: Weltjahresbestleistung (world leading)
  • EL: European Jahresbestleistung (European leading)
  • DNS: Competition non-runner ( did not start )
  • DNF: Competition not completed ( did not finish )

Records relating to services in the hall. Equal sign ( = ) indicate the setting of a service.

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