The European Athletics Championships is an event organized by the European Athletic Association. It is organised every four years, the same year as the Commonwealth Games and between the Summer Olympic Games cycle. After the 2010 Championships in Barcelona, the European Championships will take place every two years.

[edit] Summary of Championships

	Year	City	Country	Date	Venue	No. of Events	No. of Athletes
1	1934	Turin	Italy	7- 9 September	Stadio Benito Mussolini
2	1938	Paris	France	3 - 5 September	Stade Olympique Yves-du-Manoir, Colombes
	1938	Vienna	German Reich	17 - 18 September	Praterstadion
3	1946	Oslo	Norway	22 - 25 August	Bislett stadion
4	1950	Brussels	Belgium	23 - 27 August	Heysel Stadium
5	1954	Berne	Switzerland	25 - 29 August	Stadion Neufeld
6	1958	Stockholm	Sweden	19- 24 August	Stockholms Olympiastadion
7	1962	Belgrade	Yugoslavia	12- 16 September	Stadion JNA
8	1966	Budapest	Hungary	30 August - 4 September	Népstadion
9	1969	Athens	Greece	16 - 21 September	Karaïskákis Stadium
10	1971	Helsinki	Finland	10 - 15 August	Olympiastadion
11	1974	Rome	Italy	2 - 8 September	Stadio Olimpico
12	1978	Prague	Czechoslovakia	29 August - 3 September	Stadion Evžena Rošického
13	1982	Athens	Greece	3 - 9 September	Olympiakó Stádio
14	1986	Stuttgart	West Germany	29 August - 3 September	Neckarstadion
15	1990	Split	Yugoslavia	26 August - 2 September	Gradski stadion u Poljudu
16	1994	Helsinki	Finland	7-14 August	Olympiastadion
17	1998	Budapest	Hungary	18-23 August	Népstadion
18	2002	Munich	Germany	6-11 August	Olympiastadion
19	2006	Gothenburg	Sweden	7-13 August	Ullevi
20	2010	Barcelona	Spain	27 July - 1 August	Estadi Olímpic Lluís Companys
21	2012	Helsinki	Finland	27 June - 1 July	Olympiastadion
22	2014	TBD	TBD	TBD	TBD

[edit] All-time medal table 1934-2006

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Soviet Union	121	109	103	333
2	East Germany	91	82	65	238
3	Great Britain	84	64	73	221
4	France	42	38	38	118
5	Germany	38	37	34	109
6	West Germany	35	44	51	130
7	Russia	35	38	32	105
8	Poland	35	36	45	116
9	Italy	34	36	37	107
10	Finland	31	29	35	95
11	Sweden	26	35	35	96
12	Spain	17	13	23	53
13	Czechoslovakia	16	16	27	59
14	Hungary	15	18	19	52
15	Netherlands	15	14	13	42
16	Bulgaria	11	11	12	34
17	Portugal	10	6	4	20
18	Ukraine	9	12	7	28
19	Romania	7	19	10	36
20	Norway	7	11	12	30
21	Greece	7	3	8	18
22	Yugoslavia	6	6	2	14
23	Belgium	5	10	7	22
24	Belarus	5	7	5	17
25	Switzerland	3	10	9	22
26	Denmark	3	5	4	12
27	Ireland	3	5	2	10
28	Estonia	3	3	2	8
29	Iceland	3	1	1	5
30	Czech Republic	2	6	3	11
31	Latvia	2	2	1	5
32	Austria	2	1	3	6
33	Slovenia	2	1	1	4
34	Israel	2	0	0	2
35	Lithuania	1	1	2	4
36	Turkey	1	0	2	3
37	Croatia	0	1	1	2
38	Luxembourg	0	1	0	1
	Serbia	0	1	0	1
Total		729	732	728	2189

[edit] See also

• List of European records in athletics

[edit] External links

• Results of the past European Championships

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