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1997 European Cup (athletics)

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1997 European Cup
Dates21–22 June (Super Leagues)
7–8 June (First Leagues)
28–29 June (Second Leagues)
Host cityMunich, Germany
VenueOlympic Stadium
LevelSenior
TypeOutdoor
Events39

The 1997 European Cup was the 18th edition of the European Cup of athletics.[1]

Beginning with this edition athletes in throws and horizontal jumps were limited to only four attempts instead of the usual six. It was also the first edition to feature women's pole vault and hammer throw.

The Super League Finals were held at the Olympic Stadium in Munich, Germany.

Super League

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Held on 21 and 22 June in Munich, Germany.[2]

Team standings

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Results summary

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Men's events

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Event Gold Silver Bronze
100 m
(Wind: +0.2 m/s)
Linford Christie
 Great Britain
10.04
=CR
Geir Moen
 Norway
10.18 Andrey Fedoriv
 Russia
10.19
200 m
(Wind: +0.7 m/s)
Linford Christie
 Great Britain
Georgios Panayotopoulos
 Greece
20.56 Not awarded Geir Moen
 Norway
20.60
400 m Roger Black
 Great Britain
45.63 David Canal
 Spain
46.28 Marco Vaccari
 Italy
46.40
800 m Vebjørn Rodal
 Norway
1:47.54 Nico Motchebon
 Germany
1:47.89 Mark Sesay
 Great Britain
1:48.11
1500 m Fermín Cacho
 Spain
3:37.79 Gennaro Di Napoli
 Italy
3:37.81 Vyacheslav Shabunin
 Russia
3:38.14
3000 m Dieter Baumann
 Germany
7:41.08
CR
Manuel Pancorbo
 Spain
7:41.60 Panagiotis Papoulias
 Greece
7:45.65
5000 m Gennaro Di Napoli
 Italy
13:38.33 Anacleto Jiménez
 Spain
13:39.42 Panagiotis Papoulias
 Greece
13:40.02
3000 m steeplechase Rob Hough
 Great Britain
8:35.03 Alessandro Lambruschini
 Italy
8:36.15 Vladimir Pronin
 Russia
8:36.94
110 m hurdles
(Wind: +0.2 m/s)
Florian Schwarthoff
 Germany
13.20 Colin Jackson
 Great Britain
13.28 Andrey Kislykh
 Russia
13.53
400 m hurdles Fabrizio Mori
 Italy
48.93 Stéphane Diagana
 France
49.15 Ruslan Mashchenko
 Russia
49.74
4 × 100 m  Italy
Nicola Asuni
Giovanni Puggioni
Angelo Cipolloni
Sandro Floris
38.80  Norway
Fernando Ramirez
John Ertzgaard
Per Ivar Sivle
Geir Moen
38.96
NR
 Great Britain
Jason Gardener
Marlon Devonish
Doug Walker
Ian Mackie
38.97
4 × 400 m  Great Britain
Roger Black
Jamie Baulch
Iwan Thomas
Mark Richardson
2:59.46
CR
 Italy
Marco Vaccari
Alessandro Aimar
Fabrizio Mori
Ashraf Saber
3:02.60  Russia
Innokentiy Zharov
Dmitriy Kosov
Dmitriy Golovastov
Dmitriy Bey
3:03.09
High jump Arturo Ortiz
 Spain
2.30 Sergey Klyugin
 Russia
2.30 Martin Buss
 Germany
2.30
Pole vault (indoor) Maksim Tarasov
 Russia
5.95 Jean Galfione
 France
5.75 Tim Lobinger
 Germany
5.70
Long jump Kirill Sosunov
 Russia
8.00 Kostas Koukodimos
 Greece
7.88 Emmanuel Bangué
 France
7.86
Triple jump Jonathan Edwards
 Great Britain
17.74 Denis Kapustin
 Russia
17.24 Charles Friedek
 Germany
16.71
Shot put Oliver-Sven Buder
 Germany
20.41 Corrado Fantini
 Italy
19.72 Manuel Martínez
 Spain
19.29
Discus throw Lars Riedel
 Germany
63.36 Robert Weir
 Great Britain
61.62 Sergey Lyakhov
 Russia
59.72
Hammer throw Heinz Weis
 Germany
81.42 Vadim Khersontsev
 Russia
78.48 Alexandros Papadimitriou
 Greece
74.12
Javelin throw Steve Backley
 Great Britain
86.86 Kostas Gatsioudis
 Greece
86.10 Boris Henry
 Germany
85.42
WR world record | AR area record | CR championship record | GR games record | NR national record | OR Olympic record | PB personal best | SB season best | WL world leading (in a given season)

Women's events

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Event Gold Silver Bronze
100 m
(Wind: +0.8 m/s)
Natalya Voronova
 Russia
11.18 Andrea Philipp
 Germany
11.23 Natalya Safronnikova
 Belarus
11.41
200 m
(Wind: -0.2 m/s)
Christine Arron
 France
22.89 Andrea Philipp
 Germany
22.98 Marina Trandenkova
 Russia
23.16
400 m Grit Breuer
 Germany
50.38 Donna Fraser
 Great Britain
51.51 Olga Kotlyarova
 Russia
51.53
800 m Yelena Afanasyeva
 Russia
1:59.93 Irina Lishchinskaya
 Ukraine
2:00.71 Linda Kisabaka
 Germany
2:01.07
1500 m Kelly Holmes
 Great Britain
4:04.79 Gabriela Szabo
 Romania
4:06.25 Irina Biryukova
 Russia
4:07.98
3000 m Roberta Brunet
 Italy
8:51.66 Kristina da Fonseca-Wollheim
 Germany
8:52.20 Paula Radcliffe
 Great Britain
8:52.79
5000 m Gabriela Szabo
 Romania
15:02.68
CR
Roberta Brunet
 Italy
15:02.87 Luminita Zaituc
 Germany
15:52.95
100 m hurdles
(Wind: +0.7 m/s)
Svetlana Laukhova
 Russia
12.94 Patricia Girard
 France
13.03 Angie Thorp
 Great Britain
13.16
400 m hurdles Sally Gunnell
 Great Britain
54.57 Silvia Rieger
 Germany
55.23 Yekaterina Bakhvalova
 Russia
55.66
4 × 100 m  Russia
Yekaterina Leshchova
Galina Malchugina
Natalya Voronova
Marina Trandenkova
43.05  France
Frédérique Bangué
Christine Arron
Patricia Girard
Sylviane Félix
43.21  Germany
Shanta Ghosh
Gabi Rockmeier
Birgit Rockmeier
Andrea Philipp
43.25
4 × 400 m  Russia
Yekaterina Bakhvalova
Yekaterina Kulikova
Natalya Khrushcheleva
Olga Kotlyarova
3:24.10  Germany
Anke Feller
Uta Rohländer
Silvia Rieger
Anja Rücker
3:26.12  Great Britain
Allison Curbishley
Donna Fraser
Michelle Thomas
Sally Gunnell
3:26.48
High jump Heike Balck
 Germany
1.94 Tatyana Motkova
 Russia
1.92 Antonella Bevilacqua
 Italy
1.88
Pole vault Anzhela Balakhonova
 Ukraine
4.25 Andrea Müller
 Germany
4.20 Janine Whitlock
 Great Britain
4.10
Long jump Fiona May
 Italy
6.61 Nina Perevedentseva
 Russia
6.60 Susen Tiedtke-Greene
 Germany
6.57
Triple jump Inna Lasovskaya
 Russia
14.91 Rodica Mateescu
 Romania
14.53 Ashia Hansen
 Great Britain
14.52
Shot put Astrid Kumbernuss
 Germany
20.64 Irina Korzhanenko
 Russia
18.18 Mara Rosolen
 Italy
17.28
Discus throw Natalya Sadova
 Russia
67.72 Franka Dietzsch
 Germany
61.72 Yelena Antonova
 Ukraine
60.16
Hammer throw Olga Kuzenkova
 Russia
73.10 Mihaela Melinte
 Romania
69.76 Lyudmila Gubkina
 Belarus
68.24
Javelin throw Oksana Ovchinnikova
 Russia
67.16 Felicia Tilea
 Romania
64.98 Tanja Damaske
 Germany
64.72
WR world record | AR area record | CR championship record | GR games record | NR national record | OR Olympic record | PB personal best | SB season best | WL world leading (in a given season)

First League

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The First League was held on 7 and 8 June[2]

Men

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Women

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Second League

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The Second League was held on 28 and 29 June[2]

Men

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Women

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References

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  1. ^ "The SPAR European Cup: Memories of Europe's premier team athletics event". European Athletics. Archived from the original on 6 October 2013. Retrieved 3 November 2012.
  2. ^ a b c 2010 Italian almanach Archived 2021-08-28 at the Wayback Machine (p469–470)
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