1996 European Cup (athletics)

The 1996 European Cup was the 17th edition of the European Cup of athletics.^[1]

1996 European Cup
Dates	1–2 June (Super Leagues) 28–29 June (First Leagues) 29–30 June (Second Leagues)
Host city	Madrid, Spain
Level	Senior
Type	Outdoor
Events	37
← 1995 Villeneuve d'Ascq 1997 Munich →

It was the last edition to allow athletes six attempts in the throws and horizontal jumps, as this number was reduced to four from the next edition. The Super League Finals were held in Madrid, Spain.

Super League

Main article: 1996 European Cup Super League

Held on 1 and 2 June in Madrid, Spain^[2]

Team standings

Men Pos. Nation Points 1  Germany 142 2  Great Britain 125 3  Italy 110 4  Spain 106 5  Russia 103 6  France 93.5 7  Ukraine 84 8  Sweden 75.5 9  Finland 53

Women Pos. Nation Points 1  Germany 115 2  Russia 97 3  Belarus 79 4  Ukraine 78 5  France 75 6  Great Britain 73 7  Spain 49 8  Bulgaria 46

Results summary

Men's events

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 m (Wind: +0.8 m/s)	Linford Christie  Great Britain	10.04 CR	Marc Blume  Germany	10.25	Vladislav Dologodin  Ukraine	10.26
200 m (Wind: +2.5 m/s)	Linford Christie  Great Britain	20.25w	Vladislav Dologodin  Ukraine	20.39w	Torbjörn Eriksson  Sweden	20.45w
400 m	Uwe Jahn  Germany	45.64	Du'aine Ladejo  Great Britain	45.72	Jean-Louis Rapnouil  France	45.96
800 m	Roberto Parra  Spain	1:44.97 CR	Giuseppe D'Urso  Italy	1:45.27	Nico Motchebon  Germany	1:45.98
1500 m	Fermín Cacho  Spain	3:40.24	Rüdiger Stenzel  Germany	3:40.53	Anthony Whiteman  Great Britain	3:41.21
3000 m	Dieter Baumann  Germany	7:57.19	Isaac Viciosa  Spain	7:57.80	Alessandro Lambruschini  Italy	7:58.44
5000 m	Gennaro Di Napoli  Italy	13:52.34	Manuel Pancorbo  Spain	13:55.18	Abdellah Béhar  France	13:57.15
3000 m steeplechase	Steffen Brand  Germany	8:30.09	Angelo Carosi  Italy	8:32.50	Justin Chaston  Great Britain	8:33.59
110 m hurdles (Wind: -0.3 m/s)	Florian Schwarthoff  Germany	13.20	Colin Jackson  Great Britain	13.63	Yevgeniy Pechonkin  Russia	13.64
400 m hurdles	Fabrizio Mori  Italy	49.45	Jon Ridgeon  Great Britain	49.84	Sven Nylander  Sweden	50.18
4 × 100 m	Ukraine Kostyantyn Rurak Sergiy Osovich Oleg Kramarenko Vladyslav Dologodin	38.53	Italy Giovanni Puggioni Ezio Madonia Angelo Cipolloni Sandro Floris	38.66	Great Britain Kevin Williams Darren Braithwaite Jason John Darren Campbell	38.67
4 × 400 m	Great Britain Mark Richardson Jamie Baulch Mark Hylton Du'aine Ladejo	3:03.38	Germany Uwe Jahn Karsten Just Kai Karsten Rico Lieder	3:03.53	France Pierre-Marie Hilaire Marc Foucan Willy Migerel Jean-Louis Rapnouil	3:05.05
High jump	Arturo Ortiz  Spain	2.27	Leonid Pumalainen  Russia	2.27	Dalton Grant  Great Britain	2.27
Pole vault	Pyotr Bochkaryov  Russia	5.70	Tim Lobinger  Germany	5.60	José Manuel Arcos  Spain	5.50
Long jump	Simone Bianchi  Italy	8.25	Jesús Oliván  Spain	7.97	Bakri Darouèche  France	7.96
Triple jump	Jonathan Edwards  Great Britain	17.79w	Vladimir Kravchenko  Ukraine	17.29w	Gennadiy Markov  Russia	17.12w
Shot put	Paolo Dal Soglio  Italy	20.72	Oliver-Sven Buder  Germany	20.08	Yuriy Bilonog  Ukraine	19.86
Discus throw	David Martínez  Spain	62.38	Sergey Lyakhov  Russia	62.20	Jürgen Schult  Germany	61.96
Hammer throw	Karsten Kobs  Germany	78.18	Marko Wahlman  Finland	77.72	Enrico Sgrulletti  Italy	77.44
Javelin throw	Raymond Hecht  Germany	88.86	Sergey Makarov  Russia	84.96	Harri Hakkarainen  Finland	81.44
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

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 m (Wind: +0.3 m/s)	Marina Trandenkova  Russia	11.14	Melanie Paschke  Germany	11.19	Irina Pukha  Ukraine	11.25
200 m (Wind: +1.6 m/s)	Marie-José Pérec  France	22.34	Melanie Paschke  Germany	22.55	Katharine Merry  Great Britain	22.88
400 m	Grit Breuer  Germany	50.22	Anna Kozak  Belarus	50.94	Sandra Myers  Spain	51.10
800 m	Svetlana Masterkova  Russia	1:57.87	Kelly Holmes  Great Britain	1:58.20	Natalya Dukhnova  Belarus	1:59.70
1500 m	Olga Churbanova  Russia	4:09.57	Sylvia Kühnemund  Germany	4:10.22	Frédérique Quentin  France	4:10.49
3000 m	Blandine Bitzner-Ducret  France	8:59.82	Petra Wassiluk  Germany	9:02.91	Marta Domínguez  Spain	9:06.27
5000 m	Kathrin Wessel  Germany	15:40.36	Julia Vaquero  Spain	15:41.99	Farida Fatès  France	15:47.72
100 m hurdles (Wind: +2.7 m/s)	Nadezhda Bodrova  Ukraine	12.89w	Lidiya Yurkova  Belarus	12.99w	Angie Thorp  Great Britain	13.09w
400 m hurdles	Sally Gunnell  Great Britain	56.84	Silvia Rieger  Germany	57.07	Nelli Voronkova  Belarus	57.39
4 × 100 m	Russia Natalya Merzlyakova Galina Malchugina Marina Trandenkova Oksana Dyachenko	42.55	Germany Andrea Philipp Melanie Paschke Silke-Beate Knoll Silke Lichtenhagen	42.59	France Sandra Citté Odiah Sidibé Delphine Combe Marie-José Pérec	43.13
4 × 400 m	Germany Uta Rohländer Silke-Beate Knoll Linda Kisabaka Grit Breuer	3:26.19	Ukraine Viktoriya Fomenko Lyudmila Koshchey Olga Moroz Olena Rurak	3:27.74	Russia Tatyana Chebykina Natalya Sharova Yuliya Sotnikova Olga Kotlyarova	3:28.54
High jump	Alina Astafei  Germany	1.98	Stefka Kostadinova  Bulgaria	1.94	Yelena Topchina  Russia	1.90
Long jump	Iva Prandzheva  Bulgaria	6.84	Yelena Sinchukova  Germany	6.81	Claudia Gerhardt  Russia	6.76
Triple jump	Ashia Hansen  Great Britain	14.57 CR	Yelena Govorova  Ukraine	14.42	Lyudmila Dubkova  Russia	14.14
Shot put	Astrid Kumbernuss  Germany	20.05	Judy Oakes  Great Britain	19.00	Svetlana Krivelyova  Russia	17.70
Discus throw	Ilke Wyludda  Germany	65.66	Olga Chernyavskaya  Russia	65.06	Irina Yatchenko  Belarus	60.68
Javelin throw	Oksana Ovchinnikova  Russia	65.72	Natalya Shikolenko  Belarus	62.52	Tanja Damaske  Germany	58.80
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

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

Men

Group 1 Held in Lisbon, Portugal Pos. Nation Points 1  Greece 111 2  Czech Republic 98.5 3  Portugal 88 4  Hungary 80 5  Ireland 78 6  Slovenia 72 7  Turkey 32.5

Group 2 Held in Bergen, Norway Pos. Nation Points 1  Norway 112 2  Poland 107 3  Switzerland 97 4  Romania 91 5  Latvia 90 6  Austria 76 7  Belarus 72 8  Denmark 71

Women

Group 1 Held in Lisbon, Portugal Pos. Nation Points 1  Italy 110 2  Czech Republic 98 3  Portugal 94 4  Hungary 79 5  Slovenia 73 6  Greece 68 7  Netherlands 64 8  Croatia 26

Group 2 Held in Bergen, Norway Pos. Nation Points 1  Romania 101 2  Switzerland 92 3  Poland 89 4  Finland 88 5  Sweden 77 6  Norway 69 7  Denmark 56 8  Iceland 40

Second League

The Second League was held on 29 and 30 June^[2]

Men

Group 1 Held in Oordegem, Belgium Pos. Nation Points 1  Belgium 93.5 2  Netherlands 92.5 3  Cyprus 91 4  Israel 64 5  Iceland 52 6 AASSE 37

Group 2 Held in Tallinn, Estonia Pos. Nation Points 1  Yugoslavia 96 2  Bulgaria 92 3  Slovenia 88 4  Croatia 87 5  Estonia 83 6  Lithuania 60 7  Moldova 55

Women

Group 1 Held in Oordegem, Belgium Pos. Nation Points 1  Austria 103 2  Belgium 91 3  Ireland 77 4  Cyprus 62 5  Albania 51 6  Israel 50 7 AASSE 42

Group 2 Held in Tallinn, Estonia Pos. Nation Points 1  Lithuania 90 2  Yugoslavia 84 3  Latvia 80 4  Estonia 73 5  Turkey 64 6  Slovenia 54 7  Moldova 30