2013 European Athletics Indoor Championships

2013 European Athletics Indoor Championships
Host city	Gothenburg, Sweden
Date(s)	1–3 March
Main stadium	Scandinavium
Participation	578 athletes from; 47 nations
Events	26
	← 2011 Paris 2015 Prague → ;

The 32nd 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 a 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 details	Jimmy Vicaut France	6.48 WL	James Dasaolu Great Britain	6.48 WL	Michael Tumi Italy	6.52
400 metres* details	Pavel Maslák Czech Republic	45.66 EL, NR	Nigel Levine Great Britain	46.21 SB	Pavel Trenikhin Russia	46.70
800 metres details	Adam Kszczot Poland	1:48.69	Kevin López Spain	1:49.31	Mukhtar Mohammed Great Britain	1:49.60
1500 metres details	Mahiedine Mekhissi-Benabbad France	3:37.17	İlham Tanui Özbilen Turkey	3:37.22 SB	Simon Denissel France	3:37.70 PB
3000 metres details	Hayle Ibrahimov Azerbaijan	7:49.74	Juan Carlos Higuero Spain	7:50.26	Ciarán Ó Lionáird Ireland	7:50.40 PB
60 metres hurdles details	Sergey Shubenkov Russia	7.49 WL	Paolo Dal Molin Italy	7.51 NR	Pascal Martinot-Lagarde France	7.53 =PB
4 × 400 metres relay** details	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 details	Sergey Mudrov Russia	2.35 PB	Aleksey Dmitrik Russia	2.33	Jaroslav Bába Czech Republic	2.31 SB
Pole vault details	Renaud Lavillenie France	6.01 WL	Björn Otto Germany	5.76	Malte Mohr Germany	5.76
Long jump details	Aleksandr Menkov Russia	8.31 WL	Michel Tornéus Sweden	8.29 NR	Christian Reif Germany	8.07
Triple jump details	Daniele Greco Italy	17.70m WL	Ruslan Samitov Russia	17.30m PB	Aleksey Fyodorov Russia	17.12 PB
Shot put details	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 details	Eelco Sintnicolaas Netherlands	6372 WL, NR	Kevin Mayer France	6297 PB	Mihail Dudaš Serbia	6099 NR