The 13th European Athletics Championships were held from 6 September to 12 September 1982 at the Olympic Stadium in Athens, Greece. Contemporaneous reports on the event were given in the Glasgow Herald.

Men's results Complete results were published.

Track 1974 | 1978 | 1982 | 1986 | 1990 | 100 metresFrank Emmelmann 10.21Pierfrancesco Pavoni10.25Marian Woronin10.28200 metresOlaf Prenzler20.46Cameron Sharp 20.47Frank Emmelmann 20.60400 metresHartmut Weber44.72 Andreas Knebel 45.29Viktor Markin 45.30800 metresHans-Peter Ferner1:46.33Sebastian Coe 1:46.68Jorma Härkönen1:46.901500 metresSteve Cram3:36.49Nikolay Kirov 3:36.99José Manuel Abascal 3:37.045000 metresThomas Wessinghage 13:28.90Werner Schildhauer 13:30.03David Moorcroft13:30.4210,000 metresAlberto Cova27:41.03Werner Schildhauer 27:41.21Martti Vainio 27:42.51MarathonGerard Nijboer2:15:16Armand Parmentier 2:15:51Karel Lismont 2:16:04110 metres hurdlesThomas Munkelt 13.41Andrey Prokofyev 13.44Arto Bryggare 13.60400 metres hurdlesHarald Schmid47.48 Aleksandr Yatsevich48.60Uwe Ackermann 48.643000 metres steeplechasePatriz Ilg8:18.52Bogusław Mamiński8:19.22Domingo Ramón 8:20.4820 kilometres walkJosé Marín1:23:43 Jozef Pribilinec1:25:55Pavol Blažek1:26:1350 kilometres walkReima Salonen3:55:29José Marín3:59:18Bo Gustafsson4:01:214 × 100 metres relay Sergey SokolovAleksandr AksininAndrey ProkofyevNikolay Sidorov38.60Detlef KübeckOlaf PrenzlerThomas MunkeltFrank Emmelmann38.71Christian ZirkelbachChristian HaasPeter KleinErwin Skamrahl38.714 × 400 metres relayErwin SkamrahlHarald SchmidThomas GiessingHartmut Weber3.00.51 David JenkinsGarry CookTodd BennettPhil Brown3.00.68Aleksandr TroshchiloPavel RoshchinPavel KonovalovViktor Markin3.00.80

Field 1974 | 1978 | 1982 | 1986 | 1990 | High jumpDietmar Mögenburg2.30 m =Janusz Trzepizur 2.27 mGerd Nagel 2.24 mPole vaultAleksandr Krupskiy5.60 m Vladimir Polyakov 5.60 m =Atanas Tarev 5.60 m =Long jumpLutz Dombrowski8.41 m wAntonio Corgos 8.19 mJan Leitner 8.08 mTriple jumpKeith Connor17.29 m Vasiliy Grishchenkov 17.15 mBéla Bakosi 17.04 mShot putUdo Beyer21.50 m Jānis Bojārs 20.81 mRemigius Machura 20.59 mDiscus throwImrich Bugár66.64 mIhor Duhinets 65.60 mWolfgang Warnemünde 64.20 mHammer throwYuriy Sedykh81.66 m Igor Nikulin79.44 mSergey Litvinov 78.66 mJavelin throwUwe Hohn 91.34 mHeino Puuste 89.56 mDetlef Michel 89.32 mDecathlonDaley Thompson 8774 pts Jürgen Hingsen 8517 ptsSiegfried Stark 8433 pts Lutz Dombrowski from East Germany jumped 8.25 m in the qualification round, which was a new championship record.

Women's results

Track 1974 | 1978 | 1982 | 1986 | 1990 | 100 metresMarlies Göhr11.01 Bärbel Wöckel11.20Rose-Aimée Bacoul11.29200 metresBärbel Wöckel22.04 Kathy Smallwood 22.13Sabine Rieger 22.51400 metresMarita Koch48.16 , Jarmila Kratochvílová48.85Taťána Kocembová 50.55800 metresOlga Mineyeva 1:55.41 Lyudmila Veselkova1:55.96Margrit Klinger 1:57.221500 metresOlga Dvirna3:57.80 Zamira Zaytseva 3:58.82Gabriella Dorio 3:59.023000 metresSvetlana Ulmasova8:30.28 Maricica Puică 8:33.33Yelena Sipatova 8:34.06MarathonRosa Mota2:36:04Laura Fogli 2:36:29Ingrid Kristiansen 2:36:39100 metres hurdles Lucyna Kałek12.45 =Yordanka Donkova 12.54Kerstin Knabe 12.54400 metres hurdlesAnn-Louise Skoglund54.58 Petra Pfaff 54.89Chantal Réga 54.934 × 100 metres relayGesine WaltherBärbel WöckelSabine RiegerMarlies Göhr42.19 Wendy HoyteKathy SmallwoodBev CallenderShirley Thomas42.66Laurence BilyMarie-Christine CazierRose-Aimée BacoulLiliane Gaschet42.694 × 400 metres relayKirsten SiemonSabine BuschDagmar RübsamMarita Koch3:19.04 , Věra TylováMilena MatejkovičováTaťána KocembováJarmila Kratochvílová3:22.17Yelena DidilenkoIrina OlkhovnikovaOlga MineyevaIrina Baskakova3:22.79 Lucyna Kałek also ran 12.45 in the heats, which was a new championship record.

Field 1974 | 1978 | 1982 | 1986 | 1990 | High jumpUlrike Meyfarth2.02 m Tamara Bykova 1.97 mSara Simeoni 1.97 mLong jumpVali Ionescu6.79 mAnişoara Cuşmir-Stanciu 6.73 mYelena Ivanova 6.73 mShot putIlona Slupianek 21.59 m Helena Fibingerová 20.94 mNunu Abashidze 20.82 mDiscus throwTsvetanka Khristova68.34 mMariya Petkova 67.94 mGalina Savinkova 67.82 mJavelin throwAnna Verouli70.02 m Antje Kempe67.94 mSofia Sakorafa67.04 mHeptathlonRamona Neubert6664 ptsSabine Mobius-Paetz 6594 ptsSabine Everts 6418 pts

Medal table

Participation According to an unofficial count, 777 athletes from 30 countries participated in the event, 21 athletes more than the official number of 756, and one country more than the official number of 29 as published.

(7) (12) (34) (3) (28) (9) (65) (38) (48) (1) (29) (18) (4) (9) (55) (1) (1) (9) (18) (37) (11) (18) (92) (24) (55) (25) (2) (51) (59) (14)

See also 1982 in athletics (track and field)

Notes Differences to competition format since the 1978 European Championships: New events added: Women's marathon Women's heptathlon replaces the pentathlon

References

EAA Official Site