The 7th European Athletics Championships were held from 12–16 September 1962 in the JNA Stadium in Belgrade, Yugoslavia (present-day Serbia). Contemporaneous reports on the event were given in the Glasgow Herald. Just before the meet, the IAAF council approved the use of glass fibre poles for pole vaulting. As a consequence, competitors were able to use them during the meet if they wished.

Medal summary Complete results were published.

Men 10.410.410.420.7 20.820.845.9 46.146.41:50.51:51.21:51.23:40.9 3:42.13:42.214:00.614:01.814:02.628:54.0 29:01.629:02.013.814.014.249.2 , WR50.350.58:32.6 8:37.68:40.6Klaus UlonskaPeter GamperHans-Joachim BenderManfred Germar39.5 Jerzy JuskowiakAndrzej ZielińskiZbigniew SykaMarian Foik39.5Alf MeakinRon JonesBerwyn JonesDavid Jones39.8Wilfried KindermannJohannes SchmittJoachim ReskeManfred Kinder3:05.8 Barry JacksonKen WilcockAdrian MetcalfeRobbie Brightwell3:05.9Bruno GallikerJean-Louis DesclouxMarius TheilerHans-Rüdi Bruder3:07.02:23:18.82:24:02.02:24:19.81:35:54.81:36:14.21:36:37.64:19:46.64:24:35.64:29:00.22.21 m 2.13 m2.09 m4.80 m 4.60 m4.60 m8.19 m ()(7.87 m )7.85 m7.85 m16.55 m 16.39 m16.24 m19.02 m 18.38 m18.26 m57.11 m 55.96 m55.47 m82.04 m 77.92 m77.66 m69.64 m 66.93 m66.57 m8026 pts 8022 pts7835 pts Igor Ter-Ovanesyan's championship record of 7.81 metres, set at the previous edition in 1958, was bettered by all the medalling athletes in 1962. Ter-Ovanesyan's winning jump of 8.19 metres was wind-assisted – although Finns Rainer Stenius and Pentti Eskola cleared 7.85 m, Ter-Ovanesyan's non-wind-assisted jump of 7.82 m in qualification round (13 September) and Ter-Ovanesyan's best non-wind-assisted jump of 7.87 m in final (14 September) were ratified as the new championship marks.Main > Men, Long Jump > European Championships Records Progression. Track and Field Brinkster. Retrieved on 2014-01-04.

Women (wind: +2.3 m/s)11.3 11.3 11.4 23.5 23.723.953.4 53.954.42:02.8 2:05.02:05.0Teresa CiepłyBarbara SobottaElżbieta SzyrokaMaria Piątkowska44.5 Erika FischMartha PensbergerMaren CollinJutta Heine44.6Ann PackerDorothy HymanDaphne ArdenMary Rand44.910.6 10.610.61.83 m 1.76 m1.73 m6.36 m 6.22 m6.22 m18.55 m 17.17 m16.95 m56.91 m 53.60 m52.82 m54.93 m52.10 m51.80 m4833 pts 4735 pts4676 pts The women's 100 metres silver medallist Jutta Heine bettered the championship record twice in qualifying, running 11.5, then 11.4 seconds. Both times were ratified as championship records. In the final Dorothy Hyman and Heine ran 11.3 but this was wind-assisted.Women, 100 m > European Championships Records Progression. Track and Field Brinkster. Retrieved on 2014-01-04.

Medal table

Participation According to an unofficial count, 668 athletes from 29 countries participated in the event, two athletes less than the official number of 670 as published. There was a joint German team comprising athletes from both East and West Germany. Assignment to their respective country was accomplished using the database of Deutsche Gesellschaft für Leichtathletik-Dokumentation 1990 e.V.

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References

Results

External links European Athletics