2012 European Athletics Championships


The 2012 European Athletics Championships were held in Helsinki, Finland between 27 June and 1 July 2012. 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.

Event schedule

Men's results

Track

Field

Women's results

Track

Field

Stripped medals

At the Championships 9 medals was stripped, 1 men and 8 women.
EventMedalDisqualifiedCountryVariation
date		NotesNew PodiumOriginal
rank
Men's discus throwZoltán Kővágó26 July 2012 Rutger Smith4
Women's 800 mElena Arzhakova29 January 2013 Lynsey Sharp
Maryna Arzamasava
Liliya Lobanova
4
5
Women's 800 mIrina Maracheva25 January 2016 Lynsey Sharp
Maryna Arzamasava
Liliya Lobanova
4
5
Women's 1500 mAslı Çakır Alptekin17 August 2015 Nuria Fernández
Diana Sujew
Tereza Čapková		5
6
7
Women's 1500 mGamze Bulut1 June 2016 Nuria Fernández
Diana Sujew
Tereza Čapková		5
6
7
Women's 1500 mAnna Mishchenko26 February 2016 Nuria Fernández
Diana Sujew
Tereza Čapková		5
6
7
Women's 1500 m4thYekaterina Ishova Nuria Fernández
Diana Sujew
Tereza Čapková		5
6
7
Women's 3000 m steeplechaseSvitlana Shmidt12 April 2015 Antje Möldner-Schmidt
Gesa Felicitas Krause
4
Women's 100 m hurdlesNevin Yanit29 August 2013 Alina Talay
Katsiaryna Paplauskaya
Beate Schrott

4
Women's heptathlonLyudmyla Yosypenko30 December 2012 Laura Ikauniece
Aiga Grabuste
4

Medal table

Participating nations

In brackets: Squad size

Broadcasting