2012 European Athletics Championships Explained

21st European Athletics Championships
Colour:	E0ECF8
Size:	150
Host City:	Helsinki, Finland
Dates:	27 June – 1 July
Stadium:	Helsinki Olympic Stadium
Level:	Senior
Type:	Outdoor
Nations Participating:	50
Events:	42 (21 men, 21 women)
Previous:	2010 Barcelona
Next:	2014 Zürich

The 2012 European Athletics Championships were held in Helsinki, Finland between 27 June and 1 July 2012.^[1] 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.^[2] 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.^[3]

Event schedule

Men^[4]

Date	Jun 27		Jun 28		Jun 29		Jun 30		Jul 1
Event	M	A	M	A	M	A	M	A	A
	H	½		F
					H	½		F
	H			½		F
	H			½		F
							H		F
		F
								F
							H		½	F
	H		½			F
		H				F
							H		F
								H	F
					Q				F
			Q					F
		Q				F
							Q		F
	Q					F
					Q			F
			Q					F
		Q		F
	F

Women

Date	Jun 27		Jun 28		Jun 29		Jun 30			Jul 1
Event ↓	M	A	M	A	M	A	M	A		A
	H	½		F
					H	½		F
		H		½		F
				H		F
							H			F
				F
										F
					H			½	F
	H		½			F
			H					F
							H			F
								H		F
	Q			F
	Q					F
	Q			F
			Q					F
			Q			F
							Q			F
					Q					F
	Q					F
					F

Men's results

Track

		10.09		10.12 SB		10.17
		20.42		20.87		20.95
		45.24		45.52 SB		45.82
		1:48.61		1:48.69		1:48.83
		3:46.20		3:46.33		3:46.45
		13:29.91		13:31.83		13:32.63
		28:22.27		28:22.73		28:22.95 SB
		13.16		13.20		13.27 NR
		49.33 SB		49.49		49.69
		8:33.29		8:35.24		8:35.87
	Brian Mariano Churandy Martina Giovanni Codrington Patrick van Luijk	38.34 EL, NR	Julian Reus Tobias Unger Alexander Kosenkow Lucas Jakubczyk	38.44	Ronald Pognon Christophe Lemaitre Pierre-Alexis Pessonneaux Emmanuel Biron	38.46
	Antoine Gillet Jonathan Borlée Jente Bouckaert Kévin Borlée	3:01.09 EL	Nigel Levine Conrad Williams Robert Tobin Richard Buck	3:01.56	Jonas Plass Kamghe Gaba Eric Krüger Thomas Schneider	3:01.77

Field

		2.31		2.31 PB		2.28
		5.97 WL		5.92 PB		5.77 =SB
		8.34 SB		8.21 SB		8.17 SB
		17.63		17.28		16.97
		21.58 SB		20.55 =SB		20.36
		68.30		66.53		64.02
		83.72		83.32 PB		82.63
		79.72		77.40		76.67
		8558 EL, PB		8321		8219 PB

Women's results

Track

		11.28		11.32		11.32 SB
		23.05		23.17		23.21
		51.13 NR		51.26 SB		51.94
≠1		2:00.52 PB		2:01.02		2:01.29
≠2		4:08.80		4:09.28		4:10.17
		15:11.70		15:12.05		15:12.77
		31:44.75		31:49.03		31:51.32
≠3		12.91		12.97		12.98 =SB
		54.24 PB		54.35 PB		54.49
≠4		9:32.96		9:36.37		9:38.20
	Leena Günther Anne Cibis Tatjana Lofamakanda Pinto Verena Sailer	42.51 EL	Kadene Vassell Dafne Schippers Eva Lubbers Jamile Samuel	42.80 NR	Marika Popowicz Daria Korczyńska Marta Jeschke Ewelina Ptak	43.06
	Yuilya Olishevska Olha Zemlyak Nataliya Pyhyda Alina Lohvynenko	3:25.07 EL	Phara Anacharsis Lenora Guion Firmin Marie Gayot Floria Gueï	3:25.49	Zuzana Hejnová Zuzana Bergrová Jitka Bartoničková Denisa Rosolová	3:26.02
≠ Doping : 1. Official result following disqualifications for Elena Arzhakova and Irina Maracheva for doping violation.. 2. Official result following disqualification for Aslı Çakır Alptekin , Yekaterina Ishova , Gamze Bulut and Anna Mishchenko for doping violations. 3. Official result following disqualification for Nevin Yanıt for doping violation. 4. Official result following disqualification for Svitlana Shmidt for doping violation.

Field

		1.97 =SB		1.97 PB		1.92
		4.60		4.60 SB		4.60 =SB
		6.81 SB		6.74		6.67
		14.99 WL		14.52 NR		14.36
		19.18		18.91		18.47
		67.62		65.41		62.91
		66.86 NR		65.12		63.69
		74.29		73.34 SB		71.47
		6544 PB		6335 PB		6325 SB

Stripped medals

At the Championships 9 medals was stripped, 1 men and 8 women.

Event	Medal	Disqualified	Country	Variation date	Notes	New Podium	Original rank
Men's discus throw				26 July 2012	^[5]		4
Women's 800 m				29 January 2013	^[6]		4 5
				25 January 2016	^[7]
Women's 1500 m				17 August 2015	^[8]		5 6 7
				1 June 2016	^[9]
				26 February 2016
	4th
Women's 3000 m steeplechase				12 April 2015	^[10]		4
Women's 100 m hurdles				29 August 2013	^[11]		4
Women's heptathlon				30 December 2012	^[12]		4

Participating nations

• • • • • • • • • • • • • • • (host)

In brackets: Squad size

Broadcasting

Territory	Rights holder
	VRT
Croatia
Denmark	DR2
Estonia	ERR
Finland	Yle
Hungary
	Rai
Latvia	LTV
Lithuania	Eurosport
Poland
Portugal
Serbia
Slovenia	RTV SLO
Sweden	SVT
Turkey

See also

• List of stripped European Athletics Championships medals

External links

• Organizing Committee official website
• EAA Official website
• EAA calendar

Notes and References

1. http://www.european-athletics.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=7036&Itemid=2%22 EAA calendar
2. News: It's Helsinki! European Athletics awards 2012 European Athletics Championships to Finnish capital . . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20120224073315/http://www.european-athletics.org/european-athletics-championships-2012/7915-its-helsinki-european-athletics-awards-2012-european-athletics-championships-to-finnish-capital.html . 2012-02-24 .
3. European Athletics Championships 2012 in Helsinki – http://www.hel.fi/wps/portal/Helsinki_en/Artikkeli?WCM_GLOBAL_CONTEXT=/Helsinki/en/news/european_athletics_championships_in_helsinki
4. http://www.european-athletics.org/files/ech/ECH2012-Timetable-final.pdf 2012 European Athletics Championships Programme
5. Web site: Hungarian discus thrower banned for doping offense. reuters.com. 26 July 2012. 28 August 2018.
6. Web site: Pishchalnikova given 10-year doping ban. reuters.com. In a separate case, European 800 meters champion Yelena Arzhakova was banned for two years, starting from January 29, 2013. 30 April 2013. 28 August 2018.
7. Web site: Russian runner stripped of European silver medal for doping. businessinsider.com. 25 January 2016. 28 August 2018. 29 August 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20180829180909/https://www.businessinsider.com/ap-russian-runner-stripped-of-european-silver-medal-for-doping-2016-1?IR=T. dead.
8. Web site: The dirtiest race in history?. 7 March 2016 . sportsintegrityinitiative.com. In this race, both Alptekin and Bulut finished first and second respectively, while the Ukraine's Anna Mischenko, who finished third, and Russia's Ekaterina Ishova, who finished fourth, have both since been disqualified by the IAAF for an ADRV and abnormal ABP results respectively.. 29 August 2018.
9. Web site: Gamze Bulut'un madalyası alındı. haberturk.com. tk. 1 June 2016. 29 August 2018. 14 August 2016. https://archive.today/20160814002843/http://www.haberturk.com/spor/diger/haber/1247459-gamze-bulutun-madalyasi-alindi. dead.
10. Web site: Ukraine apologise to WADA and IAAF over embarrassing amnesty claim for drugs cheats. 12 April 2017 . insidethegames.biz. Anna Mishchenko and Svitlana Shmidt also lost the silver medals they had won in the 1500 and 3,000 metres steeplechase respectively at the 2012 European Championships in Helsinki following the retests.. 29 August 2018.
11. Web site: Nevin Yanit: Drugs ban for European hurdles champion. bbc.co.uk. 29 August 2013. 29 August 2018.
12. Web site: Yosypenko banned for doping. trackandfieldnews.com. 12 August 2013. 29 August 2018.