2013 European Athletics Indoor Championships
Dates	1–3 March
Host city	Gothenburg, Sweden
Venue	Scandinavium
Events	26
Participation	578[1] athletes from 47[1] nations
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The 2013 European Athletics Indoor Championships were held at Scandinavium and Svenska Mässan in Gothenburg, Sweden, on 1–3 March 2013.

Bidding process

The decision to grant the event for Gothenburg was made by the European Athletics Council at their long meeting in Malta on October 15, 2007. Initially, Gothenburg applied for the 2011 Championships against Paris. The European Athletic Association thought the two cities presented very good concepts, and it ended up with the two candidates get one championship each; Paris in 2011 and Gothenburg in 2013. Gothenburg will use the concept All under one roof.^[2]

Venue

Scandinavium

The main venue for the 2013 European Athletics Indoor Championships will be Scandinavium with a maximum capacity of 12,000 spectators, but at the event the arena will have about 6,500 spectators because of the reconstruction. Prior to the championships, the arena floor will be raised 3 metres and be equipped with running tracks. In Svenska Mässan, next to Scandinavium, there will be a Market Square, where various activities will be organized during the competitions. All the victory ceremonies will take place in the Market Square during the evenings. The shot put qualifications will also be held at a special shot put venue in Svenska Mässan.^[3] The host city Gothenburg has organized several championships in athletics before. In 1974 and 1984, Scandinavium hosted the European Indoor Championships. Moreover, nearby Ullevi Stadium has staged the 1995 World Championships in Athletics and the 2006 European Athletics Championships. Last time Sweden hosted the European Indoor Championships was in 1996 when Ericsson Globe in Stockholm held the event.

Men's results

Track

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
60 metres	Jimmy Vicaut  France	6.48 WL	James Dasaolu  Great Britain	6.48 WL	Michael Tumi  Italy	6.52
400 metres*	Pavel Maslák  Czech Republic	45.66 EL, NR	Nigel Levine  Great Britain	46.21 SB	Pavel Trenikhin  Russia	46.70
800 metres	Adam Kszczot  Poland	1:48.69	Kevin López  Spain	1:49.31	Mukhtar Mohammed  Great Britain	1:49.60
1500 metres	Mahiedine Mekhissi-Benabbad  France	3:37.17	İlham Tanui Özbilen  Turkey	3:37.22 SB	Simon Denissel  France	3:37.70 PB
3000 metres	Hayle Ibrahimov  Azerbaijan	7:49.74	Juan Carlos Higuero  Spain	7:50.26	Ciarán Ó Lionáird  Ireland	7:50.40 PB
60 metres hurdles	Sergey Shubenkov  Russia	7.49 WL	Paolo Dal Molin  Italy	7.51 NR	Pascal Martinot-Lagarde  France	7.53 =PB
4 × 400 metres relay**	Great Britain Michael Bingham Richard Buck Nigel Levine Richard Strachan	3:05.78	Russia Pavel Trenikhin Yuriy Trambovetskiy Konstantin Svechkar Vladimir Krasnov	3:06.96	Czech Republic Daniel Němeček Josef Prorok Petr Lichý Pavel Maslák	3:07.64

* Pavel Trenikhin was originally disqualified, but was reinstated upon appeal. ** Great Britain were originally disqualified, but were reinstated upon appeal.

Field

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
High jump	Sergey Mudrov  Russia	2.35 PB	Aleksey Dmitrik  Russia	2.33	Jaroslav Bába  Czech Republic	2.31 SB
Pole vault	Renaud Lavillenie  France	6.01 WL	Björn Otto  Germany	5.76	Malte Mohr  Germany	5.76
Long jump	Aleksandr Menkov  Russia	8.31 WL	Michel Tornéus  Sweden	8.29 NR	Christian Reif  Germany	8.07
Triple jump	Daniele Greco  Italy	17.70m WL	Ruslan Samitov  Russia	17.30m PB	Aleksey Fyodorov  Russia	17.12 PB
Shot put	Asmir Kolašinac  Serbia	20.62 SB	Hamza Alić  Bosnia and Herzegovina	20.34 PB	Ladislav Prášil  Czech Republic	20.29

Combined

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
Heptathlon	Eelco Sintnicolaas  Netherlands	6372 WL, NR	Kevin Mayer  France	6297 PB	Mihail Dudaš  Serbia	6099 NR

Women's results

Track

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
60 metres	Mariya Ryemyen  Ukraine	7.10 =PB	Myriam Soumaré  France	7.11	Ivet Lalova  Bulgaria	7.12 PB
400 metres	Perri Shakes-Drayton  Great Britain	50.85 WL	Eilidh Child  Great Britain	51.45 PB	Moa Hjelmer  Sweden	52.04 NR
800 metres	Nataliya Lupu  Ukraine	2:00.26	Yelena Kotulskaya  Russia	2:00.98	Maryna Arzamasava  Belarus	2:01.21
1500 metres	Abeba Aregawi  Sweden	4:04.47	Isabel Macías  Spain	4:14.19	Katarzyna Broniatowska  Poland	4:14.30
3000 metres	Sara Moreira  Portugal	8:58.50	Corinna Harrer  Germany	9:00.50	Fionnuala Britton  Ireland	9:00.54
60 metres hurdles	Alina Talay  Belarus	7.94 =PB	Veronica Borsi  Italy	7.94 NR	Derval O'Rourke  Ireland	7.95 SB
4 × 400 metres relay	Great Britain Eilidh Child Shana Cox Christine Ohuruogu Perri Shakes-Drayton	3:27.56 WL, NR, CR	Russia Olga Tovarnova Tatyana Veshkurova Nadezhda Kotlyarova Kseniya Zadorina	3:28.18	Czech Republic Denisa Rosolová Jitka Bartonicková Lenka Masná Zuzana Hejnová	3:28.49

Field

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
High jump	Ruth Beitia  Spain	1.99 SB	Ebba Jungmark  Sweden	1.96 =PB	Emma Green Tregaro  Sweden	1.96 SB
Pole vault	Holly Bleasdale  Great Britain	4.67	Anna Rogowska  Poland	4.67 SB	Anzhelika Sidorova  Russia	4.62 PB
Long jump	Darya Klishina  Russia	7.01 WL	Éloyse Lesueur  France	6.90 NR	Erica Jarder  Sweden	6.71 PB
Triple jump	Olha Saladuha  Ukraine	14.88 WL, NR	Irina Gumenyuk  Russia	14.30	Simona La Mantia  Italy	14.26 SB
Shot put	Christina Schwanitz  Germany	19.25	Alena Kopets  Belarus	18.85	Chiara Rosa  Italy	18.37 SB

Combined

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
Pentathlon	Antoinette Nana Djimou  France	4666	Yana Maksimava  Belarus	4658 PB	Hanna Melnychenko  Ukraine	4604

Medal table

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Russia	4	6	3	13
2	France	4	3	2	9
3	Great Britain	4	3	1	8
4	Ukraine	3	0	1	4
5	Spain	1	3	0	4
6	Italy	1	2	3	6
	Sweden	1	2	3	6
8	Germany	1	2	2	5
9	Belarus	1	2	1	4
10	Poland	1	1	1	3
11	Czech Republic	1	0	4	5
12	Serbia	1	0	1	2
13	Azerbaijan	1	0	0	1
	Netherlands	1	0	0	1
	Portugal	1	0	0	1
16	Bosnia and Herzegovina	0	1	0	1
	Turkey	0	1	0	1
18	Ireland	0	0	3	3
19	Bulgaria	0	0	1	1
Totals (19 entries)		26	26	26	78

Participating nations

A total of 577 athletes from 47 countries has participated in the championships.^[1]

In brackets: Squad size

Broadcasting

TV4 in Sweden is the host broadcaster of the 2013 European Athletics Indoor Championships.^[4]

Territory	Rights holder
Croatia	HTV2
Denmark	DR3
Europe	Eurosport
Ireland	RTÉ
Latvia	LTV 7
Poland	TVP Sport
Romania	TVR2, TVR HD
Spain	Teledeporte
Sweden	TV4
Great Britain	BBC

References

External links

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