European Championships: Records, Firsts and Decisive Finals
European titles brought championship records, historic firsts and tight finishes in Birmingham, including a sub-40 mixed relay and a 4:55 marathon margin.
Alisa Vainio: Marathon
Result: 2:22:26 · 1st
Alisa Vainio won the women’s marathon in a championship-record 2:22:26. Her 4:55 margin was the largest in European Championships women’s-marathon history.
Amanal Petros: Marathon
Result: 2:09:11 · 1st
Amanal Petros won the men’s marathon in a championship-record 2:09:11. The result delivered Germany the European title in a major international championship.
Armand Duplantis: Pole vault
Result: 6.15m · 1st
Armand Duplantis won his fourth successive European outdoor pole-vault title with a championship-record 6.15m. He cleared the height on his first attempt.
Sara Kolak: Javelin throw
Result: 62.43m · 1st
Sara Kolak won the women’s javelin with a first-round throw of 62.43m. It was her first major title since her 2016 Olympic gold, ending a decade-long wait.
Larissa Iapichino: Long jump
Result: 7.00m · 1st
Larissa Iapichino won the women’s long jump with 7.00m in her first European outdoor title. The top three were separated by one centimetre each, with Sawyers at 6.99m and Kpatcha at 6.98m.
Great Britain & Northern Ireland: 4x100m relay
Result: 39.97 · 1st
Great Britain & Northern Ireland won the inaugural mixed 4x100m title in 39.97, a European record. The quartet became the first from Europe under 40 seconds, moving to second on the world all-time list.
Georgia Hunter Bell: 1500m
Result: 58.44 last-lap split; final time unresolved · 1st
Georgia Hunter Bell won the women’s 1500m with a reported 58.44 final lap. The victory gave her a third major gold of 2026.
Netherlands: 4x400m relay
Result: 3:21.10 · 1st
The Netherlands won the women’s 4x400m in 3:21.10. It was the team’s third successive European Championships title in the event.
Italy: 4x400m relay
Result: 2:59.16 · 1st
Italy won the men’s 4x400m in 2:59.16 for its first European Championships title in the event. The team finished 0.03 ahead of Great Britain & Northern Ireland in the final race of the championships.
Matthew Hudson-Smith: 400m
Result: 44.17 · 1st
Matthew Hudson-Smith won the men’s 400m European title in 44.17 in Birmingham. The final was unusually deep, with Kounta running 44.40 and Phijffers 44.41.