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European Competitions in Athletics

1969 9th European Championships - Athens

 

16/09/1969 - 21/09/1969 Athens

Greece

Host city Athens, Greece
Date(s) 16 – 21 September 1969
Main stadium Georgios Karaiskakis Stadium
Level Senior
Type Outdoor
Participation 674 athletes from
30 nations
Events 38
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The 9th European Athletics Championships were held from 16–21 September 1969 in the Karaiskaki Stadium of Athens, the capital of Greece. New at these championships were the women's 1500 metres and the women's 4×400 metres relay event. Moreover, women's 80 metres hurdles was replaced by women's 100 metres hurdles. 

Former East German runner Jürgen May who defected was not allowed to compete for his new country West Germany, because IAAF rules require him to live there for at least three years, as he competed already for East Germany in the 1966 championships. As a consequence, West German officials withdrew their athletes from all individual events, and decided to compete only in the relay races as a symbolic gesture not to disrespect the organising country.

The Dutch decathlete Edward de Noorlander was disqualified for the use of amphetamine, the first disqualification for doping in athletics.

Cold-War politics led to a boycott by the West German team for this major championships. The issue was the eligibility of the fastest 5,000 runner entered: Jurgen May. May had defected from East Germany to West Germany two years and three months previously. East Germany had erased May’s name from all their athletic records; West Germany was anxious to have him in their team for these championships. The IAAF had to rule on May’s eligibility and used the three-year qualification period for any athlete changing countries. As May had not met this three-year residency requirement, he was not allowed to compete. In response, the whole West German team withdrew. Thus the championships lost one of the very best teams. In the running events, this meant that Walter Adams, Bodo Tummler, Harald Norpoth and, of course, Jurgen May were denied a chance to compete. British runners took advantage of this and racked up an impressive tally of three gold, one silver and two bronze medals in the five running events.  

 

Participation

According to an unofficial count, 675 athletes from 30 countries participated in the event, one athlete more than the official number of 674 as published.

  •  Austria (9)
  •  Belgium (18)
  •  Bulgaria (19)
  •  Czechoslovakia (27)
  •  Denmark (8)
  •  East Germany (60)
  •  Finland (24)
  •  France (57)
  •  Gibraltar (1)
  •  Greece (24)
  •  Hungary (32)
  •  Iceland (3)
  •  Ireland (4)
  •  Italy (36)
  •  Liechtenstein (1)
  •  Luxembourg (4)
  •  Malta (1)
  •  Netherlands (9)
  •  Norway (18)
  •  Poland (51)
  •  Portugal (4)
  •  Romania (17)
  •  Soviet Union (79)
  •  Spain (6)
  •  Sweden (29)
  •   Switzerland (19)
  •  Turkey (10)
  •  United Kingdom (71)
  •  West Germany (16)
  •  Yugoslavia (18)

Medalists

Men

Event Gold Silver Bronze
100 metres  Valeriy Borzov (URS) 10.4  Alain Sarteur (FRA) 10.4  Philippe Clerc (SUI) 10.5
200 metres  Philippe Clerc (SUI) 20.6  Herman Burde (GDR) 20.9  Zenon Nowosz (POL) 20.9
400 metres  Jan Werner (POL) 45.7  Jean-Claude Nallet (FRA) 45.8  Stanisław Grędziński (POL) 45.8
800 metres  Dieter Fromm (GDR) 1:45.9  Jozef Plachý (TCH) 1:46.2  Manfred Matuschewski (GDR) 1:46.8
1500 metres  John Whetton (GBR) 3:39.4  Frank Murphy (IRL) 3:39.5  Henryk Szordykowski (POL) 3:39.8
5000 metres  Ian Stewart (GBR) 13:44.8  Rashid Sharafetdinov (URS) 13:45.8  Alan Blinston (GBR) 13:47.6
10,000 metres  Jürgen Haase (GDR) 28:41.6  Michael Tagg (GBR) 28:43.2  Nikolay Sviridov (URS) 28:45.8
110 metres hurdles  Eddy Ottoz (ITA) 13.5  David Hemery (GBR) 13.7  Alan Pascoe (GBR) 13.9
400 metres hurdles  Vyacheslav Skomorokhov (URS) 49.7  John Sherwood (GBR) 50.1  Andrew Todd (GBR) 50.3
3000 metres steeplechase  Mikhail Zhelev (BUL) 8:25.0  Aleksandr Morozov (URS) 8:25.6  Vladimir Dudin (URS) 8:26.6
4 × 100 metres relay  France
Alain Sarteur
Patrick Bourbeillon
Gérard Fenouil
François St.-Gilles
38.8  Soviet Union
Aleksandr Lebedev
Vladislav Sapeya
Nikolay Ivanov
Valeriy Borzov
39.3  Czechoslovakia
Ladislav Kříž
Dionys Szogedi
Jiří Kynos
Luděk Bohman
39.5
4 × 400 metres relay  France
Gilles Bertould
Christian Nicolau
Jacques Carette
Jean-Claude Nallet
3:02.3  Soviet Union
Yevgeniy Borisenko
Boris Savchuk
Yuriy Zorin
Aleksandr Bratchikov
3:03.0  West Germany
Horst-Rüdiger Schlöske
Ingo Röper
Gerhard Hennige
Martin Jellinghaus
3:03.1
Marathon  Ron Hill (GBR) 2:16:47.8  Gaston Roelants (BEL) 2:17:22.2  Jim Alder (GBR) 2:19:05.8
20 kilometres walk  Paul Nihill (GBR) 1:30:48.0  Leonida Karaiosifoglu (ROU) 1:31:06.4  Nikolay Smaga (URS) 1:31:20.2
50 kilometres walk  Christoph Hohne (GDR) 4:12:32.8  Peter Selzer (GDR) 4:16:09.6  Veniamin Soldatenko (URS) 4:23:04.8
High jump  Valentin Gavrilov (URS) 2.17 m  Reijo Vähälä (FIN) 2.17 m  Erminio Azzaro (ITA) 2.17 m
Pole vault  Wolfgang Nordwig (GDR) 5.30 m  Kjell Isaksson (SWE) 5.20 m  Aldo Righi (ITA) 5.10 m
Long jump  Igor Ter-Ovanesyan (URS) 8.17 m  Lynn Davies (GBR) 8.07 m  Tõnu Lepik (URS) 8.04 m
Triple jump  Viktor Saneyev (URS) 17.34 m  Zoltán Cziffra (HUN) 16.85 m  Klaus Neumann (GDR) 16.68 m
Shot put  Dieter Hoffmann (GDR) 20.12 m  Heinz-Joachim Rothenburg (GDR) 20.05 m  Hans-Peter Gies (GDR) 19.78 m
Discus throw  Hartmut Losch (GDR) 61.82 m  Ricky Bruch (SWE) 61.08 m  Lothar Milde (GDR) 59.34 m
Javelin throw  Jānis Lūsis (URS) 91.52 m  Pauli Nevala (FIN) 89.58 m  Janusz Sidło (POL) 82.90 m
Hammer throw  Anatoliy Bondarchuk (URS) 74.68 m  Romuald Klim (URS) 72.74 m  Reinhard Theimer (GDR) 72.02 m
Decathlon  Joachim Kirst (GDR) 8041 pts  Herbert Wessel (GDR) 7828 pts  Viktor Chelnikov (URS) 7801 pts

Women

Event Gold Silver Bronze
100 metres  Petra Vogt (GDR) 11.6  Wilma van den Berg (NED) 11.7  Anita Neil (GBR) 11.8
200 metres  Petra Vogt (GDR) 23.2  Renate Meissner (GDR) 23.3  Valerie Peat (GBR) 23.3
400 metres  Nicole Duclos (FRA) 51.72  Colette Besson (FRA) 51.75  Maria Sykora (AUT) 53.0
800 metres  Lillian Board (GBR) 2:01.4  Anneliese Damm Olesen (DEN) 2:02.6  Vera Nikolić (YUG) 2:02.6
1500 metres  Jaroslava Jehličková (TCH) 4:10.7  Maria Gommers (NED) 4:11.9  Paola Pigni (ITA) 4:12.2
100 metres hurdles  Karin Balzer (GDR) 13.29  Bärbel Podeswa (GDR) 13.68  Teresa Nowak (POL) 13.77
4 × 100 metres relay  East Germany
Regina Hofer
Renate Meissner
Bärbel Podeswa
Petra Vogt
43.63  West Germany
Bärbel Hohnle
Jutta Stock
Rita Jahn-Wilden
Ingrid Becker
44.09  United Kingdom
Anita Neil
Denise Ramsden
Sheila Cooper
Valerie Peat
44.39
4 × 400 metres relay  United Kingdom
Rosemary Stirling
Pat Lowe
Janet Simpson
Lillian Board
3:30.8  France
Bernadette Martin
Nicole Duclos
Eliane Jacq
Colette Besson
3:30.8  West Germany
Christa Czekay
Antje Gleichfeld
Inge Eckhoff
Christel Frese
3:32.7
High jump  Miloslava Rezková (TCH) 1.83 m  Antonina Lazareva (URS) 1.83 m  Mária Mračnová (TCH) 1.83 m
Long jump  Mirosława Sarna (POL) 6.49 m  Viorica Viscopoleanu (ROU) 6.45 m  Berit Berthelsen (NOR) 6.44 m
Shot put  Nadezhda Chizhova (URS) 20.43 m  Margitta Gummel (GDR) 19.58 m  Marita Lange (GDR) 19.56 m
Discus throw  Tamara Danilova (URS) 59.28 m  Lyudmilla Muravyova (URS) 59.24 m  Karin Illgen (GDR) 58.66 m
Javelin throw  Angéla Németh (HUN) 59.76 m  Marta Vidos Paulanyi (HUN) 58.80 m  Valentina Evert (URS) 56.56 m
Pentathlon  Liese Prokop (AUT) 5030 pts  Meta Antenen (SUI) 4793 pts  Maria Chisiakova (URS) 4773 pts

Medal table

Rank Nation Gold Silver Bronze Total
1  East Germany 11 7 7 25
2  Soviet Union 9 7 7 23
3  Great Britain 6 4 7 17
4  France 3 4 0 7
5  Czechoslovakia 2 1 2 5
6  Poland 2 0 6 8
7  Hungary 1 2 0 3
8   Switzerland 1 1 1 3
9  Italy 1 0 3 4
10  Austria 1 0 1 2
11  Bulgaria 1 0 0 1
12=  Finland 0 2 0 2
12=  Sweden 0 2 0 2
12=  Romania 0 2 0 2
12=  Netherlands 0 2 0 2
16  West Germany 0 1 2 3
17=  Ireland 0 1 0 1
17=  Belgium 0 1 0 1
17=  Denmark 0 1 0 1
20=  Yugoslavia 0 0 1 1
20=  Norway 0 0 1 1
Placing Table                    
                     
Rk Country Gold Silver Bronze 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th Points
1 GDR 11 7 7 8 10 6 4 3 288
2 URS 9 7 8 7 7 3 3 4 250.5
3 GBR 6 4 7 1 1 5 5 6 158
4 FRA 3 4 0 5 4 2 2 4 107
5 POL 2 0 5 2 3 4 3 2 88
6 HUN 1 2 0 2 1 3 4 1 54
7 TCH 2 1 2 1 1 0 3 2 51.5
8 ITA 1 0 3 0 1 3 2 5 48
9 SWE 0 2 0 0 2 3 3 2 39
10 SUI 1 1 1 1 1 2 0 1 37
11 ROU 0 2 0 2 1 2 0 0 34
12 NED 0 2 0 1 2 1 0 1 31
13 YUG 0 0 1 2 1 1 1 0 25
14 BUL 1 0 0 3 0 0 0 1 24
14 FIN 0 2 0 1 0 0 1 3 24
16 BEL 0 1 0 1 2 0 1 1 23
17 FRG 0 1 2 0 0 1 0 0 22
18 AUT 1 0 1 0 0 1 2 0 21
19 NOR 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 11
20 DEN 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 10
21 IRL 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 9
22 GRE 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 5
23 TUR 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 4
24 LUX 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2
Men 100 m - Final   Athína 17 September   1969      
1 Valeriy Borzov URS 20 Oct 49 10.49 -2.7       SB
2 Alain Sarteur FRA 17 Jun 46 10.50 -2.7       SB
3 Philippe Clerc SUI 24 Dec 46 10.56 -2.7       SB
4 Gérard Fenouil FRA 23 Jun 45 10.71 -2.7       SB
5 Hermann Burde GDR 19 Feb 43 10.72 -2.7       PB
6 Barrie Kelly GBR 2 Aug 40 10.77 -2.7       SB
7 Peter Haase GDR 23 Jan 43 10.84 -2.7       PB
  René Metz FRA 18 Dec 50 DNS -2.7        
Men 100 m - Semifinal 1   Athína 16 September   1969      
1 Philippe Clerc SUI 24 Dec 46 10.5h -2.3   Q    
2 Valeriy Borzov URS 20 Oct 49 10.5h -2.3   Q    
3 René Metz FRA 18 Dec 50 10.5h -2.3   Q    
4 Peter Haase GDR 23 Jan 43 10.6h -2.3   Q    
5 Ludek Bohman TCH 2 Dec 46 10.6h -2.3        
6 Hans-Jürgen Bombach GDR 11 Aug 45 10.7h -2.3        
7 Ossi Karttunen FIN 17 Mar 48 10.7h -2.3        
8 Ron Jones GBR 19 Aug 34 10.8h -2.3        
Men 100 m - Semifinal 2   Athína 16 September   1969      
1 Alain Sarteur FRA 17 Jun 46 10.6h -3.1   Q    
2 Hermann Burde GDR 19 Feb 43 10.6h -3.1   Q    
3 Gérard Fenouil FRA 23 Jun 45 10.6h -3.1   Q    
4 Barrie Kelly GBR 2 Aug 40 10.6h -3.1   Q    
5 Zenon Nowosz POL 6 Feb 44 10.6h -3.1        
6 Hansruedi Wiedmer SUI 8 Sep 45 10.7h -3.1        
7 Aleksandr Lebedev URS 11 Apr 46 10.8h -3.1        
8 Vladislav Sapeya URS 11 Jun 43 10.8h -3.1        
Men 100 m - Heat 1   Athína 16 September   1969      
1 Valeriy Borzov URS 20 Oct 49 10.7h -3.2   Q    
2 Hansruedi Wiedmer SUI 8 Sep 45 10.8h -3.2   Q    
3 Hans-Jürgen Bombach GDR 11 Aug 45 10.8h -3.2   Q    
4 Ron Jones GBR 19 Aug 34 10.9h -3.2   Q    
5 Ivica Karasi YUG 13 Apr 45 11.0h -3.2        
6 Vasílios Papageorgopoulos GRE 27 Jun 47 11.0h -3.2        
7 Godwin Zammit MLT   11.8h -3.2        
Men 100 m - Heat 2   Athína 16 September   1969      
1 Hermann Burde GDR 19 Feb 43 10.7h -3.3   Q    
2 René Metz FRA 18 Dec 50 10.8h -3.3   Q    
3 Barrie Kelly GBR 2 Aug 40 10.8h -3.3   Q    
4 Ossi Karttunen FIN 17 Mar 48 10.8h -3.3   Q    
5 Tadeusz Cuch POL 17 Feb 45 10.9h -3.3        
6 Ladislav Kriz TCH 28 Jan 44 11.0h -3.3        
7 Paul Poels BEL 1 May 44 11.0h -3.3        
Men 100 m - Heat 3   Athína 16 September   1969      
1 Alain Sarteur FRA 17 Jun 46 10.6h -1.2   Q    
2 Peter Haase GDR 23 Jan 43 10.7h -1.2   Q    
3 Ludek Bohman TCH 2 Dec 46 10.8h -1.2   Q    
4 Vladislav Sapeya URS 11 Jun 43 10.8h -1.2   Q    
5 Don Halliday GBR 16 Jun 47 10.8h -1.2        
6 Orhan Aydin TUR 46 11.0h -1.2        
Men 100 m - Heat 4   Athína 16 September   1969      
1 Philippe Clerc SUI 24 Dec 46 10.7h -4.5   Q    
2 Zenon Nowosz POL 6 Feb 44 10.7h -4.5   Q    
3 Gérard Fenouil FRA 23 Jun 45 10.8h -4.5   Q    
4 Aleksandr Lebedev URS 11 Apr 46 10.8h -4.5   Q    
5 Dionyz Szogedi TCH 9 Oct 44 10.9h -4.5        
6 Axel Nepraunik AUT 3 Feb 45 10.9h -4.5        
7 Ole Bernt Skarstein NOR 5 May 45 11.0h -4.5        
8 Anders Faager SWE 3 Apr 47 12.4h -4.5        
Men 200 m - Final   Athína 20 September   1969      
1 Philippe Clerc SUI 24 Dec 46 20.70 0       CR
2 Hermann Burde GDR 19 Feb 43 20.94 0       PB
3 Zenon Nowosz POL 6 Feb 44 20.96 0       SB
4 Hans-Jürgen Bombach GDR 11 Aug 45 21.07 0       SB
5 Jirí Kynos TCH 24 Mar 43 21.09 0       SB
6 Hansruedi Wiedmer SUI 8 Sep 45 21.14 0       PB
7 Pasqualino Abeti ITA 2 Apr 48 21.18 0       SB
8 Philippe Guillet FRA 21 Jun 50 21.22 0       PB
Men 200 m - Semifinal 1   Athína 19 September   1969      
1 Philippe Clerc SUI 24 Dec 46 20.9h -1.2   Q    
2 Zenon Nowosz POL 6 Feb 44 20.9h -1.2   Q    
3 Hermann Burde GDR 19 Feb 43 21.0h -1.2   Q    
4 Pasqualino Abeti ITA 2 Apr 48 21.1h -1.2   Q    
5 Ludek Bohman TCH 2 Dec 46 21.1h -1.2        
6 Predrag Krizan YUG 10 Feb 46 21.2h -1.2        
7 Ladislav Kriz TCH 28 Jan 44 21.3h -1.2        
8 László Mihályfi HUN 2 Sep 39 21.5h -1.2        
Men 200 m - Semifinal 2   Athína 19 September   1969      
1 Hans-Jürgen Bombach GDR 11 Aug 45 21.2h -1.8   Q    
2 Jirí Kynos TCH 24 Mar 43 21.2h -1.8   Q    
3 Philippe Guillet FRA 21 Jun 50 21.2h -1.8   Q    
4 Hansruedi Wiedmer SUI 8 Sep 45 21.4h -1.8   Q    
5 Axel Nepraunik AUT 3 Feb 45 21.5h -1.8        
6 David Dear GBR 8 Jun 46 21.5h -1.8        
7 Nikolay Ivanov URS 2 Jun 42 21.6h -1.8        
  Barcelo de Carvalho POR 5 Sep 42 DNS -1.8        
Men 200 m - Heat 1   Athína 18 September   1969      
1 Ladislav Kriz TCH 28 Jan 44 21.4h -2.3   Q    
2 Predrag Krizan YUG 10 Feb 46 21.6h -2.3   Q    
3 Philippe Clerc SUI 24 Dec 46 21.7h -2.3   Q    
4 Barcelo de Carvalho POR 5 Sep 42 21.8h -2.3   Q    
5 Emile Jung LUX 21 Jun 49 22.2h -2.3        
Men 200 m - Heat 2   Athína 18 September   1969      
1 Pasqualino Abeti ITA 2 Apr 48 21.4h -4.5   Q    
2 Hansruedi Wiedmer SUI 8 Sep 45 21.4h -4.5   Q    
3 Jirí Kynos TCH 24 Mar 43 21.4h -4.5   Q    
4 David Dear GBR 8 Jun 46 21.6h -4.5        
5 Georgios Mikelidis GRE 30 Oct 45 21.8h -4.5        
6 Trendafil Terziyski BUL 23 Apr 41 21.8h -4.5        
Men 200 m - Heat 3   Athína 18 September   1969      
1 Nikolay Ivanov URS 2 Jun 42 21.6h -3.1   Q    
2 Axel Nepraunik AUT 3 Feb 45 21.7h -3.1   Q    
3 Hermann Burde GDR 19 Feb 43 21.7h -3.1   Q    
4 László Mihályfi HUN 2 Sep 39 21.8h -3.1   Q    
5 Ole Bernt Skarstein NOR 5 May 45 21.9h -3.1        
Men 200 m - Heat 4   Athína 18 September   1969      
1 Zenon Nowosz POL 6 Feb 44 21.2h -2.8   Q    
2 Philippe Guillet FRA 21 Jun 50 21.3h -2.8   Q    
3 Hans-Jürgen Bombach GDR 11 Aug 45 21.3h -2.8   Q    
4 Ludek Bohman TCH 2 Dec 46 21.4h -2.8   Q    
5 Ossi Karttunen FIN 17 Mar 48 21.4h -2.8        
Men 400 m - Final   Athína 18 September   1969      
1 Jan Werner POL 25 Jul 46 45.75         CR, SB
2 Jean-Claude Nallet FRA 15 Mar 47 45.81         SB
3 Stanislaw Gredzinski POL 19 Oct 45 45.83         PB
4 Jacques Carette FRA 1 Mar 47 45.92         PB
5 Aleksandr Bratchikov URS 21 Jul 47 45.94         NR, PB
6 Andrzej Badenski POL 10 May 43 46.09         SB
7 Boris Savchuk URS 9 Aug 43 46.38         PB
8 Sergio Bello ITA 6 May 42 46.63         PB
Men 400 m - Semifinal 1   Athína 17 September   1969      
1 Andrzej Badenski POL 10 May 43 46.4h     Q    
2 Jean-Claude Nallet FRA 15 Mar 47 46.6h     Q    
3 Jacques Carette FRA 1 Mar 47 46.7h     Q    
4 Boris Savchuk URS 9 Aug 43 46.7h     Q    
5 Claudio Trachelio ITA 20 Mar 49 46.9h          
6 John Robertson GBR 22 Feb 42 47.0h          
7 Martin Winbolt-Lewis GBR 14 Nov 46 47.2h          
8 Yuriy Zorin URS 4 Sep 47 47.8h          
Men 400 m - Semifinal 2   Athína 17 September   1969      
1 Stanislaw Gredzinski POL 19 Oct 45 46.4h     Q    
2 Aleksandr Bratchikov URS 21 Jul 47 46.5h     Q    
3 Jan Werner POL 25 Jul 46 46.5h     Q    
4 Sergio Bello ITA 6 May 42 47.0h     Q    
5 Colin Campbell GBR 20 Jun 46 47.2h          
6 Gilles Bertould FRA 16 May 49 47.2h          
7 Ulf Rönner SWE 3 Oct 46 47.4h          
8 Manuel Gayoso ESP 1 Jan 44 47.6h          
Men 400 m - Heat 1   Athína 16 September   1969      
1 Andrzej Badenski POL 10 May 43 46.9h     Q    
2 Claudio Trachelio ITA 20 Mar 49 47.0h     Q    
3 Boris Savchuk URS 9 Aug 43 47.3h     Q    
4 Gilles Bertould FRA 16 May 49 47.6h     Q    
5 Luciano Susanj YUG 10 Nov 48 48.4h          
6 Georgi Bozhkov BUL 21 Jun 46 48.5h          
Men 400 m - Heat 2   Athína 16 September   1969      
1 Jean-Claude Nallet FRA 15 Mar 47 47.8h     Q    
2 Jan Werner POL 25 Jul 46 47.8h     Q    
3 John Robertson GBR 22 Feb 42 47.8h     Q    
4 Manuel Gayoso ESP 1 Jan 44 48.1h     Q    
5 Emile Jung LUX 21 Jun 49 48.6h          
Men 400 m - Heat 3   Athína 16 September   1969      
1 Stanislaw Gredzinski POL 19 Oct 45 46.6h          
2 Aleksandr Bratchikov URS 21 Jul 47 46.7h          
3 Colin Campbell GBR 20 Jun 46 46.8h          
4 Sergio Bello ITA 6 May 42 47.2h          
5 Willy Vandenwyngaerden BEL 2 Oct 45 47.5h          
6 Richard Simonsen NOR 20 Jun 45 47.8h          
7 Haris Dimitriou GRE 41 48.8h          
Men 400 m - Heat 4   Athína 16 September   1969      
1 Yuriy Zorin URS 4 Sep 47 46.5h     Q    
2 Jacques Carette FRA 1 Mar 47 46.7h     Q    
3 Martin Winbolt-Lewis GBR 14 Nov 46 46.7h     Q    
4 Ulf Rönner SWE 3 Oct 46 46.9h     Q    
5 Barcelo de Carvalho POR 5 Sep 42 47.2h          
6 Ramón Magariños ESP 16 Feb 48 48.0h          
Men 800 m - Final   Athína 19 September   1969      
Dieter Fromm holds of
fast-finishing Plachy

The absence of Walter Adams of West Germany meant that the top two East Germans, Dieter Fromm and Manfred Matuschewski had only one real challenger, Jozef Plachy of Czechoslovakia. All three had PBs in the 1:45 range, so tactics were crucial. The talented but relatively inexperienced Plachy had to contend with not two but three East Germans in the final. And it would take a savvy runner to deal with this disadvantage. At the other end of the scale, there could hardly have been a more experienced racer than Matuschewski, who was 10 years older than the 20-year-old Plachy and who had won the last two European 800s in 1962 and 1966.

Erhard Schulze, the third East German took the lead and ensured the pace was on the slow side. He passed the bell in 53.5 while his two team-mates kept the talented young Czech boxed in. This tactic enabled Fromm to get the jump on Plachy along the back straight. The outmaneuvered Plachy fought hard to pull the East German back and made up a lot of ground in the last 25 meters, but he was still 0.3 of a second behind at the tape. The aging Matuschewski was third, half a second behind Plachy, while the third East German, Schulze, was last in 1:55.4.

1 Dieter Fromm GDR 21 Apr 48 1.45.98         CR, SB
2 Jozef Plachý TCH 28 Feb 49 1.46.26          
3 Manfred Matuschewski GDR 2 Sep 39 1.46.83          
4 Yevgeniy Arzhanov URS 22 Apr 48 1.47.1h         SB
5 Hansueli Mumenthaler SUI 19 May 43 1.47.2h         =PB
6 Andrzej Kupczyk POL 26 Oct 48 1.47.5h         SB
7 Noel Carroll IRL 7 Dec 41 1.49.1h         SB
8 Erhard Schulze GDR 26 May 47 1.55.4h          
Men 800 m - Semifinal 1   Athína 18 September   1969      
1 Yevgeniy Arzhanov URS 22 Apr 48 1.49.2h     Q    
2 Erhard Schulze GDR 26 May 47 1.49.4h     Q    
3 Manfred Matuschewski GDR 2 Sep 39 1.49.4h     Q    
4 Noel Carroll IRL 7 Dec 41 1.49.5h     Q    
5 Andy Carter GBR 29 Jan 49 1.49.6h         SB
6 Joze Medjimurec YUG 6 Aug 45 1.49.6h         SB
7 Stanislaw Waskiewicz POL 9 Sep 47 1.49.6h         SB
8 Tomás Jungwirth TCH 24 Nov 42 1.50.0h         SB
Men 800 m - Semifinal 2   Athína 18 September   1969      
1 Jozef Plachý TCH 28 Feb 49 1.48.9h     Q    
2 Dieter Fromm GDR 21 Apr 48 1.49.0h     Q    
3 Hansueli Mumenthaler SUI 19 May 43 1.49.1h     Q    
4 Andrzej Kupczyk POL 26 Oct 48 1.49.2h     Q    
5 David Cropper GBR 26 Dec 45 1.50.0h         SB
6 Robert Adams GBR 27 May 42 1.50.9h          
7 Sergey Kryuchok URS 27 Feb 42 1.53.3h          
8 Kazimierz Wardak POL 4 Mar 47 1.57.1h          
Men 800 m - Heat 1   Athína 17 September   1969      
1 Erhard Schulze GDR 26 May 47 1.48.7h     Q    
2 Robert Adams GBR 27 May 42 1.49.2h     Q   PB
3 Jozef Plachý TCH 28 Feb 49 1.49.8h     Q    
4 Stanislaw Waskiewicz POL 9 Sep 47 1.50.4h     Q    
5 Joze Medjimurec YUG 6 Aug 45 1.50.5h     Q    
6 Zlatko Valchev BUL 25 Jul 43 1.50.6h         PB
Men 800 m - Heat 2   Athína 17 September   1969      
1 Andrzej Kupczyk POL 26 Oct 48 1.50.5h     Q    
2 David Cropper GBR 26 Dec 45 1.50.8h     Q    
3 Manfred Matuschewski GDR 2 Sep 39 1.50.9h     Q    
4 Yevgeniy Arzhanov URS 22 Apr 48 1.51.0h     Q    
5 Tomás Jungwirth TCH 24 Nov 42 1.51.0h     Q    
6 Knut Brustad NOR 23 Jul 45 1.51.1h         PB
7 Rudi Simon BEL 23 Mar 46 1.51.1h         SB
8 Ali Erte TUR 48 1.53.5h         PB
Men 800 m - Heat 3   Athína 17 September   1969      
1 Dieter Fromm GDR 21 Apr 48 1.50.1h     Q    
2 Hansueli Mumenthaler SUI 19 May 43 1.50.1h     Q    
3 Noel Carroll IRL 7 Dec 41 1.50.2h     Q    
4 Andy Carter GBR 29 Jan 49 1.50.3h     Q    
5 Kazimierz Wardak POL 4 Mar 47 1.50.3h     Q   SB
6 Sergey Kryuchok URS 27 Feb 42 1.50.3h     Q    
7 Michel Medinger LUX 18 Apr 41 1.50.8h         PB
Men 1500 m - Final   Athína 20 September   1969      

This race was hugely affected by the absence of Tummler and Norpoth, who had run third and fourth in the Olympics the previous year. The fifth man in that Olympic 1,500, John Whetton, was in the race, but he wasn’t considered one of the favorites. Italian Franco Arese, Andre de Hertoghe of Belgium and Jean Wadoux of France were the most fancied. But none of these three was in the hunt at the end.

On the back straight of the last lap, it was Frank Murphy of Ireland  who led into the last curve. Whetton, who was fourth, then moved up two places: “With 200 to go I managed to nip through on the inside of Arese and de Hertoghe, right behind Murphy.” (Nelson and Quercetani, The Milers, p.349) He followed Murphy into the home straight before making his final effort.  Murphy resisted well, but Whetton just managed to pass him for the narrowest of wins. The Englishman, who had raced a lot indoors, showed he had the racing skills to do just enough to win. Whetton was regarded as a surprise winner, but the Villanova-trained Murphy was just as surprising in second, although he had recently beaten Whetton for the British AAA title. The race for third place was just as close with both Szordykowski of Poland and Salve of Belgium clocking the same time.

1 John Whetton GBR 6 Sep 41 3.39.45         CR, PB
2 Frank Murphy IRL 21 May 47 3.39.51         NR, SB
3 Henryk Szordykowski POL 3 Jun 44 3.39.87          
4 Edgar Salvé BEL 26 Aug 46 3.39.91         PB
5 André De Hertoghe BEL 19 Apr 41 3.40.9h         SB
6 Jean Wadoux FRA 29 Jan 42 3.41.7h         SB
7 Pavel Penkava TCH 26 Dec 44 3.41.7h         SB
8 Francesco Arese ITA 13 Apr 44 3.42.2h         SB
9 Pekka Vasala FIN 17 Apr 48 3.44.1h         SB
10 Vladimir Panteley URS 3 May 45 3.45.0h         SB
11 Jerzy Maluski POL 28 Jan 46 3.48.4h          
12 Pierre Viaux FRA 23 Feb 45 3.57.3h          
Men 1500 m - Heat 1   Athína 18 September   1969      
1 Francesco Arese ITA 13 Apr 44 3.53.4h     Q    
2 John Whetton GBR 6 Sep 41 3.53.6h     Q    
3 Jerzy Maluski POL 28 Jan 46 3.53.6h     Q    
4 Pavel Penkava TCH 26 Dec 44 3.53.8h     Q    
5 Anatoliy Verlan URS 26 Dec 43 3.54.0h          
  Knut Brustad NOR 23 Jul 45 DNF          
Men 1500 m - Heat 2   Athína 18 September   1969      
1 André De Hertoghe BEL 19 Apr 41 3.44.10     Q    
2 Henryk Szordykowski POL 3 Jun 44 3.44.1h     Q    
3 Frank Murphy IRL 21 May 47 3.44.3h     Q    
4 Pierre Viaux FRA 23 Feb 45 3.45.4h     Q    
5 Jim Douglas GBR 9 Sep 45 3.46.4h         SB
6 Mehmet Tümkan TUR 2 Oct 43 3.47.0h         SB
7 Hansruedi Knill SUI 21 May 40 3.47.9h         SB
8 Mikhail Zhelobovskiy URS 8 May 46 3.48.2h         SB
9 Renzo Finelli ITA 24 Aug 45 3.53.0h         SB
Men 1500 m - Heat 3   Athína 18 September   1969      
1 Edgar Salvé BEL 26 Aug 46 3.53.6h     Q    
2 Vladimir Panteley URS 3 May 45 3.53.6h     Q    
3 Jean Wadoux FRA 29 Jan 42 3.53.8h     Q    
4 Pekka Vasala FIN 17 Apr 48 3.53.8h     Q    
5 John Boulter GBR 18 Nov 40 3.53.9h         SB
6 Atanas Atanasov BUL 19 Sep 45 3.56.1h         SB
7 Eryk Zelazny POL 2 Dec 43 3.57.8h          
Men 5000 m - Final   Athína 19 September   1969      
Ian Stewart "toyed with the field."

With sub-13:30 runners Norpoth  and Wadoux absent, the best prospects were Diessner of East Germany, Sharafutdinov of the USSR and 20-year-old Brit Ian Stewart, who had won the European 3,000 indoor title earlier in the year. The pace was slow; the first four laps were all between 67 and 69. This slow pace concerned Stewart, who was aware both of Diessner’s finishing speed and of the dangers of a chaotic mass finish. So the Englishman moved into the lead and upped the pace a little to 66 laps. The 3,000 was reached in 8:21 (13:55 pace).

No one else wanted to lead, despite Stewart’s invitations, so eventually he just stopped. This surprised the field and got the race going. With two laps to go Puttemans made his effort. Here Stewart tells the story: “I went again at 600 meters, but I only half went and at the bell I was leading from Diessner and the Russian [Sharafutdinov], I think. I was still not running flat out, and coming down the back straight the Russian took me; I could see he was sprinting flat out.”  (Alastair Aitken, More than Winning, p.136-7) Stewart decided  to wait: “I thought, ‘I’ll hit him on the crown of the bend to take him unawares.’ I thought he would not think I would come at him there. I was feeling pretty good then; I was pretty confident I was going to win.” (Aitken, p. 137) And this is exactly what Stewart did, and he reached the tape a full second ahead of Sharafutdinov. According to Neil Allen, Stewart “toyed with the field and destroyed them.” (Times, Sept. 20, 1969) Stewart’s last lap, in which he did not look extended, was 56.3; and his last 1,000 was 2:32.6. Alan Blinston’s excellent third (he ran 13:40 in 1968 and 1969) was another plus for the British team.

1 Ian Stewart GBR 15 Jan 49 13.44.8h         SB
2 Rashid Sharafyetdinov URS 10 Jul 43 13.45.8h         SB
3 Alan Blinston GBR 15 Jun 44 13.47.6h         SB
4 Bernd Diessner GDR 16 Mar 46 13.50.4h         SB
5 Danijel Korica YUG 10 Jun 45 13.51.4h         SB
6 Giuseppe Ardizzone ITA 17 Feb 47 13.51.8h         SB
7 Emiel Puttemans BEL 8 Oct 47 13.53.2h         SB
8 Bengt Nåjde SWE 19 May 42 13.55.8h         SB
9 Noel Tijou FRA 12 Dec 41 13.56.8h         SB
10 Rene Jourdan FRA 12 May 43 13.58.4h          
11 Ivan Shopsha URS 4 Jan 39 14.01.8h          
12 Stanislav Petr TCH 15 Sep 44 14.12.8h         SB
13 Michael Baxter GBR 28 May 45 14.19.0h         SB
Men 10000 m - Final   Athína 16 September   1969      

The summer heat of Athens had an impact on this race, as one of the favorites, Dick Taylor of Britain, suffered from heat exhaustion and finished a distant 15th. But it was Jurgen Haase, fresh from a new European record of 28:04.4 in July, who was most fancied. The 24-year-old German was the current European 10,000 champion too, having outsprinted the field after a big battle with Roelants of Belgium. The veteran Roelants was also in the field again.

Not surprisingly the heat influenced the early pace, which was very slow. This was ideal for Haase, who possessed by far the best kick among the finalists. Eventually Roelants realized that he had to up the pace. But his bursts were always matched by Haase, who sprinted away to victory at the bell. His 28:41 time was excellent in the conditions and his 55.8 last lap impressive.  Roelants, paying for his attempts to break Haase was eight seconds behind in fifth. The surprise was the second-place finish of British cross-country champion Mike Tagg, who put in a 57 last lap and was the only one to be able to match Haase’s burst at the bell. “In a race like this,” Tagg said, “Haase couldn’t be beaten. It was perfect for him.” (Track & Field News, Sept, 1969)

1 Jürgen Haase GDR 19 Jan 45 28.41.6h         SB
2 Mike Tagg GBR 13 Nov 46 28.43.2h         SB
3 Nikolay Sviridov URS 6 Jul 38 28.45.8h         SB
4 Drago Zuntar YUG 7 Oct 44 28.46.0h         SB
5 Gaston Roelants BEL 5 Feb 37 28.49.8h         SB
6 Michael Freary GBR 25 Jul 38 28.49.8h         SB
7 Rene Jourdan FRA 12 May 43 28.57.0h          
8 Georgi Tikhov BUL 29 Sep 42 29.04.0h         SB
9 Noel Tijou FRA 12 Dec 41 29.15.2h         SB
10 Danijel Korica YUG 10 Jun 45 29.16.0h         SB
11 Giuseppe Cindolo ITA 5 Aug 45 29.31.0h         SB
12 Henri Le Pape FRA 23 Dec 40 29.41.2h          
13 Edward Legowski POL 14 Jan 47 29.41.6h         SB
14 Janos Szerenyi HUN 21 Aug 38 29.49.8h         SB
15 Dick Taylor GBR 3 Jan 45 NT          
16 Denes Simon HUN 22 Mar 39 NT          
Men Marathon - Final   Athína 21 September   1969      

Marathon

Ron Hill was running for second
until he saw Roelants up ahead.

 

The heat was of course a big factor, though the day of this race was not as hot a anticipated. And to deal with the heat properly required confidence as it was imperative to hold back in the early stages. Nedaljko Farcic of Yugoslavia led from 2 miles. As he opened up a gap, he made an insecure Roelants make the mistake of going after him too early. The Belgian soon had the lead to himself. Ron Hill, on the other hand, had started very conservatively. He gradually moved through the field. Soon after the hilly section started at 12 miles, he caught Farcic. By this time Roelants was well ahead and out of sight, so Hill believed he was now racing for second place.  

 

Roelants kept looking back.

Farcic held on to Hill until 15 Miles (24.4K) before dropping back. Meanwhile, Jim Alder had been moving rapidly through the field. Hi momentum took him past Hill at 17 miles (27.3K). “I had no intention of trying to stay with him,” Hill wrote later. “I was going fast enough to know that I would finish.” (The Long, Hard Road, Part 2, p.52)  At 30K Alder was over a minute behind Roelants but held a 30-meter advantage over Hill. Their positions stayed the same for several miles, but at the last uphill section Hill caught the Scot and moved away—with 6 miles (10K) to go. Roelants  was having his problems at the front and had begun to worry about his chasers. The Belgian finally came into Hill’s sight with less than 2K to go. Hill, spurred by this unexpected good fortune and the way Roelants kept looking back, went after him. He finally passed Roelants just before the stadium. “I’d done it,” Hill said after, “but we were bloody lucky.” (Times, Sept. 22, 1969) In the last K, after nearly being hit by a Landrover doing a U-turn, Hill moved ahead to a clear 34.4 second victory. In third, a slowing Alder managed to hold off Busch.

1 Ron Hill GBR 25 Sep 38 2.16.47.8h         SB
2 Gaston Roelants BEL 5 Feb 37 2.17.22.2h         SB
3 Jim Alder GBR 10 Jun 40 2.19.05.8h         SB
4 Jürgen Busch GDR 24 Dec 42 2.19.34.4h         SB
5 Ismail Akçay TUR 9 Jul 42 2.22.16.8h         SB
6 Denes Simon HUN 22 Mar 39 2.22.58.8h         PB
7 Michal Wojcik POL 29 Sep 36 2.23.36.6h         PB
8 Yuriy Volkov URS 23 Aug 38 2.24.09.6h         SB
9 Maurice Peiren BEL 23 Dec 37 2.24.10.6h         SB
10 Anatoliy Skripnik URS 14 Oct 37 2.25.14.8h         SB
11 Huseyin Aktaş TUR 25 Mar 41 2.27.51.0h         SB
12 Zdzislaw Bogusz POL 31 May 37 2.28.37.0h         SB
13 Michael Molloy IRL 13 Mar 38 2.28.38.0h         SB
14 Carlos Pérez ESP 1 Jun 35 2.29.28.6h         SB
15 Yuriy Velikorodnykh URS 18 Feb 42 2.31.46.8h         SB
16 Gyula Tóth HUN 12 Apr 37 2.32.24.6h         SB
17 Nedjalko Farcic YUG 12 Oct 41 2.35.57.0h         PB
18 Aad Steylen NED 1 Aug 35 2.37.35.0h         PB
19 Hamza Canavar TUR 19 Feb 43 2.39.45.0h         PB
20 Andre Lacour FRA 1 Mar 40 2.40.20.8h         SB
21 Stanislav Petr TCH 15 Sep 44 2.40.44.0h         PB
22 Gilbert Gauthier FRA 30 Oct 34 2.45.31.0h         SB
23 Jean-Marie Wagnon FRA 11 May 40 2.47.19.0h         PB
24 Nikolaos Avlakiotis GRE 6 Jul 38 2.47.53.8h         PB
25 Armando Aldegalega POR 23 Nov 37 NT          
26 Georgios Fakiolas GRE 3 Jan 36 NT          
27 Jimmy Parody GIB 29 Aug 39 NT          
  Vaclav Mladek TCH 18 Apr 42 DNF          
  Pentti Rummakko FIN 12 Oct 43 DNF          
  Bill Adcocks GBR 11 Nov 41 DNF          
  Dimitrios Vouros GRE 39 DNF          
  Bjarne Sletten NOR 22 May 38 DNF          
Men 3000 m steeple - Final   Athína 20 September   1969      
1 Mikhail Zhelev BUL 15 Jul 43 8.25.02         CR, NR, PB
2 Aleksandr Morozov URS 13 Nov 39 8.25.57          
3 Vladimiras Dudinas URS 13 Dec 41 8.26.6h          
4 Georgi Tikhov BUL 29 Sep 42 8.27.2h         SB
5 Jean-Paul Villain FRA 1 Nov 46 8.33.4h         SB
6 Arne Risa NOR 5 May 44 8.34.4h         SB
7 Kazimierz Maranda POL 23 Feb 47 8.34.6h         SB
8 Gerry Stevens GBR 23 May 41 8.36.6h          
9 Jean-Pierre Ouine FRA 2 Feb 40 8.39.6h          
10 Wolfgang Luers POL 12 Jul 44 8.46.6h          
11 Bengt Persson SWE 31 Oct 39 8.56.1h          
12 Hans Menet SUI 29 May 40 9.02.6h          
Men 3000 m steeple - Heat 1   Athína 18 September   1969      
1 Vladimiras Dudinas URS 13 Dec 41 8.43.8h     Q    
2 Arne Risa NOR 5 May 44 8.44.0h     Q    
3 Georgi Tikhov BUL 29 Sep 42 8.44.4h     Q    
4 Jean-Pierre Ouine FRA 2 Feb 40 8.44.5h     Q    
5 Wolfgang Luers POL 12 Jul 44 8.45.6h     Q    
6 Hans Menet SUI 29 May 40 8.47.2h     Q   SB
7 John Jackson GBR 29 Sep 41 8.48.4h          
8 Pavel Sysoyev URS 27 Feb 41 8.54.8h         SB
9 Eddy Van Butsele BEL 13 Jul 47 9.04.6h         SB
10 Stanislaw Smitkowski POL 13 Nov 44 9.07.4h         SB
Men 3000 m steeple - Heat 2   Athína 18 September   1969      
1 Aleksandr Morozov URS 13 Nov 39 8.44.4h     Q    
2 Gerry Stevens GBR 23 May 41 8.45.4h     Q    
3 Mikhail Zhelev BUL 15 Jul 43 8.45.6h     Q    
4 Kazimierz Maranda POL 23 Feb 47 8.48.0h     Q    
5 Jean-Paul Villain FRA 1 Nov 46 8.50.0h     Q    
6 Bengt Persson SWE 31 Oct 39 8.51.0h     Q   SB
7 Gheorghe Cefan ROU 16 Feb 47 8.58.2h         SB
8 Toni Feldmann SUI 20 Sep 48 9.01.2h         SB
9 Umberto Risi ITA 31 Dec 40 9.03.2h         SB
Men 110 m hurdles - Final   Athína 20 September   1969      
1 Eddy Ottoz ITA 3 Jun 44 13.59 0       CR, SB
2 David Hemery GBR 18 Jul 44 13.74 0       SB
3 Alan Pascoe GBR 1 Oct 47 13.94 0       SB
4 Guy Drut FRA 6 Dec 50 14.08 0        
5 Raimund Bethge GDR 7 Jul 47 14.10 0       =PB
6 Pierre Schoebel FRA 24 Dec 42 14.10 0       SB
7 Kjellfred Weum NOR 30 Jul 40 14.18 0       SB
8 Sergio Liani ITA 3 Aug 43 14.19 0       SB
Men 110 m hurdles - Semifinal 1   Athína 19 September   1969      
1 Eddy Ottoz ITA 3 Jun 44 13.8h -1.2   Q    
2 Alan Pascoe GBR 1 Oct 47 14.0h -1.2   Q    
3 Pierre Schoebel FRA 24 Dec 42 14.0h -1.2   Q    
4 Kjellfred Weum NOR 30 Jul 40 14.1h -1.2   Q    
5 Frank Siebeck GDR 17 Aug 49 14.1h -1.2        
6 Werner Kuhn SUI 10 Mar 43 14.1h -1.2        
7 Marek Jozwik POL 10 Apr 47 14.4h -1.2        
8 Marco Acerbi ITA 29 Apr 49 14.5h -1.2        
Men 110 m hurdles - Semifinal 2   Athína 19 September   1969      
1 David Hemery GBR 18 Jul 44 13.8h -1.2   Q    
2 Guy Drut FRA 6 Dec 50 13.8h -1.2   Q    
3 Raimund Bethge GDR 7 Jul 47 14.1h -1.2   Q   PB
4 Sergio Liani ITA 3 Aug 43 14.1h -1.2   Q    
5 Håkon Fimland NOR 8 Mar 42 14.2h -1.2        
6 Nicolae Pertea ROU 10 Aug 44 14.3h -1.2        
7 Bo Forssander SWE 2 Aug 42 14.4h -1.2        
8 Lubomir Nádenicek TCH 11 Mar 47 14.5h -1.2        
Men 110 m hurdles - Heat 1   Athína 18 September   1969      
1 Guy Drut FRA 6 Dec 50 14.0h -2.8   Q    
2 Alan Pascoe GBR 1 Oct 47 14.3h -2.8   Q    
3 Kjellfred Weum NOR 30 Jul 40 14.5h -2.8   Q    
4 Marco Acerbi ITA 29 Apr 49 14.6h -2.8   Q    
5 Wilfried Geeroms BEL 14 Jul 41 14.6h -2.8        
6 Ari Salin FIN 20 Jan 47 14.7h -2.8        
Men 110 m hurdles - Heat 2   Athína 18 September   1969      
1 Eddy Ottoz ITA 3 Jun 44 13.8h -2.4   Q    
2 Håkon Fimland NOR 8 Mar 42 14.2h -2.4   Q    
3 Nicolae Pertea ROU 10 Aug 44 14.3h -2.4   Q    
4 Marek Jozwik POL 10 Apr 47 14.3h -2.4   Q    
5 Viktor Balikhin URS 5 Oct 38 14.5h -2.4        
6 Jean-Pierre Corval FRA 16 Jan 49 14.5h -2.4        
7 Hans van Enkhuizen NED 20 Jun 46 15.2h -2.4        
Men 110 m hurdles - Heat 3   Athína 18 September   1969      
1 David Hemery GBR 18 Jul 44 13.8h -2.8   Q    
2 Werner Kuhn SUI 10 Mar 43 14.1h -2.8   Q    
3 Frank Siebeck GDR 17 Aug 49 14.1h -2.8   Q    
4 Sergio Liani ITA 3 Aug 43 14.2h -2.8   Q    
5 Athanasios Lazaridis GRE 6 Oct 43 14.5h -2.8        
6 Alberto Matos POR 7 Dec 44 14.6h -2.8        
Men 110 m hurdles - Heat 4   Athína 18 September   1969      
1 Pierre Schoebel FRA 24 Dec 42 14.2h -2.6   Q    
2 Raimund Bethge GDR 7 Jul 47 14.3h -2.6   Q    
3 Bo Forssander SWE 2 Aug 42 14.5h -2.6   Q    
4 Lubomir Nádenicek TCH 11 Mar 47 14.6h -2.6   Q    
5 Stuart Storey GBR 16 Sep 42 14.7h -2.6        
Men 400 m hurdles - Final   Athína 18 September   1969      
1 Vyacheslav Skomorokhov URS 4 Oct 40 49.70         SB
2 John Sherwood GBR 4 Jun 45 50.10         SB
3 Andy Todd GBR 26 May 48 50.38         PB
4 Hansjörg Wirz SUI 9 Jun 43 50.8h          
5 Francois Huard FRA 17 Dec 45 51.1h          
6 Wilhelm Weinstand POL 8 Sep 45 51.2h          
7 Tadeusz Kulczycki POL 1 Feb 48 51.3h          
8 Giorgio Ballati ITA 2 Apr 46 52.4h          
Men 400 m hurdles - Heat 1   Athína 16 September   1969      
1 Vyacheslav Skomorokhov URS 4 Oct 40 50.9h     Q    
2 Francois Huard FRA 17 Dec 45 51.6h     Q    
3 Andy Todd GBR 26 May 48 51.6h     Q    
4 Stavros Tziortzis GRE 15 Sep 49 52.4h          
5 Zdzislaw Serafin POL 16 Aug 48 53.5h          
6 Alberto Matos POR 7 Dec 44 53.6h          
Men 400 m hurdles - Heat 2   Athína 16 September   1969      
1 Hansjörg Wirz SUI 9 Jun 43 51.3h     Q    
2 John Sherwood GBR 4 Jun 45 51.4h     Q    
3 Tadeusz Kulczycki POL 1 Feb 48 51.4h     Q    
4 Karel Brems BEL 11 Apr 45 52.5h          
5 Zoran Majstorovic YUG 18 Jul 47 52.8h          
Men 400 m hurdles - Heat 3   Athína 16 September   1969      
1 Giorgio Ballati ITA 2 Apr 46 51.20     Q   SB
2 Wilhelm Weinstand POL 8 Sep 45 51.60     Q   PB
3 Zsoltan Ringhoffer HUN 25 Jan 45 51.80         PB
4 Anatoliy Kazakov URS 16 Sep 42 52.20         PB
5 Khristo Gergov BUL 23 Jan 43 53.40         PB
Men High jump - Final   Athína 19 September   1969      
1 Valentin Gavrilov URS 26 Jul 46 2.17          
2 Reijo Vähälä FIN 7 Mar 46 2.17         PB
3 Erminio Azzaro ITA 2 Jan 48 2.17         SB
4 Henri Elliott FRA 15 Feb 46 2.14         SB
5 István Major HUN 20 May 49 2.14         SB
6 Christer Celion SWE 31 Jan 47 2.14         =SB
7 József Tihányi HUN 30 May 46 2.11         =SB
8 Valeriy Skvortsov URS 31 May 45 2.08          
8 Ladislav Borodac TCH 24 Feb 46 2.08          
10 Luis Garriga ESP 14 Jun 45 2.08          
10 Robert Sainte-Rose FRA 5 Jul 43 2.08         =SB
10 Miodrag Todosijevic YUG 14 Sep 41 2.08         =SB
13 Serban Ioan ROU 2 May 48 2.08          
14 Jan Dahlgren SWE 19 Feb 47 2.00          
15 Sergey Martynov URS 18 Apr 45 2.00          
  Luis Garriga ESP 14 Jun 45 2.11     Q   PB
  István Major HUN 20 May 49 2.11     Q    
  József Tihányi HUN 30 May 46 2.11     Q   SB
  Erminio Azzaro ITA 2 Jan 48 2.11     Q    
  Serban Ioan ROU 2 May 48 2.11     Q   SB
  Valentin Gavrilov URS 26 Jul 46 2.11     Q    
  Valeriy Skvortsov URS 31 May 45 2.11     Q   SB
  Jan Dahlgren SWE 19 Feb 47 2.11     Q   =SB
  Christer Celion SWE 31 Jan 47 2.11     Q    
  Ladislav Borodac TCH 24 Feb 46 2.11     Q   PB
  Sergey Martynov URS 18 Apr 45 2.11     Q   PB
  Reijo Vähälä FIN 7 Mar 46 2.08     q    
  Robert Sainte-Rose FRA 5 Jul 43 2.08     q   SB
  Henri Elliott FRA 15 Feb 46 2.08     q    
  Miodrag Todosijevic YUG 14 Sep 41 2.08     q   SB
  Christian Leherisse FRA 20 Jul 46 2.05         PB
  Ioánnis Kousoulas GRE 5 Jan 50 2.05         SB
  Csaba Dosza ROU 31 Jan 51 2.05         SB
  Thomas Wiesser SUI 28 Dec 49 2.05         PB
  Michel Portmann SUI 26 Aug 41 2.05         PB
  Rudolf Baudis TCH 12 Apr 47 2.05         PB
  Herbert Hüttl GDR 20 Jul 47 2.00         PB
  Murat Ayat TUR 44 1.95         PB
Men Pole vault - Final   Athína 20 September   1969      
1 Wolfgang Nordwig GDR 28 Aug 43 5.30         CR, SB
2 Kjell Isaksson SWE 28 Feb 46 5.20         SB
3 Aldo Righi ITA 29 Jul 47 5.10         PB
4 Hristos Papanikolaou GRE 25 Nov 41 5.00         SB
5 John-Erik Blomqvist SWE 17 May 45 5.00          
6 Joachim Bär GDR 7 Sep 41 5.00         PB
7 Mike Bull GBR 11 Sep 46 5.00         PB
8 Erkki Mustakari FIN 13 Mar 46 4.90         PB
9 Alain-Pierre Legrain FRA 26 Jul 47 4.80         =PB
10 Risto Ivanoff FIN 5 Jul 46 4.70          
11 Gianfranco Mariani ITA 4 Jul 44 4.70          
  Yuriy Isakov URS 30 Dec 49 NH          
  Risto Ivanoff FIN 5 Jul 46 4.80     Q   SB
  Alain-Pierre Legrain FRA 26 Jul 47 4.80     Q   PB
  Wolfgang Nordwig GDR 28 Aug 43 4.80     Q    
  Joachim Bär GDR 7 Sep 41 4.80     Q    
  Hristos Papanikolaou GRE 25 Nov 41 4.80     Q    
  Aldo Righi ITA 29 Jul 47 4.80     Q    
  Gianfranco Mariani ITA 4 Jul 44 4.80     Q   PB
  John-Erik Blomqvist SWE 17 May 45 4.80     Q    
  Erkki Mustakari FIN 13 Mar 46 4.70     q    
  Mike Bull GBR 11 Sep 46 4.70     q    
  Yuriy Isakov URS 30 Dec 49 4.70     q   SB
  Kjell Isaksson SWE 28 Feb 46 4.70     q    
  Robert Steinhacker HUN 2 Sep 50 4.50         PB
  François Tracanelli FRA 4 Feb 51 NH          
  Renato Dionisi ITA 21 Nov 47 NH          
Men Long jump - Final   Athína 18 September   1969      
1 Igor Ter-Ovanesyan URS 19 May 38 8.17         SB
2 Lynn Davies GBR 20 May 42 8.07         SB
3 Tõnu Lepik URS 1 May 46 8.04         SB
4 Klaus Beer GDR 14 Nov 42 8.03         SB
5 Leonid Barkovskiy URS 13 Dec 40 8.02         SB
6 Max Klauss GDR 27 Jul 47 8.00         SB
7 Jacques Pani FRA 21 May 46 7.87          
8 Gerard Ugolini FRA 9 Feb 49 7.87         SB
9 Christian Tourret FRA 20 Sep 46 7.82         SB
10 Nenad Stekic YUG 7 Mar 51 7.78         SB
11 Terje Haugland NOR 11 Apr 44 7.58          
12 Jesper Tørring DEN 27 Sep 47 7.41         SB
13 Vasile Sarucan ROU 23 Aug 45 7.34          
Men Long jump - Qualification   Athína 17 September   1969      
1 Igor Ter-Ovanesyan URS 19 May 38 7.87     Q   SB
2 Klaus Beer GDR 14 Nov 42 7.82     Q    
3 Leonid Barkovskiy URS 13 Dec 40 7.79     Q   SB
4 Vasile Sarucan ROU 23 Aug 45 7.66     Q   SB
5 Lynn Davies GBR 20 May 42 7.64     q   SB
6 Christian Tourret FRA 20 Sep 46 7.58     q    
7 Gerard Ugolini FRA 9 Feb 49 7.57     q    
8 Jacques Pani FRA 21 May 46 7.56     q    
9 Tõnu Lepik URS 1 May 46 7.54     q   SB
10 Max Klauss GDR 27 Jul 47 7.53     q    
11 Terje Haugland NOR 11 Apr 44 7.35     q    
12 Jesper Tørring DEN 27 Sep 47 7.35     q    
13 Nenad Stekic YUG 7 Mar 51 7.35     q   SB
14 Zdzislaw Kokot POL 22 Jan 47 7.30         PB
15 Stanislaw Cabaj POL 28 Aug 46 7.27         PB
16 Finn Bendixen NOR 27 Jun 49 7.27         SB
17 Hannu Kyösola FIN 26 Jan 45 7.24          
18 Mihai Zaharia ROU 28 Nov 43 7.23         PB
19 Waldemar Stepien POL 10 Jun 46 7.23          
20 Rafael Blanquer ESP 14 Oct 45 7.22         SB
21 Alan Lerwill GBR 15 Nov 46 7.20         SB
22 Miljenko Rak YUG 20 Sep 47 7.15         SB
23 Lars-Olof Höök SWE 1 Mar 45 7.13         SB
24 Philippe Housiaux BEL 10 Dec 47 7.07         PB
25 Pertti Pousi FIN 24 Jun 46 6.81          
Men Triple jump - Final   Athína 17 September   1969      
1 Viktor Sanejev URS 3 Oct 45 17.34w 4.1        
2 Zoltán Cziffra HUN 10 Nov 42 16.85w 6.4        
3 Klaus Neumann GDR 4 Jan 42 16.68w 2.4        
4 Carol Corbu ROU 8 Feb 46 16.56w 2.8        
5 Nikolay Dudkin URS 5 Jun 47 16.46w 5.6        
6 Jörg Drehmel GDR 3 May 45 16.23 0.5       SB
7 Giuseppe Gentile ITA 4 Sep 43 16.03 1.8       SB
8 Serge Firca FRA 11 Mar 48 15.94 0.8       SB
9 Tony Wadhams GBR 16 May 44 15.90w 2.4        
10 Henrik Kalocsai HUN 28 Nov 40 15.79 1.2       SB
11 Kristen Fløgstad NOR 11 Apr 47 15.71 0.6       SB
12 Georgi Stoykovski BUL 10 May 41 15.14 0.4       SB
Men Triple jump - Qualification   Athína 16 September   1969      
1 Klaus Neumann GDR 4 Jan 42 16.78     Q   SB
2 Carol Corbu ROU 8 Feb 46 16.76     Q   SB
3 Viktor Sanejev URS 3 Oct 45 16.66     Q    
4 Nikolay Dudkin URS 5 Jun 47 16.65     Q   SB
5 Tony Wadhams GBR 16 May 44 16.49w 5.6   Q    
6 Serge Firca FRA 11 Mar 48 16.40     Q   PB
7 Georgi Stoykovski BUL 10 May 41 16.39     Q   SB
8 Henrik Kalocsai HUN 28 Nov 40 16.21     Q   SB
9 Zoltán Cziffra HUN 10 Nov 42 16.15     Q    
10 Jörg Drehmel GDR 3 May 45 16.15     Q    
11 Giuseppe Gentile ITA 4 Sep 43 16.11     Q   SB
12 Kristen Fløgstad NOR 11 Apr 47 16.04     q   SB
13 Andrzej Lasocki POL 5 Oct 45 16.00         SB
14 Birger Nyberg SWE 26 Aug 44 15.85         SB
15 Evangelos Vlassis GRE 27 Dec 44 15.78         PB
16 Raymond Prive FRA 18 May 48 15.52         PB
Men Shot - Final   Athína 18 September   1969      
1 Dieter Hoffmann GDR 27 Aug 42 20.12         CR
2 Heinz-Joachim Rothenburg GDR 9 Apr 44 20.05         SB
3 Hans-Peter Gies GDR 9 May 47 19.78         SB
4 Matti Yrjölä FIN 26 Mar 38 19.27         SB
5 Pierre Colnard FRA 18 Feb 29 19.06         SB
6 Eduard Gushchin URS 27 Jul 40 18.91         SB
7 Vilmos Varjú HUN 10 Jun 37 18.78         SB
8 Nikolay Karasyov URS 29 Nov 39 18.71          
9 Miroslav Janousek TCH 2 Feb 45 18.67         SB
10 Edy Hubacher SUI 15 Apr 40 18.67         SB
11 Seppo Simola FIN 27 Jul 36 18.65         SB
12 Yves Brouzet FRA 5 Sep 48 18.42          
Men Shot - Qualification   Athína 17 September   1969      
1 Dieter Hoffmann GDR 27 Aug 42 19.72     Q   CR
2 Hans-Peter Gies GDR 9 May 47 19.51     Q    
3 Heinz-Joachim Rothenburg GDR 9 Apr 44 19.51     Q    
4 Matti Yrjölä FIN 26 Mar 38 19.18     Q    
5 Pierre Colnard FRA 18 Feb 29 18.96     Q    
6 Nikolay Karasyov URS 29 Nov 39 18.83     Q   SB
7 Eduard Gushchin URS 27 Jul 40 18.80     Q    
8 Vilmos Varjú HUN 10 Jun 37 18.62     q    
9 Yves Brouzet FRA 5 Sep 48 18.54     q   SB
10 Edy Hubacher SUI 15 Apr 40 18.48     q    
11 Miroslav Janousek TCH 2 Feb 45 18.47     q    
12 Seppo Simola FIN 27 Jul 36 18.41     q    
13 Flavio Asta ITA 10 Sep 46 18.34          
14 Ricky Bruch SWE 2 Jul 46 18.34          
15 Bengt Bendéus SWE 3 May 44 18.21          
16 Sándor Holub HUN 26 Jan 43 17.92         SB
17 Arnjolt Beer FRA 19 Jun 44 17.78         SB
18 Jeffrey Teale GBR 20 Dec 39 17.77         PB
19 Thord Carlsson SWE 21 Jan 43 17.76          
20 Hans Schulze-Bauer AUT 15 Aug 46 17.42          
21 Georgios Lemonis GRE 12 Apr 43 17.38         PB
22 Guðmundur Hermansson ISL 28 Jul 25 17.16         PB
Men Discus - Final   Athína 18 September   1969      
1 Hartmut Losch GDR 11 Sep 43 61.82         CR, SB
2 Ricky Bruch SWE 2 Jul 46 61.08          
3 Lothar Milde GDR 8 Nov 34 59.34          
4 Ludvík Danek TCH 6 Jan 37 59.30         SB
5 Vladimir Lyakhov URS 17 Jun 37 59.10         SB
6 Ferenc Tégla HUN 15 Jul 47 58.18          
7 Günter Schaumburg GDR 1 Jan 43 57.88         SB
8 Kaj Andersen DEN 4 Nov 43 56.26         SB
9 Jaroslav Vidrna TCH 17 Jan 41 55.70          
10 Géza Fejér HUN 20 Apr 45 55.64         SB
11 Edy Hubacher SUI 15 Apr 40 54.12         PB
12 Edmund Piatkowski POL 31 Jan 36 53.64          
13 Jouko Montonen FIN 13 Dec 37 53.46         SB
Men Discus - Qualification   Athína 16 September   1969      
1 Hartmut Losch GDR 11 Sep 43 59.86     Q   CR
2 Ferenc Tégla HUN 15 Jul 47 58.42     Q    
3 Lothar Milde GDR 8 Nov 34 58.40     Q    
4 Ludvík Danek TCH 6 Jan 37 58.14     Q    
5 Ricky Bruch SWE 2 Jul 46 58.00     Q    
6 Vladimir Lyakhov URS 17 Jun 37 57.66     q    
7 Edmund Piatkowski POL 31 Jan 36 56.70     q    
8 Kaj Andersen DEN 4 Nov 43 55.46     q    
9 Günter Schaumburg GDR 1 Jan 43 55.36     q    
10 Jaroslav Vidrna TCH 17 Jan 41 54.54     q    
11 Edy Hubacher SUI 15 Apr 40 53.88     q    
12 Géza Fejér HUN 20 Apr 45 53.44     q    
13 Jouko Montonen FIN 13 Dec 37 53.38     q    
14 William Tancred GBR 6 Aug 42 53.30         SB
15 Zbigniew Gryzbon POL 4 Mar 49 50.70         SB
16 Erlendur Valdimarsson ISL 5 Nov 47 49.84         SB
17 János Murányi HUN 13 Jan 44 49.76         SB
18 Peter Tancred GBR 20 Oct 49 48.24         SB
  Pentti Kahma FIN 3 Dec 43 NM          
  Nicos Tsiaris GRE 5 Jun 43 NM          
Men Hammer - Final   Athína 20 September   1969      
1 Anatoliy Bondarchuk URS 31 May 40 74.68         WR
2 Romuald Klim URS 25 May 33 72.74          
3 Reinhard Theimer GDR 28 Feb 48 72.02         SB
4 Gyula Zsivótzky HUN 25 Feb 37 69.68          
5 Jochen Sachse GDR 2 Oct 48 68.60         SB
6 Lázár Lovász HUN 24 May 42 66.90         SB
7 Sándor Eckschmiedt HUN 25 Oct 38 66.02          
8 Howard Payne GBR 17 Apr 31 65.90         SB
9 Kauko Harlos FIN 24 Sep 33 65.16         SB
10 Johann Pötsch AUT 2 Mar 33 64.00         PB
11 Dimitar Mindov BUL 7 May 46 61.48          
12 Lars-Inge Ström SWE 21 May 42 61.44          
Men Hammer - Qualification   Athína 19 September   1969      
1 Reinhard Theimer GDR 28 Feb 48 71.06         CR
2 Gyula Zsivótzky HUN 25 Feb 37 69.98         SB
3 Anatoliy Bondarchuk URS 31 May 40 69.06          
4 Romuald Klim URS 25 May 33 68.50          
5 Lázár Lovász HUN 24 May 42 66.86          
6 Jochen Sachse GDR 2 Oct 48 66.72          
7 Sándor Eckschmiedt HUN 25 Oct 38 66.68         SB
8 Kauko Harlos FIN 24 Sep 33 64.74          
9 Howard Payne GBR 17 Apr 31 64.58          
10 Johann Pötsch AUT 2 Mar 33 63.20          
11 Lars-Inge Ström SWE 21 May 42 62.70          
12 Dimitar Mindov BUL 7 May 46 62.08         PB
13 Georgios Babaniotis GRE 21 Jan 42 61.98         SB
14 Ernst Ammann SUI 24 Jan 41 60.88         SB
15 Jacques Accambray FRA 23 May 50 60.76         SB
16 Carlos Sustelo POR 27 Jul 45 60.54         PB
17 Stanislaw Lubiejewski POL 27 May 47 59.50         SB
18 Gerard Chadefaux FRA 23 Apr 46 59.42          
19 Erlendur Valdimarsson ISL 5 Nov 47 51.04         PB
Men Javelin, old model - Final   Athína 19 September   1969      
1 Janis Lūsis URS 19 May 39 91.52         CR, =SB
2 Pauli Nevala FIN 30 Nov 40 89.58          
3 Janusz Sidlo POL 19 Jun 33 82.90         SB
4 Gergely Kulcsár HUN 10 Mar 34 81.14          
5 Wieslaw Sieranski POL 23 Jun 47 79.74         SB
6 Janis Donins URS 20 Apr 46 79.10         SB
7 Esko Kuutti FIN 29 Jun 43 78.84          
8 Wladyslaw Nikiciuk POL 9 Mar 40 77.48          
9 David Travis GBR 9 Sep 45 76.32         SB
10 Jorma Kinnunen FIN 15 Dec 41 74.82          
11 Andreas Kaponis GRE 18 Jun 48 73.24         PB
12 Carlo Lievore ITA 10 Nov 37 72.06         SB
13 Milcho Milevski BUL 18 May 45 71.66         SB
Men Decathlon - Final   Athína 18 September   1969      
1 Joachim Kirst GDR 21 May 47 7910         CR, SB
2 Herbert Wessel GDR 12 Mar 44 7683         PB
3 Viktor Chelnokov URS 2 Jan 48 7653         PB
4 Nikolay Avilov URS 6 Aug 48 7648         SB
5 Rüdiger Demmig GDR 12 Jan 45 7469         PB
6 Horst Mandl AUT 8 Jan 36 7439          
7 Lennart Hedmark SWE 18 May 44 7402         SB
8 Urs Trautmann SUI 30 Mar 40 7332         PB
9 Leonid Litvinenko URS 28 Jan 49 7245         SB
10 Spas Dzhurov BUL 28 Feb 44 7204         PB
11 József Bákái HUN 15 Mar 42 7167         SB
12 Charlemagne Anyamah FRA 28 Jan 38 7146         PB
13 Tadeusz Janczenko POL 1 Sep 46 6956         SB
14 Hannu Kyösola FIN 26 Jan 45 6979         SB
15 Steen Smidt-Jensen DEN 26 Jan 45 7011         SB
16 Jan Neckar TCH 10 Dec 45 6927         PB
17 Yordan Miyakov BUL 10 Jan 43 6851         PB
18 Rafael Cano ESP 22 Sep 43 6841         SB
19 Vasilios Sevastis GRE 27 May 49 6120         PB
20 Franz Biedermann LIE 4 May 46 6542         PB
  Freddy Herbrandt BEL 1 Jun 44 DNF          
  Clive Longe GBR 23 Feb 39 DNF          
  Edward de Noorlander NED 10 Mar 45 DQ          
  Arthur Hess SUI 29 Apr 49 DNF          

Detailed View

Rank Name Nationality 100m LJ SP HJ 400m 110m H DT PV JT 1500m Points Notes
1st Joachim Kirst  East Germany 10.8 7.62 16.28 2.13 47.9 15.9 44.70 4.10 57.60 4:58.7 7910 (8041) CR
2nd Herbert Wessel  East Germany 10.9 7.37 w 14.21 1.98 49.6 15.4 40.98 4.60 54.16 4:37.0 7683 (7828)  
3rd Viktor Chelnokov  Soviet Union 10.9 6.98 w 15.12 1.86 49.0 16.7 47.34 4.10 67.86 4:31.5 7653 (7801)  
4 Nikolay Avilov  Soviet Union 11.4 7.40 w 13.39 2.04 49.2 15.0 41.86 4.10 58.76 4:28.9 7648 (7779)  
5 Rüdiger Demmig  East Germany 11.1 7.03 w 13.38 1.89 48.0 15.0 43.56 4.20 53.12 4:37.0 7469 (7631)  
6 Horst Mandl  Austria 11.3 7.15 13.38 1.92 49.8 15.1 40.00 4.40 58.42 4:38.8 7439 (7579)  
7 Lennart Hedmark  Sweden 11.4 7.13 w 13.62 1.89 50.2 15.5 42.44 4.10 66.64 4:42.3 7402 (7531)  
8 Urs Trautmann   Switzerland 11.3 7.04 w 14.17 1.95 50.8 15.9 44.60 3.90 61.86 4:42.6 7332 (7487)  
9 Leonid Litvinenko  Soviet Union 11.1 7.13 w 13.90 1.83 49.2 15.0 41.02 3.40 54.08 4:24.3 7245 (7410)  
10 Spas Dzhurov  Bulgaria 11.1 6.79 w 15.02 1.83 50.3 15.7 41.38 4.10 55.36 4:41.6 7204 (7384)  
11 József Bákái  Hungary 11.2 7.26 w 14.32 1.89 52.1 16.6 46.46 4.20 60.84 5:11.0 7167 (7334)  
12 Charlemagne Anyanah  France 11.1 6.65 13.67 1.89 50.2 15.3 38.50 4.00 59.48 4:44.8 7146 (7321)  
13 Tadeusz Janczenko  Poland 10.9 7.28 w 12.81 1.92 50.4 17.1 40.48 4.00 53.10 5:01.1 6956 (7163)  
14 Hannu Kyösola  Finland 11.2 7.46 13.09 1.80 50.1 16.0 35.54 3.30 61.90 4:35.8 6979 (7113)  
15 Steen Smidt-Jensen  Denmark 11.2 6.81 w 11.99 2.01 50.8 15.1 40.38 4.00 53.10 5:01.1 7011 (7091)  
16 Jan Neckář  Czechoslovakia 11.7 6.50 w 13.01 1.92 52.9 15.9 40.36 3.70 68.16 4:36.4 6927 (7077)  
17 Yordan Miyakov  Bulgaria 11.6 6.49 w 14.26 1.75 53.2 16.1 41.84 4.10 61.44 4:40.9 6851 (7016)  
18 Rafael Cano  Spain 11.2 7.17 w 11.22 1.89 50.0 15.8 33.42 3.90 52.32 4:40.6 6841 (7005)  
19 Vasilios Sevastis  Greece 11.5 7.45 w 12.00 NH 50.6 16.2 36.02 3.50 51.80 4:30.2 6120 (6768)  
20 Franz Biedermann  Liechtenstein 11.7 6.61 w 10.23 1.80 51.3 16.4 33.16 4.10 57.64 4:30.0 6542 (6696)  
  Freddy Herbrandt  Belgium 11.3 7.55 w 13.49 1.98 57.3 16.5 42.18 4.00 44.88   DNF  
  Clive Longe  United Kingdom 11.2 6.84 w 14.22 1.75 49.7 15.5 42.86 4.40 NM   DNF  
  Arthur Hess   Switzerland 10.9 7.25 w 13.53 1.80             DNF  
  Edward de Noorlander  Netherlands 11.4 7.02 w 13.46 2.01 49.2 15.1 40.40 4.10 50.94 4:20.5 DQ  

:The Dutch athlete Edward de Noorlander initially finished 6th, but was disqualified for the use of amphetamine. This was the first disqualification for doping in athletics.

 

Men 20 km walk - Final   Athína 16 September   1969      
1 Paul Nihill GBR 5 Sep 39 1.30.48.0h         SB
2 Leonida Caraiosifoglu ROU 31 Oct 44 1.31.06.4h         PB
3 Nikolay Smaga URS 22 Aug 38 1.31.20.2h         SB
4 Gerhard Sperling GDR 15 Nov 37 1.32.04.0h         SB
5 Hans-Georg Reimann GDR 24 Aug 41 1.33.04.0h         SB
6 Abdon Pamich ITA 3 Oct 33 1.34.15.0h         PB
7 Boris Yakovlev URS 16 Jul 45 1.35.19.0h         SB
8 John Webb GBR 21 Dec 36 1.35.51.0h         SB
9 Stefan Ingvarsson SWE 14 Dec 46 1.36.26.8h         SB
10 Pasquale Busca ITA 16 Oct 48 1.37.11.0h         SB
11 Victor Schuch ROU 9 Aug 42 1.37.42.0h         PB
12 Gabriele Nigro ITA 24 Jan 45 1.38.15.0h         PB
13 Peter Fullager GBR 19 Apr 43 1.38.24.0h         SB
14 Vasile Ilie ROU 27 Jul 45 1.43.23.0h         PB
15 János Dalmati HUN 26 Feb 42 1.43.53.8h         SB
16 Kjell Lund NOR 23 Jan 44 1.45.22.4h         SB
17 Edmund Paziewski POL 16 Jun 35 1.46.45.8h         SB
18 Helge Abrahamsen NOR 20 Nov 39 1.47.37.4h         PB
19 Robert Rinchard BEL 29 May 31 1.50.25.6h         PB
  Charles Sowa LUX 15 Apr 33 DQ          
  Gennadiy Agapov URS 5 Dec 33 DQ          
Men 50 km walk - Final   Athína 18 September   1969      
1 Christoph Höhne GDR 12 Feb 41 4.12.32.8h         CR, SB
2 Peter Selzer GDR 25 Jun 46 4.16.09.6h         SB
3 Venyamin Soldatenko URS 4 Jan 39 4.23.04.8h         SB
4 Otto Barch URS 20 Dec 43 4.25.45.8h         SB
5 Raymond Middleton GBR 9 Aug 36 4.27.00.0h         SB
6 Stefan Ingvarsson SWE 14 Dec 46 4.32.07.2h         SB
7 Charles Sowa LUX 15 Apr 33 4.33.24.6h         SB
8 Alexandr Bilek TCH 20 Jan 41 4.34.25.8h         SB
9 Henri Delerue FRA 14 Nov 39 4.35.10.4h         SB
10 János Dalmati HUN 26 Feb 42 4.38.09.0h         SB
11 Edmund Paziewski POL 16 Jun 35 4.45.15.0h         PB
12 Stig-Erik Lindberg SWE 3 Jul 31 4.45.53.4h         SB
13 Robert Rinchard BEL 29 May 31 5.09.46.0h         PB
14 Aynur Ayhan TUR   5.10.16.4h         PB
  Paavo Pohjolainen FIN 23 Sep 38 DQ          
  Guy Bailly FRA 7 Dec 32 DNF          
  Bryan Elley GBR 28 Jan 39 DNF          
  Sahun Lightman GBR 15 Apr 43 DNF          
  Burkhard Leuschke GDR 27 Apr 40 DQ          
  Antal Kiss HUN 30 Dec 35 DNF          
  Abdon Pamich ITA 3 Oct 33 DNF          
  Vittorio Visini ITA 25 May 45 DNF          
  Odd Landehagen NOR 10 Sep 38 DNF          
  Tore Brustad NOR 20 Sep 43 DNF          
  Sergey Bondarenko URS 21 Jun 36 DQ          
Men 4 x 100 m - Final   Athína 20 September   1969      
1 Alain Sarteur, Patrick Bourbeillon, Gérard Fenouil, Francois Saint Gilles FRA   38.89         CR
2 Aleksandr Lebedev RUS, Vladislav Sapeya BLR, Nikolay Ivanov RUS, Valeriy Borzov UKR URS   39.40          
3 Ladislav Kriz CZE, Dionyz Szogedi, Jirí Kynos CZE, Ludek Bohman CZE TCH   39.52         NR
4 Stanislaw Wagner, Edward Romanowski, Zenon Nowosz, Tadeusz Cuch POL   39.55          
5 Günther Gollos GER, Peter Haase GER, Hermann Burde GER, Hans-Jürgen Bombach GER GDR   39.67          
6 Manfred Knickenberg GER, Gerhard Wucherer GER, Volker Stöckel GER, Günter Nickel GER FRG   39.68          
7 Miro Kocuvan, Gabor Lendjel, Ivica Karasi CRO, Predrag Krizan YUG   39.72          
8 Giorgio Rietti, Ennio Preatino, Angelo Squazzero, Francesco Zandano ITA   39.85          
Men 4 x 100 m - Heat 1   Athína 19 September   1969      
1 Alain Sarteur, Patrick Bourbeillon, Gérard Fenouil, Francois Saint Gilles FRA   39.3h     Q   CR
2 Ladislav Kriz CZE, Dionyz Szogedi, Jirí Kynos CZE, Ludek Bohman CZE TCH   39.6h     Q    
3 Stanislaw Wagner, Edward Romanowski, Zenon Nowosz, Tadeusz Cuch POL   39.6h     Q    
4 Giorgio Rietti, Ennio Preatino, Angelo Squazzero, Francesco Zandano ITA   39.8h     Q    
5 Vasílios Papageorgopoulos, Georgios Mikelidis, Antonios Mitrakis, Nikolaos Argiris GRE   40.5h          
Men 4 x 100 m - Heat 2   Athína 19 September   1969      
1 Günther Gollos GER, Peter Haase GER, Hermann Burde GER, Hans-Jürgen Bombach GER GDR   39.6h     Q    
2 Miro Kocuvan, Gabor Lendjel, Ivica Karasi CRO, Predrag Krizan YUG   40.0h     Q    
3 Manfred Knickenberg GER, Günter Nickel GER, Gerhard Wucherer GER, Volker Stöckel GER FRG   40.0h     Q    
4 Aleksandr Lebedev RUS, Vladislav Sapeya BLR, Nikolay Ivanov RUS, Valeriy Borzov UKR URS   40.1h     Q    
5 Ian Green, Ron Jones, David Dear, Don Halliday GBR   40.2h          
Men 4 x 400 m - Final   Athína 20 September   1969      
1 Gilles Bertould 46.2, Christian Nicolau 45.7, Jacques Carette 45.3, Jean-Claude Nallet 45.1 FRA   3.02.30         CR
2 Yevgeniy Borisenko 46.7 RUS, Boris Savchuk 46.0 UKR, Yuriy Zorin 45.7 RUS, Aleksandr Bratchikov 44.6 RUS URS   3.03.05          
3 Horst-Rüdiger Schlöske 46.6 GER, Ingo Roper 46.2 GER, Gerd Hennige 45.7 GER, Martin Jellinghaus 44.6 GER FRG   3.03.13          
4 Jan Balachowski 47.0, Stanislaw Gredzinski 45.9, Andrzej Badenski 45.5, Jan Werner 44.7 POL   3.03.16          
5 Claudio Trachelio, Sergio Bello, Giacomo Puosi, Furio Fusi ITA   3.04.10          
6 Gwynne Griffiths 47.4, Colin Campbell 45.8, Martin Winbolt-Lewis 45.4, John Robertson 45.6 GBR   3.04.20          
7 Tore Nilsson, Michael Fredriksson, Lars Gustafsson, Ulf Rönner SWE   3.08.90          
8 Rene Bervoets, Tony Goovaerts, Karel Brems, Willy Vandenwyngaerden BEL   3.10.80          
Men 4 x 400 m - Heat 1   Athína 19 September   1969      
1 Horst-Rüdiger Schlöske GER, Gerd Hennige GER, Ingo Roper GER, Martin Jellinghaus GER FRG   3.06.00     Q    
2 Jacques Carette, Christian Nicolau, Gilles Bertould, Jean-Claude Nallet FRA   3.09.90     Q    
3 Furio Fusi, Giacomo Puosi, Claudio Trachelio, Sergio Bello ITA   3.09.90     Q    
4 Rene Bervoets, Tony Goovaerts, Karel Brems, Willy Vandenwyngaerden BEL   3.10.40     Q    
5 Georgi Ganchev, Zlatko Valchev, Khristo Gergov, Georgi Bozhkov BUL   3.10.90          
6 Haris Dimitriou, Stavros Tziortzis, Dionyssios Hatzidakis, Konstantinos Mihailidis GRE   3.15.40          
Men 4 x 400 m - Heat 2   Athína 19 September   1969      
1 Gwynne Griffiths, John Robertson, Colin Campbell, Martin Winbolt-Lewis GBR   3.28.90     Q    
2 Yevgeniy Borisenko RUS, Yuriy Zorin RUS, Boris Savchuk UKR, Aleksandr Bratchikov RUS URS   3.33.80     Q    
3 Tore Nilsson, Lars Gustafsson, Michael Fredriksson, Ulf Rönner SWE   3.35.10     Q    
4 Jan Balachowski, Stanislaw Gredzinski, Andrzej Badenski, Jan Werner POL   3.43.20     Q    
Women 100 m - Final   Athína 17 September   1969      
1 Petra Kandarr GDR 20 Aug 50 11.66 -0.4       PB
2 Wilma van Gool NED 11 Aug 47 11.74 -0.4       SB
3 Anita Neil GBR 5 Apr 50 11.81 -0.4       SB
4 Valerie Peat GBR 30 Apr 47 11.87 -0.4       PB
5 Karin Balzer GDR 5 Jun 38 11.88 -0.4       PB
6 Regina Hofer GDR 18 Oct 47 11.90 -0.4        
7 Eva Glesková TCH 26 Jul 43 11.90 -0.4       =SB
8 Sylviane Telliez FRA 30 Oct 42 11.92 -0.4       SB
Women 100 m - Semifinal 1   Athína 17 September   1969      
1 Petra Kandarr GDR 20 Aug 50 11.7h -1.3   Q    
2 Anita Neil GBR 5 Apr 50 11.7h -1.3   Q    
3 Sylviane Telliez FRA 30 Oct 42 11.8h -1.3   Q    
4 Regina Hofer GDR 18 Oct 47 11.9h -1.3   Q   PB
5 Miroslawa Sarna POL 8 Jun 42 12.0h -1.3        
6 Nadezhda Besfamilnaya URS 27 Dec 50 12.0h -1.3        
7 Lyudmila Mikhailova URS 5 Jun 43 12.2h -1.3        
  Mariana Goth ROU 16 Jan 49 DNS -1.3        
Women 100 m - Semifinal 2   Athína 17 September   1969      
1 Wilma van Gool NED 11 Aug 47 11.7h -2.3   Q    
2 Karin Balzer GDR 5 Jun 38 11.8h -2.3   Q    
3 Valerie Peat GBR 30 Apr 47 11.9h -2.3   Q    
4 Eva Glesková TCH 26 Jul 43 11.9h -2.3   Q   SB
5 Else Hadrup DEN 17 Apr 48 12.0h -2.3        
6 Danuta Jedrejek POL 17 Jan 47 12.1h -2.3        
7 Galina Mitrokhina URS 9 Feb 44 12.1h -2.3        
  Madeline Cobb GBR 3 Jul 40 DNS -2.3        
Women 100 m - Heat 1   Athína 17 September   1969      
1 Karin Balzer GDR 5 Jun 38 11.9h -3.1   Q    
2 Else Hadrup DEN 17 Apr 48 12.0h -3.1   Q    
3 Miroslawa Sarna POL 8 Jun 42 12.0h -3.1   Q    
4 Mariana Goth ROU 16 Jan 49 12.2h -3.1   Q    
5 Anne Van Rensbergen BEL 25 May 49 12.2h -3.1        
6 Ivanka Venkova BUL 3 Nov 52 12.6h -3.1        
Women 100 m - Heat 2   Athína 17 September   1969      
1 Petra Kandarr GDR 20 Aug 50 11.6h -2.8   Q    
2 Anita Neil GBR 5 Apr 50 11.9h -2.8   Q    
3 Danuta Jedrejek POL 17 Jan 47 12.1h -2.8   Q    
4 Galina Mitrokhina URS 9 Feb 44 12.2h -2.8   Q    
5 Dominique Descatoire FRA 31 Dec 48 12.7h -2.8        
6 Annette Berger LUX 30 Jan 51 12.9h -2.8        
7 Kristín Jónsdóttir ISL 22 Aug 51 13.3h -2.8        
Women 100 m - Heat 3   Athína 17 September   1969      
1 Valerie Peat GBR 30 Apr 47 12.0h -3.5   Q    
2 Regina Hofer GDR 18 Oct 47 12.1h -3.5   Q    
3 Eva Glesková TCH 26 Jul 43 12.2h -3.5   Q    
4 Nadezhda Besfamilnaya URS 27 Dec 50 12.3h -3.5   Q    
5 Mona-Lisa Pursiainen FIN 21 Jun 51 12.4h -3.5        
Women 100 m - Heat 4   Athína 17 September   1969      
1 Wilma van Gool NED 11 Aug 47 11.9h -2   Q    
2 Sylviane Telliez FRA 30 Oct 42 12.0h -2   Q    
3 Lyudmila Mikhailova URS 5 Jun 43 12.2h -2   Q    
4 Madeline Cobb GBR 3 Jul 40 12.2h -2   Q    
5 Erika Kren AUT 30 May 45 12.4h -2        
6 Gun Olsson SWE 30 Jan 46 12.6h -2        
Women 200 m - Final   Athína 19 September   1969      
1 Petra Kandarr GDR 20 Aug 50 23.30 0.6       PB
2 Renate Stecher GDR 12 May 50 23.33 0.6       SB
3 Valerie Peat GBR 30 Apr 47 23.34 0.6       PB
4 Wilma van Gool NED 11 Aug 47 23.59 0.6       SB
5 Gabrielle Meyer FRA 10 May 47 23.80 0.6       =PB
6 Mariana Goth ROU 16 Jan 49 23.98 0.6       PB
7 Else Hadrup DEN 17 Apr 48 24.01 0.6       PB
8 Madeline Cobb GBR 3 Jul 40 24.16 0.6       PB
Women 200 m - Semifinal 1   Athína 18 September   1969      
1 Renate Stecher GDR 12 May 50 23.6h -1.6   Q    
2 Valerie Peat GBR 30 Apr 47 23.8h -1.6   Q    
3 Gabrielle Meyer FRA 10 May 47 23.8h -1.6   Q   PB
4 Mariana Goth ROU 16 Jan 49 24.1h -1.6   Q    
5 Helen Golden GBR 16 May 53 24.3h -1.6        
6 Uschi Meyer SUI 10 Mar 45 24.4h -1.6        
7 Lyudmila Samotyosova URS 26 Oct 39 24.5h -1.6        
  Annette Berger LUX 30 Jan 51 DNF -1.6        
Women 200 m - Semifinal 2   Athína 18 September   1969      
1 Petra Kandarr GDR 20 Aug 50 23.5h -4.2   Q    
2 Wilma van Gool NED 11 Aug 47 23.7h -4.2   Q    
3 Else Hadrup DEN 17 Apr 48 24.2h -4.2   Q    
4 Madeline Cobb GBR 3 Jul 40 24.4h -4.2   Q    
5 Helga Kapfer AUT 24 Dec 45 24.5h -4.2        
6 Györgyi Balogh HUN 1 May 48 24.6h -4.2        
  Godelieve Ducatteuw BEL 20 Mar 49 DNF -4.2        
  Nadezhda Besfamilnaya URS 27 Dec 50 DNS -4.2        
Women 200 m - Heat 1   Athína 18 September   1969      
1 Renate Stecher GDR 12 May 50 23.3h -0.2   Q    
2 Else Hadrup DEN 17 Apr 48 24.2h -0.2   Q    
3 Mariana Goth ROU 16 Jan 49 24.4h -0.2   Q    
4 Annette Berger LUX 30 Jan 51 26.3h -0.2   Q    
Women 200 m - Heat 2   Athína 18 September   1969      
1 Wilma van Gool NED 11 Aug 47 23.7h -2   Q    
2 Lyudmila Samotyosova URS 26 Oct 39 24.2h -2   Q    
3 Madeline Cobb GBR 3 Jul 40 24.5h -2   Q    
4 Helga Kapfer AUT 24 Dec 45 24.5h -2   Q    
5 Ivanka Venkova BUL 3 Nov 52 25.1h -2        
6 Kristín Jónsdóttir ISL 22 Aug 51 NT -2        
Women 200 m - Heat 3   Athína 18 September   1969      
1 Nadezhda Besfamilnaya URS 27 Dec 50 24.2h -2.4   Q    
2 Uschi Meyer SUI 10 Mar 45 24.3h -2.4   Q    
3 Györgyi Balogh HUN 1 May 48 24.4h -2.4   Q    
4 Valerie Peat GBR 30 Apr 47 24.9h -2.4   Q    
Women 200 m - Heat 4   Athína 18 September   1969      
1 Petra Kandarr GDR 20 Aug 50 23.6h -1.6   Q    
2 Gabrielle Meyer FRA 10 May 47 23.9h -1.6   Q    
3 Helen Golden GBR 16 May 53 24.2h -1.6   Q    
4 Godelieve Ducatteuw BEL 20 Mar 49 25.0h -1.6   Q    
5 Lyudmila Golomasova URS 13 Nov 47 25.1h -1.6        
6 Suude Kocgil TUR 53 26.8h -1.6        
Women 400 m - Final   Athína 18 September   1969      
1 Nicole Duclos FRA 15 Aug 47 51.77         WR, PB
2 Colette Besson FRA 7 Apr 46 51.79         WR, PB
3 Maria Sykora AUT 11 Oct 46 53.0h         NR
4 Hannelore Middecke GDR 24 Sep 43 53.1h         NR
5 Karin Lundgren SWE 19 May 44 53.4h          
6 Donata Govoni ITA 4 Mar 44 53.6h          
7 Janet Simpson GBR 2 Sep 44 53.8h          
8 Rosemary Wright GBR 11 Dec 47 54.6h          
Women 400 m - Semifinal 1   Athína 17 September   1969      
1 Colette Besson FRA 7 Apr 46 52.2h     Q    
2 Hannelore Middecke GDR 24 Sep 43 53.3h     Q   NR
3 Janet Simpson GBR 2 Sep 44 53.6h     Q    
4 Donata Govoni ITA 4 Mar 44 53.7h     Q   NR
5 Taysiya Kovalevskaya URS 9 Aug 40 54.1h          
6 Jennifer Pawsey GBR 16 Jul 44 54.8h          
7 Elzbieta Skowronska POL 9 Oct 49 55.3h          
  Berit Berthelsen NOR 25 Apr 44 DNS          
Women 400 m - Semifinal 2   Athína 17 September   1969      
1 Maria Sykora AUT 11 Oct 46 53.2h     Q   NR
2 Nicole Duclos FRA 15 Aug 47 53.2h     Q    
3 Karin Lundgren SWE 19 May 44 54.2h     Q    
4 Rosemary Wright GBR 11 Dec 47 54.3h     Q    
5 Krystyna Kacperczyk POL 13 Oct 48 54.7h          
6 Eliane Jacq FRA 4 Jul 48 54.7h          
7 Uschi Meyer SUI 10 Mar 45 54.9h          
8 Olga Klein URS 14 May 49 56.3h          
Women 400 m - Heat 1   Athína 16 September   1969      
1 Nicole Duclos FRA 15 Aug 47 53.2h     Q    
2 Karin Lundgren SWE 19 May 44 54.5h     Q    
3 Donata Govoni ITA 4 Mar 44 54.6h     Q    
4 Rosemary Wright GBR 11 Dec 47 54.7h     Q    
5 Anna Dundare URS 7 Jan 47 55.2h          
Women 400 m - Heat 2   Athína 16 September   1969      
1 Colette Besson FRA 7 Apr 46 52.1h     Q   CR
2 Maria Sykora AUT 11 Oct 46 53.6h     Q   NR
3 Janet Simpson GBR 2 Sep 44 54.1h     Q    
4 Hannelore Middecke GDR 24 Sep 43 54.2h     Q    
5 Elisabeth Randerz SWE 26 Sep 50 55.5h          
6 Eeva Haimi FIN 15 Dec 45 55.8h          
Women 400 m - Heat 3   Athína 16 September   1969      
1 Jennifer Pawsey GBR 16 Jul 44 54.8h     Q    
2 Eliane Jacq FRA 4 Jul 48 54.9h     Q    
3 Olga Klein URS 14 May 49 55.0h     Q    
4 Krystyna Kacperczyk POL 13 Oct 48 55.4h     Q    
5 Birgitte Jennes DEN 23 Nov 53 55.5h          
Women 400 m - Heat 4   Athína 16 September   1969      
1 Taysiya Kovalevskaya URS 9 Aug 40 55.0h     Q    
2 Berit Berthelsen NOR 25 Apr 44 55.2h     Q    
3 Uschi Meyer SUI 10 Mar 45 55.5h     Q    
4 Elzbieta Skowronska POL 9 Oct 49 55.6h     Q    
Women 800 m - Final   Athína 18 September   1969      
1 Lillian Board GBR 13 Dec 48 2.01.50         CR, PB
2 Annelise Damm-Olesen DEN 2 Jan 42 2.02.6h         NR, SB
3 Vera Nikolic YUG 23 Sep 48 2.02.6h         SB
4 Barbara Wieck GDR 26 Feb 51 2.02.7h         PB
5 Ileana Silai ROU 14 Oct 41 2.03.0h         SB
6 Patricia Lowe GBR 15 Sep 43 2.03.4h         SB
7 Anne-Marie Nenzell SWE 29 May 49 2.05.2h         PB
8 Ilja Keizer NED 26 Feb 44 2.05.2h          
Women 800 m - Heat 1   Athína 16 September   1969      
1 Ileana Silai ROU 14 Oct 41 2.05.0h     Q    
2 Anne-Marie Nenzell SWE 29 May 49 2.06.0h     Q    
3 Gertrud Schmidt GDR 18 Jul 42 2.06.0h         PB
4 Zofia Kolakowska POL 20 Sep 48 2.07.1h         PB
5 Britt Ramstad NOR 18 Jun 47 2.07.4h         PB
6 Nese Cetin TUR 7 Feb 53 2.18.8h         PB
Women 800 m - Heat 2   Athína 16 September   1969      
1 Vera Nikolic YUG 23 Sep 48 2.04.2h     Q    
2 Patricia Lowe GBR 15 Sep 43 2.05.9h     Q    
3 Milda Kade URS 21 Apr 44 2.06.7h         PB
4 Maryvonne Dupureur FRA 24 May 37 2.09.6h         SB
5 María Budavári HUN 15 Feb 50 2.10.7h         PB
Women 800 m - Heat 3   Athína 16 September   1969      
1 Lillian Board GBR 13 Dec 48 2.04.2h     Q    
2 Annelise Damm-Olesen DEN 2 Jan 42 2.04.5h     Q   NR
3 Ilja Keizer NED 26 Feb 44 2.04.8h     Q   PB
4 Barbara Wieck GDR 26 Feb 51 2.05.4h     Q    
Women 1500 m - Final   Athína 20 September   1969      
1 Jaroslava Jehlicková TCH 24 Mar 42 4.10.77         WR, SB
2 Maria Gommers NED 26 Sep 39 4.11.9h         NR, PB
3 Paola Cacchi ITA 30 Dec 45 4.12.0h         NR, SB
4 Lyudmila Bragina URS 24 Jul 43 4.13.2h         NR, SB
5 Ilja Keizer NED 26 Feb 44 4.13.3h         SB
6 Regina Kleinau GDR 4 Oct 46 4.15.2h         NR, SB
7 Rita Ridley GBR 4 Nov 46 4.15.9h         NR, SB
8 Anne-Marie Nenzell SWE 29 May 49 4.16.6h         NR, PB
9 Anneloes Bosman NED 12 Feb 47 4.17.6h         PB
10 Alla Kolesnikova URS 2 Sep 41 4.18.2h         PB
11 Gunhild Hoffmeister GDR 6 Jul 44 4.23.2h          
12 Emilia Privrelova TCH 7 Dec 43 4.32.8h          
Women 1500 m - Heat 1   Athína 19 September   1969      
1 Paola Cacchi ITA 30 Dec 45 4.17.2h     Q   CR
2 Rita Ridley GBR 4 Nov 46 4.18.2h     Q    
3 Lyudmila Bragina URS 24 Jul 43 4.18.3h     Q    
4 Gunhild Hoffmeister GDR 6 Jul 44 4.18.4h     Q   SB
5 Ilja Keizer NED 26 Feb 44 4.18.6h     Q    
6 Emilia Privrelova TCH 7 Dec 43 4.19.0h     Q   PB
7 Lyudmila Safronova URS 14 Feb 48 4.21.3h         PB
8 Vasilena Amzina BUL 29 Jun 42 4.22.2h         SB
9 Maria Linca ROU 3 Jun 51 4.24.6h         PB
10 Zofia Kolakowska POL 20 Sep 48 4.25.4h         PB
11 Anne O'Brien IRL 9 May 43 4.34.4h         PB
Women 1500 m - Heat 2   Athína 19 September   1969      
1 Maria Gommers NED 26 Sep 39 4.17.9h     Q    
2 Anneloes Bosman NED 12 Feb 47 4.18.1h     Q    
3 Alla Kolesnikova URS 2 Sep 41 4.19.1h     Q    
4 Regina Kleinau GDR 4 Oct 46 4.21.5h     Q    
5 Anne-Marie Nenzell SWE 29 May 49 4.22.2h     Q    
6 Jaroslava Jehlicková TCH 24 Mar 42 4.28.4h     Q    
7 María Budavári HUN 15 Feb 50 4.31.6h         PB
8 Thelwyn Bateman GBR 28 Dec 44 4.35.2h         PB
9 Angela Ramello ITA 8 Jan 44 4.36.6h         SB
10 Veselinka Milosevic YUG 11 Jul 50 4.36.9h         PB
  Waltrud Strotzer GDR 16 Sep 52 DNF          
Women 100 m hurdles - Final   Athína 20 September   1969      
1 Karin Balzer GDR 5 Jun 38 13.29 -1       CR, SB
2 Bärbel Podeswa GDR 8 Dec 46 13.68 -1       PB
3 Teresa Nowak POL 29 Apr 42 13.77 -1       SB
4 Lia Khitrina URS 21 Aug 41 13.86 -1       PB
5 Teresa Kleiber POL 10 Nov 48 13.89 -1       SB
6 Regina Hofer GDR 18 Oct 47 13.96 -1       PB
7 Christine Perera GBR 11 Oct 49 14.03 -1       PB
8 Sirkka Norrlund FIN 8 Mar 43 14.16 -1       SB
Women 100 m hurdles - Semifinal 1   Athína 19 September   1969      
1 Teresa Nowak POL 29 Apr 42 13.7h -1.9   Q   CR
2 Bärbel Podeswa GDR 8 Dec 46 13.7h -1.9   Q   CR
3 Lia Khitrina URS 21 Aug 41 13.7h -1.9   Q   CR
4 Christine Perera GBR 11 Oct 49 14.1h -1.9   Q    
5 Marlène Canguio FRA 10 Mar 42 14.1h -1.9        
6 Milena Piackova TCH 9 May 49 14.5h -1.9        
7 Emina Pilav YUG 22 Nov 51 14.8h -1.9        
  Gun Olsson SWE 30 Jan 46 DNS -1.9        
Women 100 m hurdles - Semifinal 2   Athína 19 September   1969      
1 Karin Balzer GDR 5 Jun 38 13.5h -1.7   Q   CR
2 Regina Hofer GDR 18 Oct 47 13.8h -1.7   Q    
3 Teresa Kleiber POL 10 Nov 48 14.0h -1.7   Q    
4 Sirkka Norrlund FIN 8 Mar 43 14.0h -1.7   Q    
5 Jeanne Schoebel FRA 25 Oct 45 14.1h -1.7        
6 Susan Hayward GBR 2 Aug 43 14.1h -1.7        
7 Magaly Vettorazzo ITA 16 Mar 42 14.8h -1.7        
  Eva Suranová TCH 24 Apr 46 DNS -1.7        
Women 100 m hurdles - Heat 1   Athína 18 September   1969      
1 Lia Khitrina URS 21 Aug 41 13.7h -1.7   Q   CR
2 Teresa Kleiber POL 10 Nov 48 13.9h -1.7   Q    
3 Jeanne Schoebel FRA 25 Oct 45 14.1h -1.7   Q    
4 Magaly Vettorazzo ITA 16 Mar 42 14.7h -1.7   Q    
Women 100 m hurdles - Heat 2   Athína 18 September   1969      
1 Teresa Nowak POL 29 Apr 42 14.1h -2.6   Q    
2 Milena Piackova TCH 9 May 49 14.3h -2.6   Q    
3 Sirkka Norrlund FIN 8 Mar 43 14.3h -2.6   Q    
4 Regina Hofer GDR 18 Oct 47 14.4h -2.6   Q    
5 Anne Van Rensbergen BEL 25 May 49 14.6h -2.6        
Women 100 m hurdles - Heat 3   Athína 18 September   1969      
1 Bärbel Podeswa GDR 8 Dec 46 14.0h -4.1   Q    
2 Susan Hayward GBR 2 Aug 43 14.3h -4.1   Q    
3 Eva Suranová TCH 24 Apr 46 14.7h -4.1   Q    
4 Emina Pilav YUG 22 Nov 51 14.9h -4.1   Q    
5 Charoula Sassayanni GRE 16 Oct 44 15.9h -4.1        
Women 100 m hurdles - Heat 4   Athína 18 September   1969      
1 Karin Balzer GDR 5 Jun 38 14.0h -3.1   Q    
2 Marlène Canguio FRA 10 Mar 42 14.4h -3.1   Q    
3 Christine Perera GBR 11 Oct 49 14.4h -3.1   Q    
4 Gun Olsson SWE 30 Jan 46 14.7h -3.1   Q    
Women High jump - Final   Athína 18 September   1969      
1 Miroslava Hübnerová TCH 22 Jul 50 1.83         CR, SB
2 Antonina Lazareva URS 27 Mar 41 1.83         CR, PB
3 Mária Mracnová TCH 24 Sep 46 1.83         CR, SB
4 Rita Kirst GDR 21 Oct 50 1.83         CR, SB
5 Karin Schulze GDR 1 Apr 44 1.77         PB
6 Snezana Hrepevnik YUG 11 Nov 48 1.77         SB
7 Ilona Gusenbauer AUT 16 Sep 47 1.77         SB
8 Barbara Lawton GBR 28 Oct 49 1.77         SB
9 Ghislaine Barnay FRA 8 Oct 45 1.74         =PB
10 Jaroslava Valentová TCH 13 Dec 45 1.74         =SB
11 Dorothy Shirley GBR 15 May 39 1.74         =PB
12 Nina Bryntseva URS 28 Feb 50 1.71          
13 Yordanka Blagoyeva BUL 19 Jan 47 1.68          
  Rita Kirst GDR 21 Oct 50 1.74     Q    
  Snezana Hrepevnik YUG 11 Nov 48 1.74     Q    
  Barbara Lawton GBR 28 Oct 49 1.74     Q    
  Dorothy Shirley GBR 15 May 39 1.74     Q   PB
  Nina Bryntseva URS 28 Feb 50 1.74     Q   PB
  Antonina Lazareva URS 27 Mar 41 1.74     Q    
  Ilona Gusenbauer AUT 16 Sep 47 1.74     Q    
  Miroslava Hübnerová TCH 22 Jul 50 1.74     Q    
  Ghislaine Barnay FRA 8 Oct 45 1.74     Q   PB
  Jaroslava Valentová TCH 13 Dec 45 1.74     Q   SB
  Karin Schulze GDR 1 Apr 44 1.74     Q    
  Mária Mracnová TCH 24 Sep 46 1.74     Q    
  Yordanka Blagoyeva BUL 19 Jan 47 1.74     Q   SB
  Danuta Berezowska POL 7 Jul 48 1.71         PB
  Magdolna Komka HUN 1 Aug 49 1.71         SB
  Danuta Konowska POL 4 Apr 48 1.71         SB
  Valentina Kozyr URS 25 Apr 50 1.71         SB
  Nicole Denis FRA 11 May 49 1.71         PB
  Virginia Ioan ROU 5 Jan 49 1.71         SB
  Kari Hedenstad NOR 5 Feb 52 1.68         SB
  Anne Lise Wærness NOR 1 Sep 51 1.68         PB
  Moira Walls GBR 4 May 52 1.65         SB
  Beatrice Rechner SUI 10 Jun 51 1.65         PB
Women Long jump - Final   Athína 19 September   1969      
1 Miroslawa Sarna POL 8 Jun 42 6.49         PB
2 Viorica Viscopoleanu ROU 8 Aug 39 6.45         SB
3 Berit Berthelsen NOR 25 Apr 44 6.44         PB
4 Deana Yorgova BUL 9 Dec 43 6.31         SB
5 Tatyana Bychkova URS 17 Jun 50 6.29         PB
6 Maureen Chitty GBR 14 Dec 47 6.28         PB
7 Eva Suranová TCH 24 Apr 46 6.21         SB
8 Kristina Hauer GDR 14 Oct 45 6.19         PB
9 Moira Walls GBR 4 May 52 6.16         PB
10 Sheila Sherwood GBR 22 Oct 45 6.15         SB
11 Sieglinde Ammann SUI 4 Feb 46 6.14         SB
12 Meta Antenen SUI 7 Apr 49 6.13          
13 Charoula Sassayanni GRE 16 Oct 44 5.43         SB
Women Shot - Final   Athína 16 September   1969      
1 Nadezhda Chizhova URS 29 Sep 45 20.43         WR, SB
2 Margitta Gummel GDR 29 Jun 41 19.58          
3 Maritta Lange GDR 22 Jun 43 18.56         SB
4 Ivanka Khristova BUL 19 Nov 41 18.04         NR, SB
5 Renate Garisch GDR 24 Jan 39 17.59         SB
6 Els van Noorduyn NED 25 May 46 17.28         NR, PB
7 Irina Solontsova URS 9 Jul 37 17.25         PB
8 Galina Nekrasova URS 4 Jul 36 17.19         SB
9 Vladimira Srbova TCH 30 Jan 49 15.52         PB
10 Helena Fibingerová TCH 13 Jul 49 15.22         SB
11 Brenda Bedford GBR 4 Sep 37 14.14         PB
Women Discus - Final   Athína 19 September   1969      
1 Tamara Danilova URS 30 Jul 39 59.28         CR, SB
2 Lyudmila Muravyeva URS 10 Nov 40 59.24         SB
3 Karin Illgen GDR 7 Apr 41 58.66         PB
4 Lia Manoliu ROU 25 Apr 32 57.38         SB
5 Antonina Popova URS 25 Apr 35 56.66         PB
6 Olimpia Catarama ROU 25 Oct 40 56.62         SB
7 Gabriele Hinzmann GDR 31 May 47 52.32         SB
8 Judit Abaházi HUN 22 Jan 42 52.00         SB
9 Rosemary Payne GBR 19 May 33 50.30         SB
Women Javelin, old model - Final   Athína 18 September   1969      
1 Angéla Ránky HUN 18 Feb 46 59.76         CR, SB
2 Magda Vidos HUN 19 Jun 45 58.80         PB
3 Valentina Evert URS 8 Mar 46 56.56         PB
4 Natasa Urbancic YUG 25 Nov 45 55.68         SB
5 Nina Nikanorova URS 18 Feb 47 55.34         SB
6 Daniela Jaworska POL 4 Jan 46 55.16         SB
7 Marion Luttge GDR 25 Nov 41 53.76         SB
8 Cecylia Bajer POL 27 Mar 50 50.54         SB
9 Vera Savinkova URS 18 Nov 45 46.88         PB
10 Arja Mustakallio FIN 4 Jun 46 40.80         PB
Women Pentathlon - Final   Athína 18 September   1969      
1 Liese Prokop AUT 27 Mar 41 4419         CR, SB
2 Meta Antenen SUI 7 Apr 49 4210         SB
3 Mariya Sizyakova URS 3 Sep 35 4176         PB
4 Valentina Tikhomirova URS 28 Jun 41 4126         SB
5 Marjan Ackermans NED 5 Apr 42 4116         PB
6 Elisabeth Waldburger SUI 12 Jan 44 4056         PB
7 Susan Reeve GBR 17 Sep 51 4055         PB
8 Burglinde Pollak GDR 10 Jun 51 4013         SB
9 Nedyalka Angelova BUL 26 Jun 49 4009         SB
10 Annamária Tóth HUN 14 Sep 45 4002         SB
11 Marie-Christine Debourse FRA 24 Sep 51 3852         SB
12 Monika Peikert GDR 26 Mar 52 3818         SB

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Rank Name Nationality 100m H SP HJ LJ 200m Points Notes
1st Liesel Prokop  Austria 14.0 15.20 1.68 6.14 w 25.6 w 4419 (5030) CR
2nd Meta Antenen   Switzerland 14.3 10.05 1.71 6.42 w 25.0 4210 (4793)  
3rd Mariya Sizyakova  Soviet Union 14.2 14.05 1.65 5.98 26.7 w 4176 (4773)  
4 Valentina Tikhomirova  Soviet Union 14.8 13.21 1.68 5.95 w 26.1 w 4126 (4715)  
5 Marjan Ackermans  Netherlands 15.6 12.92 1.68 6.01 w 25.9 4116 (4701)  
6 Elisabeth Waldburger   Switzerland 14.6 13.07 1.53 6.01 w 25.4 w 4056 (4648)  
7 Susan Scott  United Kingdom 14.1 11.16 1.59 6.13 w 25.8 w 4055 (4641)  
8 Burglinde Pollak  East Germany 14.6 12.80 1.65 5.55 w 26.0 w 4013 (4598)  
9 Nedyalka Angelova  Bulgaria 15.1 12.85 1.62 6.12 w 25.6 4009 (4592)  
10 Annamária Tóth  Hungary 14.6 11.70 1.53 6.07 w 26.2 w 4002 (4587)  
11 Marie-Christine Debourse  France 15.3 11.24 1.68 5.85 w 27.1 w 3852 (4419)  
12 Monika Peikert  East Germany 15.4 11.81 1.62 5.76 w 26.8 3818 (4389)
Women 4 x 100 m - Final   Athína 20 September   1969      
1 Regina Hofer GER, Renate Stecher GER, Bärbel Podeswa GER, Petra Kandarr GER GDR   43.61         CR
2 Bärbel Hahnle GER, Jutta Stöck GER, Rita Wilden GER, Ingrid Mickler GER FRG   44.09          
3 Anita Neil, Denise Ramsden, Sheila Cooper, Valerie Peat GBR   44.39          
4 Gabrielle Meyer, Sylviane Telliez, Nicole Montandon, Véronique Grandrieux FRA   44.6h          
5 Krystyna Mandecka, Danuta Jedrejek, Urszula Józwik, Miroslawa Sarna POL   44.7h          
6 Nadezhda Besfamilnaya RUS, Lyudmila Golomasova RUS, Lyudmila Samotyosova RUS, Galina Mitrokhina RUS URS   44.8h          
7 Liese Prokop, Helga Kapfer, Maria Sykora, Erika Kren AUT   45.8h         NR
  Elisabeth Randerz, Gun Olsson, Karin Lundgren, Margaretha Larsson SWE   DNS          
Women 4 x 100 m - Heat 1   Athína 19 September   1969      
1 Anita Neil, Denise Ramsden, Sheila Cooper, Valerie Peat GBR   45.0h     Q    
2 Gabrielle Meyer, Sylviane Telliez, Nicole Montandon, Véronique Grandrieux FRA   45.6h     Q    
3 Elisabeth Randerz, Gun Olsson, Karin Lundgren, Margaretha Larsson SWE   46.4h     Q    
Women 4 x 100 m - Heat 2   Athína 19 September   1969      
1 Bärbel Hahnle GER, Jutta Stöck GER, Rita Wilden GER, Ingrid Mickler GER FRG   44.6h     Q    
2 Nadezhda Besfamilnaya RUS, Lyudmila Golomasova RUS, Lyudmila Samotyosova RUS, Galina Mitrokhina RUS URS   45.2h     Q    
3 Liese Prokop, Helga Kapfer, Maria Sykora, Erika Kren AUT   46.5h         NR
Women 4 x 100 m - Heat 3   Athína 19 September   1969      
1 Regina Hofer GER, Renate Stecher GER, Bärbel Podeswa GER, Petra Kandarr GER GDR   44.2h     Q   CR
2 Krystyna Mandecka, Danuta Jedrejek, Urszula Józwik, Miroslawa Sarna POL   45.5h     Q    
3 Ekaterini Reizi, Eleni Vrettakou, Charoula Sassayanni, Theodora Miniati GRE   49.2h          
5 Birgitte Jennes, Kirsten Hoiler, Pia Lund, Annelise Damm-Olesen DEN   3.36.2h         NR
Women 4 x 400 m - Final   Athína 19 September   1969      
1 Rosemary Wright 54.2, Patricia Lowe 52.1, Janet Simpson 52.1, Lillian Board 52.4 GBR   3.30.82         WR
2 Bernadette Louis 54.5, Nicole Duclos 50.7, Eliane Jacq 53.2, Colette Besson 52.4 FRA   3.30.85         WR
3 Christa Czekay GER, Antje Gleichfeld GER, Inge Bödding GER, Christel Frese GER FRG   3.32.7h         NR
4 Taysiya Kovalevskaya, Olga Klein, Anna Dundare, Raisa Nikanorova RUS URS   3.33.7h         NR
5 Waltraud Birnbaum GER, Roswitha Becker GER, Ingelore Lohse GER, Hannelore Middecke GER GDR   3.35.2h         NR
6 Elisabeth Östberg, Elisabeth Randerz, Ulla Ekblom, Karin Lundgren SWE   3.35.4h         NR
7 Antónia Munkácsi, Magdolna Kulcsár, Rozalia Séfer, Györgyi Balogh HUN   3.36.6h         NR
8 Mona-Lisa Pursiainen, Riitta Salin, Pirjo Häggman, Eeva Haimi FIN   3.40.60         NR
Women 4 x 400 m - Heat 1   Athína 19 September   1969      
1 Bernadette Louis, Eliane Jacq, Nicole Duclos, Colette Besson FRA   3.37.9h     Q    
2 Waltraud Birnbaum GER, Roswitha Becker GER, Ingelore Lohse GER, Hannelore Middecke GER GDR   3.38.8h     Q    
3 Mona-Lisa Pursiainen, Riitta Salin, Pirjo Häggman, Eeva Haimi FIN   3.40.70     Q   NR
4 Elisabeth Randerz, Birgitta Larsson, Ulla Ekblom, Karin Lundgren SWE   3.41.1h     Q    
5 Maria Bruni, Armida Guzzetti, Silvana Zangirolami, Donata Govoni ITA   3.42.3h          
Women 4 x 400 m - Heat 2   Athína 19 September   1969      
1 Christa Czekay 52.5 GER, Antje Gleichfeld 54.5 GER, Inge Bödding 53.5 GER, Christel Frese 53.4 GER FRG   3.33.9h     Q   WR
2 Rosemary Wright 55.0, Patricia Lowe 53.1, Janet Simpson 53.6, Lillian Board 52.6 GBR   3.34.3h     Q   NR
3 Taysiya Kovalevskaya, Olga Klein, Anna Dundare, Raisa Nikanorova RUS URS   3.34.5h     Q   NR
4 Antónia Munkácsi, Magdolna Kulcsár, Rozalia Séfer, Györgyi Balogh HUN   3.35.8h     Q   NR
6 Krystyna Kacperczyk, Danuta Piecyk, Anna Beltowska, Elzbieta Skowronska POL   3.38.1h         NR
   
   
   
   
   
   

 

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