2004 European Athletics Indoor Cup

The 2004 European Athletics Indoor Cup was held on 14 February 2004 at the Arena Leipzig in Leipzig, Germany.^[1] It was the second edition of the indoor track and field meeting for international teams, which featured the eight top performing nations from the 2003 European Cup.^[2] It was the second consecutive year that the event was held at the venue, following on from a successful hosting of the 2003 European Athletics Indoor Cup.^[3]

2004 European Athletics Indoor Cup

Host city	Leipzig, Germany
Events	19
Dates	14 February
Main venue	Arena Leipzig
← 2003 Leipzig 2006 Liévin →

The Arena Leipzig hosted the event for a second year running.

The competition featured nineteen athletics events, nine for men and ten for women. The 400 metres race were held in a dual final format due to size constraints, with athletes' being assigned final positions through their finishing times.^[2] The international team points totals were decided by their athletes' finishing positions, with each representative's performance contributing towards their national overall score.

The Russian women's team retained their title from the previous year, taking a comprehensive victory – seven of the ten women's events were won by Russians and the team was eighteen points clear of runner-up Germany. The men's side was a much more closely contested affair. The title was decided in the final Swedish medley relay event, with France just managing to maintain its lead and beat the Russian men by two points in the final rankings.^[1]

Results summary

Main article: 2004 European Athletics Indoor Cup – results

Men

Triple jump winner Christian Olsson went on to win Olympic gold that year.

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
60 metres	Jason Gardener (GBR)	6.51	Simone Collio (ITA)	6.63	Łukasz Chyła (POL)	6.65
400 metres	Dmitriy Forshev (RUS)	46.46	Brice Panel (FRA)	47.05	Robert Tobin (GBR)	47.26
800 metres	Bram Som (NED)	1:48.79	René Herms (GER)	1:49.14	Rickard Pell (SWE)	1:49.40
1500 metres	Mounir Yemmouni (FRA)	3:49.82	Matt Shone (GBR)	3:49.91	Zbigniew Graczyk (POL)	3:50.31
3000 metres	Gert-Jan Liefers (NED)	7:49.70	Ismaïl Sghyr (FRA)	7:51.28	Salvatore Vincenti (ITA)	7:51.89
60 metres hurdles	Andrea Giaconi (ITA)	7.72	Gregory Sedoc (NED)	7.80	Mohammed Sillah-Freckleton (GBR)	7.81
Swedish relay (800/600/400/200 m)	Russia (RUS) Dmitriy Bogdanov Andrey Rudnitskiy Aleksandr Usov Oleg Sergeyev	4:12.26	Netherlands (NED) Arnoud Okken Bram Som Guus Hoogmoed Patrick van Balkom	4:12.52	Germany (GER) Andreas Freimann Ruwen Faller Bastian Swillms Tobias Unger	4:14.65
Pole vault	Björn Otto (GER)	5.70 m	Igor Pavlov (RUS)	5.65 m	Patrik Kristiansson (SWE)	5.55 m
Triple jump	Christian Olsson (SWE)	17.31 m	Viktor Gushchinskiy (RUS)	16.94 m	Fabrizio Donato (ITA)	16.65 m

Women

Yelena Slesarenko took the high jump silver medal.

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
60 metres	Larisa Kruglova (RUS)	7.27	Gabi Rockmeier (GER)	7.29	Evi Nesoudi (GRE)	7.31
400 metres	Olesya Krasnomovets (RUS)	51.31	Claudia Marx (GER)	52.01	Antonina Yefremova (UKR)	52.41
800 metres	Olga Raspopova (RUS)	2:00.41	Jo Fenn (GBR)	2:00.54	Tetiana Petlyuk (UKR)	2:01.14
1500 metres	Iryna Lishchynska (UKR)	4:09.82	Yuliya Kosenkova (RUS)	4:10.24	Maria Martins (FRA)	4:12.87
3000 metres	Yelena Zadorozhnaya (RUS)	8:53.45	Lidia Chojecka (POL)	8:53.62	Sabrina Mockenhaupt (GER)	9:01.00
60 metres hurdles	Flora Redoumi (GRE)	7.97	Glory Alozie (ESP)	7.99	Juliane Sprenger (GER)	8.00
Swedish relay (800/600/400/200 m)	Russia (RUS) Irina Vashentseva Natalya Khrushcheleva Mariya Lisnichenko Irina Khabarova	4:46.14	Germany (GER) Kathleen Friedrich Maren Schott Jana Neubert Birgit Rockmeier	4:47.92	Great Britain (GBR) Becky Lyne Jenny Meadows Helen Karagounis Joice Maduaka	4:52.18
High jump	Daniela Rath (GER)	2.00 m	Yelena Slesarenko (RUS)	1.96 m	Vita Styopina (UKR)  Ruth Beitia (ESP)	1.93 m
Long jump	Irina Simagina (RUS)	6.72 m	Sophie Krauel (GER)	6.46 m	Concepción Montaner (ESP)	6.39 m
Shot put	Irina Khudoroshkina (RUS)	18.75 m	Krystyna Zabawska (POL)	18.50 m	Nadine Kleinert (GER)	18.38 m

Medal table

Key

  The host country is highlighted in lavender blue

Men Rank Nation Points total Gold Silver Bronze Medal total 1  France 50 1 2 0 3 2  Russia 48 2 2 0 4 3  Germany 46 1 1 1 3 4  Italy 45 1 1 2 4 5  Netherlands 43 2 2 0 4 6  Great Britain 35 1 1 2 4 7  Poland 35 0 0 2 2 8  Sweden 29 1 0 2 3 Total 9 9 9 27

Women Rank Nation Points total Gold Silver Bronze Medal total 1  Russia 82 7 2 0 9 2  Germany 64 1 4 3 8 3  Ukraine 46.5 1 0 3 4 4  Poland 41 0 2 0 2 5  Spain 39.5 0 1 2 3 6  Great Britain 35 0 1 1 2 7  Greece 33 1 0 1 2 8  France 28 0 0 1 1 Total 10 10 11 31

References

1. Gordon, Ed (2006-06-14). 2nd European Indoor Cup 2004. European Athletics. Retrieved on 2011-01-25.
2. European Indoor Cup. GBR Athletics/Athletics Weekly. Retrieved on 2011-01-25.
3. Second edition of European Indoor Cup will take place in Leipzig^{[permanent dead link]}. European Athletics (2003-02-16). Retrieved on 2011-01-23.

• Official site (archived)

Results

• European Indoor Cup. GBR Athletics/Athletics Weekly. Retrieved on 2011-01-25.
• 2nd Indoor European Cup. European Athletics. Retrieved on 2011-01-25.