List of European Athletics Championships records
The European Athletics Championships is a quadrennial event which began in 1934. European Athletics accepts only athletes who are representing one of the organisation's European member states and the body recognises records set at editions of the European Athletics Championships. The Championships records in athletics are the best marks set in competitions at the event. The athletics events at the Championships are divided into four groups: track events, field events, road events and combined events.
Great Britain's athletes holds the greatest number of records at the Championships with a total of ten, followed by Russia, Germany, and Spain. Marita Koch and Heike Drechsler each hold multiple records, Koch having broken both the 400 metres record as an individual and as part of the East German relay team and Drechsler holding the records for both long jump and 200 m. World records have been set at the Championships: the French 4×100 metres relay team ran a world record 37.79 seconds at the 1990 Championships. Several athletics events no longer take place at the Championships and thus the events are deemed defunct, and their records unchallengeable.
No records were broken at the 2012 European Athletics Championships – the first time in the history of the event. The current edition is taking place between 7 and 12 August 2018 in Berlin.
Men's records
Statistics are correct as of 12 August 2018| Event | Record | Name | Nation | Date | Venue | Ref |
| 9.95 | Zharnel Hughes | Great Britain | 7 August 2018 | 2018 Berlin | ||
| 19.76 | Ramil Guliyev | Turkey | 9 August 2018 | 2018 Berlin | ||
| 44.52 | 21 August 1998 | |||||
| 1:43.84 | 31 August 1978 | |||||
| 3:35.27 | 9 August 1994 | |||||
| 13:10.15 | 31 August 1986 | |||||
| 27:30.99 | 29 August 1978 | |||||
| Half marathon | 1:02:03 | Tadesse Abraham | 10 July 2016 | 2016 Amsterdam | ||
| Marathon | 2:09:51 | Koen Naert | Belgium | 12 August 2018 | 2018 Berlin | |
| 110 m hurdles | 13.02 | 22 August 1998 | ||||
| 400 m hurdles | 47.48 | 8 September 1982 | ||||
| 3000 m steeplechase | 8:07.87 | 1 August 2010 | ||||
| High jump | 2.36 m | 9 August 2006 | ||||
| Pole vault | 6.05 m | Armand Duplantis | Sweden | 12 August 2018 | 2018 Berlin | |
| Long jump | 8.47 m | 1 August 2010 | ||||
| Triple jump | 17.99 m | 23 August 1998 | ||||
| Shot put | 22.22 m | 28 August 1986 | ||||
| Discus throw | 68.87 m | 1 August 2010 | ||||
| Hammer throw | 86.74 m | 30 August 1986 | ||||
| Javelin throw | 89.72 m | 23 August 1998 | ||||
| Decathlon | 8811 pts | 27-28 August 1986 | ||||
| 1:18:37 | 6 August 2002 | |||||
| 50 km walk | 3:32:33 | Yohann Diniz | France | 15 August 2014 | 2014 Zürich | |
| 37.79 | Max Moriniere Daniel Sangouma Jean-Charles Trouabal Bruno Marie-Rose | 31 August 1990 | ||||
| 2:58.22 | Paul Sanders Kriss Akabusi John Regis Roger Black | 1 September 1990 |
Women's records
Statistics are correct as of 12 August 2018Statistics
Totals
| Edition | No. set |
| 1938 | 20 |
| 1946 | 12 |
| 1950 | 19 |
| 1954 | 27 |
| 1958 | 31 |
| 1962 | 28 |
| 1966 | 23 |
| 1969 | 24 |
| 1971 | 26 |
| 1974 | 26 |
| 1978 | 29 |
| 1982 | 27 |
| 1986 | ? |
| 1990 | ? |
| 1994 | ? |
| 1998 | ? |
| 2002 | ? |
| 2006 | 10 |
| 2010 | 8 |
| 2012 | 0 |
| 2014 | 3 |
| 2016 | 1 |
| 2018 | 10 |
| Nation | Male | Female | Total |
 | 8 | 2 | 10 |
 | 1 | 6 | 7 |
 | 1 | 4 | 5 |
 | 3 | 2 | 5 |
 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
 | 2 | 2 | |
 | 1 | 1 | |
 | 1 | 1 | |
 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
World records
Records in defunct events
Men's events
Women's events
General
- . European Athletics. Retrieved on 2009-07-13.
- . European Athletics. Retrieved on 2009-07-13.
- . GBR Athletics. Retrieved on 2014-01-04.
- . GBR Athletics. Retrieved on 2014-01-04.
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