1989 European Cup (athletics) explained

1989 European Cup
Host City:	Gateshead, United Kingdom
Dates:	5–6 August
Stadium:	Gateshead International Stadium
Level:	Senior
Type:	Outdoor
Events:	36
Previous:	1987 Prague
Next:	1991 Frankfurt

The 1989 European Cup was the 12th edition of the European Cup of athletics.^[1]

The "A" Finals were held in Gateshead, Great Britain. The first two teams qualified for the 1989 IAAF World Cup.

"A" Final

Held on 5 and 6 August in Gateshead, United Kingdom^[2]

Team standings

Men
Pos.	Nation	Points
1		115
2		103
3		101
4		95
5		95
6		91
7		63
8		54

Women
Pos.	Nation	Points
1		120
2		95
3		84
4		79
5	Romania	72
6		56
7	Bulgaria	43
8		26

East and West Germany competed separately for the last time being replaced by the unified German team from the 1991 edition. As a result, only one team had to be relegated from the "A" Final and two teams were promoted from the "B" Final.

Results summary

Men's events

100 m (Wind: -1.8 m/s)	Linford Christie	10.33	Daniel Sangouma	10.39	Vladimir Krylov	10.43
200 m (Wind: +0.1 m/s)	John Regis	20.62	Stefano Tilli	20.66	Daniel Sangouma	20.83
400 m	Edgar Itt	45.43	Jens Carlowitz	45.44	Cayetano Cornet	45.82
800 m	Tom McKean	1:46.94	Peter Braun	1:47.53	Hauke Fuhlbrügge	1:48.20
1500 m	Pascal Thiébaut	3:48.05	Sergey Afanasyev	3:48.35	Gennaro Di Napoli	3:48.61
5000 m	Salvatore Antibo	13:43.84	Jack Buckner	13:44.77	Mikhail Dasko	13:47.56
10,000 m	Francesco Panetta	28:27.02	Tim Hutchings	28:27.21	José Manuel Albentosa	28:29.78
3000 m steeplechase	Alessandro Lambruschini	8:34.06	Hagen Melzer	8:34.90	Raymond Pannier	8:35.33
110 m hurdles (Wind: -2.9 m/s)	Colin Jackson	13.56	Vladimir Shishkin	13.76	Florian Schwarthoff	13.88
400 m hurdles	Kriss Akabusi	48.95	Harald Schmid	49.26	Vladimir Budko	49.60
4 × 100 m	Tony Jarrett John Regis Marcus Adam Linford Christie	38.39	Max Morinière Daniel Sangouma Gilles Quénéhervé Bruno Marie-Rose	38.46	Antonio Ullo Sandro Floris Pier Francesco Pavoni Stefano Tilli	38.98
4 × 400 m	Peter Crampton Kriss Akabusi Todd Bennett Brian Whittle	3:03.16	Klaus Just Mark Henrich Carsten Köhrbrück Ralf Lübke	3:03.33	Torsten Odebrett Thomas Miethig Jens Carlowitz Thomas Schönlebe	3:04.21
High jump	Dalton Grant	2.32	Rudolf Povarnitsyn	2.32	Róbert Ruffíni	2.29
Pole vault	Rodion Gataullin	5.70	Bernhard Zintl	5.50	Uwe Langhammer	5.40
Long jump	Vladimir Ratushkov	8.09	Christian Thomas	8.05	Stewart Faulkner	7.97
Triple jump	Oleg Sakirkin	17.18	Wolfgang Zinser	16.71	Dario Badinelli	16.50
Shot put	Ulf Timmermann	21.72	Karsten Stolz	20.45	Alessandro Andrei	20.03
Discus throw	Jürgen Schult	66.54	Romas Ubartas	63.98	Rolf Danneberg	63.12
Hammer throw	Heinz Weis	79.86	Igor Astapkovich	79.68	Ralf Haber	77.76
Javelin throw	Steve Backley	82.92	Jan Železný	79.44	Volker Hadwich	79.38

Women's events

100 m (Wind: 0.0 m/s)	Katrin Krabbe	11.14	Paula Dunn	11.24	Irina Sergeyeva	11.26
200 m (Wind: -1.8 m/s)	Silke Möller	23.00	Paula Dunn	23.45	Ewa Kasprzyk	23.72
400 m	Grit Breuer	50.52	Linda Keough	51.66	Helga Arendt	51.80
800 m	Doina Melinte	1:58.04	Sigrun Wodars	1:58.55	Dalia Matusevičienė	1:59.74
1500 m	Doina Melinte	4:05.83	Yvonne Mai	4:06.50	Svetlana Kitova	4:07.62
3000 m	Paula Ivan	8:38.48	Yvonne Murray	8:44.34	Natalya Artyomova	9:03.39
10,000 m	Kathrin Ullrich	32:17.88	Viorica Ghican	32:41.34	Angie Pain	32:42.84
100 m hurdles (Wind: +1.8 m/s)	Cornelia Oschkenat	12.74	Claudia Zaczkiewicz	12.82	Yelizaveta Chernyshova	12.85
400 m hurdles	Petra Krug	54.72	Sally Gunnell	54.98	Tatyana Ledovskaya	55.35
4 × 100 m	Silke Möller Katrin Krabbe Kerstin Behrendt Sabine Günther	41.87	Nadezhda Roshchupkina Galina Malchugina Natalya Kovtun Natalya Voronova	42.85	Andrea Hagen Ulrike Sarvari Andrea Thomas Karin Janke	43.64
4 × 400 m	Sigrun Wodars Katrin Schreiter Christine Wachtel Grit Breuer	3:24.08	Marina Shmonina Lyudmila Dzhigalova Yelena Golesheva Yelena Ruzina	3:24.75	Linda Keough Jennifer Stoute Angela Piggford Sally Gunnell	3:26.54
High jump	Alina Astafei	2.00	Tamara Bykova	1.97	Heike Balck	1.94
Long jump	Galina Chistyakova	7.10w	Helga Radtke	6.89	Fiona May	6.88w
Shot put	Heike Hartwig	20.59	Claudia Losch	20.17	Larisa Peleshenko	19.32
Discus throw	Ilke Wyludda	73.04	Tsvetanka Khristova	62.26	Dagmar Galler	60.46
Javelin throw	Petra Felke	66.92	Brigitte Graune	62.04	Tessa Sanderson	59.72

"B" Final

Both "B" finals held on 5 and 6 August^[2] Men
Held in Brussels, Belgium

Pos.	Nation	Points
1	Bulgaria	107
2		103.5
3		102
4		102
5		87
6		81
7		74.5
8		61

Women
Held in Strasbourg, France

Pos.	Nation	Points
1		95
2		89
3		85
4		81
5		65.5
6		58.5
7		53
8		49

Because of the 1990 reunification of Germany there was an extra spot in the highest division in 1991. Because of that, two teams were promoted from the "B" Finals.

"C" Finals

All "C" finals held on 5 and 6 August^[2]

Men

"C1" Final
Held in Copenhagen, Denmark

Pos.	Nation	Points
1		79
2		72
3		65
4		46.5
5		36.5

"C2" Final
Held in Dublin, Ireland

Pos.	Nation	Points
1		72
2		69
3		68
4		52
5		38

Women

"C1" Final
Held in Copenhagen, Denmark

Pos.	Nation	Points
1		76
2		75
3		72
4		45
5		36
6		30

"C2" Final
Held in Dublin, Ireland

Pos.	Nation	Points
1		71
2		54
3		51
4		40
5		24

External links

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

Notes and References

Web site: The SPAR European Cup: Memories of Europe's premier team athletics event . european-athletics.org . 3 November 2012 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20131006060426/http://www.european-athletics.org/event-archive.html?id=98 . 6 October 2013 .
http://asdpedaggio-castiglionetorinese.com/files/annuario-fidal.pdf 2010 Italian almanach