European Athletics Championships

The 2020 edition scheduled for Paris (FRA) from 26 to 30 August was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Editions

Edition	Host City	Country	Held	Events	Competitors	Countries
1934 European Athletics Championships	Torino	ITA	7 – 9 September 1934	22	71	15
1938 European Athletics Championships - Men	Paris	FRA	3 – 5 September 1938	23	79	13
1938 European Athletics Championships - Women	Wien	GER	17 – 18 September 1938	9	29	5
1946 European Athletics Championships	Oslo	NOR	22 – 25 August 1946	33	109	15
1950 European Athletics Championships	Bruxelles	BEL	23 – 27 August 1950	34	112	15
1954 European Athletics Championships	Bern	SUI	25 – 29 August 1954	35	118	15
1958 European Athletics Championships	Stockholm	SWE	19 – 24 August 1958	36	121	17
1962 European Athletics Championships	Beograd	YUG	12 – 16 September 1962	36	120	15
1966 European Athletics Championships	Budapest	HUN	30 August – 4 September 1966	36	117	14
1969 European Athletics Championships	Athina	GRE	16 – 21 September 1969	38	137	21
1971 European Athletics Championships	Helsinki	FIN	10 – 15 August 1971	38	136	17
1974 European Athletics Championships	Roma	ITA	2 – 8 September 1974	39	136	17
1978 European Athletics Championships	Praha	TCH	29 August – 3 September 1978	40	135	19
1982 European Athletics Championships	Athina	GRE	6 – 12 September 1982	41	140	19
1986 European Athletics Championships	Stuttgart	GER	26 – 31 August 1986	43	153	17
1990 European Athletics Championships	Split	YUG	26 August – 2 September 1990	43	152	20
1994 European Athletics Championships	Helsinki	FIN	7 – 14 August 1994	44	156	25
1998 European Athletics Championships	Budapest	HUN	18 – 23 August 1998	46	176	26
2002 European Athletics Championships	München	GER	6 – 11 August 2002	46	179	29
2006 European Athletics Championships	Göteborg	SWE	7 – 13 August 2006	47	178	31
2010 European Athletics Championships	Barcelona	ESP	27 July – 1 August 2010	47	188	28
2012 European Athletics Championships	Helsinki	FIN	27 June – 1 July 2012	42	178	28
2014 European Athletics Championships	Zürich	SUI	12 – 17 August 2014	47	184	27
2016 European Athletics Championships	Amsterdam	NED	6 – 10 July 2016	46	177	32
2018 European Athletics Championships	Berlin	GER	6 – 12 August 2018	50	195	28
2022 European Athletics Championships	München	GER	15 – 21 August 2022	50	193	29
2024 European Athletics Championships	Roma	ITA	7 – 12 June 2024	49	192	28
2026 European Athletics Championships	Birmingham	GBR	10 – 16 August 2026	52	193	28

Medal table

Pos	Country		🥇 Gold	🥈 Silver	🥉 Bronze	Total
1	Great Britain	GBR	137	107	113	357
2	Soviet Union	URS	120	110	101	331
3	Germany	GER	115	137	130	382
4	East Germany	GDR	89	75	61	225
5	France	FRA	73	77	80	230
6	Italy	ITA	66	61	64	191
7	Poland	POL	59	66	69	194
8	Russia	RUS	49	50	53	152
9	Netherlands	NED	38	31	35	104
10	Finland	FIN	37	30	41	108
11	Spain	ESP	36	33	45	114
12	Sweden	SWE	34	45	43	122
13	Ukraine	UKR	24	32	26	82
14	Norway	NOR	24	17	22	63
15	Hungary	HUN	19	24	25	68
16	Portugal	POR	17	15	13	45
17	Greece	GRE	17	11	11	39
18	Switzerland	SUI	16	19	20	55
19	Czechoslovakia	TCH	16	16	27	59
20	Belgium	BEL	16	16	16	48
21	Bulgaria	BUL	12	16	14	42
22	Turkey	TUR	12	10	12	34
23	Belarus	BLR	11	13	10	34
24	Croatia	CRO	10	4	3	17
25	Romania	ROU	8	22	10	40
26	Czech Republic	CZE	8	14	14	36
27	Ireland	IRL	7	10	8	25
28	Yugoslavia	YUG	6	6	3	15
29	Israel	ISR	5	3	5	13
30	Denmark	DEN	4	7	4	15
31	Estonia	EST	4	6	5	15
32	Latvia	LAT	4	3	4	11
33	Slovenia	SLO	4	2	3	9
34	Lithuania	LTU	3	4	5	12
35	Austria	AUT	3	2	7	12
36	Iceland	ISL	3	1	1	5
37	Serbia	SRB	2	8	4	14
38	Slovakia	SVK	2	5	1	8
39	Neutral Participant	NEU	1	3	2	6
40	Albania	ALB	1	1	0	2
41	Azerbaijan	AZE	0	2	2	4
42	Luxembourg	LUX	0	2	0	2
43	Montenegro	MNE	0	1	1	2
44	Republic of Moldova	MDA	0	0	1	1