1998 European Cup (athletics)

The 1998 European Cup was the 19th edition of the European Cup of athletics.^[1]

1998 European Cup
Dates	27–28 June (Super Leagues) 5–7 June (First & Second Leagues)
Host city	St. Petersburg, Russia
Level	Senior
Type	Outdoor
Events	39
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The Super League Finals were held in St. Petersburg, Russia. The first two teams qualified for the 1998 IAAF World Cup

Super League

Main article: 1998 European Cup Super League

Held on 27 and 28 June in St. Petersburg, Russia^[2]

Team standings

Men Pos. Nation Points 1  Great Britain 111 2  Germany 108.5 3  Russia 102 4  Italy 101 5  France 89.5 6  Czech Republic 87 7  Spain 67.5 8  Finland 52.5

Women Pos. Nation Points 1  Russia 124 2  Germany 108 3  France 93 4  Czech Republic 89 5  Great Britain 81 6  Italy 78 7  Ukraine 64 8  Slovenia 45

Results summary

Men's events

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 m (Wind: -0.4 m/s)	Stéphane Cali  France	10.32	Aleksandr Porkhomovskiy  Russia	10.40	Colin Jackson  Great Britain	10.41
200 m (Wind: +1.4 m/s)	Douglas Walker  Great Britain	20.42	Christophe Cheval  France	20.61	Alessandro Attene  Italy	20.69
400 m	Mark Richardson  Great Britain	45.81	Jan Podebradský  Czech Republic	46.10	Dmitriy Golovastov  Russia	46.50
800 m	Andrea Longo  Italy	1:45.40	Lukáš Vydra  Czech Republic	1:45.92	Andy Hart  Great Britain	1:46.19
1500 m	Giuseppe D'Urso  Italy	3:44.58	Reyes Estévez  Spain	3:44.91	John Mayock  Great Britain	3:45.09
3000 m	Dieter Baumann  Germany	7:41.92	Manuel Pancorbo  Spain	7:42.24	Anthony Whiteman  Great Britain	7:43.61
5000 m	Alberto García  Spain	13:37.45	Mustapha Essaïd  France	13:37.79	Stéphane Franke  Germany	13:38.90
3000 m steeplechase	Alessandro Lambruschini  Italy	8:32.96	André Green  Germany	8:34.21	Mohamed Bélabbès  France	8:35.12
110 m hurdles (Wind: 0.0 m/s)	Colin Jackson  Great Britain	13.17	Falk Balzer  Germany	13.22	Jean-Marc Grava  France	13.63
400 m hurdles	Ruslan Mashchenko  Russia	48.49	Fabrizio Mori  Italy	48.57	Steffen Kolb  Germany	49.43
4 × 100 m	Great Britain Allyn Condon Darren Campbell Doug Walker Julian Golding	38.56	France Emmanuel Bangué Frédéric Krantz Christophe Cheval Stéphane Cali	38.90	Russia Sergey Bychkov Aleksandr Porkhomovskiy Andrey Grigoriev Andrey Fedoriv	39.13
4 × 400 m	Great Britain Roger Black Jamie Baulch Iwan Thomas Mark Richardson	3:00.95	Italy Walter Pirovano Marco Vaccari Edoardo Vallet Fabrizio Mori	3:03.45	France Bruno Wavelet Marc Foucan Marc Raquil Fred Mango	3:03.57
High jump	Sergey Klyugin  Russia	2.28	Ben Challenger  Great Britain	2.28	Tomáš Janku  Czech Republic	2.25
Pole vault	Yevgeniy Smiryagin  Russia	5.60	Javier García  Spain Heikki Vääräniemi  Finland	5.50
Long jump	Kirill Sosunov  Russia	8.38	Milan Kovár  Czech Republic	8.14	Nathan Morgan  Great Britain	7.85
Triple jump	Jonathan Edwards  Great Britain	17.29	Jirí Kuntoš  Czech Republic	16.91	Hrvoje Verzi  Germany	16.74
Shot put	Mika Halvari  Finland	20.79	Oliver-Sven Buder  Germany	19.97	Manuel Martínez  Spain	19.86
Discus throw	Dmitriy Shevchenko  Russia	65.14	Jürgen Schult  Germany	64.37	Diego Fortuna  Italy	62.49
Hammer throw	Heinz Weis  Germany	79.68	Ilya Konovalov  Russia	79.68	Enrico Sgrulletti  Italy	78.13
Javelin throw	Boris Henry  Germany	84.77	Sergey Makarov  Russia	84.37	Aki Parviainen  Finland	84.33
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: +1.2 m/s)	Irina Privalova  Russia	11.04	Christine Arron  France	11.14	Andrea Philipp  Germany	11.26
200 m (Wind: -0.9 m/s)	Erika Suchovská  Czech Republic	22.96	Sylviane Félix  France	22.96	Melanie Paschke  Germany	22.98
400 m	Helena Fuchsová  Czech Republic	51.33	Irina Rosikhina  Russia	51.48	Allison Curbishley  Great Britain	51.48
800 m	Larisa Mikhaylova  Russia	1:58.01	Irina Lishchinskaya  Ukraine	1:59.15	Ludmila Formanová  Czech Republic	1:59.44
1500 m	Olga Komyagina  Russia	4:05.88	Paula Radcliffe  Great Britain	4:05.92	Andrea Šuldesová  Czech Republic	4:06.25
3000 m	Olga Yegorova  Russia	9:04.03	Blandine Bitzner-Ducret  France	9:06.74	Luminita Zaituc  Germany	9:10.18
5000 m	Paula Radcliffe  Great Britain	15:06.87	Kristina da Fonseca-Wollheim  Germany	15:10.33	Joalsiae Llado  France	15:17.58
100 m hurdles (Wind: 0.0 m/s)	Brigita Bukovec  Slovenia	12.89	Patricia Girard  France	12.89	Tatyana Reshetnikova  Russia	13.06
400 m hurdles	Tatyana Tereshchuk  Ukraine	54.15	Yekaterina Bakhvalova  Russia	54.72	Silvia Rieger  Germany	54.93
4 × 100 m	Russia Yekaterina Grigoryeva Galina Malchugina Natalya Voronova Irina Privalova	42.49	Germany Melanie Paschke Gabi Rockmeier Birgit Rockmeier Andrea Philipp	42.59	France Linda Khodadin Christine Arron Patricia Girard Sylviane Félix	42.61
4 × 400 m	Russia Tatyana Chebykina Natalya Khrushchelyova Yekaterina Bakhvalova Irina Rosikhina	3:25.52	Czech Republic Jitka Burianová Ludmila Formanová Hana Benešová Helena Fuchsová	3:28.05	Great Britain Michelle Pierre Donna Fraser Michelle Thomas Allison Curbishley	3:28.07
High jump	Zuzana Kováčiková  Czech Republic	1.98	Alina Astafei  Germany	1.95	Yelena Gulyayeva  Czech Republic	1.95
Pole vault	Daniela Bártová  Czech Republic	4.35 CR	Janine Whitlock  Great Britain	4.30	Nicole Rieger  Germany	4.20
Long jump	Fiona May  Italy	7.08	Lyudmila Galkina  Russia	6.84	Linda Ferga  France	6.75
Triple jump	Fiona May  Italy	14.65	Šárka Kašpárková  Czech Republic	14.63	Yelena Govorova  Ukraine	14.13
Shot put	Irina Korzhanenko  Russia	20.65	Judy Oakes  Great Britain	18.38	Stephanie Storp  Germany	18.38
Discus throw	Natalya Sadova  Russia	64.18	Anja Möllenbeck  Germany	60.80	Yelena Antonova  Ukraine	59.28
Hammer throw	Olga Kuzenkova  Russia	65.89	Kirsten Münchow  Germany	64.86	Cécile Lignot  France	61.12
Javelin throw	Tanja Damaske  Germany	62.30	Nikola Tomecková  Czech Republic	60.82	Oksana Makarova  Russia	58.38
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 5 and 6 June^[2]

Men

Group A Held in Budapest, Hungary Pos. Nation Points 1  Greece 120.5 2  Hungary 107.5 3  Ukraine 105 4  Romania 88 5  Switzerland 88 6  Slovenia 74 7  Portugal 68.5 8  Slovakia 63.5

Group B Held in Malmö, Sweden Pos. Nation Points 1  Poland 125.5 2  Sweden 106.5 3  Norway 97.5 4  Netherlands 96.5 5  Belarus 86 6  Belgium 74 7  Latvia 70 8  Denmark 63

Women

Group A Held in Budapest, Hungary Pos. Nation Points 1  Romania 135 2  Greece 102.5 3  Hungary 94 4  Spain 89 5  Bulgaria 82 6  Switzerland 74 7  Portugal 69.5 8  Slovakia 37

Group B Held in Malmö, Sweden Pos. Nation Points 1  Poland 117 2  Belarus 108 3  Finland 95 4  Sweden 88 5  Netherlands 78 6  Denmark 69 7  Latvia 68 8  Norway 58

Second League

The Second League was held on 6 and 7 June^[2]

Men

Group A Held in Kaunas, Lithuania Pos. Nation Points 1  Ireland 89 2  Austria 83.5 3  Croatia 79.5 4  Estonia 68 5  Lithuania 62 6 AASSE 38

Group B Held in Belgrade, Yugoslavia Pos. Nation Points 1  Yugoslavia 129 2  Cyprus 110 3  Turkey 107 4  Israel 101 5  Bulgaria 99 6  Moldova 75 7  Albania 46 8  Armenia 37

Women

Group A Held in Kaunas, Lithuania Pos. Nation Points 1  Belgium 105 2  Ireland 98 3  Lithuania 89 4  Austria 79 5  Estonia 76 6  Croatia 57 7 AASSE 25

Group B Held in Belgrade, Yugoslavia Pos. Nation Points 1  Yugoslavia 136 2  Turkey 125 3  Moldova 95 4  Israel 92 5  Cyprus 89 6  Albania 62 7  Macedonia 41 8  Armenia 16

References

1. "The SPAR European Cup: Memories of Europe's premier team athletics event". european-athletics.org. Archived from the original on 6 October 2013. Retrieved 3 November 2012.
2. 2010 Italian almanach Archived 2021-08-28 at the Wayback Machine (p470)

External links

• European Cup results (Men) from GBR Athletics
• European Cup results (Women) from GBR Athletics