Two athletes defended their titles from 2013: Latvia's Zigismunds Sirmais retained the men's javelin in 81.60 m (267 ft 8+1⁄2 in) and Russia's Yevgeniya Kolodko topped the women's shot put with a mark of 18.66 m (61 ft 2+1⁄2 in).

One world-leading mark came in the senior section in the form of Aleksandr Lesnoy's 21.23 m (69 ft 7+3⁄4 in) in the shot put.

Maksym Bohdan set a world lead of 83.41 m (273 ft 7+3⁄4 in) to win the men's under-23 javelin, while his female counterpart Liina Laasma gave the best javelin performance at the competition overall to win her under-23 event.

Montenegro's Danijel Furtula was the under-23 men's discus winner for a third year running.

[4] Leiria was chosen as the host at the European Athletics Executive Board meeting in Lausanne on 17 September 2013.