The film tells about the 1st European Indoor Athletics Championships. The championship was held in the Stadthalle sports hall in the Austrian capital Vienna.
In March 1970, the 1st European Indoor Athletics Championships took place. Soviet athletes won 10 gold, 2 silver and 3 bronze medals at the championship.
The Stadthalle sports hall in Vienna (Austria). Opening of the 1st European Indoor Athletics Championships; President of Austria F. Jonas speaks. Sprinter competition; V. Borzov finishes first; the winners of the race are on the podium. Women's high jump competition; the winners of the competition K. Popescu (Romania), I. Gusenbauer (Austria) are on the podium. Female 800-meter race; M. Sikara (Austria) finishes first. Men's long jump competition; on the podium is the gold medal winner, Soviet athlete T. Lepik. Shot put competition; on the podium is the gold medal winner N. Chizhova (USSR). Hurdles competition; On the podium are A. Khitrina (USSR) and K. Balzer (GDR). Pole vault competition; European champion F. Tracanelli (France) jumps and clears the bar. Competition of female athletes in the 60-meter run and the combined relay; on the podium are the winners of the race S. Tel'ets (France), R. Meissner (GDR), V. Berg (Netherlands). The final race of athletes is 400 meters; Soviet athlete A. Brtchikov finishes. Competition in women's long jump; on the podium is Romanian athlete V. Viscopolianu. Competition of athletes in the triple jump; the winner of the competition, Soviet athlete V. Saneyev, jumps. Competition of athletes in the high jump; the winners in the jumps V. Gavrilov (USSR) and others are on the podium. The winners of the men's relay on the podium.
Flag of the European Athletics Championships - kr.
Building of the Stadthalle sports hall in Vienna - general; championship flag in front of the building.
Parade of participants of the 1st European Athletics Indoor Championships in the Stadthalle - general.
Poland.
Sports delegations of different countries at the parade.
Team Austria in formation.
Team of the Soviet Union.
President of Austria Franz Jonas opens the championship.
Men's 60-meter final, Soviet sprinter Valery Borzov finishes first.
European Champion V. Borzov after his victorious race - kr. V. Borzov, awarded the gold medal of the European Champion, on the podium - medium, kr.
Women's high jump: Austrian athlete Ilona Gusenbauer jumps 1 m 82 cm. I. Blagoeva (Bulgaria), Rita Schmidt (GDR), Cornelia Popescu (Romania) clear 1 m 82 cm.
Ilona Gusenbauer clears 1 m 88 cm.
European Champion I. Gusenbauer on the podium. 800 m race, Maria Sikora (Austria) in the lead, followed by Sofia Kolakowska (Poland) and Ludmila Bragina.
Sikora finishes first, L. Bragina comes in second.
European Champion M. Sikora after her winning run.
Men's long jump competition.
Igor Ter-Ovanesyan jumps.
Photojournalists take pictures.
Tõnu Lennik from Tallinn – Poland long jumps.
Olympic medalist Klaus Beer jumping. T. Lennik jumping for the second time.
European champion T. Lennik is on the podium - Wed, kr.
Shot put competition.
Mariita Lange (GDR) is putting the shot.
Nadezhda Chizhova puts the shot 18 m 60 cm. 1970 European Champion N. Chizhova is on the podium.
The 60 m hurdles final: USSR champion Liya Khitrina is running in lane 6, and Olympic champion Karin Bolzer (GDR) is running in lane 4. K. Bolzer, gold medalist, and L. Khitrina, silver medalist, are on the podium.
Pole vault: Wolfgang (GDR) is jumping.
Swede Kjell Isaksson clears 5 m 25 cm. 20-year-old François Tracanelli (France) jumps and clears 5 m 30 cm. 800-meter dash - total. F. Tracanelli is sitting in the stands in the hall. 60-meter dash final - total.
Renate Meissner (GDR) is running on the far track.
On the podium are Renate Meissner - gold medal, Silvana Taletz (France) - silver medal, Vandenberg (Netherlands) - bronze medal. 400-meter final: Alexander Bratchikov (USSR) finishes.
European Champion Alexander Bratchikov is on the podium.
Long jump: European Champion in Athens Miroslava Sarna (Poland) is jumping.
Heidi Rosendahl (FRG) is jumping.
Olympic champion Viorica Viscopolianu (Romania) is jumping.
Triple jump competition: the athlete is jumping.
Olympic champion Viktor Saneyev is jumping. V. Saneyev after the jump - cr.
Men's high jump: Golembowski (Poland). V. Skvortsov and S. Mospanov are jumping.
Gerd Dürkop (GDR) is jumping.
Spaniard Luis Garriga makes an unsuccessful jump.
Ion Șerban from Romania tries to clear the high ground (unsuccessfully).
Valentin Gavrilov (USSR) clears the high ground. V. Gavrilov after the jump - cr. V. Gavrilov on the podium. 4x200 m relay: Lyudmila Samotesova (USSR) finishes. 4x400 m relay: Alexander Bratchikov (USSR) finishes.
Soviet sportswomen on the podium.
Soviet sportsmen on the podium.
European Champion's gold medal - kr.
Medals won by Soviet sportsmen at the European Championship in Vienna.