2002 European Cup (athletics)

The 2002 European Cup was the 23rd edition of the European Cup of athletics.^[1]

2002 European Cup
Dates	22–23 June
Host city	Annecy, France
Level	Senior
Type	Outdoor
Events	40
← 2001 Bremen 2003 Florence →

The Super League Finals were held in Annecy, France.

It was the first edition to feature women's 3000 metres steeplechase equalising the number of events for men and women.

Super League

Main article: 2002 European Cup Super League

Held on 22 and 23 June in Annecy, France^[2]

Team standings

Men Pos. Nation Points 1  Germany 109 2  France 107 3  Russia 96 4  Great Britain 95 5  Italy 91.5 6  Poland 87 7  Ukraine 64.5 8  Finland 61

Women Pos. Nation Points 1  Russia 122.5 2  Germany 103 3  France 89 4  Romania 88 5  Great Britain 80.5 6  Poland 75.5 7  Ukraine 73.5 8  Italy 73

Italy kept its position in the women's Super League as the host of the next edition. Top six teams qualified for the 2003 European Indoor Cup.

Results summary

Men's events

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 m (Wind: +0.2 m/s)	Issa-Aimé Nthépé  France	10.27	Konstantin Rurak  Ukraine	10.31	Francesco Scuderi  Italy	10.35
200 m (Wind: -0.4 m/s)	Marlon Devonish  Great Britain	20.27	Marcin Urbaś  Poland	20.45	Marco Torrieri  Italy	20.65
400 m	Daniel Caines  Great Britain	45.14	Ingo Schultz  Germany	45.33	Marek Plawgo  Poland	45.35
800 m	Yuriy Borzakovskiy  Russia	1:46.58	Nils Schumann  Germany	1:46.99	Paweł Czapiewski  Poland	1:47.92
1500 m	Mehdi Baala  France	3:47.21	Michael East  Great Britain	3:48.26	Paweł Czapiewski  Poland	3:48.77
3000 m	Driss Maazouzi  France	7:53.41	Mikhail Yeginov  Russia	7:54.05	Jan Fitschen  Germany	7:54.92
5000 m	Dmitriy Maksimov  Russia	14:09.92	Sam Haughian  Great Britain	14:11.60	Ismaïl Sghyr  France	14:14.00
3000 m steeplechase	Bouabdellah Tahri  France	8:30.22	Damian Kallabis  Germany	8:32.04	Roman Usov  Russia	8:34.10
110 m hurdles (Wind: +0.7 m/s)	Colin Jackson  Great Britain	13.15	Mike Fenner  Germany	13.33	Andrea Giaconi  Italy	13.35
400 m hurdles	Fabrizio Mori  Italy	48.41	Stéphane Diagana  France	48.45	Chris Rawlinson  Great Britain	48.87
4 × 100 m	Germany Ronny Ostwald Alexander Kosenkow Marc Blume Thomas Müller	38.88	Italy Francesco Scuderi Alessandro Cavallaro Marco Torrieri Stefano Dacastello	38.89	Poland Piotr Balcerzak Marcin Jędrusiński Marcin Urbaś Zbigniew Tulin	39.08
4 × 400 m	Great Britain Jared Deacon Timothy Benjamin Jamie Baulch Daniel Caines	3:00.57	Germany Ingo Schultz Jens Dautzenberg Ruwen Faller Bastian Swillims	3:00.80	France Leslie Djhone Stéphane Diagana Naman Keïta Marc Raquil	3:00.92
High jump	Grégory Gabella  France	2.30	Yaroslav Rybakov  Russia	2.28	Grzegorz Sposób  Poland	2.25
Pole vault	Tim Lobinger  Germany	5.75	Giuseppe Gibilisco  Italy Denis Yurchenko  Ukraine	5.70
Long jump	Chris Tomlinson  Great Britain	8.17	Nicola Trentin  Italy	8.15	Salim Sdiri  France	8.03
Triple jump	Jonathan Edwards  Great Britain	17.19	Fabrizio Donato  Italy	17.17	Charles Friedek  Germany	17.11
Shot put	Yuriy Bilonog  Ukraine	20.55	Ville Tiisanoja  Finland	20.29	Paolo Dal Soglio  Italy	19.87
Discus throw	Michael Möllenbeck  Germany	66.82	Dmitriy Shevchenko  Russia	62.03	Olgierd Stański  Poland	60.88
Hammer throw	Olli-Pekka Karjalainen  Finland	79.25	Andrey Skvaruk  Ukraine	79.04	Maciej Pałyszko  Poland	78.25
Javelin throw	Sergey Makarov  Russia	88:24.	Steve Backley  Great Britain	85.03	Boris Henry  Germany	83.90
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: +0.4 m/s)	Muriel Hurtis  France	10.96	Manuela Levorato  Italy	11.20	Yuliya Tabakova  Russia	11.24
200 m (Wind: +0.6 m/s)	Muriel Hurtis  France	22.51	Manuela Levorato  Italy	22.76	Sina Schielke  Germany	22.91
400 m	Antonina Yefremova  Ukraine	50.70	Grażyna Prokopek  Poland	51.34	Francine Landre  France	51.78
800 m	Irina Mistyukevich  Russia	1:59.76	Elisabeth Grousselle  France	1:59.95	Ivonne Teichmann  Germany	2:00.07
1500 m	Maria Cioncan  Romania	4:03.74	Lidia Chojecka  Poland	4:04.84	Tatyana Tomashova  Russia	4:05.14
3000 m	Gabriela Szabo  Romania	8:38.03	Yelena Zadorozhnaya  Russia	8:39.84	Lidia Chojecka  Poland	8:49.95
5000 m	Olga Yegorova  Russia	16:04.26	Joanne Pavey  Great Britain	16:06.65	Fatima Yvelain  France	16:08.21
3000 m steeplechase	Justyna Bąk  Poland	9:43.38	Cristina Casandra  Romania	9:49.51	Melanie Schulz  Germany	9:49.79
100 m hurdles (Wind: -0.2 m/s)	Patricia Girard  France	12.64	Kirsten Bolm  Germany	12.85	Mariya Koroteyeva  Russia	12.94
400 m hurdles	Yuliya Pechonkina  Russia	53.38 CR	Anna Olichwierczuk  Poland	55.11	Natasha Danvers  Great Britain	55.68
4 × 100 m	France Patricia Girard Muriel Hurtis Sylviane Félix Odiah Sidibé	42.41	Germany Melanie Paschke Gabriele Rockmeier Sina Schielke Marion Wagner	42.49	Russia Natalya Ignatova Irina Khabarova Marina Kislova Yuliya Tabakova	43.11
4 × 400 m	Great Britain Catherine Murphy Helen Frost Helen Karagounis Lee McConnell	3:27.87	Germany Nicole Marahrens Claudia Marx Birgit Rockmeier Florence Ekpo-Umoh	3:28.72	Italy Daniela Reina Daniela Graglia Manuela Levorato Danielle Perpoli	3:29.14
High jump	Irina Mikhalchenko  Ukraine	1.95	Oana Pantelimon  Romania	1.93	Kathryn Holinski  Germany	1.93
Pole vault	Svetlana Feofanova  Russia	4.70 CR	Yvonne Buschbaum  Germany	4.60	Vanessa Boslak  France	4.45
Long jump	Tatyana Kotova  Russia	7.42 CR	Cristina Nicolau  Romania	6.65	Bianca Kappler  Germany	6.64
Triple jump	Anna Pyatykh  Russia	14.67	Ashia Hansen  Great Britain	14.62	Magdelín Martínez  Italy	14.54
Shot put	Svetlana Krivelyova  Russia	19.63	Astrid Kumbernuss  Germany	19.61	Krystyna Zabawska  Poland	18.52
Discus throw	Natalya Sadova  Russia	65.91	Nicoleta Grasu  Romania	63.05	Franka Dietzsch  Germany	59.30
Hammer throw	Olga Kuzenkova  Russia	73.07	Manuela Montebrun  France	68.53	Irina Sekachova  Ukraine	66.88
Javelin throw	Tatyana Shikolenko  Russia	64.81	Felicia Moldovan  Romania	61.59	Steffi Nerius  Germany	59.98
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 22 and 23 June^[2]

Men

Group A Held in Banská Bystrica, Slovakia Pos. Nation Points 1  Greece 124 2  Czech Republic 107 3  Hungary 101 4  Belgium 85 5  Slovakia 82 6  Norway 79 7  Romania 74 8  Lithuania 61

Group B Held in Seville, Spain Pos. Nation Points 1  Spain 132 2  Sweden 122 3  Netherlands 100 4  Portugal 91 5  Slovenia 77 6  Denmark 77 7  Switzerland 70 8  Austria 48

Women

Group A Held in Banská Bystrica, Slovakia Pos. Nation Points 1  Greece 133 2  Hungary 107 3  Czech Republic 107 4  Bulgaria 104.5 5  Finland 99.5 6  Slovakia 63 7  Norway 59 8  Turkey 46

Group B Held in Seville, Spain Pos. Nation Points 1  Spain 128 2  Sweden 111 3  Belarus 106.5 4  Portugal 88.5 5  Slovenia 88 6  Netherlands 73 7  Switzerland 72.5 8  Latvia 51.5

The winner of each group also qualified for the 2003 European Indoor Cup.

Second League

The Second League was held on 22 and 23 June^[2]

Men

Group A Held in Tallinn, Estonia Pos. Nation Points 1  Belarus 127 2  Estonia 118 3  Ireland 114.5 4  Latvia 94 5  Cyprus 87.5 6  Iceland 74 7  Georgia 48 8  Luxembourg 47

Group B Held in Belgrade, Yugoslavia Pos. Nation Points 1  Bulgaria 173 2  Israel 167.5 3  Croatia 157 4  Moldova 150 5  Turkey 149.5 6  Yugoslavia 140 7  Bosnia and Herzegovina 111 8  Armenia 83 9 AASSE 62 10  Macedonia 59 11  Albania 49

Women

Group A Held in Tallinn, Estonia Pos. Nation Points 1  Ireland 129 2  Lithuania 124 3  Estonia 112 4  Denmark 106 5  Cyprus 95 6  Iceland 75 7  Georgia 40 8  Luxembourg 35

Group B Held in Belgrade, Yugoslavia Pos. Nation Points 1  Belgium 173 2  Yugoslavia 163 3  Austria 145.5 4  Croatia 136 5  Moldova 117 6  Israel 107 7  Albania 82.5 8  Bosnia and Herzegovina 52 9  Macedonia 44 10 AASSE 38

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 (p471)

External links

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