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{{Infobox Athletics Championships
|Name = 1969 European Indoor Games
|Logo = Belgrade Fair - Hall 1.jpg
|Size = 
|Optional caption = 
|Host city = [[Belgrade]]<br />{{flagicon|YUG}} [[Yugoslavia]]
|Dates = 8–9 March 1969
|Stadium = [[Belgrade Fair – Hall 1]]
|Nations participating = 22
|Athletes participating = 220
|Events = 23
|Records set = 
|Level = 
|Previous = [[1968 European Indoor Games|1968 Madrid]]
|Next = [[1970 European Athletics Indoor Championships|1970 Vienna]]
}}
The '''1969 European Indoor Games''' were held between 8–9 March 1969 in [[Belgrade]], the capital of [[SFRY|Yugoslavia]] (present-day [[Serbia]]). In 1970 the European Indoor Games were replaced by the [[European Athletics Indoor Championships]].

The track used for the championships was 195 metres long.

==Medal summary==

===Men===
{| {{MedalistTable|type=Event|columns=2}}
|-
|{{AthleticsLink|50 metres|Men}}
|{{flagathlete|[[Zenon Nowosz]]|POL|1928}} || 5.8 
|{{flagathlete|[[Valeriy Borzov]]|URS}} || 5.8 
|{{flagathlete|[[Bob Frith]]|GBR}} || 5.8
|-
|{{AthleticsLink|400 metres|Men}}
|{{flagathlete|[[Jan Balachowski]]|POL|1928}} || 47.3 
|{{flagathlete|[[Jan Werner (athlete)|Jan Werner]]|POL|1928}} || 47.4 
|{{flagathlete|[[Yuriy Zorin]]|URS}} || 47.4
|-
|{{AthleticsLink|800 metres|Men}}
|{{flagathlete|[[Dieter Fromm]]|GDR}} || 1:46.6 {{AthAbbr|CR}}
|{{flagathlete|[[Henryk Szordykowski]]|POL|1928}} || 1:47.1 
|{{flagathlete|[[Noel Carroll (athlete)|Noel Carroll]]|IRL}} || 1:47.6
|-
|{{AthleticsLink|1500 metres|Men}}
|{{flagathlete|[[Edgard Salvé]]|BEL}} || 3:45.9 
|{{flagathlete|[[Knut Brustad]]|NOR}} || 3:46.2 
|{{flagathlete|[[Walter Wilkinson (athlete)|Walter Wilkinson]]|GBR}} || 3:46.4
|-
|{{AthleticsLink|3000 metres|Men}}
|{{flagathlete|[[Ian Stewart (athlete)|Ian Stewart]]|GBR}} || 7:55.4 {{AthAbbr|CR}}
|{{flagathlete|[[Javier Álvarez (athlete)|Javier Álvarez]]|ESP|1945}} || 7:56.2 
|{{flagathlete|[[Werner Girke]]|FRG}} || 7:56.8
|-
|{{AthleticsLink|50 metres hurdles|Men}}
|{{flagathlete|[[Alan Pascoe]]|GBR}} || 6.6 
|{{flagathlete|[[Werner Trzmiel]]|FRG}} || 6.6 
|{{flagathlete|[[Nicolae Pertea]]|ROM|1965}} || 6.7
|-
|{{AthleticsLink|4 × 390 metres relay|Men}}
|{{flag|Poland|1928}}<br />[[Jan Werner (athlete)|Jan Werner]]<br />[[Jan Radomski]]<br />[[Andrzej Badeński]]<br />[[Jan Balachowski]] || 3:01.9
|{{URS}}<br />[[Leonid Mikishev]]<br />[[Aleksandr Bratchikov]]<br />[[Valeriy Borzov]]<br />[[Yuriy Zorin]] || 3:01.9
|{{FRG}}<br />[[Dieter Hübner]]<br />[[Herbert Moser]]<br />[[Peter Bernreuther]]<br />[[Manfred Kinder]] || 3:04.5
|-
|{{AthleticsLink|Medley relay|Men}}
|{{flag|Poland|1928}}<br />[[Edward Romanowski]]<br />[[Andrzej Badeński]]<br />[[Henryk Szordykowski]]<br />[[Jan Radomski]] || 4:16.4
!colspan=4|Only one finishing team
|-
|{{AthleticsLink|3 × 1000 metres relay|Men}}
|{{FRG}}<br />[[Anton Adam]]<br />[[Walter Adams (athlete)|Walter Adams]]<br />[[Harald Norpoth]] || 7:08.0
|{{TCH}}<br />[[Ján Šišovský]]<br />[[Petr Blaha]]<br />[[Pavel Pěnkava]] || 7:23.1
|{{YUG}}<br />[[Radovan Piplović]]<br />[[Slavko Koprivica]]<br />[[Adam Ladik]] || 7:42.8
|-
|{{AthleticsLink|High jump|Men}}
|{{flagathlete|[[Valentin Gavrilov]]|URS}} || 2.14 
|{{flagathlete|[[Henry Elliott (athlete)|Henry Elliott]]|FRA}} || 2.14 
|{{flagathlete|[[Șerban Ioan]]|ROM|1965}} || 2.14
|-
|{{AthleticsLink|Pole vault|Men}}
|{{flagathlete|[[Wolfgang Nordwig]]|GDR}} || 5.20 ={{AthAbbr|CR}} 
|{{flagathlete|[[Hennadiy Bleznitsov]]|URS}} || 5.10 
|{{flagathlete|[[Joachim Bär]]|GDR}} || 5.10
|-
|{{AthleticsLink|Long jump|Men}}
|{{flagathlete|[[Klaus Beer]]|GDR}} || 7.77 
|{{flagathlete|[[Lynn Davies]]|GBR}} || 7.76 
|{{flagathlete|[[Rafael Blanquer]]|ESP|1945}} || 7.63
|-
|{{AthleticsLink|Triple jump|Men}}
|{{flagathlete|[[Nikolay Dudkin]]|URS}} || 16.73 {{AthAbbr|CR}}
|{{flagathlete|[[Zoltán Cziffra]]|HUN}} || 16.46 
|{{flagathlete|[[Carol Corbu]]|ROM|1965}} || 16.20
|-
|{{AthleticsLink|Shot put|Men}}
|{{flagathlete|[[Heinfried Birlenbach]]|FRG}} || 19.51 {{AthAbbr|CR}}
|{{flagathlete|[[Hartmut Briesenick]]|GDR}} || 19.19 
|{{flagathlete|[[Heinz-Joachim Rothenburg]]|GDR}} || 18.69
|}

===Women===
{| {{MedalistTable|type=Event|columns=2}}
|-
|{{AthleticsLink|50 metres|Women}}
|{{flagathlete|[[Irena Szewińska]]|POL|1928}} || 6.4 
|{{flagathlete|[[Sylviane Telliez]]|FRA}} || 6.5 
|{{flagathlete|[[Madeleine Cobb]]|GBR}} || 6.5
|-
|{{AthleticsLink|400 metres|Women}}
|{{flagathlete|[[Colette Besson]]|FRA}} || 54.0 {{AthAbbr|CR}}
|{{flagathlete|[[Christel Frese]]|FRG}} || 54.8 
|{{flagathlete|[[Rosemary Stirling]]|GBR}} || 54.8
|-
|{{AthleticsLink|800 metres|Women}}
|{{flagathlete|[[Barbara Wieck]]|GDR}} || 2:05.3 {{AthAbbr|CR}}
|{{flagathlete|[[Magdolna Kulcsár]]|HUN}} || 2:07.5 
|{{flagathlete|[[Anna Zimina]]|URS}} || 2:08.0
|-
|{{AthleticsLink|50 metres hurdles|Women}}
|{{flagathlete|[[Karin Balzer]]|GDR}} || 7.2 
|{{flagathlete|[[Meta Antenen]]|SUI}} || 7.3 
|{{flagathlete|[[Christine Perera]]|GBR}} || 7.4
|-
|{{AthleticsLink|4 × 195 metres relay|Women}}
| {{FRA}}<br />[[Odette Ducas]]<br />[[Sylviane Telliez]]<br />[[Colette Besson]]<br />[[Christiane Martinetto]] || 1:34.3
| {{URS}}<br />[[Galina Bukharina]]<br />[[Vera Popkova]]<br />[[Lyudmila Golomazova]]<br />[[Lyudmila Samotyosova]] || 1:34.6
| {{YUG}}<br />[[Darja Marolt]]<br />[[Verica Ambrozi]]<br />[[Ljiljana Petnjarić]]<br />[[Marijana Lubej]] || 1:36.9
|-
|{{AthleticsLink|Medley relay|Women}}
|{{URS}}<br />[[Vera Popkova]]<br />[[Lyudmila Samotyosova]]<br />[[Raisa Nikonorova]]<br />[[Anna Zimina]] || 4:52.4
|{{flag|Poland|1928}}<br />[[Irena Szewińska]]<br />[[Zdzisława Robaszewska]]<br />[[Elżbieta Skowrońska]]<br />[[Zofia Kołakowska]] || 4:53.2
|{{YUG}}<br />[[Verica Ambrozi]]<br />[[Ika Maričić]]<br />[[Mirjana Kovačev]]<br />[[Ninoslava Tikvicki]] || 5:05.9
|-
|{{AthleticsLink|High jump|Women}}
|{{flagathlete|[[Rita Kirst|Rita Schmidt]]|GDR}} || 1.82 
|{{flagathlete|[[Yordanka Blagoeva]]|BUL|1967}} || 1.82 
|{{flagathlete|[[Antonina Lazareva]]|URS}} || 1.79
|-
|{{AthleticsLink|Long jump|Women}}
|{{flagathlete|[[Irena Szewińska]]|POL|1928}} || 6.38 
|{{flagathlete|[[Sue Reeve|Sue Scott]]|GBR}} || 6.18 
|{{flagathlete|[[Meta Antenen]]|SUI}} || 6.15
|-
|{{AthleticsLink|Shot put|Women}}
|{{flagathlete|[[Marita Lange]]|GDR}} || 17.52 
|{{flagathlete|[[Ivanka Khristova]]|BUL|1967}} || 16.94 
|{{flagathlete|[[Ingeburg Friedrich]]|GDR}} || 16.42
|}

==Medal table==

{{Medals table
 | caption        = 
 | host           = 
 | flag_template  = 
 | event          = 
 | team           = 
 | gold_GDR = 7 | silver_GDR = 1 | bronze_GDR = 3
 | gold_POL = 6 | silver_POL = 3 | bronze_POL = 0 | name_POL = {{flagteam|POL|1928}}
 | gold_URS = 3 | silver_URS = 4 | bronze_URS = 3
 | gold_GBR = 2 | silver_GBR = 2 | bronze_GBR = 5
 | gold_FRG = 2 | silver_FRG = 2 | bronze_FRG = 2
 | gold_FRA = 2 | silver_FRA = 2 | bronze_FRA = 0
 | gold_BEL = 1 | silver_BEL = 0 | bronze_BEL = 0
 | gold_BUL = 0 | silver_BUL = 2 | bronze_BUL = 0 | name_BUL = {{flagteam|BUL|1967}}
 | gold_HUN = 0 | silver_HUN = 2 | bronze_HUN = 0
 | gold_ESP = 0 | silver_ESP = 1 | bronze_ESP = 1 | name_ESP = {{flagteam|ESP|1945}}
 | gold_SUI = 0 | silver_SUI = 1 | bronze_SUI = 1
 | gold_TCH = 0 | silver_TCH = 1 | bronze_TCH = 0
 | gold_NOR = 0 | silver_NOR = 1 | bronze_NOR = 0
 | gold_ROU = 0 | silver_ROU = 0 | bronze_ROU = 3 | name_ROU = {{flagteam|ROU|1965}}
 | gold_YUG = 0 | silver_YUG = 0 | bronze_YUG = 3
 | gold_IRL = 0 | silver_IRL = 0 | bronze_IRL = 1
}}

==Participating nations==
{{div col|colwidth=20em}}
*{{AUT}} (5)
*{{BEL}} (3)
*{{flag|Bulgaria|1967}} (9)
*{{TCH}} (15)
*{{DEN}} (2)
*{{GDR}} (14)
*{{FIN}} (2)
*{{FRA}} (13)
*{{GBR2}} (14)
*{{HUN}} (13)
*{{IRL}} (1)
*{{ITA}} (5)
*{{NOR}} (2)
*{{flag|Poland|1928}} (21)
*{{flag|Romania|1965}} (9)
*{{URS}} (21)
*{{flag|Spain|1945}} (6)
*{{SWE}} (7)
*{{SUI}} (5)
*{{TUR}} (2)
*{{FRG}} (22)
*{{YUG}} (29)
{{div col end}}

==References==
* [http://www.maik-richter.de/results/indoor/europe/1969/ecs69.html Results]
* [http://www.gbrathletics.com/ic/ei.htm Medallists – men] at GBRathletics.com
* [http://www.gbrathletics.com/ic/eiw.htm Medallists – women] at GBRathletics.com

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