title: M45 at the 2012 European Masters Athletics Championships
text: # M45 at the 2012 European Masters Athletics Championships
  
  These are the results for men aged 45 to 49 at the eighteenth European Masters Athletics Championships, held in Zittau, Germany; Zgorzelec, Poland; and Hrádek nad Nisou, Czech Republic, from August 16–25, 2012. The European Masters Athletics Championships are an athletics competition for people over 35 years of age, referred to as masters athletics.
  
  Fewer countries participated compared with the previous championships in Nyiregyhaza, but over 700 more athletes participated, giving it the third-largest attendance of any championship run by European Masters Athletics.
  
  ## Results
  
  ### 100 metres
  
  | Athlete | Country | Results |
  | - | - | - |
  | Massimiliano Scarponi | Italy | 11.23 |
  | Meinert Moeller | Germany | 11.71 |
  | Jean Luc Baralle | France | 11.79 |
  
  ### 200 metres
  
  | Athlete | Country | Results |
  | - | - | - |
  | Massimiliano Scarponi | Italy | 22.57 |
  | Francis Navarro Sanchez | Spain | 23.28 |
  | Gunter Bernhard | Germany | 23.36 |
  | Meinert Moeller | Germany | 23.36 |
  
  ### 400 metres
  
  | Athlete | Country | Results |
  | - | - | - |
  | Massimiliano Scarponi | Italy | 50.49 |
  | Joerg Schaefer | Germany | 51.79 |
  | Gunter Bernhard | Germany | 51.93 |
  
  ### 800 metres
  
  | Athlete | Country | Results |
  | - | - | - |
  | Florian Zeh | Austria | 2:01.28 |
  | Adrian Haines | Great Britain | 2:01.45 |
  | Antonio Oliveira | Portugal | 2:01.70 |
  
  ### 1500 metres
  
  | Athlete | Country | Results |
  | - | - | - |
  | Florian Zeh | Austria | 4:12.92 |
  | Milan Serafin | Czech Republic | 4:13.87 |
  | Antonio Oliveira | Portugal | 4:14.79 |
  
  ### 5000 metres
  
  | Athlete | Country | Results |
  | - | - | - |
  | Francisco Jav Fontaneda | Spain | 15:14.49 |
  | Piotr Poblocki | Poland | 15:31.88 |
  | Jan Rybarczyk | Poland | 15:35.12 |
  
  Note: Original winner Wieslaw Pietka Poland was disqualified after a positive drug test
  
  ### 10000 metres
  
  | Athlete | Country | Results |
  | - | - | - |
  | Francisco Jav Fontaneda | Spain | 32:27.58 |
  | Piotr Poblocki | Poland | 32:31.60 |
  | Oskar De Kuijer | Netherlands | 32:50.04 |
  
  ### 110 metres hurdles
  
  | Athlete | Country | Results |
  | - | - | - |
  | Serge Beckers | Belgium | 16.35 |
  | Glen Reddington | Great Britain | 17.48 |
  | Thomas Lindenmayer | Germany | 18.27 |
  
  ### 400 metres hurdles
  
  | Athlete | Country | Results |
  | - | - | - |
  | Frederic Peroni | Italy | 59.24 |
  | Javier Foncea | Spain | 1:00.20 |
  | Martin Schumacher | Germany | 1:01.74 |
  
  ### 3000 metres steeplechase
  
  | Athlete | Country | Results |
  | - | - | - |
  | Gilles Pelletier | France | 9:57.69 |
  | Poul Grenaa | Denmark | 10:27.80 |
  | Ljubisa Radisic | Serbia | 10:39.25 |
  
  Note: Original winner Wieslaw Pietka Poland was disqualified after a positive drug test
  
  ### 4x100 metres relay
  
  | Athletes | Country | Results |
  | - | - | - |
  | Roberto Barontini | Italy | 44.54 |
  | Paolo Bertaccini | Italy | 44.54 |
  | Alberto Zanelli | Italy | 44.54 |
  | Massimiliano Scarponi | Italy | 44.54 |
  | Dirk Bonte | Belgium | 44.89 |
  | Marc Pottiez | Belgium | 44.89 |
  | Johan Wonnink | Belgium | 44.89 |
  | Erwin Thibau | Belgium | 44.89 |
  | Meinert Moeller | Germany | 45.41 |
  | Gunter Bernhard | Germany | 45.41 |
  | Gerald Kornisch | Germany | 45.41 |
  | Heiko Schurz | Germany | 45.41 |
  
  ### 4x400 metres relay
  
  | Athletes | Country | Results |
  | - | - | - |
  | Meinert Moeller | Germany | 3:28.91 |
  | Gunter Bernhard | Germany | 3:28.91 |
  | Christoph Mueller | Germany | 3:28.91 |
  | Joerg Schaefer | Germany | 3:28.91 |
  | Paolo Bertaccini | Italy | 3:35.38 |
  | Roberto Barontini | Italy | 3:35.38 |
  | Alberto Zanelli | Italy | 3:35.38 |
  | Massimiliano Scarponi | Italy | 3:35.38 |
  | Dirk Bonte | Belgium | 3:38.18 |
  | Johan Wonnink | Belgium | 3:38.18 |
  | Marc Pottiez | Belgium | 3:38.18 |
  | Erwin Thibau | Belgium | 3:38.18 |
  
  ### Marathon
  
  | Athlete | Country | Results |
  | - | - | - |
  | Mike Poch | Germany | 2:32:35 |
  | Matthias Koch | Germany | 2:36:48 |
  | Thomas Braukmann | Germany | 2:42:31 |
  
  ### High jump
  
  | Athlete | Country | Results |
  | - | - | - |
  | Ugis Lasmanis | Latvia | 1.90 |
  | Gunter Gasper | Austria | 1.87 |
  | Oleg Kramar | Ukraine | 1.84 |
  
  ### Pole vault
  
  | Athlete | Country | Results |
  | - | - | - |
  | Mark Johnson | Great Britain | 4.40 |
  | Jozef Vasina | Slovakia | 4.00 |
  | Salvador Vila | Spain | 3.90 |
  
  ### Long jump
  
  | Athlete | Country | Results |
  | - | - | - |
  | Michele Tico | Italy | 6.42 |
  | Ulrich Ratsch | Germany | 6.25 |
  | Philippe Poulain | Belgium | 6.20 |
  
  ### Triple jump
  
  | Athlete | Country | Results |
  | - | - | - |
  | Odysseas Skamatzouras | Greece | 13.60 |
  | Andre Briscan | France | 13.58 |
  | Vladimir Pankratov | Russia | 13.48 |
  
  ### Shot put
  
  | Athlete | Country | Results |
  | - | - | - |
  | Arto Eskelinen | Finland | 15.61 |
  | Janusz Chilmanowicz | Poland | 14.58 |
  | John Nicholls | Great Britain | 14.53 |
  
  ### Discus throw
  
  | Athlete | Country | Results |
  | - | - | - |
  | Otto Benczenleitner | Hungary | 49.66 |
  | Jens Kaden | Germany | 40.76 |
  | Adrian Ernst | Germany | 39.99 |
  
  ### Hammer throw
  
  | Athlete | Country | Results |
  | - | - | - |
  | Ralf Jossa | Germany | 65.38 |
  | Balazs Lezsak | Hungary | 58.60 |
  | Ruediger Moehring | Germany | 47.36 |
  
  ### Javelin throw
  
  | Athlete | Country | Results |
  | - | - | - |
  | Torsten Heinrich | Germany | 57.29 |
  | Michael Rueckel | Germany | 55.97 |
  | Emmanuel Greber | France | 54.80 |
  
  ### Weight throw
  
  | Athlete | Country | Results |
  | - | - | - |
  | Ralf Jossa | Germany | 19.96 |
  | Jan Bakala | Czech Republic | 14.73 |
  | Erwin Suvaal | Netherlands | 14.66 |
  
  ### Throws pentathlon
  
  | Athlete | Country | Results |
  | - | - | - |
  | Iver Hytten | Norway | 4262 |
  | Marek Stolarczyk | Poland | 3769 |
  | Jan Bakala | Czech Republic | 3590 |
  
  ### Decathlon
  
  | Athlete | Country | Results |
  | - | - | - |
  | Thomas Stewens | Germany | 7562 |
  | Christopher Gerhard | Germany | 7546 |
  | Christoph Schiefermayer | Austria | 7257 |
  
  ### 5000 metre track race walk
  
  | Athlete | Country | Results |
  | - | - | - |
  | Walter Arena | Italy | 23:18.17 |
  | Petro Garnyk | Ukraine | 24:07.75 |
  | Salvatore Cacia | Italy | 24:42.87 |
  
  ### 20000 metre road race walk
  
  | Athlete | Country | Results |
  | - | - | - |
  | Petro Garnyk | Ukraine | 1:45:39 |
  | Salvatore Cacia | Italy | 1:47:24 |
  | Julian Iglesias | Spain | 1:49:12 |
  