The 2005 European Athletics Indoor Championships were held at the Palacio de Deportes in Madrid, the capital city of Spain, from Friday, 4 March to Sunday, 6 March 2005. This was the first edition to be held in an odd year since switching to the biennial format, so as not to occur in the same as the outdoor European Athletics Championships and also recently moved IAAF World Indoor Championships. To accommodate this change, there was a two-year gap since the previous edition. It also marked the last time that the 200 metres were contested at the event.

Russia finished on top of the medal table with 17 medals including 9 gold and a clear lead over Sweden and France. The host nation Spain lost only to Russia on the number of medals but won only one gold and finished fifth overall.

Medal summary

Men

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|60 m<br>

| Jason Gardener <small>(GBR)</small>|| 6.55

| Ronald Pognon <small>(FRA)</small>||6.62

| Kostyantyn Vasyukov <small>(UKR)</small>||6.62

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|200 m<br>

| Tobias Unger <small>(GER)</small>||20.53

| Chris Lambert <small>(GBR)</small>||20.69

| Marcin Urbaś <small>(POL)</small>||21.04

|-

|400 m<br>

| David Gillick <small>(IRL)</small>||46.30

| David Canal <small>(ESP)</small>|| 46.64

| Sebastian Gatzka <small>(GER)</small>||46.88

|-

|800 m<br>

| Dmitriy Bogdanov <small>(RUS)</small>||1:48.61

| Antonio Manuel Reina <small>(ESP)</small>||1:48.76

| Juan de Dios Jurado <small>(ESP)</small>||1:49.11

|-

|1500 m<br>

| Ivan Heshko <small>(UKR)</small>||3:36.70<br><small>(CR)</small>

| Juan Carlos Higuero <small>(ESP)</small>||3:37.98

| Reyes Estévez <small>(ESP)</small>||3:38.90

|-

|3000 m<br>

| Alistair Cragg <small>(IRL)</small>||7:46.32

| John Mayock <small>(GBR)</small>||7:51.46

| Reyes Estévez <small>(ESP)</small>||7:51.65

|-

|60 m hurdles<br>

| Ladji Doucouré <small>(FRA)</small>|| 7.50

| Felipe Vivancos <small>(ESP)</small>||7.61

| Robert Kronberg <small>(SWE)</small>||7.65

|-

|4 × 400 m relay<br>

|<br>Richard Maunier<br>Remi Wallard<br>Brice Panel<br>Marc Raquil|| 3:07.90

|<br>Dale Garland<br>Daniel Cossins<br>Richard Davenport<br>Gareth Warburton||3:09.53

|<br>Andrey Polukeyev<br>Aleksandr Usov<br>Dmitriy Forshev<br>Aleksandr Broshchenko||3:09.63

|-

|High jump<br>

| Stefan Holm <small>(SWE)</small>||2.40 m<br><small>(CR)</small>

| Yaroslav Rybakov <small>(RUS)</small>|| 2.38 m

| Pavel Fomenko <small>(RUS)</small>|| 2.32 m

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|Pole vault<br>

| Igor Pavlov <small>(RUS)</small>||5.90 m<br><small>(CR)</small>

| Denys Yurchenko <small>(UKR)</small>||5.85 m

| Tim Lobinger <small>(GER)</small>|| 5.80 m

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|Long jump<br>

| Joan Lino Martínez <small>(ESP)</small>|| 8.37 m

| Bogdan Tarus <small>(ROU)</small>||8.14 m

| Volodymyr Zyuskov <small>(UKR)</small>||7.99 m

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|Triple jump<br>

| Igor Spasovkhodskiy <small>(RUS)</small>|| 17.20 m

| Mykola Savolainen <small>(UKR)</small>||17.01 m

| Aleksandr Petrenko <small>(RUS)</small>|| 16.98 m

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|Shot put<br>

| Joachim Olsen <small>(DEN)</small>||21.19 m

| Rutger Smith <small>(NED)</small>|| 20.79 m

| Manuel Martinez <small>(ESP)</small>|| 20.51 m

|-

|Heptathlon<br>

| Roman Šebrle <small>(CZE)</small>||6232 pts

| Aleksandr Pogorelov <small>(RUS)</small>||6111 pts

| Roland Schwarzl <small>(AUT)</small>|| 6064 pts

|}

  • Note: Britain's Mark Lewis-Francis, second in men's 60 m (6.59), was later disqualified for doping offence (tetrahydrocannabinol).

Women

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|-

|60 m<br>

| || 7.16

| ||7.18

|||7.25

|-

|200 m<br>

| ||22.91<br><small>(NR)</small>

| ||22.94

| ||23.42

|-

|400 m<br>

|||50.41

| ||50.55

| ||52.05

|-

|800 m<br>

| ||1:59.97

| ||2:00.52

| ||2:01.62

|-

|1500 m<br>

| ||4:03.09

| ||4:05.88

| ||4:07.20

|-

|3000 m<br>

| ||8:43.76

| ||8:47.74 (*)

| ||8:47.76

|-

|60 m hurdles<br>

| ||7.80

| ||7.99

| ||8.00

|-

|4 × 400 m<br>

|<br>Tatyana Levina<br>Yuliya Pechonkina<br>Irina Rosikhina<br>Svetlana Pospelova|| 3:28.00<br><small>(CR)</small>

|<br>Anna Pacholak<br>Monika Bejnar<br>Marta Chrust-Rożej<br>Małgorzata Pskit||3:29.37

|<br>Melanie Purkiss<br>Donna Fraser<br>Catherine Murphy<br>Lee McConnell||3:29.81

|-

|High jump<br>

| ||2.01 m

| ||1.99 m

| ||1.97 m

|-

|Pole vault<br>

| || 4.90 m<br><small>(WR)</small>

| ||4.75 m

| ||4.70 m

|-

|Long jump<br>

| ||6.70 m

| ||6.64 m

|<br> ||6.59 m<br>6.53 (**)

|-

|Triple jump<br>

| ||14.74 m

| ||14.54 m

|||14.45 m

|-

|Shot put<br>

| ||19.37 m

| ||18.96 m

| ||18.83 m

|-

|Pentathlon<br>

| ||4948 pts

| ||4733 pts

| ||4667 pts

|}

  • Notes:
  • (*) Turkey's Tezeta Desalegn-Dengersa originally won the 3,000 m silver medal in 8:46.65, but was later disqualified for doping offence (metenolone). This was announced on April 6, 2006.
  • (**) Bianca Kappler was awarded joint bronze medal as final jump was incorrectly measured. The jump was misread, putting her in first place, but she pointed out the mistake and was awarded the medal for fair play.

Medal table

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See also

  • 2005 in athletics (track and field)

References