| DOURO | Harsh introduction to Olympics for European runner |
| LOIRE | Nothing in old money for European runner |
| RHONE | Run perfect for European runner (5) |
| LEADTURNEDINTOGOLD | Winner sold pencils to get to Olympics, tabloid-style |
| OUTDOORGAMES | Skipping and chasing gets gateway to Olympics (7,5) |
| RHINE | Run hard, in the end, to match an important European runner (5) |
| ATHENS | After Paris (1924) and London (1948), the third European city to host the summer Olympics for a second time |
| BEANPOLE | Mountain without a European runner climbing here |
| ODER | European runner taking part in a modern pentathlon (4) |
| ESPADRILLE | European runner wearing short suit and casual footwear (10) |
| ROWING | European runner collects outstanding coat this makes fit (6,7) |
| MACHINE | European runner collects outstanding coat this makes fit (6,7) |
| EBRO | European runner set bar low at intervals |
| ENTREPRENEUR | European runner with Peter misled businessperson (12) |
| BELGIAN | European runner, say, grabbing lead gets inspired, initially (7) |
| SILVERMEDAL | Small diver surprisingly collecting European runner-up award (6,5) |
| RIO | Brazilian host city for the 2016 Olympics, for short |
| BRONZEMEDAL | Award for third place in the Olympics, for example (6,5) |
| EMS | European runner's long dashes (3) |
| MECIR | Czech tennis player won men's singles gold medal when tennis returned to Olympics 1988 (5) |
